1. Name: Carole McDonnell
2. Location: NY
3. Nickname/ Alias: none
4. To What Speculative Fiction Character do you relate or identify(describe
the character): None i can think of
5. Favorite Speculative Fiction Genres: alternate reality, anthropological
Spec-fic, time travel, creature
Top Five Most Challenged Books in 2005
September 28, 2006
This week (September 23-30) is _Banned Books Week_
(http://www.ala.org/bbooks) . It is also the 25th anniversary of Banned Books
Week. The ALA says there
were 405 known attempts to remove books in 2005. These attempts include
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Did you stand in line at the
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The Legends of Mernac Announces Debut Art Contest September 1, 2006
Grand Opening
Never-Ending Fantasy Series Launches Grand Opening!
POMPANO BEACH, Florida – August 15, 2006- The Legends of Mernac
(www.mernac.com), is an on-line fantasy saga built on interlinked
August 3, 2006
Agony of New Orleans, Through Spike Lee's Eyes
By FELICIA R. LEE (new york times)
NEW ORLEANS - From the beginning Spike Lee knew that Hurricane
Katrina was a story he had to tell. Watching the first television images of
floating bodies and of desperate people, mostly black,
See the nominees of the World Fantasy Awards on-line at
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Okay, I'll admit it...I was so busy working on my novel that I only read
stuff I had to review. I wish they'd had links so I could see just what the
blurbs for
No one really knows what day or time it is. One is never sure of anything
and one never knows if one is missing the boat, on the boat, is the only one
on
the boat, or is the only one on the boat who realizes that the boat isn't
moving although everyone else thinks it is. The thing is to
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The August edition of the Internet Review of Science Fiction is now
officially clogging the Internet tubes -- with fascinating material
on a wide variety of topics. Reviews, including a mammoth
Thought this was interesting.
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It seems like our 17th season has barely begun, but we have already reached
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Really good website on justice... they have a cool report on copyright law.
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Middle Eastern Studies Association has a website for those who wish to write
about middle eastern issues or American policy on the middle east.
Basically, anything that concerns the middle east, African, Islam, Judaism,
cultural
politics, the iraqi war, Asia, etc. It gathers CFS from all
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – This “breaking news” just in: Lake Superior State
University releases its 31st annual List of Words and Phrases Banished from
the Queen’s
Many slaves have been released but starvation, tuberculosis, leprosy,
malaria, and other diseases are rampant. And genocide still continues. It's
terrible about Katrina, but lets remember this racial and religious
(anti-Christian) genocide-C
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Longlist for literature's richest prize announced
Michelle Pauli
Wednesday November 23, 2005
The Impac longlist has been announced and, once again, it's huge - in every
sense. The 132-strong list reads like an alphabetti of authors, from Chris
Abani to Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and a the full
NONFICTION_Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in
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by Scott Poulson-Bryant
it's that time of year when we see year's best and recommended lists.
I've already done one -- 2000 words (mentioning about 40 books) on recommended
sf/f/h for the year that then had to be cut down to a list of *ten* books with
75 words about each. Sigh. Some of what was cut from the
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Congratulations to John Banville, whose novel, The Sea, won this year’s
£50,000 Booker Prize. The Sea was a 7-1 outsider in betting odds. According
to
The Guardian, “Banville's vindication at
TYSON FOODS SUED FOR RACE BIAS AND RETALIATION AGAINST BLACKS; ‘WHITES ONLY'
RESTROOM AT ISSUE
Rare EEOC Case for Segregated Job Facilities In Deep South
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After complaining to Tyson Foods, Inc. about the posting
of a Whites Only sign on one of Tyson's restrooms at its
How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to change a light
bulb?
The Answer is: TEN
1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed,
2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs
to be changed,
3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light
Dear Friends,
In addition to the important work being done by the American Red Cross and
other relief agencies, there are a number of special efforts we thought
writers might be particularly interested in:
* The Katrina Literary Collective has been created to collect and
distribute
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by Adam Hochschildjournalistic account of King Leopold II's colonization of
the
RESOURCE: International Network of Street Papers
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by homeless and people living in poverty from all over the world. INSP is an
umbrella organisation, which provides a consultancy service for its partner
papers and
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Fiction
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1. 4th of July.James Patterson. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-71060-1.
$27.95.
2. Honeymoon. James Patterson. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-71062-8.
$27.95.
3. The Mermaid Chair.
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Sorry, Nora. I did write that it was off-topic. But you're right. Other
list. It's just that it had an interesting narrative structure. First person
narration mixed with revelation and as I said in the old black theater genre.
And the language...was so ...well down home. I smiled to see how
* * *
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Women Accused of Scamming Aspiring Writers
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 7, 5:15 PM ET
ALBANY, N.Y. - Kathy Cunningham was an aspiring children's author
with nothing but rejection slips for
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Mexican Stamps Racist, Civil Rights Leaders Say
Images Feature Popular Cartoon Character
By Darryl Fears
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 30, 2005; A01
The Mexican government issued a series of stamps yesterday depicting a
PRESS FREEDOM: Japanese publisher defies Little Black Sambo protest
Seventeen years after it was removed from bookshops for its racist content,
the children's story Little Black Sambo has made a comeback in Japan...
In 1988, Japanese booksellers agreed to remove it from their shelves after
This is from St Martin's Press. Some publishing houses have a read-it-first
feature which sends you emails of books they're about to publish. I like
doing it just to see but one never knows what book chapters one will receive
each week. They range from inspirational to fiction to mystery
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Oh gee! (giggling) Was that him? I thoughtI recognized those shorts.
Yes, it's hard to see what others see in folks we don't. But as I said, the last
word on style, technique and creativity. doesn't stop with the US...and
considering that India has way more people than we do and a larger
"Be not afraid. The Island is full of noises." Shakespeare The
Tempest
"Oh brave new world that has such people in it." Shakespeare
The Tempest
In xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. -- The Rime
Got this from a friend so am passing it along
as a question?
Did George Luca break thecanon with
this film? If you figure it incontext w/ Return of the Jedi.
There's a line in Jedi which entirely
blows something in Sith outta the water, a line in Jedi that makes
Sith's ending difficult
Hi Tracey:
This is one of my favorite quotes but couldn't find the book in my
bookcases last night. Found it this morning. I especially like this quote
because one can see the trouble brewing. Any fool can tell you that a spell used
on a mermaid is not gonna work for the daughter of an
Gosh this feels so weird, but here goes. Some of my favorite passages from
my own published works. And the last two from my novels in progress. I also did
some quotes from some poems of mine that were based on fairy tales. Don't know
how fairy tales fit into the specfic theme. -C
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