Hey, everybody!
The SciFi and Fantasy Portal in Second Life is hosting this event on Saturday. Time listed below is Pacific Time. The event will take place at 4 pm Eastern time. Hope some of you will check this out. A virtual reality discussion about a Star Trek episode about virtual reality is pretty darn cool, and pretty darn science fiction-y! Don't miss it! Pat ------- MEET THE AUTHOR of "Hollow Pursuits" http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/186/102/33 On Saturday, March 27, at 1pm SLT, Sally Caves (SL "Hypatia Pickens") will talk at the Sci Fi and Fantasy Portal about her experiences writing for the popular TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation._ Her episode, "Hollow Pursuits," aired on April 30, 1990, and starred Dwight Schultz as Lt. Reginald Barclay, a Federation rookie addicted to the "holodeck" -- the immersive virtual reality of the 24th century. Sally finds it ironic that twenty years later she is herself "addicted" to Second Life. ALTHOUGH IT ISN'T A REQUIREMENT, THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH THE 40 MINUTE EPISODE CAN VIEW IT ON-LINE BY ONE OF TWO METHODS: 1) Paste the following URL into your regular browser and then scroll down to the first Youtube that's listed for "Hollow Pursuits": http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Hollow+Pursuits%22 <http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Hollow+Pursuits%22&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.m icrosoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&rlz> &sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&rlz= 2) ---IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, Just search for "Hollow Pursuits Youtube" on Google. It comes in five parts. BRIEF STORY SUMMARY: Barclay, given to disabling nervousness and timidity, has trouble dealing with his fellow officers and escapes into a virtual world where he recreates Troi, Riker, Picard, and others in various comic scenarios. In the meantime, though, he is neglecting his duties, and when a mysterious substance starts to change the molecular structure of things on the ship, his help is urgently needed. What kind of crisis will bring him out of his retreat from the real? How do his fellow crewmembers react to their parodies? Poet, artist, fiction writer and educator, Sally will talk about the portrayal of media addiction then and now, and how the episode foreshadowed some of the fears expressed today about Second Life, but also the creative opportunities showcased in both that imagined Virtual Reality and this one we know and love. -- 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.
