As an inventor of languages AND imaginary cities (worked on in my early teens) with maps, street names, birds eye view paintings and drawings, and stories about this city that exists in my memory and imaginings as "real" to me, or virtually real, this kind of thing seems more along the lines of creative languages and mythopoeia. I have turned it into science fiction (The Doll Town of Leadora Whittier Whitcomb), but it's more like a separate artform. This kind of thing is why Second Life appeals to me so viscerally. I wrote the author. I am interested in adult forms of play that develop out of childhood fascinations (dolls, maps, language invention, floorplans) that we put away unless we go into AI, cartography, linguistics or interior design for professional purposes--and that are now flouirishing because of digital media.
Sally/Sarah BTW, I'm now on FaceBook... I've been there for a while but I only really activated it this week. "Sally Caves." I don't know how I am going to keep all this up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "delancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:59 AM Subject: A kind of science fiction? > > > > http://urvillecity.free.fr/index.Urville-ENG.htm > > > cd > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
