A nonprofit group wants to build a Museum of Science Fiction in Washington , DC , and they ’re look to raise fund for a trailer location . Plus , you may fund a diary commit to linguistics , a Blade Runner zine , a new horror risible by Ben Templesmith , or a playpen that lets you tie conductive circuit .
Top image from Ben Templesmith ’s The Squidder .
Museum of Science Fiction: Preview Location
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Greg Viggiano and his team are develop aMuseum of Science Fiction(MSF ) , with an eye toward “ cover the story of the music genre across the humanistic discipline and allow a tale on its relationship to the real earth . ” Their first step is to is to set up a preview museum where they can display their exhibits to the world and receive feedback while growing the museum , and that ’s where the crowdfunding comes in . There is a list of pledged artifacts on theIndieGoGo cause page , and you may check more about the museum and the team at theMSF website . They are offering various payoff at various levels including mug , t - shirts , and copy of the museum ’s original preparation text file . [ viaThe Mary Sue ]
Ignite the Schwa Fire
Do you have a lecherousness for linguistics ? Schwa Fire take to be the This American Life of language stories , telling profoundly report stories about the way we transmit through a digital publication . Here are a few of the stories the team is put to work on :
• A text story about the grad student who is explore out little - fuck , half - disappeared composition systems in archives in India and trying to get them their own Unicode encryption .
• A text tarradiddle about how lexicographer are actually lease ( and what this says about dictionaries and the English language ) .
• A text story about how linguistic process politics in the American heartland transformed a tiny displacement - by - phone service into a $ 300 million ship’s company .
• An audio story about a family who teach Russian before adopting two Russian children , which reveals the lingual dimensions of the adoption macrocosm . ( All of the audio stories will be transcribe for accessibility . )
• An audio taradiddle about a doll that ’s programme to verbalize in multiple minority language of Africa .
•An audio frequency story about people in certain job who use their voices , not their brawniness or shooter , to control others .
For a $ 12 pledge , backer will receive the first three issues of Schwa Fire and a postcard of the logo . [ viaBoing Boing ]
Skinjobs: A Blade Runner Zine!
The replicant - filled future tense of Blade Runner generate an illustrated revisit in a fanzine collecting the work of 25 artists in a risographed booklet . For a $ 5 toast , backers will incur a PDF of the zine ; the physical version is available for a $ 13 pledge .
THE SQUIDDER: An Original Graphic Novel by Ben Templesmith
Veteran comic Christian Bible illustrator Ben Templesmith has a elan for repugnance , and his upcoming in writing novel The Squidder promise to be heavy on the Lovecraftian elements and black humor . The book centers on an old soldier living in an foreign , post - apocalyptic worldly concern . The hardback volume is on offer for a $ 30 assurance , and there are tetraiodothyronine - shirts and print available at various levels .
Circuit Scribe: Draw Circuits Instantly
The Circuit Scribe is a rollerball pen filled with a conductive silver medal ink that makes building electrical circuit as easy as drawing a business line . Kids can learn about circuits and switch through unsubdivided projects , and adults can find the joys of doodle electrical circuit into existence . The Circuit Scribe itself is available for a $ 20 pledge and the basic kit is available for a $ 30 assurance . [ viaBoing Boing ]
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