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- 1. What are The Journal Entries?
-
- "The Journal Entries of Kennet R'yal Shardik, et. al.,
- and Related Tales," is now a 132 or so story-long chronicle of the
- life and loves of Ken Shardik, whose actual job would be almost
- impossible to explain. It is set in a science fiction universe not
- unlike our own, and spans at this point a period in time from
- approximately Terran 1883 to Terran 3030.
-
- The stories are mine (Elf's) and I write them for the fun of it.
- If you don't like them, that's fine; if you have trouble figuring them
- out, stick with 'em and they might become clearer. Never know. I've
- been writing them as a series for three years now, although the orignal
- Entries date as far back as November 1983.
-
- 2. What do those numbers mean in the title? Like "028 / 0812?"
-
- The date! The first number is the number of days since the New
- Year, and the second number is the year itself. I keep my archives in a
- YYYY.DDD format.
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- 3. Is there any clear explanation for all of this?
-
- No. The stories speak for themselves.
-
- 4. Are there any FTP sites for The Journal Entries?
-
- Actually, yes, there a few nowadays. FTP.SPC.EDU keeps a
- relatively complete set in the directory pendor.dir. AVATAR.SNC.EDU
- also has a complete set as one gigantic .LZH file. And, much to my
- stunned surprise, you can get them through gopher, although I've not
- yet worked out the details. I found them using veronica (keyword:
- Shardik), and was pleasantly suprised to see them come up.
-
- 5. One of these is called "The Last Journal Entry." Does that
- mean you've stopped writing them?
-
- No. Real life has intruded in a most ugly fashion and forced
- me to slow down, but I haven't stopped writing them. "The Last
- Journal Entry" was written just because it was a good idea... a story
- set at the end of the universe. It's a little hard to imagine
- anything happening after that, hence the title. It's also a bit of a
- tribute, in it's own way, to Issac Asimov, who passed away shortly
- before it was written.
-
- 6. Could you mail me story <X>?
-
- No, I can't. I really wish I had the time, personally, to
- administer to the needs of everyone who wanted a copy of story <X>,
- but if I did, I wouldn't have time to write, time that is very
- precious indeed these days. There are FTP sites, GOPHER sites...
- there's probably a mail server somewhere, and at last resort you can
- ask alt.sex.storied.d (note d!!!!).
-
- 7. What about a glossary of terms?
-
- I've been tempted to put one together (if only for my
- benefit!) but I'm afraid that it's a secondary consideration to
- actual writing, so I've not created anything like that.
-
- 8. Is it true that Larry Niven hates you?
-
- Yes, it's true. The story that aroused his ire no longer
- exists, as I deleted it and all references to it a long, long time
- ago, but every once in a while I see it reposted. Even though I have
- separated myself from the story a LONG time ago, it's hard to kill
- something once it's been released onto the 'net. :-)
-
- Very Serious Administrivia.
-
- These stories often feature very non-vanilla scenes. Homosexual
- sex, Sadmasochism/Sexmagic, and alien partners abound in these stories.
- Quite often in the past I have been chastised for posting bondage, gay,
- or more "bestial" scenes to alt.sex when there are "appropriate"
- newsgroups for them.
-
- I enjoy much of what I write about; some I have only witnessed,
- much I have participated in. It is all sexual; it all belongs in
- alt.sex. I will not ghetto my stories to one audience, or one
- newsgroup, because someone out there thinks it's inappropriate. So
- anyone who was concerned last time need not be; _all_ the Journal
- Entries _will_ be posted to alt.sex.
-
- Comments and questions are encouraged; I don't get paid for this, I
- do it for fun. The only way I know if I'm doing well is to get feedback
- from my audience. So write!
-
- Elf !!!
- --
- All you have to do is act like normal people, and they can't tell the
- difference. You just talk with them about the dull things they're
- interested in, and they eat it up. It's no trick at all to imitate
- them. -- J.A. Meyer, "Brick Wall," Sept, 1951
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