...A slightly misleading title. First: me. An apology for the now-quite-frequent, nigh hebdomadal delay in posting anything to this site. My life is a rollercoaster and so on right now, but I'll try not to do it again for a while :) A few fun bits of news for you, here.
The Stross:
CHARLES STROSS
will be signing copies of
THE CLAN CORPORATE
the new book in the Merchant Princes series
Waterstone’s West End, 128 Princes Street, Edinburgh
On Thursday 11th December, 6pm
Free tickets available in store
For more information, telephone 0131 226 2666
The Obama:
Barack Obama is the President-Elect of the United States of America. Yay. Just thought you might need to be made aware of that fact. He will be pleased to know that the online speculative fiction community is also in concordance with the decision made by the voters, and bethought themselves of something they could do to show their support...
SCIENCE FICTION FANS VOTE ON NEW NAME FOR THE OBAMA YEARS
Kennedy's administration was known as Camelot, and now the world's science fiction and fantasy fans have voted for their choice of name for Barack Obama's upcoming years of rule, choosing a name with echoes of the Kennedy age, Avalon.
Following on from an online election between Obama and McCain on SFcrowsnest.com which Obama carried with 68% of the vote, the question of a name for Barack Obama's coming administration was also posed to the world's genre fans.
Their top five choices were:
1. The Avalon years
2. New Camelot
3. Camelot II
4. Second Camelot
5. Obamalot
The Avalon years was the most popular name suggested by thousands of Internet users, Avalon being the land of magic and hope from Arthurian legend, a land that lived on in legend after Camelot.
SFcrowsnest.com's owner, fantasy author Stephen Hunt, said, "It was fascinating to see Obama winning by the same healthy margin in SFcrowsnest.com's online elections, just before he swept to power in the real popular ballot. I think the Internet's genre fans have made a very apt choice in the name they've selected for the new Obama administration. Avalon, the land from the tales of King Arthur where magic and hope is reborn. That land is now the US and I'm sure than when our children look back on the Avalon years, they'll feel the same sense of wonder that those who were there recall when remembering Kennedy's age of Camelot.'
*I should add, a bit late, that I am pleased Obama has won -- mainly because the alternative was unbearable, rather than because of any particular hopefulness I feel for the Obama presidency. I think he's a step in the right direction, but I think we've all become slightly swept up in a messianic feeling, with Obama as the saviour of the world. He has a lot of potential to do good -- it's nice to have a President who at least understands science to some degree! -- but I think there will be some quite big disappointments, particularly, as Christopher Hitchens points out, for the left. Don't get me started on McCain and Palin, though! McCain is a decent human being, but his mental capacity has been noticeably diminishing since January; Palin is simply terrifying.*
6 comments:
While I'm an Obama supporter, I think my vote would be for Spamalot (those damn Move On emails were a real irritant).
Barring that, I'd have to go with New Camelot.
Avalon?!
Some people are way too invested in Presidential politics.
OK, now that we have decided on Avalon, we should help decide on a term/slogan for adminstration along the lines of "New Deal" or "Great Society". My money's on "Partnership for Progressive Prosperity" - any feedback? - posted by davewins
PS - I updated Wikipedia to include the Obama White House reference under "Avalon"... - posted by davewins
haha
I think I need to think in order to fully understand the contents of your description!
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