http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19561-flash-fiction-competition-2010-forgotten-futures.html
This week, *New Scientist* goes in search of lost classics of science fiction <http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/lost-worlds> – brilliant books that could stand alongside *The War of the Worlds* and*Nineteen Eighty-Four* as masterpieces of speculative literature, but have somehow or other lapsed into obscurity. Each is a forgotten vision of the future. Now we'd like to read yours. Send us your very short stories about futures that never were. Tell us where we'd be today if the ether had turned out to exist after all<http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125664.000-ether-returns-in-a-bid-to-oust-dark-matter.html>, or if light really was made up of corpuscles emitted by the eyes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_theory_%28vision%29>. You don't have to be scientifically accurate, but the more convincing your story, the more likely it is to win! Neil Gaiman <http://www.neilgaiman.com/>, the best-selling author of *American Gods*, *Coraline*, *Sandman*and many more comics and books, will pick a winner from a shortlist selected by *New Scientist* editors. "I'm a sort of failed SF writer," says Gaiman. "I read*New Scientist* every week in the forlorn hopes that it will turn me into a proper SF writer at last. I'm excited to judge the flash fiction finalists, certain that they will do better than I would…" .... ... and you can read teh rest on their site. Pay: Glory and bragging rights. And maybe Neil will answer your emails. -- -- eric scoles | [email protected] -- 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.
