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(Yttrium: not a name, but a spelling error!)
Some were reprinted, some translated... they are being set to music.
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behavior;
mood and affect (mood is subjective; statement may differ from appearance of mood- affect);
thought process (logical responses vs flight of ideas);
perceptions (hallucinations, etc).
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cutting;
thrusting;
slicing.
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Readers look at a book for 8 seconds when deciding.
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We all use visual language to decide whether this is “for us”.
Online is different from in stores. What’s your target?
American covers are very literal, depict people a lot.
British covers are more abstract.
Canadian books get some of both.
So does font.
What about physical elements? Glossy, sparkles, foil, for physical books, can catch eyes.
Author photos: want one that makes you look like yourself, and is recognizable.
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Are ghosts real? We’re not going to talk about that today.
Goals:
Evidence;
Contact;
Resolution.
Usually start with dowsing rods; ask a spirit simple questions, kindly.
More professional tools: laser scanning, heat detectors, motion recording.
You can use your phone with a monochrome filter and taking a lot of pictures.
Patience. Debunk.
A human figure; a sense of dread; varies widely.
Some ghosts are “live” and can interact.
Some ghosts are not.
To contact someone; to debunk; because it’s fun.
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Book recommendation: In Small Things Forgotton, by James Dietz (?)
We’ve made history boring, dry facts, but when you experience history, you realize that the people who preceded us are just like us.
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Kate Bush.
David Bowie, obviously.
Nightwish, inspired by Dragonlance.
Black Sabbath, especially Lovecraft and other occult thrillers.
Jefferson Starship: Blows against the Empire (heinlein) - first album nominated for a Hugo.
Splendor & Misery, by Clipping was the second (last year).
Rush, album 2112.
George Clinton, various albums.
Janelle Monae: Archandroid.
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime.
SJ Tucker, 2 albums based on Cat Valente’s work.
Moorcock collaborated with Blue Oyster Cult, and performed onstage with them at first Dragoncon.
“Keep on rocking in the speculative world!”
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The standard model:
Special relativity - the theory of very fast things.
Quantum mechanics - the theory of very small things.
Quantum mechanics: particles linked; Heisenberg uncertainty.
Matter particles: fermions
Particles that carry forces: bosuns
Also antimatter particles, paired to others. Why? Who knows!
We obey fundamental forces.
There are still many mysteries!