Sharing Resources!
Perhaps one of the best parts about being a member of the SFRA is the opportunity to share information and resources with other members. In the past, this has often taken place on the e-mail list-serv. The lift-serv won't be going anywhere anytime soon, but the new SFRA website gives us an even greater capacity to share resources with other members.
Susan George recently suggested that there be a space where folks could share class syllabi and teaching materials with each other. And while the list-serv is great for communication, it does not provide the ability to make files available to other members. Now, however, you can share materials directly by following these steps:
1.) After logging in, select 'create content' from the left sidebar.
2.) From the list of content-types, select 'resource.'
3.) Provide a description of the resource you are uploading, and click 'file attachments.' Attach the resource you wish to share (.doc, .pdf, etc.).
After following these steps, your work will be made available to members by clicking the 'Resources' button on the menu. Note that currently only members can post and view resources, so make sure you are logged in to view or post materials!
Hope everyone finds this exciting and useful, and thanks Susan for the suggestion!
Comments
RAY BRADBURY
If anyone is a Ray Bradbury scholar and doesn't mind being asked a few questions please e-mail me at acs1110@ecu.edu. Thank You
Public v. Private
Are the posts themselves public? It would seem like the discussion we have might draw more people in.
Re: Public v. Private
Currently forums posts are open to the public, but actual files posted by members in the resources section are not. For example, we plan to start hosting a series of syllabi, which will only be downloadable by members.
French SF Translations
For those not already aware of this, a POD venture called Black Coat Press has engaged Brian Stableford to do a series of translations of French sf. These have been mostly pulp novels by the likes of Jean de la Hire, but they also include Felix Bodin's THE NOVEL OF THE FUTURE and rarities like an extract from Restid de la Bretonne's LES POSTHUMES. His latest is Gaston de Pawlowski's JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION, about which he has written in the New York Review of Science Fiction -- it's said to anticipate the Stapledonian mode of future history – and coming later this year or next are works by Maurice Renard and J.H. Rosny ainé.
See: http://www.blackcoatpress.com/
--J.J. Pierce