Theres no place I can be since I found...
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threemonkeysI achieved a few things today. Which do you think means the most?
Finally got some answers to my work questions which will finally let me get on with some stuff.
Went to dentist who painlessly fixed some nasty looking decay (The x-rays were scary). And it turns out the decay didn't reach the nerve so no longer term risk.
Negotiated a share in a couple of inexpensive quality wine purchases - a few bottles from cases ordered by co-workers ordering from www.blackmarket.co.nz.
Finished off Agog Smashing Stories edited by Cat Sparks. Good collection of mainly darkish stories. Interesting to note that this collection of Aussie fiction contains a story by a Kiwi. No point in saying more because Cat seems to have run out - for the moment anyway as I don't know reprint status.
Went to Phoenix where real live mathematician/astrophysicist Matt Visser gave a fun talk about wormholes. Matt has some serious cred and has his name on a rather famous wormhole paper and other top level publications. The physics was ladybird book level, so nothing new but still well worth it.
Wore my Continuum 3 t-shirt and got lots of comments, thus vindicating the purchase.
Picked up my ticket to the Serenity preview.
No contest really.
Finally got some answers to my work questions which will finally let me get on with some stuff.
Went to dentist who painlessly fixed some nasty looking decay (The x-rays were scary). And it turns out the decay didn't reach the nerve so no longer term risk.
Negotiated a share in a couple of inexpensive quality wine purchases - a few bottles from cases ordered by co-workers ordering from www.blackmarket.co.nz.
Finished off Agog Smashing Stories edited by Cat Sparks. Good collection of mainly darkish stories. Interesting to note that this collection of Aussie fiction contains a story by a Kiwi. No point in saying more because Cat seems to have run out - for the moment anyway as I don't know reprint status.
Went to Phoenix where real live mathematician/astrophysicist Matt Visser gave a fun talk about wormholes. Matt has some serious cred and has his name on a rather famous wormhole paper and other top level publications. The physics was ladybird book level, so nothing new but still well worth it.
Wore my Continuum 3 t-shirt and got lots of comments, thus vindicating the purchase.
Picked up my ticket to the Serenity preview.
No contest really.
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Re: Kiwi in Agog...
Date: 2005-09-19 11:53 am (UTC)The SJVs are probably the only game in town but it might not be proper for me to accept payment since I'm on the board of the organisation that administers said awards - alcohol or chocolate on the other hand...
I can certainly nominate you although actually I'm pretty sure you can nominate yourself. Nominations will probably open in January for works published in '05. There are some details on the SFFANZ web site - http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/
The NZ scene is not strongly populated but a few writers come to mind - Russell Kirkpatrick, Lyn McConchie, Peter Friend, Philip Mann, Dale Elvy, Margaret Mahey, Douglas Van Belle and others that will come to mind when I have had some coffee in the morning. There are some small presses that have been known to publish genre works and there have been a couple of abortive attemps to get 'zines off the ground but that is about it. I have contact info for quite a few of the writers as well as writing support type groups here in Welly and in Auckland. Drop me an email at the address on my info page if you want more details.