Sime~Gen Perspectives Newsletter

AUGUST 2007

Contents:
*NASFIC CON REPORT
*SIMECENTER
*TWO WEBSITES OF INTEREST
*NEW ASSISTANT REVIEWS COORDINATOR
*JEAN IN JAPAN
*NEW REVIEWS
*REREADABLE BOOKS
*NEW ITEMS FROM ARTISTS AND AUTHORS AT CAFE PRESS
*STARRED CRISS JEWELRY
*HELP WANTED
*PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
*AVAILABLE RELEASES
*SITES TO REMEMBER
*SUBSCRIPTION AND CONTACT INFORMATION

**COPYRIGHT NOTICE**

******NASFIC CON REPORT******

A NASFIC con report is now posted at http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2007/08/nasfic-2007.html .

Jean and Jaqueline were both present and filed this report.

Linnea Sinclair's post -- the next post below -- has some photos of panels.

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******SIMECENTER******

This month's story is one of a delightful series of 'real truth' historical vignettes. This one is called:

      When Miriam Had Leprosy (by Lois June Wickstrom)
      - magic is not the way

The accompanying artwork is:

      A Perfect Dream (by Michael Cox)
      - in perfect solitude

These enjoyable works were donated in support of the Modest Needs and their continuing assistance to survivors of devastating natural disasters.

When you donate to this worthy organization, be sure to tell them you were referred by SimeCenter .

Send your comments, questions, etc.--about the site, the stories and art...whatever--to the address below.

In Service to Unity,
Kaires Tevesu
[If you write to me, mention 'SimeCenter' in the subject. This EMail address gets a lot of spam.]

****** TWO WEBSITES OF INTEREST

Ed Wilson's work on the Supervolcano (which has given the Simegen list some wonderful discussions) may be found at http://www.simegen.com/school/worldbuilding/supervolcano/ .

You will also find Winston Howlett's SAVAGE EMPIRE fanzine WULFSTONE (from 1989) online .

******NEW ASSISTANT REVIEWS COORDINATOR******

Hi, my name is Alice Klein and I'm the new Assistant Review Coordinator. 'll try to be brief, but I've fit an awful lot into my sixty years of life. I was born in Brooklyn, raised on Long Island(in Huntington Station) and moved to Florida in the early 70s. I have three college degrees- one in Marine Biology; one in Nursing and one in Business Administration. Over the course of the years, I was also in the U. S. Army in the military intelligence service.

I've been reviewing for Simegen for three years. I've been writing for years starting with a poetry contest I won while still in high school, but I've been extremely reticent about trying to sell my work. Hopefully, since I recently finished a novella, I can concentrate on doing that. My computer is "attached at the hip" and has become my "next of kin". I have been speed reading since I was in grade school and, until I started reviewing for Simegen, I was forcing my husband into bankruptcy with the number of books I could devour in an extremely limited span of time!

I look forward to a long, satisfying relationship with Simegen.

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******JEAN IN JAPAN******

Jean is in Japan to participate in the 2007 Worldcon. On 8/24/07 she sent several of us a quick note. I wanted to share this with everyone. I'm sure a convention report itself will be forthcoming on Jean's return....Karen

The tour is wonderful, but very, very tightly scheduled. They are trying to show us everything. So far it's been temples, shrines, castles, and gardens, plus three dinners of different traditional Japanese styles, two of which were delicious and the third sort of bland--shabu shabu where you cook your own food at the table, and I guess the interest is in the process rather than the resulting boiled meat and veggies.

I am exercising far more than I ever do in exercise class, and fall asleep exhausted every night. But it's a good tired, and I sleep like a log. Except for muscle aches and pains from all the climbing, I feel good--and it is quite obvious that I am stronger than I was a year ago.

This is soak-it-up time. I don't have non-exhausted time to think about anything other than what we are doing on the tour. Today we are off to a Japanese cooking school, where we prepare our own lunch!
Jean

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******NEW REVIEWS

Over the Wall by Trisha Fitzgerald-Petri

Dark of the Moon by John Sandford

A Perfect Grave by Rick Mofina

Divine by Blood by P. C. Cast

The Devil¹s Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon

The Hades Project by Lynn Sholes and Joe Moore

The Innocent Mage by Karen Miller

Ivory by Mike Resnick

The Electric Church by Jeff Somers

Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley

Small Magics by Erik Buchanan

Dead Heat by Dick Francis and Felix Frances

The Longevity Thesis by Jennifer Rahn

Relocating Mia by Rebecca Lerwill

The Year the Music Died: 1964 - 1972 by Dwight Rounds

The Betrayed:A Novel of the Gifted by Lisa T. Bergren

Devices and Desires by K. J. Parker

Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs

Deeper by Jeff Long

Kiss Me Deadly by Michele Hauf

Rising Darkness by Cynthia Cooke

Shoot Him if he Runs by Stuart Woods

Now & Then by Robert B. Parker

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******REREADABLE BOOKS

The July column for ReReadable Books has been posted, and on the 2007 index page is a pre-release review of one of the upcoming films of 2008 -- Lady Magdalene's starring Nichelle Nichols and produced by J. Neil Schulman.

ReReadable Books columns are available from 1993 to date.

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******NEW ITEMS FROM ARTISTS AND AUTHORS AT CAFE PRESS

A SIME~GEN postage stamp is now available to order on cafe press. It can be used just as you would use a a regular postage stamp. Be the first on YOUR block to have them!

We've got a new page for Cafe Press items from our artists and authors. Now you can get t-shirts, greeting cards, clocks, mugs, and other great stuff with work from your favorite artists. You can even buy books about Nessie, the Orange Forest Rabbit and The Reluctant Spy that aren't available anywhere else.

http://simegen.com/marketplace/cafepress/ is a direct link to all our items and merchandise stores. Use of this page will give the domain extra income.

If there is an item that you wish to see that isn't offered, just write Lois and she'll get it ready for you to order.

******* STARRED CROSS JEWELRY

Think about magnificent, hand-crafted Starred-Cross Jewelry for your holiday giving:

The image comes in four designs:
- silver & enamel brooch *
- silver & gold brooch
- silver & gold outline pendant
- small silver pin
(The first three are 1-1/2" square; the pin is about half that size.)

* Enamel can be almost any color - think Householding colors! How do you describe the color you want? Try: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp

Follow the link to the artist's own page for ordering. The artist who created these items says the page still has some problems. Ordered items will be created and shipped within a few days, by First Class mail.

Information provided by Kaires Tevesu

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******HELP WANTED

The spotlights section of Simegen.com currently needs interviewers, spotlight posting personnel, an assistant spotlights gatemaster, and a keygifts store manager. We are also requesting an Assistant Reviews Co-coordinator - duties include covering when other staff are unable to perform tasks. We are almost finished revamping our reviews section and expect activity to be at a constant high level. We're looking for a versatile quick learner able to put in some time daily. Pluses are: A good command of the English language (syntax, grammar, punctuation, in that order), some computer experience or ability to learn, and an interest in books. Direct all inquiries to simegen@simegen.com.

Individuals to take over, or assist with the SIMECENTER Site -- It isn't at all hard, but a bit time-consuming...and very rewarding ("meeting" these marvelous authors and artists, if only via EMail and their websites). Please write me, Kaires Tevesu , if you are interested.

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******PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

We have had to withdraw the entire Sime~Gen project from Meisha Merlin for a wide range of reasons. They missed several deadlines for publication of TO KISS OR TO KILL and showed no signs of intention to get it out any time in the foreseeable future. That stalled everything else. It was very disappointing.

So we are now actively in search of another publisher.

THE UNITY TRILOGY should continue to be available for some time -- they have the right to dispose of all stock in the Meisha Merlin warehouse.

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******AVAILABLE RELEASES

~ the Omnibus reprint of Jean Lorrah's SAVAGE EMPIRE: DARK MOON RISING is #1 in the reprint program.

~ Trade Paperback edition of DREAMSPY from BenBella Books and you can order on Amazon and some other places.

Read the comments here.

~ SAVAGE EMPIRE: PROPHECIES is #2 in Jean Lorrah's and Winston Howlett's omnibus reprint of the Savage Empire series.

Still Available in Trade Paperback, SIME~GEN: THE UNITY TRILOGY .

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***** Sites to Remember *****

Author spotlights

Chats

Romance articles

Reviews of books by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

Reviews

Shopping

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