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Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany

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Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany

Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany

Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany

Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany

Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany

Help make the literary tribute to this groundbreaking science fiction Grand Master happen.

Help make the literary tribute to this groundbreaking science fiction Grand Master happen.

Help make the literary tribute to this groundbreaking science fiction Grand Master happen.

Help make the literary tribute to this groundbreaking science fiction Grand Master happen.

Bill Campbell
Bill Campbell
Bill Campbell
Bill Campbell
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STRETCH GOAL TIME!!!

GOAL: $16,000

At $16,000 we’ll be able to commission a hand bound gift edition of one copy ofStories for Chip to be presented to Mr. Delany.



Rosarium Publishing, established in 2013 by Bill Campbell to give voice to exciting writers of fiction, comics, and graphic novels, is honored to present its latest project: Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany


Samuel R. Delany is one of the icons of sf, one of the genre's great stylistic innovators whose brilliant achievements illuminate a path forward for all writers, but especially those of us who are queer and African-American. He has won four Nebula awards and two Hugos. He is a Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inductee and a Science Fiction Writers of America Grandmaster. He remains one of literature's greatest living critics as well, his nonfiction serving to validate the seriousness of sf in the eyes of the larger literary community. Generations of readers of all backgrounds (as this collection demonstrates) hold him in great esteem for different reasons: some readers are awed by his novels, including Babel-17, Nova, and Dhalgren; some know him for his works of nonfiction such as The Jewel-Hinged Jaw and The Motion of Light in Water; some--storied writers such as Octavia E. Butler--as a professor and mentor who kickstarted their careers. He has judged the National Book Award, been the subject of an award-winning documentary (The Polymath, or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman, 2007).  Delany has been a unique presence in the literary community for over 50 years.


Editors Nisi Shawl and Bill Campbell have gathered together an exciting array of fiction and incisive essays by over 30 acclaimed and award-winning authors, including Geoff Ryman, Nalo Hopkinson, Eileen Gunn, Nick Harkaway, and Junot Díaz, plus rising stars of astonishing power and creativity. Over three-quarters of the 150,000 words contained in this volume are original to the book. Amazingly diverse along multiple axes, Stories for Chip is a fitting tribute to Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Samuel R. Delany, a genius who never met a boundary he didn't challenge.


WHAT WE NEED

Our goal is to raise $10,000.  This is the minimum amount that will allow us to cover the costs of the book's publication, including paying authors a decent rate for their work. 

THE STRETCH GOAL

At $16,000 we’ll be able to commission a hand bound gift edition of one copy of Stories for Chip to be presented to Mr. Delany.


THE TEAM

Nisi Shawl’s collection, Filter House, was one of two winners of the 2009 James Tiptree, Jr. Award. Her work has been published at Strange Horizons, in Asimov’s SF Magazine, and in anthologies including Dark Matter, The Moment of Change, Dark Faith 2, and The Other Half of the Sky. Nisi was WisCon 35’s Guest of Honor. She edited The WisCon Chronicles 5: Writing and Racial Identity and Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars, and she co-edited Strange Matings: Octavia E. Butler, Science Fiction, Feminism, and African American Voices with Dr. Rebecca Holden. With classmate Cynthia Ward, Nisi co-authored Writing the Other: A Practical Approach. She is a co-founder of the Carl Brandon Society and serves on the Board of Directors of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her website is www.nisishawl.com.


Bill Campbell is the author of Sunshine Patriots, My Booty Novel, Pop Culture: Politics, Puns, "Poohbutt" from a Liberal Stay-at-Home Dad, and the hip-hop satire, Koontown Killing Kaper. Along with Edward Austin Hall, he co-edited the groundbreaking anthology, Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond. His forthcoming projects include the comic book anthology, APB: Artists against Police Brutality, which he is co-editing with Jason Rodriguez and John Jennings and, along with Ashley A. Woods, the comic book series, Baaaad Muthaz: A Spaceploitation Extravaganza. Campbell lives in Washington, DC, where he spends his time with his family, helps produce audio books for the blind, and helms Rosarium Publishing. @RosariumBill


THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson

Eileen Gunn   Michael Swanwick and Samuel R. Delany at the Joyce Kilmer Service Area, March 2005

Nick Harkaway  Billy Tumult

devorah major   Voice Prints

Isiah Lavender, III   Daily Encounters: Or, Another Reason Why I Study Race and Racism in Science Fiction

Anil Menon   Clarity

Ellen Kushner   When Two Swordsmen Meet

Chesya Burke  For Sale: Fantasy Coffin (Ababuo Need Not Apply)

Haralambi Markov   Holding Hands with Monsters

Carmelo Rafala   Song for the Asking 

Kit Reed   Kickenders

Walidah Imarisha   Walking Science Fiction: Samuel Delany and Visionary Fiction

Alex Jennings   Heart of Brass

Claude Lalumière   Empathy Evolving as a Quantum of Eight-Dimensional Perception

Jewelle Gomez   Be Three

Ernest Hogan   Guerrilla Mural of a Siren's Song

Hal Duncan   An Idyll in Erewhyna

L. Timmel Duchamp   Real Mothers, a Faggot Uncle, and the Name of the Father: Samuel R. Delany's Feminist Revisions of the Story of SF

Junot Díaz   Nilda

Benjamin Rosenbaum   The First Gate of Logic

Thomas M. Disch   The Master of the Milford Altarpiece

Sheree Renée Thomas   River Clap Your Hands

Roz Clarke   Haunt-type Experience

Fábio Fernandes   Eleven Stations

Kai Ashante Wilson   "Legendaire"

Michael Swanwick   On My First Reading of The Einstein Intersection

Kathryn Cramer   Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook

Vincent Czyz   Hamlet's Ghost Sighted in Frontenac, KS

Tenea D. Johnson   Each Star a Sun to Invisible Planets

Alex Smith   Clones

Geetanjali Dighe   The Last Dying Man

Geoff Ryman   Capitalism in the 22nd Century

Nalo Hopkinson & Nisi Shawl   Jamaica Ginger

Chris Brown  Festival


THE PERKS

Aside from the perks you see to the right, over twenty authors have contributed their own unique rewards for this campaign. Because of the limit of perks you can display on this page, we will be rotating the Author Rewards throughout the campaign. Please mark when your favorite author's perk appears. This is first-come/first-serve so you have to stay on your toes.


April 20

Junot Díaz

Nicola Griffith

Andrea Hairston

Ellen Kushner

Haralambi Markov

April 27

Tobias Buckell

Chesya Burke

Hal Duncan

Hiromi Goto

Kit Reed

May 4

Chris Brown

Eileen Gunn

Carmelo Rafala

Kim Stanley Robinson

Benjamin Rosenbaum

Nisi Shawl

May 11

Jewelle Gomez

Andrea Hairston

Mary Robinette Kowal

Geoff Ryman

Alex Smith

May 15

Chris Brown

N.K. Jemisin

Jonathan Lethem

Anil Menon

Michael Swanwick

Sheree Renée Thomas


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P.S.: There's a fancy word for what we want to give Delany. It's called "Festschrift!"  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festschrift






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$5 Reward—Cover Art

$5 USD
You receive a high-resolution jpeg of the STORIES FOR CHIP cover art by John Jennings, suitable for use as computer background/wallpaper.
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July 2015
2 claimed

$10 Reward—The E-Book

$10 USD
You receive one electronic copy of STORIES FOR CHIP (pdf, ePub, or mobi).
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August 2015
91 claimed

$15 Reward—Vote on First Gate

$15 USD
You receive one electronic copy of STORIES FOR CHIP (pdf, ePub, or mobi). You also get to cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP (will Fift be a he or a she?). *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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August 2015
5 claimed

$20 Reward—CSZ

$20 USD
You receive an ebook copy of STORIES FOR CHIP plus a one-year electronic subscription to the literary quarterly THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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August 2015
19 claimed

$25 Reward—The Paperback

$25 USD
You receive the paperback version of STORIES FOR CHIP as well as a one-year electronic subscription to THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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August 2015
98 claimed

$50 Reward—#1 Comix

$50 USD
You receive a paperback copy of STORIES FOR CHIP, a one-year electronic subscription to THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE, and an electronic bundle of the first issues of Rosarium comix (BLUE HAND MOJO, CHADHIYANA, CORPORATICA, DAYBLACK, ECHO GEAR, KID CODE, MALICE IN OVENLAND, and MANTICORE). Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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August 2015
11 claimed

$75 Reward—Ebook Bundle

$75 USD
You receive the paperback version of STORIES FOR CHIP, a one-year electronic subscription to THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE, the #1 Comix bundle, and an ebook bundle of these forthcoming Rosarium releases: TRY LOOKING AHEAD by Jason Rodriguez THE END OF THE WORLD IS RYE by Brett Cottrell MAKING WOLF by Tade Thompson THE ASSIMILATED CUBAN'S GUIDE TO QUANTUM SANTERIA by Carlos Hernandez Also, cast a vote on Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic."
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January 2016
2 claimed

$100 Reward—The Hard Cover

$100 USD
You receive a one-year electronic subscription to THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE, the #1 Comix bundle, the Ebook bundle, and the hardcover edition of STORIES FOR CHIP. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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August 2015
19 claimed

Be in an Alex Smith Story

$100 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Alex Smith will put your name (as a character, location, or process) in one of his upcoming stories. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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Be in a Carmelo Rafala Story

$150 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Carmelo Rafala will put your name (as a character, location, or process) in one of his upcoming stories. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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Dear Ted Cruz...

$150 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Christopher Brown will write a letter in your name to US Presidential candidate Ted Cruz, concerning the candidate's views on 3D printing of biological materials, denaturalization of disloyal citizens, and up to three topics of the donor's choice. Brown will forward the original of the candidate's reply. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP.
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Be in a Chesya Burke Story

$150 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Chesya Burke will make you the protagonist/antagonist in her upcoming novella. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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Be in a Sheree R. Thomas Story

$175 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Sheree Renee Thomas will put your name (as a character, location, or process) in one of her upcoming stories. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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Be in an Andrea Hairston Story

$175 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Andrea Hairston will put your name (as a character, location, or process) in one of her upcoming stories. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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Be in a Ben Rosenbaum Story

$175 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Benjamin Rosenbaum will put your name (as a character, location, or process) and ANYTHING ELSE you'd like in one of his upcoming stories. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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May 2016
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Customized Michael Swanwick

$200 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Michael Swanwick will write one customized short-short story based on information you provide about yourself. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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May 2016
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Be in a Geoff Ryman Story

$250 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Geoff Ryman will put your name (as a character, location, or process) in one of his upcoming stories. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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May 2016
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Be in a Kit Reed Story

$250 USD
You receive all the $100 Hard Cover perks PLUS Kit Reed will put your name (as a character, location, or process) in one of her upcoming stories. Also, cast a vote on which version of Benjamin Rosenbaum's "The First Gate of Logic" will appear in STORIES FOR CHIP. *Story sample and survey link will be provided after the campaign is completed.
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May 2016
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