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Year: 2018

Finding magic in a bookstore window

Posted on June 29, 2018 By Brody No Comments on Finding magic in a bookstore window
Finding magic in a bookstore window

The first I heard about Harlan Ellison was from my Dad when he gave me a used copy of Dangerous Visions from Jerry Cooper’s First Amendment bookstore near the drive-in off Highway 50 in Union Park. I was a teenager at the time and a Star Trek fanatic, but didn’t yet realize that Ellison authored…

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Make yourself at home in another world

Posted on June 25, 2018November 17, 2019 By Brody No Comments on Make yourself at home in another world

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True confessions: The audacity of wanting something out of all this

Posted on June 23, 2018 By Brody No Comments on True confessions: The audacity of wanting something out of all this
True confessions: The audacity of wanting something out of all this

Seventeen years ago, I got this idea to help raise awareness about OtherSpace – and to create a sort of keepsake for participants who helped shape the first few story arcs with their characters. View post on imgur.com And in the years since, this has been what some angry people point to as proof that…

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Why not all the playgrounds?

Posted on June 23, 2018June 27, 2018 By Brody No Comments on Why not all the playgrounds?
Why not all the playgrounds?

One of the most daunting things about hosting a 20-year-old collaborative space saga like OtherSpace is…well, it’s been around for two decades and a lot has happened. We’ve actually got a few participants whose characters have existed from the beginning, which means they’ve seen governments rise and fall, alien invasions, life aboard a Galactica-style colony…

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