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eldritchhobbit) wrote2011-04-30 01:59 pm
eldritchhobbit) wrote2011-04-30 01:59 pm
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First of all, much love and many thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dodger_winslow, who surprised me with this gorgeous new icon. We loves it, Precioussss, yes we does!
Second, it looks like late next week I'll be making a day-long sojourn to Washington, D.C. to film some lectures for the Institute for Humane Studies to be released on YouTube, a prospect both exciting and daunting. Mr. De Mille, I'm not sure I'm ready for my close-up! So it goes.
Third, today's TeeFury shirt is a very clever Harry Potter design.
Fourth, sad news...
* R.I.P., Joanna Russ (1937-2011)
She was a pioneering science fiction author who will be read and remembered for a long time to come. I've taught her short story "When It Changed" (which won the Nebula Award in 1972) in many university courses, and it's never failed to impress and inspire.
* R.I.P., William Campbell (1926-2011)
He had a long and varied acting career, but to me he will always be Trelane, the Squire of Gothos, from Star Trek.
And last, news of possible interest...
In past years I've posted about the still unsolved 1977 Girl Scout murders in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, including a post about the anniversary of the tragedy and the results of new DNA testing.
Up until now, only one book has been published on the murders: Someone Cry for the Children: The Unsolved Girl Scout Murders of Oklahoma and the Case of Gene Leroy Hart by Michael and Dick Wilkerson, which inspired a Discovery Channel documentary by the same title. (A separate Cold Case Files episode also was devoted to the case.) I've just learned that a new book is forthcoming: Tent Number 8: An Investigation of the Girl Scout Murders and the Trial of Gene Leroy Hart by Gloyd McCoy. I'll be very interested to read it as soon as it's available.
I have to say that I find these photos of Camp Scott today rather chilling.
"I think 100 years from now, people will say, 'Well, what's the biggest case in Oklahoma history?' And people will say this case."
- former criminal defense attorney Gloyd McCoy on the 1977 Girl Scout murders
dodger_winslow, who surprised me with this gorgeous new icon. We loves it, Precioussss, yes we does!Second, it looks like late next week I'll be making a day-long sojourn to Washington, D.C. to film some lectures for the Institute for Humane Studies to be released on YouTube, a prospect both exciting and daunting. Mr. De Mille, I'm not sure I'm ready for my close-up! So it goes.
Third, today's TeeFury shirt is a very clever Harry Potter design.
Fourth, sad news...
* R.I.P., Joanna Russ (1937-2011)
She was a pioneering science fiction author who will be read and remembered for a long time to come. I've taught her short story "When It Changed" (which won the Nebula Award in 1972) in many university courses, and it's never failed to impress and inspire.
* R.I.P., William Campbell (1926-2011)
He had a long and varied acting career, but to me he will always be Trelane, the Squire of Gothos, from Star Trek.
And last, news of possible interest...
In past years I've posted about the still unsolved 1977 Girl Scout murders in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, including a post about the anniversary of the tragedy and the results of new DNA testing.
Up until now, only one book has been published on the murders: Someone Cry for the Children: The Unsolved Girl Scout Murders of Oklahoma and the Case of Gene Leroy Hart by Michael and Dick Wilkerson, which inspired a Discovery Channel documentary by the same title. (A separate Cold Case Files episode also was devoted to the case.) I've just learned that a new book is forthcoming: Tent Number 8: An Investigation of the Girl Scout Murders and the Trial of Gene Leroy Hart by Gloyd McCoy. I'll be very interested to read it as soon as it's available.
I have to say that I find these photos of Camp Scott today rather chilling.
"I think 100 years from now, people will say, 'Well, what's the biggest case in Oklahoma history?' And people will say this case."
- former criminal defense attorney Gloyd McCoy on the 1977 Girl Scout murders
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I recalled that you'd written on Russ (a fantastic thing to do!); her writing really packed a punch, didn't it? I last taught her work in my "Single-Gender Worlds" class, and I recall several students listing her story as their favorite text in class. Once you read her writing, it stays with you - which means, I hope, that she will be remembered a long time.
Those murders remain like a raw wound even after all this time, I think. As some of the other comments above suggest, several of us remember where we were when it happened, and how it changed lives, even those not immediately connected to the tragedy. It's one of those events that defies you to wrap your brain - or your heart - around it. It sounds like the conclusion of the new book is going to be that we'll never know the whole truth; I hope that's not the case, but it seems that each year that passes makes this more likely. Thanks so much for your interest and time. I think most people who remember or know about it agree that those girls shouldn't be forgotten.