PS Thanks Pat!! :) Sally On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Sal Armoniac <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tremblin' in my virtual space boots. :) > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Pat Rapp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey, everybody! >> >> >> >> The SciFi and Fantasy Portal in Second Life is hosting this event on >> Saturday. Time listed below is Pacific Time. The event will take place at 4 >> pm Eastern time. >> >> Hope some of you will check this out. A virtual reality discussion about a >> Star Trek episode about virtual reality is pretty darn cool, and pretty darn >> science fiction-y! Don’t miss it! >> >> >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> ------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> MEET THE AUTHOR of "Hollow Pursuits" >> >> >> >> http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/186/102/33 >> >> >> >> >> >> On Saturday, March 27, at 1pm SLT, Sally Caves (SL "Hypatia Pickens") will >> talk at the Sci Fi and Fantasy Portal about her experiences writing for the >> popular TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation._ >> >> >> >> Her episode, "Hollow Pursuits," aired on April 30, 1990, and starred >> Dwight Schultz as Lt. Reginald Barclay, a Federation rookie addicted to the >> "holodeck" -- the immersive virtual reality of the 24th century. Sally >> finds it ironic that twenty years later she is herself "addicted" to Second >> Life. >> >> >> >> >> >> ALTHOUGH IT ISN'T A REQUIREMENT, THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO ACQUAINT >> >> YOURSELF WITH THE 40 MINUTE EPISODE CAN VIEW IT ON-LINE BY ONE OF TWO >> METHODS: >> >> >> >> 1) Paste the following URL into your regular browser and then scroll down >> to the first Youtube that's listed for "Hollow Pursuits": >> >> >> >> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Hollow+Pursuits%22&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&rlz >> = >> >> >> >> >> >> 2) ---IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, Just search for "Hollow Pursuits Youtube" on >> Google. It comes in five parts. >> >> >> >> >> >> BRIEF STORY SUMMARY: >> >> >> >> Barclay, given to disabling nervousness and timidity, has trouble dealing >> with his fellow officers and escapes into a virtual world where he recreates >> Troi, Riker, Picard, and others in various comic scenarios. In the meantime, >> though, he is neglecting his duties, and when a mysterious substance starts >> to change the molecular structure of things on the ship, his help is >> urgently needed. What kind of crisis will bring him out of his retreat from >> the real? How do his fellow crewmembers react to their parodies? >> >> >> >> Poet, artist, fiction writer and educator, Sally will talk about the >> portrayal of media addiction then and now, and how the episode foreshadowed >> some of the fears expressed today about Second Life, but also the creative >> opportunities showcased in both that imagined Virtual Reality and this one >> we know and love. >> >> -- >> 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]<r-spec%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. >> > > -- 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.
