This is certainly a different take on a very old legend. We’ve talked before about the author Greg Van Eekhout and his book Voyage of the Dogs. Well it seems he’s still in a canine mood with his new book, Fenris & Mott. “When Mott finds a puppy abandoned in a recycling bin, she’s ready to do everything she can to protect him. What she doesn’t realize, however, is that this is the legendary wolf Fenris, who’s prophesied to bring about the end of the world by eating the moon. Now Mott has found herself in charge of making sure the hungry pup—who’s busy munching on lampposts, cars, and water towers—doesn’t see all of California as an appetizer, while also hiding him from the Norse gods who are hot on his trail, determined to see the prophecy come true.” Typical canine hyjinks, of course. Find out more over at the publisher’s page.
Poul Anderson died last night
Posted by GeneBreshears on Wed 1 Aug 2001 - 13:44Just found this on the Jerry Pournelle website, posted today, August 1:
Poul Anderson, mentor, author, colleague, and friend, died last night about midnight. It wasn't unexpected. He was at home with his wife and daughter and friends, having long ago declined to be frozen and possibly take part in the nitrogen party at the end of time. I will be doing a memorial piece for Locus and other science fiction publications. We don't do Viking funerals any more. We should.
Anthrocon 2001 Report
Posted by Aureth on Tue 31 Jul 2001 - 23:10I was a good news editor, today, and sat down to write out my Anthrocon report. Click below to read it!
Salt-Tolerant Camels
Posted by Micah on Tue 31 Jul 2001 - 12:07Camels that can make use of salty water have been found in China. This article is worth reading just for the final paragraph, which displays the dry sense of humor commonly associated with people in the UK. *grin*
Mailbox Books purchases Bronzebear Distribution
Posted by GeneBreshears on Mon 30 Jul 2001 - 22:00RABCO, the parent company of Mailbox Books, announced to their mailing list the purchase of Bronzebear Media's inventory, service mark, and customer information.
Click "Read more..." for the full announcement.
Microsoft: Xbox graphics to include 'furry engine'
Posted by Rankin on Mon 30 Jul 2001 - 20:59Sorry, this article may appeal to gamers and game developers only. I ran across this article on Microsoft's research site, stating the abilities of the Xbox's graphics engine to produce fur.
That's right. Fur.
Finally, as well as your phong shading over your polygons, you now get to have fuzzy characters. It reads like standard Microsoft PR garbage, but if you anticipate purchasing an Xbox, perhaps you wish to have a look at the article at:
http://www.research.microsoft.com/graphics/realtime_fur.asp.
Anthrocon Closes
Posted by Aureth on Sun 29 Jul 2001 - 19:50Anthrocon finished up today, after a very successful weekend. Total paid attendance for the weekend was 1457 people--a confirmed number, straight from the head of Anthrocon registration. I will have a full report in a couple of days.
New furry Online RPG
Posted by Anon on Sat 28 Jul 2001 - 17:54There's a brand new family-friendly furry RPG and chat club for nonmorphic furry fans interested in roleplaying the Pleistocene (aka "Stone Age") epoch: Paleofurs RPG :)
Micah's Note: Looks like a mailing-list/BBS style game.
Tribe fights to save North Cascade mountain goat
Posted by GeneBreshears on Fri 27 Jul 2001 - 13:32In the language of the pacific northwest Sauk-Suiattle Tribe, the name for mountain goat translates as "our-brother-the-color-of-snow." Now the 200-member tribe is fighting to save its brother from the brink of extinction.
Click "Read more..." for more details and the link.
Dinosaurs Grew Really Really Fast
Posted by Micah on Fri 27 Jul 2001 - 12:00Never really thought about how quickly dinosaurs must have grown, given their size... the recent Nature had an article on the growth rate of dinosaurs, which is summarized in this Yahoo newsbit. Apparently they didn't grow at the same rate that modern reptiles do.
Fred Marcellino, illustrator, designer, author, dies
Posted by GeneBreshears on Thu 26 Jul 2001 - 15:21Locus online reports that Fred Marcellino, the author and illustrator of the award-winning children's book I, Crocodile died July 12. He was 61. He was a freelance designer who many say changed the way modern book covers are designed. His most famous cover painting is probably the cover for Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. He designed the covers for a large number of fantasy and children's books, illustrated many children's books, and wrote and illustrated a number of his own.
New Online Fantasy Serial by Tad Williams
Posted by Micah on Thu 26 Jul 2001 - 14:26Some of you might remember Tad William's charming novel, Tailchaser's Song about a cat out to save the world... or maybe you've picked up some of his later work, the fantasy about Osten Ard (the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series), or the Otherland books. It looks like Williams is jumping into online fiction experimentation with his website Shadowmarch. He plans to allow subscriptions soon, but in essence it's a pay-if-you-like-it fantasy serial. The author has significant plans for the site, outlined in the 'About' section. I think it's cool to see successful authors trying out the online fiction models... someone's going to have to, in order to find a way that works.
Updates to Dormant Artist Websites
Posted by Micah on Thu 26 Jul 2001 - 11:04While I wouldn't normally post a random website for consideration on Flayrah, I thought it was just cause in this case... some of you might remember Tracy Butler's furry work from Yerf, and how she vanished off the face of the earth for about a year. She finally has a working website, Ainessa. Go check out her newer stuff (her updated human versions of her story characters are simply astonishing). Also among the 'I was recently resurrected and breathed the breath of life on my website' set was Aimee Majors, whose site remains in its Christmas configuration, but finally sports some news updates and additional art.
Administrivial Rantings
Posted by Aureth on Wed 25 Jul 2001 - 18:58I'm off to Anthrocon for the next few days. I may check in briefly, I may not. A few things before I go.
Elfwood is back!
Posted by Rankin on Wed 25 Jul 2001 - 11:43For those who were following the sagas of elfwood: its baaack.
You will find that the rules have also changed, please have a gander at http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/erb/rules.html.
Lion (Animal Actor) Contracts Cancer
Posted by MelSkunk on Wed 25 Jul 2001 - 07:42Read the article at National Post.
Most famous for his roles in 'The Ghost and the Darkness' (he and his brother were flown to Africa for the role) and 'George of the Jungle', Bongo has been the freindly, well trained and lovable centerpiece for the Bowmanville Zoo for over a decade. Reciently diagnosed with 'inoperable lung cancer', the 14 year old lion is expected to not survive untill winter.
The veteran of dozens of movies and hundreds of commercials, Bongo has now retired to live with a young lioness for the remainder of his days in Quebec. it was the hope of his trainer and freind, Michael Hackenberger, that Bongo would mate and leave a legacy, but at this point it seems unlikely.
Many southern Ontarians like myself have had a chance to meet Bongo, and like Gentle Ben, he is a very sweet and well loved animal who seems to love his trainer and his work. He is already missed at Bowmanville.
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