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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 20:14:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Libero Della Piana [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey all,
Maybe everyone knows about this, but aparently a new
volume collecting all four patternist novels is
coming out in January 2007. I
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Dr. Lester K Spence
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
damn i hate this new yahoo joint.
*Essence has a list likely comprised of a combination of black
books
sold at stores like Borders, and books sold at black bookstores
like
the Shrine of the Black
This may seem ridiculous to some:
Get Snoop Dog or Diddy or Jay-Z or someone else of that oerve to do a
PSA where they are reading a SF book by a black writer, and saying
something about how cool it is to READ, and how cool it is to read OUR
WRITERS, and how reading SF by our writers was one of
Yes. Have known about this for awhile. Not much to say. It certainly
will make it easier to read the entire series readers who are
interested, but the resulting book will cost more and might be
off-putting for some who just want a 4.95-5.95 mass market pocket book.
anor
(OEB scholar-in-training)
One good thing about the field today is that there are so few writers
and books that one can read most or all of what has been written--
Way back in the day (the 30's and 40's, before the paperback
revolution) there were few books and most of what was written was in a
handful of pulp
I answered this question too fast.
They have tried to use celebrities to encourage reading. I see the
posters all over libraries and in schools. I know of no instance in
which somebody has stated that they, say picked up Lilith's Brood
because they saw a poster by Magic Johnson telling them
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Chris Hayden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Think of yourself. When did you get interested in SF? It was
probably before you were ten years old. If you ain't got 'em by them,
you ain't gonna get them.
AND
The reason why I came back was because I had got the
First, I appreciate the expanded remarks.
Second, I think I mentioned this when I first joined this list, but
OPRAH featured Octavia Butler in one of her pre-recorded Ah-ha!
moments that she used to air near the end of her shows. This leads me
to believe that O is, at the very least, aware of
