{"id":831,"date":"2007-04-23T08:57:07","date_gmt":"2007-04-23T13:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/2007\/04\/23\/happy-international-pixel-stained-technopeasant-day\/"},"modified":"2007-04-23T22:50:36","modified_gmt":"2007-04-24T03:50:36","slug":"happy-international-pixel-stained-technopeasant-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"Happy International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, Howard V. Hendrix <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/sfwa\/10039.html\">sounded off about people posting works for free online<\/a>, calling people who do so &#8220;webscabs&#8221; and &#8220;Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretch[es]&#8221;. Given that he&#8217;s the current VP of the SFWA, the organization for professional writers of science fiction and fantasy, and so many SFWA members have posted works for free online, it caused quite a bit of uproar. In response, Jo Walton, who is up for a Nebula this year, decided to turn this into something good and declared April 23rd to be <a href=\"http:\/\/papersky.livejournal.com\/318273.html\">International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On this day, everyone who wants to should give away professional quality work online. It doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s a novel, a story or a poem, it doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s already been published or if it hasn&#8217;t, the point is it should be disseminated online to celebrate our technopeasanthood.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you&#8217;re posting should go on your own site. I&#8217;ll make a post here on the day and people can post links in comments to whatever they&#8217;re putting up on. If you are a member of SFWA, or SFWA qualified but not a member (like me) you get extra pixel-spattered points for doing this. If other people want to collect the links too, that would be really cool. Please disseminate this information widely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m taking part, though my contribution is not a novel, story or poem. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/brasslantern.org\/writers\/howto\/i7tutorial.html\">tutorial I sold to PC Plus UK last year<\/a> on how to write a text adventure using the programming language Inform 7.<\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of the day, here are some of my picks for what you might enjoy reading.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com\/947264.html#cutid1\">April 29th<\/a>, by Nick Mamatas. The aliens have arrived on Earth, and Jeremy is coming to grips with them.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bren-cameron.livejournal.com\/94098.html\">Bury the Dead<\/a>, by Ann Leckie. A family&#8217;s Thanksgiving dinner, complete with family secrets.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisroberson.net\/2007\/04\/famous-ape.html\">The Famous Ape<\/a>, by Chris Roberson. Apes and elephants and the tensions between them.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/subterraneanpress.com\/index.php\/magazine\/spring2007\/fiction-missile-gap-by-charles-stross\/#part1\">Missile Gap<\/a>, by Charles Stross. Charlie&#8217;s alternate-history novella involving the Cold War. Currently on the Locus award shortlist for best novella.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/parting-gifts\/\">Parting Gifts<\/a>, by Diane Duane. One of the few short works set in her Middle Kingdoms universe.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sff.net\/people\/michaeljasper\/redemption.htm\">Redemption, Drawing Near<\/a>, by Michael Jasper. The aliens have landed, and they want a priest.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/canfieldfreefiction2.blogspot.com\/\">Think of a Pink Ship<\/a>, by Chris Roberson. Caution: contains adult content. The aliens have landed right next to Clay and Molly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll update this as the day goes on and as I have time to look through other submissions. If you want to see them all yourself, take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/papersky.livejournal.com\/320114.html\">Jo Walton&#8217;s list<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/ipstp\/\">IPSTP Livejournal community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE<\/b> as promised:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthawells.com\/bmed.htm\">Bad Medicine<\/a>, by Martha Wells. A wielder of magic and something from the world beyond.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.demimonde.com\/domovoi.html\">Domovoi<\/a>, by M.K. Hobson. The main character is a murder, a rapist, and a real-estate developer.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simner.com\/story.html\">Dragon Offerings<\/a>, by Janni Lee Simner. Do dragons really like Oreos?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jaylake.livejournal.com\/1061481.html\">Glass: A Love Story<\/a>, by Jay Lake. Love and loss in an unusual urban fantasy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferpelland.com\/immortalsin.html\">Immortal Sin<\/a>, by Jennifer Pelland. A tutorial on how to outrun God.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ansible.co.uk\/writing\/new_hope.html\">New Hope for the Dead<\/a>, by David Langford. The approaching singularity can be tough on posthumans as well.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sff.net\/people\/doylemacdonald\/L_queenmirror.htm\">The Queen&#8217;s Mirror<\/a>, by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald. I&#8217;m a sucker for stories that play off of fairy tales.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seanwilliams.com\/Excerpts\/SeventhLetter.htm\">The Seventh Letter<\/a>, by Sean Williams. Georges Perec would be pleased.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynwriter.com\/sf\/signslife.html\">Signs of Life<\/a>, by Barbara Krasnoff. Drug use and deafness in space.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eblong.com\/zarf\/essays\/terror-flesh.html\">A Terror in Flesh<\/a>, by Andrew Plotkin. Zombies, plus something else I shan&#8217;t say for fear of spoiling the story.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthawells.com\/thorns.htm\">Thorns<\/a>, by Martha Wells. Did I mention that I&#8217;m a sucker for stories that play off of fairy tales?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertreedwriter.com\/wellsprings.html\">Wellsprings of Genius<\/a>, by Robert Reed. One of the more interesting choices for the day, given its topic of intellectual property.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kellymccullough.com\/story-jabberwock.html\">When Jabberwocks Attack<\/a>, by Kelly Mccullough. What happens to classics majors who need jobs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yhlee.livejournal.com\/799852.html#cutid1\">Words Written in Fire<\/a>, by Yoon Ha Lee. A very short story about a young firebug.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, Howard V. Hendrix sounded off about people posting works for free online, calling people who do so &#8220;webscabs&#8221; and &#8220;Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretch[es]&#8221;. 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