Published on Rochester Speculative Literature Association (http://r-spec.org)

Home > R-SPEC Home Page

R-SPEC Home Page

February 2012: Thieves' Night (William Gibson v. Catherine Moore) [1]

Teaser: 

This coming Tuesday, February 7 will be a "Thieves' Night" ("what can we steal from [William Gibson / Catherine Moore / insert name here...") discussion of two powerful stories: "The Winter Market" [3] by William Gibson, and "No Woman Born" [4] by Catherine Moore. Craig deLancey & Eric Scoles will facilitate.

Both stories are concerned with the essential questions of what it means to be human, explored through the conceits of mind-uploading (Gibson) and total-body-prosthesis (Moore).

"The Winter Market" is anthologized in Burning Chrome [5], which collects most of Gibson's short work and readily available at most decent bookstores and libraries and in many used book stores. (I recommend checking Rick's Recycled on Monroe.) You may also be able to find copy online. [6]

"No Woman Born" is widely anthologized, but probably most readily available in print as part of The Best of C. L. Moore [7]. Again, you may also find it online [8]. 

  • 48 reads
  • Share this [9]
read more recent posts… [15]

Recent Posts on R-SPEC's Google Group

When is the meeting this week? [16]
piman...@gmail.com (Sally Caves)
(retrieved 02/22/2012 - 19:17)
R-Spec is meeting Tuesday the first or Wednesday 2nd? I can't remember if
you moved it to Wednesday. I am ostensibly talking....
...
Re: When is the meeting this week? [17]
ericsco...@gmail.com (Eric Scoles)
(retrieved 02/22/2012 - 19:17)
Tuesday -- tomorrow. We never move it because right now we can only get the
room on the first Tuesday.
Everything good? I'll...
Re: When is the meeting this week? [18]
piman...@gmail.com (Sally Caves)
(retrieved 02/22/2012 - 19:17)
Thanks, be there 7... ;)
Next Month: Thieves' Night, with "In the Winter Market" [19]
ericsco...@gmail.com (Eric Scoles)
(retrieved 02/22/2012 - 19:17)
Next month's R-SPEC meeting will be a "thieves' night" (a.k.a., "what can
we steal from these great stories?")....
Re: Next Month: Thieves' Night, with "In the Winter Market" [20]
craigdelan...@gmail.com (delancey)
(retrieved 02/22/2012 - 19:17)
"The Winter Market" is short, friends, and so a quick read -- five
minutes and you're done.

If anyone knows of a...
Odyssey Writing Workshop 2012 [21]
susansielin...@gmail.com (Susan)
(retrieved 02/22/2012 - 19:17)
Hello,
If you write science fiction, fantasy, or horror, you might be
interested in the Odyssey Writing Workshop. The 2012...
No December Meeting! [as usual] [22]
ericsco...@gmail.com (Eric Scoles)
(retrieved 02/22/2012 - 19:17)
Just a reminder that, as usual, there will be NO MEETING IN DECEMBER.
January will be "first pages" readings. I'll send out...
Quarterly Open-Mic Night [23]
ericsco...@gmail.com (Eric Scoles)
(retrieved 02/22/2012 - 19:17)
January's R-SPEC meeting will be our quarterly speculative fiction open
mic, where you can read the first two pages (about 500 words)...
more [24]

Speculative Literature News

Video Pick of the Week: End of an Era [25]
(SFWA.org)
07/26/2011 - 11:57

In celebration of what was, and in hopes of what will be… the Video Pick of the Week [26]....
Guest Post: The Death of Fiction as Mind Movie [27]
(SFWA.org)
07/24/2011 - 18:34

by Paul Jessup

Some things I’m influenced by currently:

  • Barth’s Literature of Exhaustion essay
  • ...
How to Have a Writers’ Hangout in Google+ [28]
(SFWA.org)
07/22/2011 - 14:08

by Mary Robinette Kowal

[29]So… You’ve wondered what this...
Guest Post: How to Roast a Novel [30]
(SFWA.org)
07/17/2011 - 09:40

by Kelly Barnhill

[31]My father gave me a copy of...
Video Pick of the Week: Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories [32]
(SFWA.org)
07/10/2011 - 18:08

The inimitable Kurt Vonnegut offers up a chalkboard lecture: “There’s no reason why the simple shapes of stories can’t...
The Hobbit's got dwarves [33]
(SF Crows Nest)
07/07/2011 - 18:17
It may not be Warhammer, but Peter Jackson's upcoming movie duology for The Hobbit has now got some nice pictures of a few of the dwarves...
By Odin's blood [34]
(SF Crows Nest)
07/07/2011 - 18:17
Some more casting news from the set of the Thor movie. Ray Stevenson, aka Titus Pullo, has been cast to play the role of Volstagg the...
Give me Sanctuary [35]
(SF Crows Nest)
07/07/2011 - 18:17
How to make a mint out of a web-based fantasy-scifi series... answer, get it picked up by the SyFy Channel people.
Save me for 2012 for real [36]
(SF Crows Nest)
07/07/2011 - 18:17
Low-IQ types worry that the movie 2012 really will happen.
Being me my carbonite desk [37]
(SF Crows Nest)
07/07/2011 - 18:17
Get a Han Solo forzen in carbonite desk... every government tax office should have one to cheer up visitors victims.
more [38]
All content is © its author. Colophon. Contact. Sitemap. Privacy. Other and previous benefactors. | Log in | Register
Source URL: http://r-spec.org/home_s10_00

Links:
[1] http://r-spec.org/2012-02/thieves-night-william-gibson-catherine-moore
[2] http://r-spec.org/category/navigation/news
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter_Market
[4] http://variety-sf.blogspot.com/2008/06/c-l-moore-no-woman-born-novella-science.html
[5] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060539828/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=feral05-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060539828
[6] http://www.voidspace.org.uk/cyberpunk/burning_chrome.shtml#market
[7] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345247523/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=feral05-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0345247523
[8] http://hell.pl/agnus/anglistyka/2211/C.%20L.%20Moore%20-%20No%20Woman%20Born.pdf
[9] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fr-spec.org%2F2012-02%2Fthieves-night-william-gibson-catherine-moore&linkname=February%202012%3A%20Thieves%27%20Night%20%28William%20Gibson%20v.%20Catherine%20Moore%29
[10] http://r-spec.org/2011-11/sarah-higley-machinima
[11] http://r-spec.org/2012-01/open-mic
[12] http://r-spec.org/2011-09/read-your-beginnings
[13] http://r-spec.org/2011-09/augmented-reality-pat-rapp
[14] http://r-spec.org/2011-08/editors-perspective-on-electronic-publishing
[15] http://r-spec.org/home
[16] http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec/browse_thread/thread/a5289665bf98c1a3/01227f6e7e84e04b?show_docid=01227f6e7e84e04b
[17] http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec/browse_thread/thread/a5289665bf98c1a3/c443af3bac25cb24?show_docid=c443af3bac25cb24
[18] http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec/browse_thread/thread/a5289665bf98c1a3/f5506f8fbe15dee8?show_docid=f5506f8fbe15dee8
[19] http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec/browse_thread/thread/1fde95d7c17e93d3/901f88d299e38181?show_docid=901f88d299e38181
[20] http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec/browse_thread/thread/1fde95d7c17e93d3/56c632c99dc5341d?show_docid=56c632c99dc5341d
[21] http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec/browse_thread/thread/53e6427016d6890d/082fc627bc804221?show_docid=082fc627bc804221
[22] http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec/browse_thread/thread/7af4b637416cfb7b/8690cb3076c9a13c?show_docid=8690cb3076c9a13c
[23] http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec/browse_thread/thread/198e20c6d59920a3/f3f259642dbc6745?show_docid=f3f259642dbc6745
[24] http://r-spec.org/r-spec-google-group
[25] http://sfwa.org/2011/07/video-pick-of-the-week-end-of-an-era/
[26] http://youtu.be/3wJYpRJQVbo
[27] http://sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-the-death-of-fiction-as-mind-movie/
[28] http://sfwa.org/2011/07/how-to-have-a-writers%e2%80%99-hangout-in-google/
[29] http://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mary_kowal.jpg
[30] http://sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-how-to-roast-a-novel/
[31] http://www.sfwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/kelly_barnhill.jpg
[32] http://sfwa.org/2011/07/video-pick-of-the-week-vonnegut-on-the-shapes-of-stories/
[33] http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/The-Hobbits-got-dwarves-16185.php
[34] http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/By-Odins-blood-14400.php
[35] http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Give-me-Sanctuary-14399.php
[36] http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Save-me-for-2012-for-real-14398.php
[37] http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/posts/2009/Being-me-my-carbonite-desk-14397.php
[38] http://r-spec.org/industry-news