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Thoughts on Kindle
Feb. 8th, 2008 01:08 amI'm observing the news about the Kindle reader as an aspect of electronic publishing. Here is an interesting review of Kindle from a new user.
Feb. 8th, 2008
Thoughts on Kindle
Feb. 8th, 2008 01:08 amI'm observing the news about the Kindle reader as an aspect of electronic publishing. Here is an interesting review of Kindle from a new user.
Thoughts on Kindle
Feb. 8th, 2008 01:08 amI'm observing the news about the Kindle reader as an aspect of electronic publishing. Here is an interesting review of Kindle from a new user.
Thoughts on Kindle
Feb. 8th, 2008 01:08 amI'm observing the news about the Kindle reader as an aspect of electronic publishing. Here is an interesting review of Kindle from a new user.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Feb. 8th, 2008 04:48 pmResults of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards have been announced. The press release is marked for distribution, so here it is.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
info@spectrumawards.org
http://www.spectrumawards.org/
For Immediate Release - Please Distribute
February 7, 2008
Contact: Rob Gates (rgates@wavelengthsonline.com)
Washington DC: -- The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council is pleased to
announce the winners of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short
Fiction and Other Work -- Novel winners were announced in October 2007.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were created in 1999 to honor works in
SF/F/H that deal positively with gay characters, themes and issues.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council was created in 2002 to manage
and further the mission of the Awards, which is to educate and raise
awareness of GLBT content in SF/F/H. Nominations for the Gaylactic
Spectrum Awards are open to everyone. Winners and a short list of
recommended works in each category are selected by a jury.
For 2007 Awards were being presented in three categories. The Novel
category recognized works originally released in 2006 in the US/North
America. The Short Fiction and Other Work categories recognized works
released in 2005 or 2006 due to a one year jury break.
Three stories were selected by the judges as the best science fiction,
fantasy or horror short fiction with significant positive GLBT content
from 2005 and 2006. "In the Quake Zone" by David Gerrold from the
anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, "Instinct" by Joy Parks from the
anthology The Future Is Queer, and "The Language of Moths" by
Christopher Barzak from the magazine Realms of Fantasy were identified
as the three winners in the Short Fiction category. In the Other Work
category the jury also identified three winners. They were the
anthology The Future Is Queer edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence
Schimel, the television series Torchwood created by Russell T Davies,
and the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue.
The jury for each category also identified a Short List of Recommended
works. The complete Short List for each category is below. The short
lists reflect the remarkable diversity in the speculative fiction
arena, with titles from a variety of publishers and distributors,
publishing technologies, authors, genres, literary styles, and GLBT
content. "The judges were extremely impressed with the variety and
quality of the works considered. Indeed one judge commented that the
difficulty was not in finding quality works, but whittling a pool of
quality works down to a Short List" reported Rob Gates, Executive
Director of the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council. The juries
encourage readers to seek out not only the Short List titles, but all
of the nominated works.
Nominations for the 2008 Awards are open and the 2008 Awards will be
presented at Gaylaxicon 2008 in Washington DC in October 2008.
For more information about the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, including a
complete listing of all nominated works from 2007, a handout listing
winners and short list recommendations with brief descriptions, or to
nominate works for the 2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, you can visit
the website at http://www.spectrumawards.org/ or send email to
info@spectrumawards.org.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
www.spectrumawards.org
Gaylaxicon 2008
PO Box 656
Washington, DC 20044
www.gaylaxicon2008.org
Short Fiction Winners and Short List
In The Quake Zone, David Gerrold (Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC)
WINNER
Instinct, Joy Parks (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp) WINNER
The Language of Moths, Christopher Barzak (Realms of Fantasy) WINNER
The Beatrix Gates, Rachel Pollack (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp)
Bones Like Black Sugar, Catherynne M Valente (Fantasy Magazine #1
Prime)
The Captive Girl, Jennifer Pelland (Helix SF, Issue 3, Fall 2006)
Caught by Skin, Steve Berman (Sex in the System Thunder's Mouth)
Facing Down Your Demons, Alexander Potter (All Hell Breaking Loose
DAW)
Fairy Tale Ending, L-J Baker (From The Asylum March 2006)
Obscure Relations, L Timmel Duchamp (The Future Is Queer Arsenal
Pulp)
Plums, Camilla Bruce (Shifting Again Torquere)
Sleeping Bears Lie, Alex Draven (Shifting Too Torquere)
The Specter of Sin, Kristina Wright (Call of the Dark Bella)
There's a Hole in the City, Richard Bowes (SciFiction SciFi.com)
Voce, Kimberly DeCina (Sleeping Beauty Indeed Torquere)
We Recruit, Julia Watts (Stake Through the Heart Bella)
Other Work Winners and Short List
The Future Is Queer (anthology), Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
et al Arsenal Pulp WINNER
Torchwood Season 1 (television), Russell T Davies et al BBC WINNER
V for Vendetta (film), James McTeigue et al Warner Bros WINNER
The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama (poem), Catherynne M Valente Prime
Doctor Who The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (television), Russell T
Davies et al BBC
Drawn Together (television), Comedy Central Comedy Central
Eerie Queerie (manga), Shuri Shiozu et al TokyoPop
Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler (anthology), Don Sakers et al (Speed-of-C)
Hard Pill (film), John Baumgartner et al (Baumgartner)
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed (anthology), Joselle Vanderhooft et al
(Torquere)
Young Avengers (comics), Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung et al (Marvel
Comics)
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
info@spectrumawards.org
http://www.spectrumawards.org/
For Immediate Release - Please Distribute
February 7, 2008
Contact: Rob Gates (rgates@wavelengthsonline.com)
Washington DC: -- The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council is pleased to
announce the winners of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short
Fiction and Other Work -- Novel winners were announced in October 2007.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were created in 1999 to honor works in
SF/F/H that deal positively with gay characters, themes and issues.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council was created in 2002 to manage
and further the mission of the Awards, which is to educate and raise
awareness of GLBT content in SF/F/H. Nominations for the Gaylactic
Spectrum Awards are open to everyone. Winners and a short list of
recommended works in each category are selected by a jury.
For 2007 Awards were being presented in three categories. The Novel
category recognized works originally released in 2006 in the US/North
America. The Short Fiction and Other Work categories recognized works
released in 2005 or 2006 due to a one year jury break.
Three stories were selected by the judges as the best science fiction,
fantasy or horror short fiction with significant positive GLBT content
from 2005 and 2006. "In the Quake Zone" by David Gerrold from the
anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, "Instinct" by Joy Parks from the
anthology The Future Is Queer, and "The Language of Moths" by
Christopher Barzak from the magazine Realms of Fantasy were identified
as the three winners in the Short Fiction category. In the Other Work
category the jury also identified three winners. They were the
anthology The Future Is Queer edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence
Schimel, the television series Torchwood created by Russell T Davies,
and the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue.
The jury for each category also identified a Short List of Recommended
works. The complete Short List for each category is below. The short
lists reflect the remarkable diversity in the speculative fiction
arena, with titles from a variety of publishers and distributors,
publishing technologies, authors, genres, literary styles, and GLBT
content. "The judges were extremely impressed with the variety and
quality of the works considered. Indeed one judge commented that the
difficulty was not in finding quality works, but whittling a pool of
quality works down to a Short List" reported Rob Gates, Executive
Director of the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council. The juries
encourage readers to seek out not only the Short List titles, but all
of the nominated works.
Nominations for the 2008 Awards are open and the 2008 Awards will be
presented at Gaylaxicon 2008 in Washington DC in October 2008.
For more information about the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, including a
complete listing of all nominated works from 2007, a handout listing
winners and short list recommendations with brief descriptions, or to
nominate works for the 2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, you can visit
the website at http://www.spectrumawards.org/ or send email to
info@spectrumawards.org.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
www.spectrumawards.org
Gaylaxicon 2008
PO Box 656
Washington, DC 20044
www.gaylaxicon2008.org
Short Fiction Winners and Short List
In The Quake Zone, David Gerrold (Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC)
WINNER
Instinct, Joy Parks (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp) WINNER
The Language of Moths, Christopher Barzak (Realms of Fantasy) WINNER
The Beatrix Gates, Rachel Pollack (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp)
Bones Like Black Sugar, Catherynne M Valente (Fantasy Magazine #1
Prime)
The Captive Girl, Jennifer Pelland (Helix SF, Issue 3, Fall 2006)
Caught by Skin, Steve Berman (Sex in the System Thunder's Mouth)
Facing Down Your Demons, Alexander Potter (All Hell Breaking Loose
DAW)
Fairy Tale Ending, L-J Baker (From The Asylum March 2006)
Obscure Relations, L Timmel Duchamp (The Future Is Queer Arsenal
Pulp)
Plums, Camilla Bruce (Shifting Again Torquere)
Sleeping Bears Lie, Alex Draven (Shifting Too Torquere)
The Specter of Sin, Kristina Wright (Call of the Dark Bella)
There's a Hole in the City, Richard Bowes (SciFiction SciFi.com)
Voce, Kimberly DeCina (Sleeping Beauty Indeed Torquere)
We Recruit, Julia Watts (Stake Through the Heart Bella)
Other Work Winners and Short List
The Future Is Queer (anthology), Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
et al Arsenal Pulp WINNER
Torchwood Season 1 (television), Russell T Davies et al BBC WINNER
V for Vendetta (film), James McTeigue et al Warner Bros WINNER
The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama (poem), Catherynne M Valente Prime
Doctor Who The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (television), Russell T
Davies et al BBC
Drawn Together (television), Comedy Central Comedy Central
Eerie Queerie (manga), Shuri Shiozu et al TokyoPop
Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler (anthology), Don Sakers et al (Speed-of-C)
Hard Pill (film), John Baumgartner et al (Baumgartner)
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed (anthology), Joselle Vanderhooft et al
(Torquere)
Young Avengers (comics), Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung et al (Marvel
Comics)
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Feb. 8th, 2008 04:48 pmResults of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards have been announced. The press release is marked for distribution, so here it is.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
info@spectrumawards.org
http://www.spectrumawards.org/
For Immediate Release - Please Distribute
February 7, 2008
Contact: Rob Gates (rgates@wavelengthsonline.com)
Washington DC: -- The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council is pleased to
announce the winners of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short
Fiction and Other Work -- Novel winners were announced in October 2007.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were created in 1999 to honor works in
SF/F/H that deal positively with gay characters, themes and issues.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council was created in 2002 to manage
and further the mission of the Awards, which is to educate and raise
awareness of GLBT content in SF/F/H. Nominations for the Gaylactic
Spectrum Awards are open to everyone. Winners and a short list of
recommended works in each category are selected by a jury.
For 2007 Awards were being presented in three categories. The Novel
category recognized works originally released in 2006 in the US/North
America. The Short Fiction and Other Work categories recognized works
released in 2005 or 2006 due to a one year jury break.
Three stories were selected by the judges as the best science fiction,
fantasy or horror short fiction with significant positive GLBT content
from 2005 and 2006. "In the Quake Zone" by David Gerrold from the
anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, "Instinct" by Joy Parks from the
anthology The Future Is Queer, and "The Language of Moths" by
Christopher Barzak from the magazine Realms of Fantasy were identified
as the three winners in the Short Fiction category. In the Other Work
category the jury also identified three winners. They were the
anthology The Future Is Queer edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence
Schimel, the television series Torchwood created by Russell T Davies,
and the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue.
The jury for each category also identified a Short List of Recommended
works. The complete Short List for each category is below. The short
lists reflect the remarkable diversity in the speculative fiction
arena, with titles from a variety of publishers and distributors,
publishing technologies, authors, genres, literary styles, and GLBT
content. "The judges were extremely impressed with the variety and
quality of the works considered. Indeed one judge commented that the
difficulty was not in finding quality works, but whittling a pool of
quality works down to a Short List" reported Rob Gates, Executive
Director of the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council. The juries
encourage readers to seek out not only the Short List titles, but all
of the nominated works.
Nominations for the 2008 Awards are open and the 2008 Awards will be
presented at Gaylaxicon 2008 in Washington DC in October 2008.
For more information about the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, including a
complete listing of all nominated works from 2007, a handout listing
winners and short list recommendations with brief descriptions, or to
nominate works for the 2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, you can visit
the website at http://www.spectrumawards.org/ or send email to
info@spectrumawards.org.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
www.spectrumawards.org
Gaylaxicon 2008
PO Box 656
Washington, DC 20044
www.gaylaxicon2008.org
Short Fiction Winners and Short List
In The Quake Zone, David Gerrold (Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC)
WINNER
Instinct, Joy Parks (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp) WINNER
The Language of Moths, Christopher Barzak (Realms of Fantasy) WINNER
The Beatrix Gates, Rachel Pollack (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp)
Bones Like Black Sugar, Catherynne M Valente (Fantasy Magazine #1
Prime)
The Captive Girl, Jennifer Pelland (Helix SF, Issue 3, Fall 2006)
Caught by Skin, Steve Berman (Sex in the System Thunder's Mouth)
Facing Down Your Demons, Alexander Potter (All Hell Breaking Loose
DAW)
Fairy Tale Ending, L-J Baker (From The Asylum March 2006)
Obscure Relations, L Timmel Duchamp (The Future Is Queer Arsenal
Pulp)
Plums, Camilla Bruce (Shifting Again Torquere)
Sleeping Bears Lie, Alex Draven (Shifting Too Torquere)
The Specter of Sin, Kristina Wright (Call of the Dark Bella)
There's a Hole in the City, Richard Bowes (SciFiction SciFi.com)
Voce, Kimberly DeCina (Sleeping Beauty Indeed Torquere)
We Recruit, Julia Watts (Stake Through the Heart Bella)
Other Work Winners and Short List
The Future Is Queer (anthology), Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
et al Arsenal Pulp WINNER
Torchwood Season 1 (television), Russell T Davies et al BBC WINNER
V for Vendetta (film), James McTeigue et al Warner Bros WINNER
The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama (poem), Catherynne M Valente Prime
Doctor Who The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (television), Russell T
Davies et al BBC
Drawn Together (television), Comedy Central Comedy Central
Eerie Queerie (manga), Shuri Shiozu et al TokyoPop
Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler (anthology), Don Sakers et al (Speed-of-C)
Hard Pill (film), John Baumgartner et al (Baumgartner)
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed (anthology), Joselle Vanderhooft et al
(Torquere)
Young Avengers (comics), Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung et al (Marvel
Comics)
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
info@spectrumawards.org
http://www.spectrumawards.org/
For Immediate Release - Please Distribute
February 7, 2008
Contact: Rob Gates (rgates@wavelengthsonline.com)
Washington DC: -- The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council is pleased to
announce the winners of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short
Fiction and Other Work -- Novel winners were announced in October 2007.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were created in 1999 to honor works in
SF/F/H that deal positively with gay characters, themes and issues.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council was created in 2002 to manage
and further the mission of the Awards, which is to educate and raise
awareness of GLBT content in SF/F/H. Nominations for the Gaylactic
Spectrum Awards are open to everyone. Winners and a short list of
recommended works in each category are selected by a jury.
For 2007 Awards were being presented in three categories. The Novel
category recognized works originally released in 2006 in the US/North
America. The Short Fiction and Other Work categories recognized works
released in 2005 or 2006 due to a one year jury break.
Three stories were selected by the judges as the best science fiction,
fantasy or horror short fiction with significant positive GLBT content
from 2005 and 2006. "In the Quake Zone" by David Gerrold from the
anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, "Instinct" by Joy Parks from the
anthology The Future Is Queer, and "The Language of Moths" by
Christopher Barzak from the magazine Realms of Fantasy were identified
as the three winners in the Short Fiction category. In the Other Work
category the jury also identified three winners. They were the
anthology The Future Is Queer edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence
Schimel, the television series Torchwood created by Russell T Davies,
and the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue.
The jury for each category also identified a Short List of Recommended
works. The complete Short List for each category is below. The short
lists reflect the remarkable diversity in the speculative fiction
arena, with titles from a variety of publishers and distributors,
publishing technologies, authors, genres, literary styles, and GLBT
content. "The judges were extremely impressed with the variety and
quality of the works considered. Indeed one judge commented that the
difficulty was not in finding quality works, but whittling a pool of
quality works down to a Short List" reported Rob Gates, Executive
Director of the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council. The juries
encourage readers to seek out not only the Short List titles, but all
of the nominated works.
Nominations for the 2008 Awards are open and the 2008 Awards will be
presented at Gaylaxicon 2008 in Washington DC in October 2008.
For more information about the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, including a
complete listing of all nominated works from 2007, a handout listing
winners and short list recommendations with brief descriptions, or to
nominate works for the 2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, you can visit
the website at http://www.spectrumawards.org/ or send email to
info@spectrumawards.org.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
www.spectrumawards.org
Gaylaxicon 2008
PO Box 656
Washington, DC 20044
www.gaylaxicon2008.org
Short Fiction Winners and Short List
In The Quake Zone, David Gerrold (Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC)
WINNER
Instinct, Joy Parks (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp) WINNER
The Language of Moths, Christopher Barzak (Realms of Fantasy) WINNER
The Beatrix Gates, Rachel Pollack (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp)
Bones Like Black Sugar, Catherynne M Valente (Fantasy Magazine #1
Prime)
The Captive Girl, Jennifer Pelland (Helix SF, Issue 3, Fall 2006)
Caught by Skin, Steve Berman (Sex in the System Thunder's Mouth)
Facing Down Your Demons, Alexander Potter (All Hell Breaking Loose
DAW)
Fairy Tale Ending, L-J Baker (From The Asylum March 2006)
Obscure Relations, L Timmel Duchamp (The Future Is Queer Arsenal
Pulp)
Plums, Camilla Bruce (Shifting Again Torquere)
Sleeping Bears Lie, Alex Draven (Shifting Too Torquere)
The Specter of Sin, Kristina Wright (Call of the Dark Bella)
There's a Hole in the City, Richard Bowes (SciFiction SciFi.com)
Voce, Kimberly DeCina (Sleeping Beauty Indeed Torquere)
We Recruit, Julia Watts (Stake Through the Heart Bella)
Other Work Winners and Short List
The Future Is Queer (anthology), Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
et al Arsenal Pulp WINNER
Torchwood Season 1 (television), Russell T Davies et al BBC WINNER
V for Vendetta (film), James McTeigue et al Warner Bros WINNER
The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama (poem), Catherynne M Valente Prime
Doctor Who The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (television), Russell T
Davies et al BBC
Drawn Together (television), Comedy Central Comedy Central
Eerie Queerie (manga), Shuri Shiozu et al TokyoPop
Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler (anthology), Don Sakers et al (Speed-of-C)
Hard Pill (film), John Baumgartner et al (Baumgartner)
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed (anthology), Joselle Vanderhooft et al
(Torquere)
Young Avengers (comics), Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung et al (Marvel
Comics)
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Feb. 8th, 2008 04:48 pmResults of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards have been announced. The press release is marked for distribution, so here it is.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
info@spectrumawards.org
http://www.spectrumawards.org/
For Immediate Release - Please Distribute
February 7, 2008
Contact: Rob Gates (rgates@wavelengthsonline.com)
Washington DC: -- The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council is pleased to
announce the winners of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short
Fiction and Other Work -- Novel winners were announced in October 2007.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were created in 1999 to honor works in
SF/F/H that deal positively with gay characters, themes and issues.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council was created in 2002 to manage
and further the mission of the Awards, which is to educate and raise
awareness of GLBT content in SF/F/H. Nominations for the Gaylactic
Spectrum Awards are open to everyone. Winners and a short list of
recommended works in each category are selected by a jury.
For 2007 Awards were being presented in three categories. The Novel
category recognized works originally released in 2006 in the US/North
America. The Short Fiction and Other Work categories recognized works
released in 2005 or 2006 due to a one year jury break.
Three stories were selected by the judges as the best science fiction,
fantasy or horror short fiction with significant positive GLBT content
from 2005 and 2006. "In the Quake Zone" by David Gerrold from the
anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, "Instinct" by Joy Parks from the
anthology The Future Is Queer, and "The Language of Moths" by
Christopher Barzak from the magazine Realms of Fantasy were identified
as the three winners in the Short Fiction category. In the Other Work
category the jury also identified three winners. They were the
anthology The Future Is Queer edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence
Schimel, the television series Torchwood created by Russell T Davies,
and the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue.
The jury for each category also identified a Short List of Recommended
works. The complete Short List for each category is below. The short
lists reflect the remarkable diversity in the speculative fiction
arena, with titles from a variety of publishers and distributors,
publishing technologies, authors, genres, literary styles, and GLBT
content. "The judges were extremely impressed with the variety and
quality of the works considered. Indeed one judge commented that the
difficulty was not in finding quality works, but whittling a pool of
quality works down to a Short List" reported Rob Gates, Executive
Director of the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council. The juries
encourage readers to seek out not only the Short List titles, but all
of the nominated works.
Nominations for the 2008 Awards are open and the 2008 Awards will be
presented at Gaylaxicon 2008 in Washington DC in October 2008.
For more information about the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, including a
complete listing of all nominated works from 2007, a handout listing
winners and short list recommendations with brief descriptions, or to
nominate works for the 2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, you can visit
the website at http://www.spectrumawards.org/ or send email to
info@spectrumawards.org.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
www.spectrumawards.org
Gaylaxicon 2008
PO Box 656
Washington, DC 20044
www.gaylaxicon2008.org
Short Fiction Winners and Short List
In The Quake Zone, David Gerrold (Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC)
WINNER
Instinct, Joy Parks (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp) WINNER
The Language of Moths, Christopher Barzak (Realms of Fantasy) WINNER
The Beatrix Gates, Rachel Pollack (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp)
Bones Like Black Sugar, Catherynne M Valente (Fantasy Magazine #1
Prime)
The Captive Girl, Jennifer Pelland (Helix SF, Issue 3, Fall 2006)
Caught by Skin, Steve Berman (Sex in the System Thunder's Mouth)
Facing Down Your Demons, Alexander Potter (All Hell Breaking Loose
DAW)
Fairy Tale Ending, L-J Baker (From The Asylum March 2006)
Obscure Relations, L Timmel Duchamp (The Future Is Queer Arsenal
Pulp)
Plums, Camilla Bruce (Shifting Again Torquere)
Sleeping Bears Lie, Alex Draven (Shifting Too Torquere)
The Specter of Sin, Kristina Wright (Call of the Dark Bella)
There's a Hole in the City, Richard Bowes (SciFiction SciFi.com)
Voce, Kimberly DeCina (Sleeping Beauty Indeed Torquere)
We Recruit, Julia Watts (Stake Through the Heart Bella)
Other Work Winners and Short List
The Future Is Queer (anthology), Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
et al Arsenal Pulp WINNER
Torchwood Season 1 (television), Russell T Davies et al BBC WINNER
V for Vendetta (film), James McTeigue et al Warner Bros WINNER
The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama (poem), Catherynne M Valente Prime
Doctor Who The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (television), Russell T
Davies et al BBC
Drawn Together (television), Comedy Central Comedy Central
Eerie Queerie (manga), Shuri Shiozu et al TokyoPop
Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler (anthology), Don Sakers et al (Speed-of-C)
Hard Pill (film), John Baumgartner et al (Baumgartner)
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed (anthology), Joselle Vanderhooft et al
(Torquere)
Young Avengers (comics), Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung et al (Marvel
Comics)
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
info@spectrumawards.org
http://www.spectrumawards.org/
For Immediate Release - Please Distribute
February 7, 2008
Contact: Rob Gates (rgates@wavelengthsonline.com)
Washington DC: -- The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council is pleased to
announce the winners of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short
Fiction and Other Work -- Novel winners were announced in October 2007.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were created in 1999 to honor works in
SF/F/H that deal positively with gay characters, themes and issues.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council was created in 2002 to manage
and further the mission of the Awards, which is to educate and raise
awareness of GLBT content in SF/F/H. Nominations for the Gaylactic
Spectrum Awards are open to everyone. Winners and a short list of
recommended works in each category are selected by a jury.
For 2007 Awards were being presented in three categories. The Novel
category recognized works originally released in 2006 in the US/North
America. The Short Fiction and Other Work categories recognized works
released in 2005 or 2006 due to a one year jury break.
Three stories were selected by the judges as the best science fiction,
fantasy or horror short fiction with significant positive GLBT content
from 2005 and 2006. "In the Quake Zone" by David Gerrold from the
anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, "Instinct" by Joy Parks from the
anthology The Future Is Queer, and "The Language of Moths" by
Christopher Barzak from the magazine Realms of Fantasy were identified
as the three winners in the Short Fiction category. In the Other Work
category the jury also identified three winners. They were the
anthology The Future Is Queer edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence
Schimel, the television series Torchwood created by Russell T Davies,
and the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue.
The jury for each category also identified a Short List of Recommended
works. The complete Short List for each category is below. The short
lists reflect the remarkable diversity in the speculative fiction
arena, with titles from a variety of publishers and distributors,
publishing technologies, authors, genres, literary styles, and GLBT
content. "The judges were extremely impressed with the variety and
quality of the works considered. Indeed one judge commented that the
difficulty was not in finding quality works, but whittling a pool of
quality works down to a Short List" reported Rob Gates, Executive
Director of the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council. The juries
encourage readers to seek out not only the Short List titles, but all
of the nominated works.
Nominations for the 2008 Awards are open and the 2008 Awards will be
presented at Gaylaxicon 2008 in Washington DC in October 2008.
For more information about the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, including a
complete listing of all nominated works from 2007, a handout listing
winners and short list recommendations with brief descriptions, or to
nominate works for the 2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, you can visit
the website at http://www.spectrumawards.org/ or send email to
info@spectrumawards.org.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
www.spectrumawards.org
Gaylaxicon 2008
PO Box 656
Washington, DC 20044
www.gaylaxicon2008.org
Short Fiction Winners and Short List
In The Quake Zone, David Gerrold (Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC)
WINNER
Instinct, Joy Parks (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp) WINNER
The Language of Moths, Christopher Barzak (Realms of Fantasy) WINNER
The Beatrix Gates, Rachel Pollack (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp)
Bones Like Black Sugar, Catherynne M Valente (Fantasy Magazine #1
Prime)
The Captive Girl, Jennifer Pelland (Helix SF, Issue 3, Fall 2006)
Caught by Skin, Steve Berman (Sex in the System Thunder's Mouth)
Facing Down Your Demons, Alexander Potter (All Hell Breaking Loose
DAW)
Fairy Tale Ending, L-J Baker (From The Asylum March 2006)
Obscure Relations, L Timmel Duchamp (The Future Is Queer Arsenal
Pulp)
Plums, Camilla Bruce (Shifting Again Torquere)
Sleeping Bears Lie, Alex Draven (Shifting Too Torquere)
The Specter of Sin, Kristina Wright (Call of the Dark Bella)
There's a Hole in the City, Richard Bowes (SciFiction SciFi.com)
Voce, Kimberly DeCina (Sleeping Beauty Indeed Torquere)
We Recruit, Julia Watts (Stake Through the Heart Bella)
Other Work Winners and Short List
The Future Is Queer (anthology), Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
et al Arsenal Pulp WINNER
Torchwood Season 1 (television), Russell T Davies et al BBC WINNER
V for Vendetta (film), James McTeigue et al Warner Bros WINNER
The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama (poem), Catherynne M Valente Prime
Doctor Who The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (television), Russell T
Davies et al BBC
Drawn Together (television), Comedy Central Comedy Central
Eerie Queerie (manga), Shuri Shiozu et al TokyoPop
Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler (anthology), Don Sakers et al (Speed-of-C)
Hard Pill (film), John Baumgartner et al (Baumgartner)
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed (anthology), Joselle Vanderhooft et al
(Torquere)
Young Avengers (comics), Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung et al (Marvel
Comics)
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Feb. 8th, 2008 04:48 pmResults of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards have been announced. The press release is marked for distribution, so here it is.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
info@spectrumawards.org
http://www.spectrumawards.org/
For Immediate Release - Please Distribute
February 7, 2008
Contact: Rob Gates (rgates@wavelengthsonline.com)
Washington DC: -- The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council is pleased to
announce the winners of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short
Fiction and Other Work -- Novel winners were announced in October 2007.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were created in 1999 to honor works in
SF/F/H that deal positively with gay characters, themes and issues.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council was created in 2002 to manage
and further the mission of the Awards, which is to educate and raise
awareness of GLBT content in SF/F/H. Nominations for the Gaylactic
Spectrum Awards are open to everyone. Winners and a short list of
recommended works in each category are selected by a jury.
For 2007 Awards were being presented in three categories. The Novel
category recognized works originally released in 2006 in the US/North
America. The Short Fiction and Other Work categories recognized works
released in 2005 or 2006 due to a one year jury break.
Three stories were selected by the judges as the best science fiction,
fantasy or horror short fiction with significant positive GLBT content
from 2005 and 2006. "In the Quake Zone" by David Gerrold from the
anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, "Instinct" by Joy Parks from the
anthology The Future Is Queer, and "The Language of Moths" by
Christopher Barzak from the magazine Realms of Fantasy were identified
as the three winners in the Short Fiction category. In the Other Work
category the jury also identified three winners. They were the
anthology The Future Is Queer edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence
Schimel, the television series Torchwood created by Russell T Davies,
and the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue.
The jury for each category also identified a Short List of Recommended
works. The complete Short List for each category is below. The short
lists reflect the remarkable diversity in the speculative fiction
arena, with titles from a variety of publishers and distributors,
publishing technologies, authors, genres, literary styles, and GLBT
content. "The judges were extremely impressed with the variety and
quality of the works considered. Indeed one judge commented that the
difficulty was not in finding quality works, but whittling a pool of
quality works down to a Short List" reported Rob Gates, Executive
Director of the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council. The juries
encourage readers to seek out not only the Short List titles, but all
of the nominated works.
Nominations for the 2008 Awards are open and the 2008 Awards will be
presented at Gaylaxicon 2008 in Washington DC in October 2008.
For more information about the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, including a
complete listing of all nominated works from 2007, a handout listing
winners and short list recommendations with brief descriptions, or to
nominate works for the 2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, you can visit
the website at http://www.spectrumawards.org/ or send email to
info@spectrumawards.org.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
www.spectrumawards.org
Gaylaxicon 2008
PO Box 656
Washington, DC 20044
www.gaylaxicon2008.org
Short Fiction Winners and Short List
In The Quake Zone, David Gerrold (Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC)
WINNER
Instinct, Joy Parks (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp) WINNER
The Language of Moths, Christopher Barzak (Realms of Fantasy) WINNER
The Beatrix Gates, Rachel Pollack (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp)
Bones Like Black Sugar, Catherynne M Valente (Fantasy Magazine #1
Prime)
The Captive Girl, Jennifer Pelland (Helix SF, Issue 3, Fall 2006)
Caught by Skin, Steve Berman (Sex in the System Thunder's Mouth)
Facing Down Your Demons, Alexander Potter (All Hell Breaking Loose
DAW)
Fairy Tale Ending, L-J Baker (From The Asylum March 2006)
Obscure Relations, L Timmel Duchamp (The Future Is Queer Arsenal
Pulp)
Plums, Camilla Bruce (Shifting Again Torquere)
Sleeping Bears Lie, Alex Draven (Shifting Too Torquere)
The Specter of Sin, Kristina Wright (Call of the Dark Bella)
There's a Hole in the City, Richard Bowes (SciFiction SciFi.com)
Voce, Kimberly DeCina (Sleeping Beauty Indeed Torquere)
We Recruit, Julia Watts (Stake Through the Heart Bella)
Other Work Winners and Short List
The Future Is Queer (anthology), Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
et al Arsenal Pulp WINNER
Torchwood Season 1 (television), Russell T Davies et al BBC WINNER
V for Vendetta (film), James McTeigue et al Warner Bros WINNER
The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama (poem), Catherynne M Valente Prime
Doctor Who The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (television), Russell T
Davies et al BBC
Drawn Together (television), Comedy Central Comedy Central
Eerie Queerie (manga), Shuri Shiozu et al TokyoPop
Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler (anthology), Don Sakers et al (Speed-of-C)
Hard Pill (film), John Baumgartner et al (Baumgartner)
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed (anthology), Joselle Vanderhooft et al
(Torquere)
Young Avengers (comics), Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung et al (Marvel
Comics)
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
info@spectrumawards.org
http://www.spectrumawards.org/
For Immediate Release - Please Distribute
February 7, 2008
Contact: Rob Gates (rgates@wavelengthsonline.com)
Washington DC: -- The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council is pleased to
announce the winners of the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short
Fiction and Other Work -- Novel winners were announced in October 2007.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards were created in 1999 to honor works in
SF/F/H that deal positively with gay characters, themes and issues.
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council was created in 2002 to manage
and further the mission of the Awards, which is to educate and raise
awareness of GLBT content in SF/F/H. Nominations for the Gaylactic
Spectrum Awards are open to everyone. Winners and a short list of
recommended works in each category are selected by a jury.
For 2007 Awards were being presented in three categories. The Novel
category recognized works originally released in 2006 in the US/North
America. The Short Fiction and Other Work categories recognized works
released in 2005 or 2006 due to a one year jury break.
Three stories were selected by the judges as the best science fiction,
fantasy or horror short fiction with significant positive GLBT content
from 2005 and 2006. "In the Quake Zone" by David Gerrold from the
anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, "Instinct" by Joy Parks from the
anthology The Future Is Queer, and "The Language of Moths" by
Christopher Barzak from the magazine Realms of Fantasy were identified
as the three winners in the Short Fiction category. In the Other Work
category the jury also identified three winners. They were the
anthology The Future Is Queer edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence
Schimel, the television series Torchwood created by Russell T Davies,
and the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue.
The jury for each category also identified a Short List of Recommended
works. The complete Short List for each category is below. The short
lists reflect the remarkable diversity in the speculative fiction
arena, with titles from a variety of publishers and distributors,
publishing technologies, authors, genres, literary styles, and GLBT
content. "The judges were extremely impressed with the variety and
quality of the works considered. Indeed one judge commented that the
difficulty was not in finding quality works, but whittling a pool of
quality works down to a Short List" reported Rob Gates, Executive
Director of the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Council. The juries
encourage readers to seek out not only the Short List titles, but all
of the nominated works.
Nominations for the 2008 Awards are open and the 2008 Awards will be
presented at Gaylaxicon 2008 in Washington DC in October 2008.
For more information about the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, including a
complete listing of all nominated works from 2007, a handout listing
winners and short list recommendations with brief descriptions, or to
nominate works for the 2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, you can visit
the website at http://www.spectrumawards.org/ or send email to
info@spectrumawards.org.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
PO Box 73602
Washington, DC 20056-3602
www.spectrumawards.org
Gaylaxicon 2008
PO Box 656
Washington, DC 20044
www.gaylaxicon2008.org
Short Fiction Winners and Short List
In The Quake Zone, David Gerrold (Down These Dark Spaceways SFBC)
WINNER
Instinct, Joy Parks (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp) WINNER
The Language of Moths, Christopher Barzak (Realms of Fantasy) WINNER
The Beatrix Gates, Rachel Pollack (The Future Is Queer Arsenal Pulp)
Bones Like Black Sugar, Catherynne M Valente (Fantasy Magazine #1
Prime)
The Captive Girl, Jennifer Pelland (Helix SF, Issue 3, Fall 2006)
Caught by Skin, Steve Berman (Sex in the System Thunder's Mouth)
Facing Down Your Demons, Alexander Potter (All Hell Breaking Loose
DAW)
Fairy Tale Ending, L-J Baker (From The Asylum March 2006)
Obscure Relations, L Timmel Duchamp (The Future Is Queer Arsenal
Pulp)
Plums, Camilla Bruce (Shifting Again Torquere)
Sleeping Bears Lie, Alex Draven (Shifting Too Torquere)
The Specter of Sin, Kristina Wright (Call of the Dark Bella)
There's a Hole in the City, Richard Bowes (SciFiction SciFi.com)
Voce, Kimberly DeCina (Sleeping Beauty Indeed Torquere)
We Recruit, Julia Watts (Stake Through the Heart Bella)
Other Work Winners and Short List
The Future Is Queer (anthology), Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
et al Arsenal Pulp WINNER
Torchwood Season 1 (television), Russell T Davies et al BBC WINNER
V for Vendetta (film), James McTeigue et al Warner Bros WINNER
The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama (poem), Catherynne M Valente Prime
Doctor Who The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (television), Russell T
Davies et al BBC
Drawn Together (television), Comedy Central Comedy Central
Eerie Queerie (manga), Shuri Shiozu et al TokyoPop
Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler (anthology), Don Sakers et al (Speed-of-C)
Hard Pill (film), John Baumgartner et al (Baumgartner)
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed (anthology), Joselle Vanderhooft et al
(Torquere)
Young Avengers (comics), Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung et al (Marvel
Comics)
When to Stop
Feb. 8th, 2008 06:32 pmI've been contemplating the interesting Ai-Naidari concept of Correction, comparing it to other fictional and factual examples.
Here's a factual example: referring to unwed mothers as "sluts." The article refers to a politician who thinks that unwed mothers should be punished for getting pregnant by being shunned and shamed ... more or less permanently.
In order for punishment to be effective, it has to be 1) prompt, 2) relevant, and 3) finite. When you see a puppy peeing on the carpet, you yell at the puppy and take it outside, and maybe put it in the crate for a while; but the point won't be made if you keep yelling at the puppy long after it stops peeing. Unless you plan on killing the person who did something wrong, at some point that person needs to interact with other people again. So the goal is to prevent future misbehavior, and if one is punished forever, that drastically reduces one's ability and motivation to participate in society in a healthy manner. Permanent punishment, ethical considerations aside, is actively counterproductive.
A fictional example: When Aslan returns Edmund to his siblings, he tells them, "There will be no need to speak of this to Edmund." That's a good line for dealing with situations where one child has collossally screwed up and others know about it. It's been dealt with -- we saw part of the lecture on the hill -- and now it's done with. Drop the topic.
One of the many things I think is wrong with the world today is a widespread tendency to treat mistakes as permanent, instead of establishing some appropriate recompense and then considering the matter finished.
Here's a factual example: referring to unwed mothers as "sluts." The article refers to a politician who thinks that unwed mothers should be punished for getting pregnant by being shunned and shamed ... more or less permanently.
In order for punishment to be effective, it has to be 1) prompt, 2) relevant, and 3) finite. When you see a puppy peeing on the carpet, you yell at the puppy and take it outside, and maybe put it in the crate for a while; but the point won't be made if you keep yelling at the puppy long after it stops peeing. Unless you plan on killing the person who did something wrong, at some point that person needs to interact with other people again. So the goal is to prevent future misbehavior, and if one is punished forever, that drastically reduces one's ability and motivation to participate in society in a healthy manner. Permanent punishment, ethical considerations aside, is actively counterproductive.
A fictional example: When Aslan returns Edmund to his siblings, he tells them, "There will be no need to speak of this to Edmund." That's a good line for dealing with situations where one child has collossally screwed up and others know about it. It's been dealt with -- we saw part of the lecture on the hill -- and now it's done with. Drop the topic.
One of the many things I think is wrong with the world today is a widespread tendency to treat mistakes as permanent, instead of establishing some appropriate recompense and then considering the matter finished.
When to Stop
Feb. 8th, 2008 06:32 pmI've been contemplating the interesting Ai-Naidari concept of Correction, comparing it to other fictional and factual examples.
Here's a factual example: referring to unwed mothers as "sluts." The article refers to a politician who thinks that unwed mothers should be punished for getting pregnant by being shunned and shamed ... more or less permanently.
In order for punishment to be effective, it has to be 1) prompt, 2) relevant, and 3) finite. When you see a puppy peeing on the carpet, you yell at the puppy and take it outside, and maybe put it in the crate for a while; but the point won't be made if you keep yelling at the puppy long after it stops peeing. Unless you plan on killing the person who did something wrong, at some point that person needs to interact with other people again. So the goal is to prevent future misbehavior, and if one is punished forever, that drastically reduces one's ability and motivation to participate in society in a healthy manner. Permanent punishment, ethical considerations aside, is actively counterproductive.
A fictional example: When Aslan returns Edmund to his siblings, he tells them, "There will be no need to speak of this to Edmund." That's a good line for dealing with situations where one child has collossally screwed up and others know about it. It's been dealt with -- we saw part of the lecture on the hill -- and now it's done with. Drop the topic.
One of the many things I think is wrong with the world today is a widespread tendency to treat mistakes as permanent, instead of establishing some appropriate recompense and then considering the matter finished.
Here's a factual example: referring to unwed mothers as "sluts." The article refers to a politician who thinks that unwed mothers should be punished for getting pregnant by being shunned and shamed ... more or less permanently.
In order for punishment to be effective, it has to be 1) prompt, 2) relevant, and 3) finite. When you see a puppy peeing on the carpet, you yell at the puppy and take it outside, and maybe put it in the crate for a while; but the point won't be made if you keep yelling at the puppy long after it stops peeing. Unless you plan on killing the person who did something wrong, at some point that person needs to interact with other people again. So the goal is to prevent future misbehavior, and if one is punished forever, that drastically reduces one's ability and motivation to participate in society in a healthy manner. Permanent punishment, ethical considerations aside, is actively counterproductive.
A fictional example: When Aslan returns Edmund to his siblings, he tells them, "There will be no need to speak of this to Edmund." That's a good line for dealing with situations where one child has collossally screwed up and others know about it. It's been dealt with -- we saw part of the lecture on the hill -- and now it's done with. Drop the topic.
One of the many things I think is wrong with the world today is a widespread tendency to treat mistakes as permanent, instead of establishing some appropriate recompense and then considering the matter finished.
When to Stop
Feb. 8th, 2008 06:32 pmI've been contemplating the interesting Ai-Naidari concept of Correction, comparing it to other fictional and factual examples.
Here's a factual example: referring to unwed mothers as "sluts." The article refers to a politician who thinks that unwed mothers should be punished for getting pregnant by being shunned and shamed ... more or less permanently.
In order for punishment to be effective, it has to be 1) prompt, 2) relevant, and 3) finite. When you see a puppy peeing on the carpet, you yell at the puppy and take it outside, and maybe put it in the crate for a while; but the point won't be made if you keep yelling at the puppy long after it stops peeing. Unless you plan on killing the person who did something wrong, at some point that person needs to interact with other people again. So the goal is to prevent future misbehavior, and if one is punished forever, that drastically reduces one's ability and motivation to participate in society in a healthy manner. Permanent punishment, ethical considerations aside, is actively counterproductive.
A fictional example: When Aslan returns Edmund to his siblings, he tells them, "There will be no need to speak of this to Edmund." That's a good line for dealing with situations where one child has collossally screwed up and others know about it. It's been dealt with -- we saw part of the lecture on the hill -- and now it's done with. Drop the topic.
One of the many things I think is wrong with the world today is a widespread tendency to treat mistakes as permanent, instead of establishing some appropriate recompense and then considering the matter finished.
Here's a factual example: referring to unwed mothers as "sluts." The article refers to a politician who thinks that unwed mothers should be punished for getting pregnant by being shunned and shamed ... more or less permanently.
In order for punishment to be effective, it has to be 1) prompt, 2) relevant, and 3) finite. When you see a puppy peeing on the carpet, you yell at the puppy and take it outside, and maybe put it in the crate for a while; but the point won't be made if you keep yelling at the puppy long after it stops peeing. Unless you plan on killing the person who did something wrong, at some point that person needs to interact with other people again. So the goal is to prevent future misbehavior, and if one is punished forever, that drastically reduces one's ability and motivation to participate in society in a healthy manner. Permanent punishment, ethical considerations aside, is actively counterproductive.
A fictional example: When Aslan returns Edmund to his siblings, he tells them, "There will be no need to speak of this to Edmund." That's a good line for dealing with situations where one child has collossally screwed up and others know about it. It's been dealt with -- we saw part of the lecture on the hill -- and now it's done with. Drop the topic.
One of the many things I think is wrong with the world today is a widespread tendency to treat mistakes as permanent, instead of establishing some appropriate recompense and then considering the matter finished.
When to Stop
Feb. 8th, 2008 06:32 pmI've been contemplating the interesting Ai-Naidari concept of Correction, comparing it to other fictional and factual examples.
Here's a factual example: referring to unwed mothers as "sluts." The article refers to a politician who thinks that unwed mothers should be punished for getting pregnant by being shunned and shamed ... more or less permanently.
In order for punishment to be effective, it has to be 1) prompt, 2) relevant, and 3) finite. When you see a puppy peeing on the carpet, you yell at the puppy and take it outside, and maybe put it in the crate for a while; but the point won't be made if you keep yelling at the puppy long after it stops peeing. Unless you plan on killing the person who did something wrong, at some point that person needs to interact with other people again. So the goal is to prevent future misbehavior, and if one is punished forever, that drastically reduces one's ability and motivation to participate in society in a healthy manner. Permanent punishment, ethical considerations aside, is actively counterproductive.
A fictional example: When Aslan returns Edmund to his siblings, he tells them, "There will be no need to speak of this to Edmund." That's a good line for dealing with situations where one child has collossally screwed up and others know about it. It's been dealt with -- we saw part of the lecture on the hill -- and now it's done with. Drop the topic.
One of the many things I think is wrong with the world today is a widespread tendency to treat mistakes as permanent, instead of establishing some appropriate recompense and then considering the matter finished.
Here's a factual example: referring to unwed mothers as "sluts." The article refers to a politician who thinks that unwed mothers should be punished for getting pregnant by being shunned and shamed ... more or less permanently.
In order for punishment to be effective, it has to be 1) prompt, 2) relevant, and 3) finite. When you see a puppy peeing on the carpet, you yell at the puppy and take it outside, and maybe put it in the crate for a while; but the point won't be made if you keep yelling at the puppy long after it stops peeing. Unless you plan on killing the person who did something wrong, at some point that person needs to interact with other people again. So the goal is to prevent future misbehavior, and if one is punished forever, that drastically reduces one's ability and motivation to participate in society in a healthy manner. Permanent punishment, ethical considerations aside, is actively counterproductive.
A fictional example: When Aslan returns Edmund to his siblings, he tells them, "There will be no need to speak of this to Edmund." That's a good line for dealing with situations where one child has collossally screwed up and others know about it. It's been dealt with -- we saw part of the lecture on the hill -- and now it's done with. Drop the topic.
One of the many things I think is wrong with the world today is a widespread tendency to treat mistakes as permanent, instead of establishing some appropriate recompense and then considering the matter finished.
More on the Water Wars
Feb. 8th, 2008 08:20 pmHere's another article on how water shortage leads to violence.
Water isn't just a resource. Water is life. Learn that or die. Our bodies are made of water, with a sprinkling of other materials for shape. We can't survive without it. The climate depends on it; the biosphere depends on it; life depends on it.
So of course, when it's scarce, it gets fought over. Watch the wildlife when watering holes start to dry up. They become the focus of most of the local ecosystem. The same thing has held true of human civilizations.
Breadbaskets aren't the real cradle of civilization. Water is. Until fairly recently, when humanity embarked on its imbecilic quest to build cities in places with insufficient water, all human settlements sprouted near water sources. Where there's not enough water, there are no humans or they are nomadic and have no settlements. Civilization is a thing of bays and lakes and rivers; in the desert, of oases and other special sources of water. Look at a map and you'll find towns and cities clustered where there is abundant water. Only with the advent of piping and damming have we broken that trend, and we're starting to pay the price.
Understand this: We can't keep spending water like money.
Water isn't just a resource. Water is life. Learn that or die. Our bodies are made of water, with a sprinkling of other materials for shape. We can't survive without it. The climate depends on it; the biosphere depends on it; life depends on it.
So of course, when it's scarce, it gets fought over. Watch the wildlife when watering holes start to dry up. They become the focus of most of the local ecosystem. The same thing has held true of human civilizations.
Breadbaskets aren't the real cradle of civilization. Water is. Until fairly recently, when humanity embarked on its imbecilic quest to build cities in places with insufficient water, all human settlements sprouted near water sources. Where there's not enough water, there are no humans or they are nomadic and have no settlements. Civilization is a thing of bays and lakes and rivers; in the desert, of oases and other special sources of water. Look at a map and you'll find towns and cities clustered where there is abundant water. Only with the advent of piping and damming have we broken that trend, and we're starting to pay the price.
Understand this: We can't keep spending water like money.
More on the Water Wars
Feb. 8th, 2008 08:20 pmHere's another article on how water shortage leads to violence.
Water isn't just a resource. Water is life. Learn that or die. Our bodies are made of water, with a sprinkling of other materials for shape. We can't survive without it. The climate depends on it; the biosphere depends on it; life depends on it.
So of course, when it's scarce, it gets fought over. Watch the wildlife when watering holes start to dry up. They become the focus of most of the local ecosystem. The same thing has held true of human civilizations.
Breadbaskets aren't the real cradle of civilization. Water is. Until fairly recently, when humanity embarked on its imbecilic quest to build cities in places with insufficient water, all human settlements sprouted near water sources. Where there's not enough water, there are no humans or they are nomadic and have no settlements. Civilization is a thing of bays and lakes and rivers; in the desert, of oases and other special sources of water. Look at a map and you'll find towns and cities clustered where there is abundant water. Only with the advent of piping and damming have we broken that trend, and we're starting to pay the price.
Understand this: We can't keep spending water like money.
Water isn't just a resource. Water is life. Learn that or die. Our bodies are made of water, with a sprinkling of other materials for shape. We can't survive without it. The climate depends on it; the biosphere depends on it; life depends on it.
So of course, when it's scarce, it gets fought over. Watch the wildlife when watering holes start to dry up. They become the focus of most of the local ecosystem. The same thing has held true of human civilizations.
Breadbaskets aren't the real cradle of civilization. Water is. Until fairly recently, when humanity embarked on its imbecilic quest to build cities in places with insufficient water, all human settlements sprouted near water sources. Where there's not enough water, there are no humans or they are nomadic and have no settlements. Civilization is a thing of bays and lakes and rivers; in the desert, of oases and other special sources of water. Look at a map and you'll find towns and cities clustered where there is abundant water. Only with the advent of piping and damming have we broken that trend, and we're starting to pay the price.
Understand this: We can't keep spending water like money.
More on the Water Wars
Feb. 8th, 2008 08:20 pmHere's another article on how water shortage leads to violence.
Water isn't just a resource. Water is life. Learn that or die. Our bodies are made of water, with a sprinkling of other materials for shape. We can't survive without it. The climate depends on it; the biosphere depends on it; life depends on it.
So of course, when it's scarce, it gets fought over. Watch the wildlife when watering holes start to dry up. They become the focus of most of the local ecosystem. The same thing has held true of human civilizations.
Breadbaskets aren't the real cradle of civilization. Water is. Until fairly recently, when humanity embarked on its imbecilic quest to build cities in places with insufficient water, all human settlements sprouted near water sources. Where there's not enough water, there are no humans or they are nomadic and have no settlements. Civilization is a thing of bays and lakes and rivers; in the desert, of oases and other special sources of water. Look at a map and you'll find towns and cities clustered where there is abundant water. Only with the advent of piping and damming have we broken that trend, and we're starting to pay the price.
Understand this: We can't keep spending water like money.
Water isn't just a resource. Water is life. Learn that or die. Our bodies are made of water, with a sprinkling of other materials for shape. We can't survive without it. The climate depends on it; the biosphere depends on it; life depends on it.
So of course, when it's scarce, it gets fought over. Watch the wildlife when watering holes start to dry up. They become the focus of most of the local ecosystem. The same thing has held true of human civilizations.
Breadbaskets aren't the real cradle of civilization. Water is. Until fairly recently, when humanity embarked on its imbecilic quest to build cities in places with insufficient water, all human settlements sprouted near water sources. Where there's not enough water, there are no humans or they are nomadic and have no settlements. Civilization is a thing of bays and lakes and rivers; in the desert, of oases and other special sources of water. Look at a map and you'll find towns and cities clustered where there is abundant water. Only with the advent of piping and damming have we broken that trend, and we're starting to pay the price.
Understand this: We can't keep spending water like money.
More on the Water Wars
Feb. 8th, 2008 08:20 pmHere's another article on how water shortage leads to violence.
Water isn't just a resource. Water is life. Learn that or die. Our bodies are made of water, with a sprinkling of other materials for shape. We can't survive without it. The climate depends on it; the biosphere depends on it; life depends on it.
So of course, when it's scarce, it gets fought over. Watch the wildlife when watering holes start to dry up. They become the focus of most of the local ecosystem. The same thing has held true of human civilizations.
Breadbaskets aren't the real cradle of civilization. Water is. Until fairly recently, when humanity embarked on its imbecilic quest to build cities in places with insufficient water, all human settlements sprouted near water sources. Where there's not enough water, there are no humans or they are nomadic and have no settlements. Civilization is a thing of bays and lakes and rivers; in the desert, of oases and other special sources of water. Look at a map and you'll find towns and cities clustered where there is abundant water. Only with the advent of piping and damming have we broken that trend, and we're starting to pay the price.
Understand this: We can't keep spending water like money.
Water isn't just a resource. Water is life. Learn that or die. Our bodies are made of water, with a sprinkling of other materials for shape. We can't survive without it. The climate depends on it; the biosphere depends on it; life depends on it.
So of course, when it's scarce, it gets fought over. Watch the wildlife when watering holes start to dry up. They become the focus of most of the local ecosystem. The same thing has held true of human civilizations.
Breadbaskets aren't the real cradle of civilization. Water is. Until fairly recently, when humanity embarked on its imbecilic quest to build cities in places with insufficient water, all human settlements sprouted near water sources. Where there's not enough water, there are no humans or they are nomadic and have no settlements. Civilization is a thing of bays and lakes and rivers; in the desert, of oases and other special sources of water. Look at a map and you'll find towns and cities clustered where there is abundant water. Only with the advent of piping and damming have we broken that trend, and we're starting to pay the price.
Understand this: We can't keep spending water like money.