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On this day, 48 years ago
Doctor Who aired for the first time in Great Britain, and the Guardian is celebrating.
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Let's celebrate a life well lived, and the books left behind
Anne McCaffery has died. She was 85.
While I'm not a huge fan, I lived her Ships series (The Ship that sang, The City that fought et. al), loved the Dragons of Pern as a teenager, until I discovered the Dragons of Earthsea. McCaffery's writing was one of my gateway drugs into science fiction and fandom. While I'm not fond of all of her books, ( Read more... ) -
Let's try that again
Jupiter and Galilean Moons necklace( Take a gander ) -
Other pendants for Conflux
I'm not sure if these are going in the auction. If not, and you want one, they are $30 each. Just grab me at the Con sometime. They will be in my pack.( Trinkets ) -
Conflux art auction
Okay, Photobucket has decided to let me in. So here are the photos of Jupiter and the Galilean Moons" Sorry we seem to have lost the photos. -
Hamlet in Space,
with Ophelia as the heroine. Good, clean, Shakespearian fun. Thanks you, gehayi -
2011 Bulwer- Lytton Prize
Congratulations to Simon Petrie for getting a dishonourable mention in miscellaneous section of the 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for
Business was kinda slow at the 'If You Build It' sperm bank.
Simon Petrie
Hawker ACT, AUSTRALIA
The winner, btw, was:
Cheryl’s mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like ( Read more... ) -
Gillian turns 50 - pictures
So, many of us turned up at a lovely house in Canberra that belonged to lovely people, and we had a birthday party for gillpolack
Some of us got together and set up a travel fund for her. She was presented with this at the party. So here is ( Gillian's money shot )
