Tremblin' in my virtual space boots. :) On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Pat Rapp <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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&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]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > -- 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.
