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.
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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
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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.
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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
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP
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Thank you for your support. It is greatly appreciated.
P.S.: There's a fancy word for what we want to give Delany. It's called "Festschrift!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festschrift
