Sime~Gen Perspectives Newsletter
March 2003
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Contents:
* THOSE OF MY BLOOD AND THE UNITY TRILOGY
* BLOOD WILL TELL
* NESSIE AND THE LIVING STONE
* DREAMSPY
* WESTERCON WORKSHOP
* REREADABLE BOOKS
* CAROL CASTELLANOS UPDATE
* SIMECENTER
* WELCOME NEW SIMEGEN STAFF
* NEW ADDITIONS TO BOOKSTORES
* HEALTH SHOP
* REVIEWS
* SITEMAP
SITES TO REMEMBER
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
UNSUBSCRIBE INSTRUCTIONS
HOW TO CONTACT EDITOR
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** THOSE OF MY BLOOD AND THE UNITY TRILOGY
The cover for the new edition of THOSE OF MY BLOOD is up at http://www.simegen.com/writers/luren/
. Click the cover for the full size image. It will be available for sale towards the end of the year.
SIME~GEN: THE UNITY TRILOGY can be pre-ordered now on amazon.com .
The new artist who's doing the interior map for the Unity Trilogy is hard at work.
** BLOOD WILL TELL
The BenBella Books edition of BLOOD WILL TELL, the vampire novel by Lean Lorrah, will start shipping in March. To order direct, go to http://benbellabooks.com/cgi-bin/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BB&Product_Code=BLOOD&Category_Code=BWT
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A coupon discount is available until April. Go to http://www.simegen.com/offers/ for your coupon.
** NESSIE AND THE LIVING STONE
NESSIE AND THE LIVING STONE, the award winning children's book by Lois Wickstrom and Jean Lorrah, is now available at www.fictionwise.com
for $1.79. The paperback is available for $10 at www.booksurge.com
. NESSIE AND THE VIKING GOLD is also available in paperback at booksurge and is also be available at fictionwise for $1.79.
It is also suggested that someone else go over the entry before it is submitted.
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** DREAMSPY
Jacqueline Lichtenberg's novel DREAMSPY has been tentatively placed on the BenBella Books schedule for Trade Paperback release in Spring 2004. The Dreamspy website, http://www.simegen.com/writers/luren/dreamspy/index.html
, with free chapters has been updated.
** WESTERCON WORKSHOP
Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah will be offering a writing workshop at this year's Westercon, which is in Seattle. Details are available at http://www.wester56.org/workshopflyer.html
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** WELCOME NEW SIMEGEN STAFF
Smitha Dilish will be joining our tech staff as Webmaster's Assistant reporting directly to Patric. Please welcome her and expect to see many posts from her in the future.
** REREADABLE BOOKS
See Jacqueline's reading recommendations for this year at http://www.simegen.com/reviews/rereadablebooks/2003/
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** CAROL CASTELLANOS UPDATE
She has started a new section in her Personal Favorites section dedicated to her favorite authors. The first column is dedicated to Christine Feehan
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** SIMECENTER
The featured recipient this month is again the Arrowhead Drop-In Centre. Visit them at http://www1.iwvisp.com/martian/arrowhead/
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Donate to this worthy organization, in return for enjoying the excellent stories and artwork our contributors have donated. Don't forget to tell them that you were 'referred' by SimeCenter.
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This month's story presents a fusion of magic and high technology called "Science is Magic Spelled Backwards" (by our own Jacqueline Lichtenberg).
To quote from the introduction by Susan Schwartz: Set in a nuclear fusion plant in the near future is a story that takes up where Lester Del Rey's classic "Nerves" left off and then takes off in a bewitching new direction.
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In the Art department, we have another fantasy landscape by Geoffrey B. Chew, who has contributed beautiful and fanciful artworks for several editions of SimeCenter. This one is called "Tailing Pile."
Being the couth person he is, our contributing artist works on a Macintosh. Thus, some of his work may not display to its greatest advantage on a PC.
This piece has been edited so that it should look good on both Mac and PC; but if you want a lighter copy for your PC, contact me at charities@simegen.com.
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Please visit the simecenter
to enjoy these offerings, and make donations to our recipient.
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We have some other contributions already submitted for Arrowhead, so it will be up for several more months. Nevertheless, as always...
Please help us find new individual recipients and get back to the real purpose of SimeCenter. (Visit "Recipient Qualifications" while you're at the site, to see the kind of person we want to help, and ponder if there's someone you know who would be a good candidate.)
Also, if you know of others who are, or should be, interested in SimeCenter, please send them to: http://www.simegen.com/mailman/listinfo/simecenter-l to subscribe to our newsletter.
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** NEW ADDITIONS TO BOOKSTORES
The Disney Keybooks Page
has a couple new books and has dropped the out-of-print ones (except for two that will probably stay there until Amazon.com
drops them or they go come into print).
The Star Trek Keybooks Page has been totally redone and now includes a small section of Trek DVDs as well as adding two fiction books and a couple non-fiction works.
The Role Playing Games Keybooks Page includes a selection for March and also adds the still-growing fad of the LARP (Live Action Role Playing) books.
The Politics Keybooks Page has an Anti-Tax book added.
The Oz Keybooks Page has been converted to two-column format.
The Children's Books Keybooks Page has a new selection for March and a couple of other new items.
The Christian Keybooks Page has been totally revamped and now has selections from the top ten Christian bestsellers and more.
** HEALTH SHOP
Lois Wickstrom says, "The health shop has been featuring a well-made stainless steel neti pot for washing the inside of the nose. We've been doing renovating at my house and the dust has been horrific. I don't think I could have tolerated it without that neti pot. I even convinced one of the carpenters to get one, when he saw me using it.
"The folks at healthandyoga.com now have an instructional video on CD-ROM to show new users how to do it. It's included in the package when you order from this page: http://www.healthandyoga.com/html/product/netivideo_netiuser.html . And if you mention that you were referred by tikkun@simegen.com you'll get a 5% discount."
** REVIEWS
Carol Castellanos:
Grab the Coffee:
-- PALMER LAKE by Thomas C. McCollum III, ANGLOMERIKA by Zane Smith, SHADOW IMAGE by Jaye Royecraft, and COMING OF THE KING by William Miekle
Heat The Chocolate: -- A FEMALE VAMPIRE by Katharina Katt
Not My Cup of Tea: -- LALI'S PASSAGE by Ken Albertson and CHANGE OF HEART by Jack Allen
Mainstream:
MIRANDA AND STARLIGHT by Janet Muirhead Hill
MY FATHER'S GHOST: THE RETURN OF MY OLD MAN AND OTHER SECOND CHANCES by Suzy McKee Charnas
Fantasy:
DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH by H.P. Lovecraft
STARRY WISEDOM edited by D. M. Mitchell
Historical:
BELASET'S DAUGHTER by Feona J Hamilton
Romance:
BINDING PASSION by Katherine Kingston
DARLA'S VALENTINE by Samantha Winston
A FAMILY MATTER by Marsha Briscoe
FANTASY FIX by Christine Warren
FUR FACTOR by Christine Warren
LOVE LIES by Mary Janice Davidson
A MATTER OF HONOR by Kit Tunstall
PAYBACK by Elizabeth Lapthorne
** SITEMAP
A new top-level site map for the Sime~Gen domain has been posted. It has fairly detailed data on: Sime~Gen fandom, WorldCrafters Guild, and Writers in Residence. Comments are appreciated, both generic and specific.
***** Sites to Remember *****
Author spotlights
Sound files of Jacqueline Lichtenberg pronouncing Sime~Gen vocabulary words can be found at http://www.simegen.com/jl/nivetsoundfiles/index.html .
To sign up for classes, go to http://www.simegen.com/school/SchoolForms.html .
To volunteer, go to http://www.simegen.com/agreements/helpwanted.html for the latest openings.
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