Next month's R-SPEC meeting will be a "thieves' night" (a.k.a., "what can we steal from these great stories?").
Craig deLancey advocated strongly for Gibson's "In the Winter Market." This is a relatively early piece; it's both stylistically and thematically powerful, and brings a perspective to the 'uploaded brain' trope that I think it often doesn't have. Craig will act as champion for this story, and will suggest some places you can find it if you don't have a copy (it's in *Burning Chrome* and is widely anthologized elsewhere). For the second piece, which I'd like to be either thematically or stylistically related, I'm suggesting Catherine Moore's "No Woman Born." It's arguably a little dated technologically, but I've long felt it plumbs a perspective on the nature of humanity that's still under-appreciated to this day, while displaying Moore's & Kuttner's typical stylistic economy and elegance. It deals with many of the same themes as "In the Winter Market," but uses a far more conventional structure. I'll act as champion for that. If anyone has a second piece that they think is a better fit, or has better stuff to steal from, please do suggest it. There's a possibility I might not be around for that meeting, so it would be nice to have a backup. -- -- eric scoles | [email protected] -- 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.
