I have lots of links and news to share today!
* I've chosen my text assignments for the Fall 2013 semester. For my online graduate course
"Sherlock, Science, and Ratiocination" for the
Mythgard Institute, here is the list.
( Assigned Texts )For my undergraduate/graduate cross-listed course
"U.S. Exceptionalism: The American and the Frontier" for the
Lenoir-Rhyne University, here is the list.
( Assigned Texts )* A news story very much worth a listen/read:
"Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl." "This is the story of a three-year-old girl and the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl is a legal battle that has entangled a biological father, a heart-broken couple, and the tragic history of Native American children taken from their families. When producer Tim Howard first read about this case, it struck him as a sad but seemingly straightforward custody dispute. But, as he started talking to lawyers and historians and the families involved in the case, it became clear that it was much more than that.
Because Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl challenges parts of the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, this case puts one little girl at the center of a storm of legal intricacies, Native American tribal culture, and heart-wrenching personal stakes."
Read/hear more here. (Thanks to
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agentxpndble.)
* The Force is strong with the Navajo!
"Translated Into Navajo, 'Star Wars' Will Be". (Thanks to
agentxpndble.)
* Speaking of
Star Wars, Luke Burrage of
The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast has made his own edit of
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Here's the tagline:
"No illogical dialogue. No annoying voices. No racist accents. All the best visuals. All the best music. An all new script.” Check out
Star Wars, Episode I: The Silent Menace.* On July 19, Midnight Syndicate will release its sixteenth studio album,
Monsters of Legend. This "tribute to the golden age of horror" will feature sweeping symphonic horror instrumental music and sound effects in the signature style the band pioneered.
"We want to make you feel like you are a character in one of those classic horror films - that you've entered a world where any one of the iconic characters from the Universal Horror and Hammer Films could be right around the corner," said composer Edward Douglas. Check out
more information here.
* A national conference on Whedonesque scholarship,
Joss in June, is coming up on June 28. I'll be presenting a paper on
Firefly/
Serenity, and I hope to see some of you there!
* More than half of the tickets for
SofaCON: An Online International Science Fiction Convention have sold. Be sure to get your tickets now before they're gone!
I hope you have a terrific day, my friends.
“I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than that. They just
were.”
― Neil Gaiman,
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