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The occasional newsletter of Don Sakers & the Scattered Worlds

Friday 8 May 2020
Newly published: 
  • Rule of Five episode 2.20 now available for Patreon supporters
Upcoming deals: 
21-26 May • Curse of then Zwilling • Kindle 99¢
Upcoming appearances: 
Virtual Balticon 54
Highlights: 

My preliminary schedule for the upcoming Virtual Balticon arrived. Free registration is required for each session, but most sessions will be available later on YouTube. Details will be posted here.

  • Fri 22 May 7 pm: Panel: I Read For The Worldbuilding with Don Sakers (Moderator), Elaine Isaak, Ada Palmer
  • Fri 22 May 9 pm: Panel: So You Want To Build A Galactic Empire with Jennifer Povey (Moderator) Bill Laubenheimer, Arkady Martine, Karen Osborne, Don Sakers
  • Sat 23 May 2 pm: Panel: Time Travel and Paradoxes with Don Sakers (Moderator), D.H. Aire, Daniel Kimmel, Valerie Mikles
  • Sat 23 May 7 pm: Panel: Post-Apocalyptic Fashion Dos and Don’ts with Jennifer Povey (Moderator), Thomas Atkinson, Don Sakers
  • Sun 24 May 1pm: Panel: The Mandalorian with Thomas Atkinson, Don Sakers, others TBA
  • Sun 24 May 5 pm: Panel: Cultures Are Not Monoliths with Don Sakers (Moderator), John Wiswell, Stephanie Burke, Melissa Scott, Vivian Shaw
  • Mon 25 May 11 am: Readings by Jennifer Povey, Don Sakers

Things may change between now and then, so check the official schedule.

Projects: 
Azaleas in bloom at Meerkat Meade

Azaleas in bloom at Meerkat Meade

Currently reading: 

The End of the Matter by Alan Dean Foster

Articles: 
Recommended (book): 

Needle by Hal Clement

Recommended (TV/movie): 

The Madwoman of Chaillot (movie)

Recommended (other): 

Radiolab (podcast)

Spotlight: 

I've mentioned that I'm working on a memoir, and some folks have asked for more details. This is a work-in-progress; I'm aiming to have it finished around the last half of 2022. Right now I'm thinking of releasing it as a Patreon project after The Rule of Five is completed, with both free and paid components, however, plans may change.

My tentative tile is Resident Alien: Memoirs of a Gay Autistic Science Fiction Writer. Here's a small sample to wet your whistle,

"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."

-Bertrand Russell

Thank you to: 

Michael W. Burns for a wonderful and apt present from the future.

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