[SciFiNoir Lit] ACCELRANDO

2006-06-02 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
i've been looking for good science fiction for a while now.  since  butler's passing i've mourned the fact that we don't have anyone that  is able to effectively put the urban african american experience in  their speculative stuff.  the closest we have is steven barnes, but  his work doesn'

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
Nora made the most cogent point, given Hopkinson's comments...but no  one has responded to it: On Jun 1, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Nora wrote: > > I think it's a disservice, both to authors and to this nascent  > movement, to > hijack people into it.  A movement doesn't *need* to go hunting for  > m

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
The link to her book, Brown Girl in the Ring goes to the following link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0446674338/vietnamgeneratioA/ They do not need her permission to do that TRacey Chris Hayden wrote: > < > website>> > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (fo

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Chris Hayden
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Hayden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "sancochojo" > wrote: > > > > Like I said, leave the movements for the activist. > > > > < > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_(literature) > < movements Acmeist

RE: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Nora
> -Original Message- > From: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Hayden > > < > have a comment about the Matrix novels?  If they have a blog, yes.  > I started to post on her blog, you gotta go through some rigamarole > to register to do it

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Chris Hayden
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "sancochojo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Like I said, leave the movements for the activist. > > < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_(literature) Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:    [EMAIL

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Chris Hayden
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So let me get this straight (no pun intended <> if she has her hair > straightened on relaxed she is a sell out???  if  I decide at the end of > the summer that I am ti

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Chris Hayden
< website>> --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Those are amazon affiliate links  amazon books sales.  You do not need > the authors permission for that.  also i do not get the impression that > she is against

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Chris Hayden
< from your sentiments and loyalty.  You should dash off a copy of your spirited defense. She might send you a coupon good for a discount on a case of her new "NALO" brand salad dressing--(Ranch, Italian and Honey Mustard diet) Of course there is a great distance between "sellout"--noun and

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
So let me get this straight (no pun intended if she has her hair straightened on relaxed she is a sell out???  if  I decide at the end of the summer that I am tired of wearing a fro and i want to get a relaxer, I'm a sell out too?  Seems to me that are some pretty superficial criteria fo

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Those are amazon affiliate links  amazon books sales.  You do not need the authors permission for that.  also i do not get the impression that she is against afruturism, but simply reluctant to own the title as an Afrofuturist Tracey Chris Hayden wrote: > She never saw fit to have her name

[SciFiNoir Lit] [Fwd: 300,000 free ebooks from worldbookfair.com

2006-06-02 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
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Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread sancochojo
Like I said, leave the movements for the activist. --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Hayden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > < > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "sancochojo" > wrote: > > > > Depends on how you define "movement" in respect to the topic of > this > > discus

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Chris Hayden
< when somebody names their price. It is part of becoming an adult.  I am not assigning a value judgment to it. Her blog does sound suspiciously like the kind of talk I hear from artists, actors musicians when people start whispering in their ears about the possibility of crossover markets a

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread sancochojo
Didn't know they had a blog that would allow interaction with them. What movement are they selling out to?? --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Hayden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > < > have a comment about the Matrix novels?  > > I started to post on her blog, you gotta go through

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Chris Hayden
< have a comment about the Matrix novels?  I started to post on her blog, you gotta go through some rigamarole to register to do it, I am registered on enough stuff on the web, I decided not to do it. End of story. She never saw fit to have her name removed from this http://www.afrofuturis

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Chris Hayden
< --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "sancochojo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Depends on how you define "movement" in respect to the topic of this > discussion.  I think she acknowledges "afrofuturism, but why call it a > movement? > > > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chri

[SciFiNoir Lit] [Fwd: [CAAR] CASTING CALL!]

2006-06-02 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
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[SciFiNoir Lit] [Fwd: Free chapter added to saga of e-books]

2006-06-02 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
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[SciFiNoir Lit] File - Map_of_SciFinoir_Member_Locations

2006-06-02 Thread SciFiNoir_Lit
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[SciFiNoir Lit] File - membership_faq

2006-06-02 Thread SciFiNoir_Lit
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