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Date Posted: 11:29:12 11/02/02 Sat
Author: ME
Subject: Re: More comments & questions (are you getting sick of me yet?)
In reply to: Karen 's message, "Re: More comments & questions (are you getting sick of me yet?)" on 19:05:14 11/07/01 Wed

>Would you cinsider "The stone diaries" a classical novel?
First: I checked out the site-- looking good, Karen!!
>
>Thank you so much!
>>
>>I noticed that there was an award for best classic
>>movie [15 years or older]...two things:
>>
>>1. Now, I'm kinda dense, so I saw this as confusing
>>sorta...I mean, a movie from fourteen years ago today
>>will be "eligible" next year...is this what you had in
>>mind? Or maybe pre-dating a specific year
>>[classic=made before 1986?]; also, when I think of
>>'classic' sci-fi/horror movies I think of old-school,
>>Golden age, mostly B-movie movies... I'm not 100% sure
>>this is an "accepted" definition of 'classic' ...I
>>know it clearly says "15 years or older" but I thought
>>I'd mention it...shrug...
>
>No, you're right, I guess when I said 15 years, I
>should have gone back more like 25 years. I keep
>forgetting how old I am! I'll change it.
>
>>2. I didn't see anything for best 'classic'
>>book/novel (I admit I wasn't looking that carefully so
>>sorry if it's there.); I don't think we can ignore
>>'classics' from the Golden age of Sci-fi and other
>>"old" fantasy/horror ficition because they defined the
>>genres(Asimov short stories, Bester, Tolkien, Poe,
>>etc.etc.). Just a fleeting thought...
>
>Again, a good suggestion. I'll try to fit it in. :)
>>
>>
>>>After the first message, I realized you were right ~
>>>doing this more than once a year could get a little
>>>crazy, so I did actually change the awards page to
>>>reflect that. :)
>>
>>maybe not too crazy...it IS a lot of stuff; you might
>>think of splitting it up: you know, say, books &
>>movies at one time of year, and tv at some other time
>>of year...shrug...only way to really figure it out is
>>to do it, right? =)
>
>True. Since there aren't that many members yet,
>splitting it up might be a little silly, but it's
>definitely a good idea for the future.
>
>>> I do want to have a genre fan-con next
>>>year, so maybe the awards could be combined with that
>>>~ it's definitely something to discuss. Of necessity
>>>the whole thing is going to have to start out kind of
>>>small, but I'm doing research now into how to run a
>>>fan con. I'm gonna need help everyone, so be
>warned!
>>
>>Cool.
>
>Good, cause I'm gonna need you and your excellent
>planning skills!
>
>>
>>>I'll probably be putting a regular Help Wanted page
>at
>>>the site soon, since I want this to be a great
>>>organization. More heads thinking would be a good
>>>thing. :)
>>
>>oh, well, you want *thinking* heads...I don't know how
>>much use *I'll* be, then...
>>
>Oh, stop, you are a tremendous help, you silly thing.
>I treasure you. :)

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