Sime~Gen Perspectives Newsletter
MARCH 2006
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Contents:
*SIMECENTER NEWS
*CLASSIC TREK FANFIC
*NEW REVIEWS
*Part 17 "BORDERLANDS" ROLE PLAYING GAME
*NEW ITEMS FROM ARTISTS AND AUTHORS AT CAFE PRESS
*SPOKES E-ZINE UPDATE
*HELP WANTED
*CONVENTION APPEARANCES
*AVAILABLE RELEASES and PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
*SITES TO REMEMBER
*SUBSCRIPTION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
COPYRIGHT NOTICE**
****** SIMECENTER NEWS
We had hoped to be able to start serializing another book on SimeCenter this month, but the publisher nixed the idea. And the backup story we expected got temporarily lost when the author's computer had a nervous breakdown. Some feelers are out, looking for another story to post this month.
The next SimeCenter (http://www.simegen.com/simecenter/) edition, expected out in the next few days has one much-anticipated story:
- Chapter 3 of "Savage Empire" by Jean Lorrah
and two intriguing artworks
- "Compliance" by Michael Cox
- "Alien Device (Inoperable)" by GB Chew
The recipient for this story, and at least one of the artworks, is:
- American Cancer Society
because we want to direct attention to the upcoming Relay for Life, the Celebration of Survivors, now with thousands of participants, in 20 countries!
*******CLASSIC TREK FANFIC
The long unavailable volume of Classic Trek stories, "Quartet Plus Two" by professional author, Claire Gabriel, is now available for free reading on simegen.com. Claire's story "Ni Var" became one of the most famous stories in the Bantam paperback STAR TREK: The New Voyages. Quartet Plus Two with its powerful writing and clear imagery remains among the top all-time favorites. It is not slash.
This volume was first printed by the same publisher who made "Kraith Collected" famous in fandom. It is not yet available on new paper. It took nearly a year to find a partial copy on E-Bay. The first published volume, QUARTET, was all that turned up. The second edition, Quartet Plus Two, with two stories that finish an entire story cycle, never turned up on E-bay so Claire had to mail her only copy to be scanned and OCR'd by Ronnie Bob Whitaker -- a miracle worker among us!
On this site, you will find a full article about Claire, links to her other fanfic works in Star Trek: Voyager, and many penetrating comments by her fans.
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******NEW REVIEWS
ALIEN INFECTION by Darrell Bain
MAGGIE'S STORY by Dandi Daley Mackall
THE FIREBRAND by Debra A. Kemp
THE ELIXIR by Thomas f. Root III
THE DEAD SEA CODEX by Sarah Wisseman
WRITING TO CHANGE THE WORLD by Mary Pipher
EVERYTHING AFTER by Sharon Pywell
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*******Part 17 "BORDERLANDS" ROLE PLAYING GAME
Part 17 of the Borderlands RPG (Co-op Fiction) scenario, "Preparing for Disaster"is now at http://www.simegen.com/sgfandom/fans/bev/boom/index.html#part.17 .
This is a fairly short segment, with fourteen episodes. It's main focus is on a team at Sat'htine, preparing for a training exercise in disaster management. Meanwhile, Seruffin faces a double-barrelled disaster at Hannard's Ford, and various ongoing situations take another step forward.
Those of you who've been following "Borderlands" require no introduction to this long-running saga. Those who haven't might want to take a look at the story from its beginnings in Part 1.
In lieu of chocolate, please give us feedback. This time, the Church Ladies are back by special request from a fan; we do pay attention to your comments and requests. Beverly, John, Mary Lou, and Lexie are already at work on Part 18 -- and, as always, welcome new participants, as well as comments from old friends.
******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 isnt offered, just write Lois and she'll get it ready for you to order.
Also check out the magnificent, hand-crafted Starred-Cross Jewelry .
This page shows the four items:
- silver & enamel brooch (enamel can be ANY color)
- 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.)
Follow the link to the artist's own page for ordering.
Any questions or comments go to Kaires Tevesu . (Please mention 'starred-cross jewelry' in the subject line, because that address gets a lot of spam.)
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******SPOKES E-ZINE UPDATE
Welcome to the re launch of Spokes! Please take a look at the new edition of the e-zine Spokes at: http://www.simegen.com/writers/spokes/ .
Spokes was a hard copy poetry magazine (for over 20 years), which also contained images, and has a new and brilliant lease of life now as an e-zine. It publishes poetry, short fiction and images, often matched together. In the next issue (April 2006) we have:
. Teresia Teiawa, a Fijian, now New Zealand poet
. Cresantia Frances, a Fijian poet
. Nora Naradjian, a Cypriot poet
. Creative writing by writers from the UK, both Ruskin College, Oxford, and Anglia Ruskin University, and a host of others.
. Stories by David Gaffney
. Poems by Chris Al-Aswad, Joseph Farley, Tan Mackay, Anne Reynolds and Shane Wolfland.
Do contribute, and tell us what you think of the publication.
Best wishes, Gina Wisker and Michelle Bernard
******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.
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******CONVENTION APPEARANCES
Both of SIME~GEN's co-creators, Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lichtenberg plan to attend the following Conventions in 2005 and 2006, unless otherwise noted below.
WESTERCON~ San Diego CA, July 1-4 2006
Jean and Jacqueline will be doing a 2-hour Writing Workshop using a method they haven't used before. Details to follow as we get closer to June. But there will be no late admittance to this workshop, so people have to clear the time to be there.
WORLDCON~ Los Angeles CA, August 23-27 2006 http://worldcon.org/ for a list of all Worldcons including Japan.
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******PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
Now available
~ 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
TO KISS OR TO KILL finally has a definite publication date. June, 2006. Misha Merlin's next project with their new distributor, after spending this summer on a major promotion of their special Robert Heinlein collection, will be a Fall relaunch of THE UNITY TRILOGY with world-wide promotion and distribution, and a drive to get it into chain stores.
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***** Sites to Remember *****
Reviews of books by Jacqueline Lichtenberg
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