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FICTION READING
Sci-Fi writer to share novella, advice
From “Writers of the Future”
Larry Schleissmann
fiy JENNIFER FREEMAN
THE MIX EDITOR
Science-fiction fans and aspiring
authors will have the chance
Monday to meet a successful writer
who wants to share his work and
help others achieve their writing
goals.
Science fiction author Larry
Schleissmann — pen name
Gabriel F.W. Koch — will visit
the University Bookstore at the
Russell House and read his novella
from L. Ron Hubbard’s
collection, “Writers of the
Future.”
Organizers said it will be a
unique experience for fans of this
genre and anyone interested in
writing.
“He will try to read most of his
short story, or maybe an excerpt,
then he will sign copies of his
book,” said Blair Wicker, University
Bookstore trade book manager.
“Hopefully, there will be time for
him to talk a little bit about what it
takes to be a sci-fi writer.”
Schleissmann’s broke into
writing by submitting his first story
to the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of
the Future Contest in 1997.
Schleissmann has since written
15 novels and 35 short stories. The
story he will read Monday,
“Cancilleri’s Law, is his first
published work.
The collection Schleissmann’s
story appears in is the 20th volume
of “Writers of the Future.” L. Ron
Hubbard, a science-fiction writer
and author of “Battlefield Earth,”
picks 15 stories to go in each book.
This yearly collection gives novice
writers a chance to get their work
published for the first time.
“Short-story submissions
continue to clatter down cobbled
halls lined with rejection notices,
with a focus on the light at the end
of the tunnel switched on by L.
Ron Hubbard,” Schleissman said.
The Writers of the Future
contest was established in 1983
with a goal to support aspiring and
amateur writers in the areas of
speculative fiction and fantasy.
Prizes of $1,000, $750 and $500 are
awarded every three months with an
annual grand prize of $4,000. For
more information, visit
www.writersofthefuture.com.
The event begins at noon.
Admission is free.
Comments on this story? E-mail
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Anderson puts on lipstick
for celebrity fund-raiser
NEW YORK — Pamela Anderson is the
newest face of the VTVA GLAM V lipstick and
lip-gloss, the primary fund-raising tools for the
M.A.C. AIDS Fund.
The former “Baywatch” actress joins the
roster of the VTVA GLAM V lipstick
advertising campaign that includes Christina
Aguilera, Missy Elliott, Linda Evangelista,
Chloe Sevigny and Boy George.
“M.A.C. VIVA GLAM V is a great
campaign to be involved with,” Anderson said
in a statement. “I feel privileged and
empowered to help raise funds and awareness
of the importance for getting tested.
“After being diagnosed with hepatitis C, I
knew the importance of knowing your status.
Only then can you make informed and wise
decisions for your health and life.”
Anderson was to be introduced Thursday at
a Manhattan news conference. John Demsey,
chairman of the M.A.C. AIDS Fund, was
among those expected to attend.
The M.A.C. AIDS Fund, created by the
professional cosmetics company in 1994, has
raised more than $44 million, according to the
fund’s Web site.
The company says 100 percent of the sales
of the lip-gloss and lipstick directly benefits
the fund.
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Movies Times
Robots 1:40 4:00 7:10 9:25
Hitch 1:50 4:20 7:00 9:30 '
Beauty Shop 6:50 7:20 9:10 9:40
Upside of Anger 1:20 4:10 7:20 10:00
Miss Congeniality 2 3:50 7:00 9:30 9:50
Ice Princess 1:30 4:00 7:40
The Ring TWO 6:45 7:25 9:20 9:55
sin City 1:30 4:20 7:10 9:50
The Pacifier 1:40 4:10 7:15 9:40
Guess Who 7:00 7:40 9:20 10:00
Hostage 1:20 4:30 7:15 9:4^
Carmike Cinema 14 /
Movies Times
Meet the Fockers 1:00 4:20 7:00 9:45
Hitch 1:15 4:10 7:00 - 9:50
Beauty Shop 7:00 8:15 9:30 10:40
Are We There Yet? 1:30 4:15 7:15 9:40
Because of Winn-Dixie 12:45 4:10 7-.lb 9:40
Miss Congeniality 2 7:00 8:15 9:35 10:40
.The Ring Two 1:30 4:15 7:30 10:00
Million Dollar Baby 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:55
Sin City 7:00 8:00 9:45 10:35
Diary of a Mad Black Woman 12:30 4:00 7:00 9:55
ThePacifier 2:45 5:00 7:15 9:45
Columbiana Grande
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Robots. 4:00 7:00.9:30 10:00
Constantine 1:05 4:05 7:05 9:50
Be Cool 12:55 4:15 7:30 10:15
Sideways 1:10 4:10 6:55 10:05
Bride and Prejudice 12:40 3:05 6:45 9:20
Ice Princess 2:45 5:05 7:25 9:45
Coach Carter 10:00
Hotel Rwanda 12:45 4:35 7:20 10:10
Fever Pitch 7:30
Guess Who 8:00 9:00 9:40 10:15
Hostage 12:50 3:50 7:10 9:55
The Wedding Date 12:35 2:50 6:50 9:35
Downfall (Der Untergang) 1.-20 4:4(3 8:00
Regal Cinema 7
/ Movies Times
Hitch 7:15 9:55
Beauty Shop 2:20 4:45 ?:30 10:05
Upside of Anger 1:10 4:10 7:10 9:45
Miss Congeniality 2 4:00 4:40 7:25 10:00
Ice Princess 2:35 4:45 7:05 9:35
Sin City 7:00 7:20 9:40 10:10
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Enthusiasts name their iPods
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This iPod Mini, named Pink Delicious, accompanies a USC student.
By HEATHER SVOKOS
KRT CAMPUS
And he shall be called BoBo.
With many iPod owners, this is
how it starts. The
anthropomorphizing sets in early.
You cradle it — for a piece of
technology, perhaps a bit too
lovingly. You show it off to your
friends. You brag about all the
songs it can play, all the tricks it
can do, and you extol it and all its
wondrous, bliss-filled, digital
music-playing glory. Then you
discover that you can give your
iPod a name. And so you do.
Hence the “BoBo.”
That’s the name of Bruce
Wood’s iPod, and it’s a little
funny, considering he was “so”
sure he didn’t want one. The
founder and artistic director of
Bruce Wood Dance Company in
Fort Worth, Texas, said he would
never use one — ever. Waste of
time, waste of money.
And yet, and yet.
One of the dancers on the
company’s recent Northwest tour
had an iPod, and Wood thought,
well, maybe it would be good to
take on the road instead of carting
around a load of CDs.
So after Christmas, he caved and
bought himself a 40G iPod (which
can hold about 10,000 songs).
“Now I’m an iPod ‘freak,’” said
a giddy Wood. “I’m hysterical.”
Wood has plenty of company in
the Podosphere. Since the
product’s debut in 2001, Apple has
sold 10 million iPods — 4.58
million of those were sold during
the company’s wildly successful
holiday quarter.
And though not all 10 million
of these ‘Pod people would label
themselves lunatics, many are
proud to let their freak flag fly.
While touring with his
company in Montana, Wood used
his iPod to teach a dance class in
the theater. “I hooked it up to a
little speaker system, punched in
my iPod, and we rocked.”
(Note: They rocked to Bach,
Aaron Copland and Lyle Lovett.)
BoBo has become a member of
the family.
“There’s my dog, there’s me and
there’s my iPod,” Wood said.
In addition to family, he and
BoBo are now members of a
special society.
“Two of the dancers also have
iPods, so we’re all standing around
at the airport with white wires
coming out of our ears,” Wood said.
“You see someone else, and you go,
‘Yeah, dude, you get it don’t you?’ “
Or maybe it’s a cult. “But in a
good way,” Wood said. “Not in a
creepy sort of Waco way. iPods
unite!”
Mmm-hmm — cult.
For Paul Blight, it’s less of a
cult, more of a mission.
The Dallas man is a land
developer, a Mac-o-phile, a
married father of twins, and he
lives in a household that contains
four iPods. His wife has a pink
iPod Mini; he has a silver Mini and
the new 60G photo iPod; he’s
awaiting delivery of his iPod
Shuffle, Apple’s cheaper, ultra
scaled-down version of the iPod
(all the better to run with).
Since 2001, he has owned about
seven iPods; when new versions
come out, he sells an old one on
eBay.
Like many a Mac-o-phile,
Blight tries to convert his friends
and family to not only the iPod,
but all things Apple.
“That’s what it’s like — when
you’re a Christian and you share
the Gospel with people,” said
Blight, whose iPod is loaded with
contemporary Christian music.
“When you’re a loyal Apple fan,
you share it with the same
enthusiasm — and you’re not shy
about it.”
He has not given his iPod a
cheeky name (unless you think
“Paul’s iPod” is cheeky), but he
does anthropomorphize just a tad.
“I do love my iPod and I do
cradle it with affection,” he said. “I
always buy silicon covers for them
to protect them and I wipe them
off if they get the slightest bit of
dirt or grime on them ... . But I
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counter or the drawer.”
Kenneth Robison’s sleeps in a
hand-knitted iPod cozy.
His girlfriend, Kerri Reece, is a
knitter.
“She’s been knitting cozies for
all of our friends with iPods,” said
Robison, 23, of Fort Worth. “They
all got them for Christmas.
Everybody’s has personalized
buttons on them and they fasten
with the buttons. It protects them
— it’s better than the standard old
iPod neoprene cases.”
Robison has had his 10G iPod
for several years, ever since the first
generation players came out.
“I couldn’t wait to plug it in and
start wasting time loading CDs
into it,” he said.
Since then, he’s maxed out his
10G with 3,300 songs, and is
thinking about an upgrade to a
40G.
Like every good iPod
missionary, Robison has brought
his girlfriend into the fray. She
now has one, and she loves it.
“She doesn’t use it as much as I
do, which is upsetting, but
whatever.”
Why upsetting?
“She has to ‘nerd up’ with me.”
Susan Wade won’t cross that
line. The 42-year-old counselor
has never contemplated giving her
blue iPod Mini a name. (“That
would kind of concern me”).
But thanks to her new gadget,
she is now honnina rhrnmxh life on
her own frequency.
“It’s like Radio Susan,” Wade
said. “It’s so fabulous, because
every song that comes on, it’s like,
‘I love this song!’ Then the next
song, ‘I love this song!’”
When Wade goes to the gym,
the Ramones come with her. So do
Green Day and Jane’s Addiction,
and any other band she wants to
load onto her 1,000-song Mini.
So whether you name it, knit for
it, stroke its inanimate casing like a
kitty or just chuck it into your gym
bag, you are grateful, because this
tiny, tidy contraption has given
music lovers the ultimate gift: a
portable soundtrack to their
everyday lives.
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