What Is Sime~Gen?
Sime~Gen is a successful fictional
universe in which Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline
Lichtenberg write novels.
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The simegen.com domain and all its contents is based on a real-world application of a real-world philosophical
principle at the foundation of the Sime~Gen fictional universe.
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Where Sime meets Gen, Creativity Happens
As differentiation into male and female invigorated species, the
differentiation of male and female "genders" into Sime and Gen
"larities" strengthens human
creativity. The principle? At the interface where opposite
polarities meet, creative energy is unleashed in vast quantity.
The simegen.com domain focuses on bringing writers, readers, and
artists together to create interfaces
between polarities of talent to catalyze creativity. |
About the Sime~Gen Fictional Universe
Gerald Jonas, the New York Times Science Fiction Book Reviewer,
wrote in the January 23rd, 1983 New York Times Book Review column by Gerald Jonas:
"When I read the first novel in the Sime/Gen series - ''House of Zeor,'' published in
1974 - I had trouble deciding whether it was science fiction as pornography or science
fiction as soap opera. On reading ''Channel's Destiny,'' the fifth and latest novel to
draw on the Sime/Gen background, I realized that these books combine some of the qualities
of both porn and the soaps - and, through a curious synergy, it is precisely this mix
of genres that makes them so satisfying as science fiction."
Sime~Gen Inc. and the
WorldCrafters Guild focus on learning to mix genres to
create new ones.
Sime~Gen is presented here as an example of a "Crafted World" that allows for
readers to tell their own stories within that framework -- or to challenge the framework
itself. Every professional novel book has a Relationship driven plot, and most are action stories
pivoted around a love story featuring romance, love and/or committment. Jacqueline
Lichtenberg calls this odd
"Soap/ Porn/ Romance/ Action/ Mystery /Intrigue /Suspense /Fantasy/ SF" mixed genre
"Intimate Adventure."
It has become the cutting edge of fictional development today. Jacqueline
Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah have identified this specific type of literature as
a Plot Archetype.
Novels Professionally Published In The
Sime~Gen Universe
Shop for paper or Kindle editions in this handy
Amazon Store.
12 Volumes now available in most e-Book formats and in paper
editions.
Or read free chapters here.
House
of Zeor by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (sf - Action Adventure)
Plot.
Unto Zeor, Forever by Jacqueline
Lichtenberg (A "Doctor Novel") An early draft of this novel, Sime Surgeon,
is posted in Rimon's Library.
Plot.
First Channel by Jean Lorrah and
Jacqueline Lichtenberg (The Origin of a Cultural Myth)Plot.
Mahogany Trinrose by Jacqueline
Lichtenberg (Young Adult novel with an Occult twist) Plot
Channel's Destiny by Jean Lorrah
and Jacqueline Lichtenberg ( Juvenile Coming-of-Age story) plot.
RenSime by Jacqueline Lichtenberg
(Hard Science Fiction with an Occult twist) Plot.
Zelerod's Doom by Jacqueline
Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah (Military SF with a Relationshp twist) Plot.
Ambrov Keon by Jean Lorrah
(Heroic Fiction with a Love Story) Plot
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The Story Untold by Jean Lorrah - 3 stories about
Zhag and Tonyo 1st publication 2011
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Personal Recognizance by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, set
on a school campus where Channels are trained 1st publication 2011
The Farris Channel -- a new novel by
Jacqueline Lichtenberg. The founding of the House of Zeor.
1st publication 2012
To Kiss Or To Kill by
Jean Lorrah - a new novel, a genuine Romance set in the Sime~Gen Universe
around the time of Unity. Include Zhag-Tonyo
characters from The Story Untold by Jean, plus a very short novel by Jacqueline titled Personal
Recognizance.
Professionally published short stories set in the Sime~Gen Universe:
"Operation High Time" - originally published
in IF MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE FICTION in Jan 1969, currently available on Rimon's Library.
"Channel's Exemption" - posted on Rimon's Library originally published in Galileo
Magazine
Unpublished: "Shybel's Need" by Jacqueline
Lichtenberg, which is the basis of the feature film script marketed, "The Need."
by Anne
Phyllis Pinzow
Uncirculated screenplay by Jacqueline Lichtenberg:
Strategic Detour ...A Kickass Broad and a Visionary Hunk fight a
deadly attraction to each other in a post-apocalyptic shoot-em-up.
What is so Interesting, Creatively Inspiring and
Fascinating about Sime~Gen?
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The Star Trek
Connection linking Sime~Gen to a variety of popular culture interests from Tarot to
Robert Plant. This link takes you directly to an essay on the website Re-Readable
Books, Jacqueline Lichtenberg's links from her own Review Column published in the New Age
Magazine The Monthly Aspectarian to amazon.com where you can buy the books that she
reviews. The essay shows how Sime~Gen is interwoven with the Tarot and a variety of
other popular culture communities.
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A Reminder and Review of the Sime~Gen Universe
story-arc in brief summary.
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Well developed background including intricate, esoterica symbolism, such as
that behind the Starred-Cross.
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An Internal Chronology of the Sime~Gen
Universe Stories.
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A SIME-GEN
VOCABULARY or
pronunciation sound files
of Simelan
terms used in the novels.
Read even more novels and stories, free, right here.
List of writers who
Influenced
Jacqueline Lichtenberg A professionally recorded Sime~Gen inspired SONG titled TWO KINDS OF MAN.
If you have a question about Sime~Gen, please email
simegen at simegen.com
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