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Introduction -Illithid Theology, 40 —Illithids: The Legend, 4 Ilsensine, 40 —The Bowels of the World, 4 Maanzecorian, 41 —Encounter in Darkness, 5 —Consequences, 6 Psychology and Society —Inside the Illithid Mind, 42 Beliefs, 42 Illithids: What They Emotions, 45 Concept of Time, 45 —Mind Flayers at a —Society, 46 Glance, 7 Lot of the Thrall, 46 s Abilitie , Anatomy Inter-illithid Relationships, 46 and Limitations, 7 The Elder Concord, 47 Creeds, 48 —Illithid Social Customs, 53 Life Cycle and Coming of Age, 53 Variations 3 5 , Brain r Elde e th g Joinin —Eggs, 10 Entertainment, 54 —Tadpoles, 10 Nonpsionic Communication, 56 —Ceremorphosis, 11 Illithid Names, 56 —Adults, 12 Outcasts, 56 —Illithid Variations, 14 Illithids and Undead, 57 Arcane Illithids, 14 Illithids and Githyanki, 58 Ulitharids, 15 Illithids and Githzerai, 60 Elder Brains, 16 Alhoons (Illithilichs), 17 An Illithid Community Illithid Vampires, 18 —Abstemious, 61 Urophions, 18 72 , Dwelling r Flaye d Min l Typica A — Neothelids, 18 —Engendering New Communities, 74 Psionics: Options, Abilities, and Drawbacks —Philosophy of Psionics, 20 y Technolog d Illithi Optional Psionics Rule #1, 21 —Psionic Item Distribution, 77 Optional Psionics Rule #2, 21 Psionic Item Descriptions, 77 Psionic Attack and Combat, 21 Unique Psionic Items, 83 Quick Psionic Rules For Illithids, 22 Illithid Psionic Attacks, 23 Illithid Psionic Defenses, 24 Mind Flayer Quick Stat Reference Illithid Psionic Disciplines, 25 —Standard illithids, 86 —Unique Illithid Psionic Disciplines, 28 6 8 , illithids e —Arcan Unique Psionic Power Menu, 28 —Ulitharids, 86 Unique Psionic Power Descriptions, 28 —Alhoons, 87 —Psionic Drawbacks, 33 —Illithid vampires, 87 Psionic Cascade, 33 —Brain golem, 88 Psionic Disease: The Ashen, 34 Psychic Flareback, 34 —Grimlocks, 88 Partial Personalities, 35 —Lugribossk (Ilsensine's Proxy), 89 History and Theology Monsters —Origins, 36 2 9 , Brain r —Elde —Ancient History, 38 —Urophion, 94 9 3 , Empire f o l —Fal —Neothelid, 95 —Recent History, 39 —Gohlbrorn, 96 Introduction Illithidsf O . -
13Th Valley John M. Del Vecchio Fiction 25.00 ABC of Architecture
13th Valley John M. Del Vecchio Fiction 25.00 ABC of Architecture James F. O’Gorman Non-fiction 38.65 ACROSS THE SEA OF GREGORY BENFORD SF 9.95 SUNS Affluent Society John Kenneth Galbraith 13.99 African Exodus: The Origins Christopher Stringer and Non-fiction 6.49 of Modern Humanity Robin McKie AGAINST INFINITY GREGORY BENFORD SF 25.00 Age of Anxiety: A Baroque W. H. Auden Eclogue Alabanza: New and Selected Martin Espada Poetry 24.95 Poems, 1982-2002 Alexandria Quartet Lawrence Durell ALIEN LIGHT NANCY KRESS SF Alva & Irva: The Twins Who Edward Carey Fiction Saved a City And Quiet Flows the Don Mikhail Sholokhov Fiction AND ETERNITY PIERS ANTHONY SF ANDROMEDA STRAIN MICHAEL CRICHTON SF Annotated Mona Lisa: A Carol Strickland and Non-fiction Crash Course in Art History John Boswell From Prehistoric to Post- Modern ANTHONOLOGY PIERS ANTHONY SF Appointment in Samarra John O’Hara ARSLAN M. J. ENGH SF Art of Living: The Classic Epictetus and Sharon Lebell Non-fiction Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness Art Attack: A Short Cultural Marc Aronson Non-fiction History of the Avant-Garde AT WINTER’S END ROBERT SILVERBERG SF Austerlitz W.G. Sebald Auto biography of Miss Jane Ernest Gaines Fiction Pittman Backlash: The Undeclared Susan Faludi Non-fiction War Against American Women Bad Publicity Jeffrey Frank Bad Land Jonathan Raban Badenheim 1939 Aharon Appelfeld Fiction Ball Four: My Life and Hard Jim Bouton Time Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues Barefoot to Balanchine: How Mary Kerner Non-fiction to Watch Dance Battle with the Slum Jacob Riis Bear William Faulkner Fiction Beauty Robin McKinley Fiction BEGGARS IN SPAIN NANCY KRESS SF BEHOLD THE MAN MICHAEL MOORCOCK SF Being Dead Jim Crace Bend in the River V. -
Archons (Commanders) [NOTICE: They Are NOT Anlien Parasites], and Then, in a Mirror Image of the Great Emanations of the Pleroma, Hundreds of Lesser Angels
A R C H O N S HIDDEN RULERS THROUGH THE AGES A R C H O N S HIDDEN RULERS THROUGH THE AGES WATCH THIS IMPORTANT VIDEO UFOs, Aliens, and the Question of Contact MUST-SEE THE OCCULT REASON FOR PSYCHOPATHY Organic Portals: Aliens and Psychopaths KNOWLEDGE THROUGH GNOSIS Boris Mouravieff - GNOSIS IN THE BEGINNING ...1 The Gnostic core belief was a strong dualism: that the world of matter was deadening and inferior to a remote nonphysical home, to which an interior divine spark in most humans aspired to return after death. This led them to an absorption with the Jewish creation myths in Genesis, which they obsessively reinterpreted to formulate allegorical explanations of how humans ended up trapped in the world of matter. The basic Gnostic story, which varied in details from teacher to teacher, was this: In the beginning there was an unknowable, immaterial, and invisible God, sometimes called the Father of All and sometimes by other names. “He” was neither male nor female, and was composed of an implicitly finite amount of a living nonphysical substance. Surrounding this God was a great empty region called the Pleroma (the fullness). Beyond the Pleroma lay empty space. The God acted to fill the Pleroma through a series of emanations, a squeezing off of small portions of his/its nonphysical energetic divine material. In most accounts there are thirty emanations in fifteen complementary pairs, each getting slightly less of the divine material and therefore being slightly weaker. The emanations are called Aeons (eternities) and are mostly named personifications in Greek of abstract ideas. -
Proper Boskonian 13
The Proper oskonian Number 13 Hi Marsha! N E S FA ~ PRESENTS; The Proper Boskonian 13 IHJ New England Science Fiction Association, Inc. BF Box G, MIT Branch Post Office Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 The Proper Boskonian, the magazine of the NESFA, Inc. This issue published 1/10/76 2 Editorial Excuses and Apoligies David Stever 3 Poul Anderson's Decision Makers Don D'Ammassa 9 Benjy (NESFA Story Contest Winner 1975) Vai Novak 17 ■ "It's Alright Mrs-. Stever, he's only CRUSHED ft!"' . Kris 20 An Epic. Fantasy Tale The Multitude 21 APA-Napkin/issue the first 29 IN .TOTO! Book Reviews , . D. Christine Benders and David Stever 31 The Alphabet Corner The Readers 4 • - The Cover. Artists are: Rozanne Zainp, Marilyn Hawkes, William Rotsler, and Matthew Zimet. - The Interior Artists are: Alpajpurip3.4, George Barr p32, Rudy DerHagopian. p31,36 Lance Glasser p35, Jim McLeod p4,5,6,7,8,]9, Andy Porter p3, Bill Rotsler p!7,18, Mike Symes p31,33,37, Rozanne Zaino p38 The typists were: Don Eastlake, Jill Eastlake, Morris Keesan, and David Stever Electro-stencils by Dick Harter, Mimeography by Tony Lewis and David Stever Editorial assistance Kris Editor of Proper Boskonian 13: David Stever ©NESF/V 1^6 1 This will have to do'as an editorial. Things have not really changed around the fans in the area, so this issue is as late as it is. In one of the local APAs there has been discussion as to who should be editor if not me, but even talking a about this aspect of PB has not spurred anyone to do any work for the magazine, b but for Don D'Ammassa, who began to reread the complete works of Poul Anderson for the article which begins on the next page. -
Brains, Minds, and Computers in Literary and Science Fiction Neuronarratives
BRAINS, MINDS, AND COMPUTERS IN LITERARY AND SCIENCE FICTION NEURONARRATIVES A dissertation submitted to Kent State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. by Jason W. Ellis August 2012 Dissertation written by Jason W. Ellis B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006 M.A., University of Liverpool, 2007 Ph.D., Kent State University, 2012 Approved by Donald M. Hassler Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Tammy Clewell Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Kevin Floyd Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Eric M. Mintz Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Arvind Bansal Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Accepted by Robert W. Trogdon Chair, Department of English John R.D. Stalvey Dean, College of Arts and Sciences ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................ iv Chapter 1: On Imagination, Science Fiction, and the Brain ........................................... 1 Chapter 2: A Cognitive Approach to Science Fiction .................................................. 13 Chapter 3: Isaac Asimov’s Robots as Cybernetic Models of the Human Brain ........... 48 Chapter 4: Philip K. Dick’s Reality Generator: the Human Brain ............................. 117 Chapter 5: William Gibson’s Cyberspace Exists within the Human Brain ................ 214 Chapter 6: Beyond Science Fiction: Metaphors as Future Prep ................................. 278 Works Cited ............................................................................................................... -
SFRA Newsletter Publ Ished Ten Times a Year for the Science Fiction Research Association by Alan Newcomer, Hypatia Press, Eugene, Oregon
University of South Florida Scholar Commons Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications 10-1-1991 SFRA ewN sletter 191 Science Fiction Research Association Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub Part of the Fiction Commons Scholar Commons Citation Science Fiction Research Association, "SFRA eN wsletter 191 " (1991). Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications. Paper 134. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub/134 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Past Presidents of afi! Thomas D. Clareson (1970-76) Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. (1977-78) Joe De Bolt (1979-80) James Gunn (1981-82) Patricia S. Warrick (1983-84) Donald M. Hassler (1985-86) William H. Hardesty (1987-89) Elizabeth Anne Hull (1989-90) Past Editors of the Newsletter Fred Lerner (1971-74) Beverly Friend (1974-78) Roald Tweet (1978-81) Elizabeth Anne Hull (1981-84) Richard W. Miller (1984-87) Robert A. Collins (1987-89) Pilgrim Award Winners J. O. Bailey (1970) Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1971 ) Julius Kagarlitski (1972) Jack Williamson (1973) I. F. Clarke (1974) Damon Knight (1975) James Gunn (1976) Thomas D. Clareson (1977) Brian W. Aldiss (1978) Darko Suvin (1979) Peter Nicholls (1980) Sam Moskowitz (1981 ) Neil Barron (1982) H Bruce Franklin (1983) Everett Bleiler (1984) Samuel R. Delany (1985) George Slusser (1986) Gary K. Wolfe (1987) Joanna Russ (1988) Ursula K. -
September 12-14, 1997 S,\\ Oscow, Qdafto Cactus Computer "We Make Computing Affordable."
oscon XIX September 12-14, 1997 S,\\_oscow, qdafto Cactus Computer "We make Computing affordable." .. ·.·- .. · BUY ~re you paying too ~ GAMES""\ much for your -~~- ,;1~p~~~tCOST' co;::!:; '... r""~-a: ; ·:·.\ ,-~:~~ -~ • Ask your --- •A:~' I '"-. J ~ .1=------~~ . /) ·,.,._~-·\r .~- ~ ·-.·.~-:;·~~~ ' dl friends! ..... ___ They've already joined the Cactus GAME CLUB. IT's FREE! See game and other catalogs with up-to-the-minute pricing at www.TurboNet.com/Cactus MosConXIX September 12-14, 1997 Larry Niven, Author Guest Rick Sternbach, Artist Guest Poul Anderson, Science Guest David & Betty Bigelow, Fan Guests Karen Kruse Anderson, Filk Guest Co-editors Lou Ann Lomax and Phrannque Sciamanda have Table of Contents produced the progress reports and, with Keith Farmer, this Chairman's Message. ................................................ J program book. All with the assistance of Jon Gustafson and Susan Larry Niven, Author Guest ....................................... 2 Meyer. Our thanks to them all. Jon Gustafson has provided his art Rick Sternbach, Artist Guest............ ......................... 4 CDs (Atlantis to the Stars, Dragons & Dinosaurs, and Rockets & Poul Anderson, Science Guest .......................· ........... 5 Robots) which we have used for much of the art found in the PRs David & Betty Bigelow, Fan Guests. ......................... 7 and program book. The folks at Cactus Computer have been gracious enough to provide our web site once again this year, and Karen Kruse Anderson, Filk Guest••••••••...•••.••••.......• 8 again we thank them, even as we grow increasingly computer Filk ........................................................................ 9 literate. The PRs and Program Book were all produced on MS Biographies of Our Other Professional Guests ....... 10 Word 6.0 for Windows. Do not do this at home. Programming .......................................................... 16 The MosCon XIX Program Book is © 1997 by Moscow Gaming & Gaming Rules...................................... -
ALEXIAD (!7+=3!G) $2.00 Recently I Have Been Trying to Avoid Buying Products from Marc Schirmeister
Vol. 18 No. 3 June 2019, 15 ALEXIAD (!7+=3!G) $2.00 Recently I have been trying to avoid buying products from Marc Schirmeister . 4, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17 China. I have not been totally successful. Some things I have not been able to do so because I have been unable to find products I The 145th Running of the Kentucky Derby was May 4, 2019. At need that were not made in China. I have found toothbrushes from first it looked like favorite Maximum Security had won, on a Switzerland, razors from Greece, inkpens from Japan and South very sloppy track, but he was disqualified for interference, and Korea, notebooks made here and India, notecards made here. I have Country House was declared the winner. not been able to find storage bags made outside of China. I have The 144th Running of the Preakness Stakes was May 18, 2019. compromised there and also in not looking at thrift store labels too War of Will won, while both Country House and Maximum closely. I justify this because the money spent at thrift stores goes Security were absent, and Bodexpress threw his rider. to charities, not China. The 150th Running of the Belmont Stakes was June 8, 2019. Sir Winston won and for a change there were no incidents. — Lisa The 94th Running of the Hambletonian (1st leg of theTrotting Table of Contents Triple Crown) is August 3, 2019 at Meadowlands Racetrack in Editorial. 1 East Rutherford, New Jersey. Reviewer’s Notes . 1 The 65th Running of the Yonkers Trot (2nd leg of the Trotting Triple Crown) is August 31, 2019 at Yonkers Raceway in Best Short Story Hugo Nominees . -
Geoff Ryman 203 SF and Pop • Elizabeth Moon the Critical Journal of Lain M
Jan/Feb 1999 £2.25 Geoff Ryman 203 SF and Pop • Elizabeth Moon The Critical Journal of lain M. Banks and T.S.EIiot the BSFA Editorial Team Production and General Editing Tony Cullen - 16 Weaver's Way, Camden, London NW1 OXE Vector » Email: [email protected] Features, Editorial and Letters The Critical Journal of the BSFA Andrew M. Butler - 33 Brookview Drive, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5JN Contents Email: [email protected] Gary Dalkin - 5 Lydford Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH11 8SN 3 Editorial by Andrew Butler Book Reviews 4 Paul Kincaid 60 Bournemouth Road, Folkestone, Kent CT 19 5AZ Letters to Vector Email: [email protected] 5 The Ryman Prescription Printed by: Ceoff Ryman interviewed by lustina PDC Copyprint, 11 Jeffries Passage, Guildford, Robson Surrey GUI 4AP 6 Telling the Tale: Ryman, Fiction, Cambodia |The British Science Fiction Association Ltd. by Elizabeth Billinger Limited by guarantee. Company No. 921500. Registered 8 A Geoff Ryman Bibliography Address: 60 Bournemouth Road, Folkestone, Kent. CT19 5AZ compiled by Andrew M. Butler The BSFA is a non-profitmaking organisation, staffed by unpaid volunteers. 9 Uncommon People Elizabeth Moon interviewed by Dr. Kat |BSFA Membership Patrick UK RESIDENTS: £19 or £12 (unwaged) per year. Please 11 Cognitive Mapping: Transformation enquire for overseas rates. by Paul Kincaid Renewalsand New Members - Paul Billinger , 1 Long Row 12 The Music of the Spheres - Part One: The Close , Everdon, Daventry, Northants NN11 3BE Influence of SF on Popular Music by Ian J. Simpson USA Enquiries - Cy Chauvin, 14248 Wilfred Street, Detroit, Ml 48213 USA 15 Poetic Licence: lain M. -
La Patrouille Du Temps », L’Un Des Plus Populaires Dus À La Plume De Poul Anderson (1926-2001)
Avant-propos Le livre que vous tenez entre les mains est un petit événement, car voici pour la première fois réunis en volume l’ensemble des récits formant le cycle de « La Patrouille du temps », l’un des plus populaires dus à la plume de Poul Anderson (1926-2001). Pré- cision importante : nous ne parlons ici que des récits traduits en langue française, car il en existe d’autres, ainsi que nous allons le voir. Mais d’abord, effectuons nous aussi une plongée dans le temps… C’est dans le numéro de mai 1955 du Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction que paraît « La Patrouille du temps », la première des nouvelles que vous allez découvrir ou redécouvrir ; moins d’un an plus tard, elle est traduite dans le n° 28 de Fiction, édi- tion française de F&SF, où son auteur est présenté en ces termes : « La carrière d’Anderson aux U.S.A. a été rapide et brillante. Comme beaucoup de ses confrères de SF, il est diplômé de physique. Né en 1926, il débuta en 1948, encore à l’université, pour se faire de l’argent de poche ! Devant des résultats prometteurs, il décida à la fin de ses études de consacrer, à titre d’essai, une année entière inté- gralement à l’écriture… Il n’a pas cessé depuis ! Ses nouvelles parais- sent régulièrement dans les meilleurs magazines du genre, dont bien entendu Fantasy and Science Fiction. Et ses romans sont mainte- nant au nombre de cinq : Vault of the Ages, Three Hearts and Three Lions, Brain Wave, The Broken Sword et No World of Their Own. -
Poul and Karen Anderson Papers
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8sn0gm2 No online items Poul and Karen Anderson papers Finding aid prepared by Andrew Lippert, Special Collections Processing Archivist. Special Collections & University Archives The UCR Library P.O. Box 5900 University of California Riverside, California 92517-5900 Phone: 951-827-3233 Fax: 951-827-4673 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives © 2019 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Poul and Karen Anderson papers MS 040 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Poul and Karen Anderson papers Date (inclusive): 1925-2018 Date (bulk): 1950-2010 Collection Number: MS 040 Creator: Anderson, Karen, 1932-2018 Creator: Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 Extent: 54.17 linear feet(73 boxes, 41 flat file folders) Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department. Riverside, CA 92517-5900 Abstract: The collection consists of the personal and professional papers of science fiction and fantasy authors Poul and Karen Anderson. These materials document the writing and publishing process and their involvement with the science fiction community and other organizations such as the Society for Creative Anachronism and Sherlockiana groups. Items in the collection include correspondence, manuscript drafts, notes, diaries, personal records, artwork, memorabilia and ephemera from various conventions and events. Languages: The collection is primarily in English with a small amount of materials in Danish. Access This collection is open for research. Some materials have been restricted at the request of the donor until 2044 and are noted as such within this finding aid. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. -
Notable SF&F Books
Notable SF&F Books Version 2.0.13 Publication information listed is generally the first trade publication, excluding earlier limited releases. Series information is usually via ISFDB. Aaronovitch, Ben Broken Homes Gollancz, 2013 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #4. Aaronovitch, Ben Foxglove Summer Gollancz, 2014 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #5. Aaronovitch, Ben The Hanging Tree Gollancz, 2016 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #6. Aaronovitch, Ben Moon Over Soho Del Rey, 2011 PB $7.99 \Rivers of London" #2. Aaronovitch, Ben Rivers of London Gollancz, 2011 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #1. Aaronovitch, Ben Whispers Under Ground Gollancz, 2012 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #3. Adams, Douglas Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Heinemann, 1987 HC $9.95 \Dirk Gently" #1. Adams, Douglas The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Pan Books, 1979 PB $0.80 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #1. Adams, Douglas Life, the Universe, and Everything Pan Books, 1982 PB $1.50 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #3. Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless Heinemann, 1992 HC $12.99 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #5. Adams, Douglas The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Heinemann, 1988 HC $10.95 \Dirk Gently" #2. Adams, Douglas The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Pan Books, 1980 PB $0.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #2. Adams, Douglas So Long and Thanks for All the Fish Pan Books, 1984 HC $6.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #4. Adams, Richard Watership Down Rex Collins, 1972 HC $3.95 Carnegie Medal.