Just a reminder to folks that the straw ballot for the September meeting (which is next Tuesday) is still open, here: http://r-spec.org/2012-09/2012-hugo-straw-ballot
Don't worry if you haven't read everything, just vote what you know (or want to root for). On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think the short-form dramatic pieces are probably all worth checking out > -- I'm planning on ingesting them all before the meeting. Here are some > Amazon Instant Video links for the short-form dramatic category: > > - “The Doctor’s Wife” (*Doctor > Who*)<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050XFXT0>, > written by Neil Gaiman; directed by Richard Clark (BBC Wales) > - “The Girl Who Waited” (*Doctor > Who*)<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005MF1O5S>, > written by Tom MacRae; directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales) > - “A Good Man Goes to War” (*Doctor > Who*)<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055JP7EU>, > written by Steven Moffat; directed by Peter Hoar (BBC Wales) > - “Remedial Chaos Theory” > (*Community*)<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005VMUNS6>, > written by Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna; directed by Jeff Melman (NBC) > > These are $1.99/ea for Prime members, maybe more if you don't have Prime. > I haven't watched these three *Dr. Whos* yet, but the *Community* episode > is pretty darn funny -- the show overall is not at all SF'nal, but it often > strays into decidedly slipstreamy territory, and this is one of those > cases. And IMHO Dr. Who's been pretty good since the reboot, and mostly > getting better. > > It's funny to me that Dr. Who is now producing some darn good TV-SF, since > it used to be mostly just cheesy fun. "Blink" (the original "Weeping > Angels" story) was really inventive in its storytelling and had a genuinely > terrifying villain. Of the two from Series 6 that I've watched, I thought > one ("The Day of the Moon") was quite good. > > > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 1:54 PM, delancey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Here are some useful links for the short story nominees: >> >> For “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu >> (Clarkesworld) >> http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/yu_04_11/ >> http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_11/ >> >> For “The Homecoming”, Mike Resnick (Asimov’s) >> >> >> http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CEsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asimovs.com%2Fpdfs%2FStories%2FTheHomecoming_MikeResnick.pdf&ei=39UvUIScJ5SI6AGRn4HoDA&usg=AFQjCNH4sIhN14EhhLEwTx6wsOu6GVFQfw&sig2=ac17rkdsgNEuOvK9781LSQ >> >> For # “Movement”, Nancy Fulda (Asimov’s) >> >> >> http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CEoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asimovs.com%2Fpdfs%2FStories%2FMovement_Fulda.pdf&ei=LNYvUJLIDejR6gHN-IDADA&usg=AFQjCNGriWEqq5EWCwOx2UqGrdm1gNzoRQ&sig2=R7lVfQulRvMxjP38Qglgbg >> >> For “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and >> Science Fiction) >> >> >> http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CEkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fescapepod.org%2F2012%2F05%2F17%2Fep345-the-paper-menagerie%2F&ei=XNYvUI6eEcT_6QGcyICQCg&usg=AFQjCNFnUAs12UsEdtS2wNwuddQUekx5ow&sig2=Jv1QhVKG0BFo4Mg_XztuNw >> >> For “Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: >> Prologue”, John Scalzi (Tor.com) >> >> http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/04/the-shadow-war-of-the-night-dragons-book-one-the-dead-city-excerpt >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > -- > eric scoles | [email protected] > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en-US.
