Third Article..a little late but hopefully worth it

This has been bothering me for days, and it's part of the reason my third posting is so late (big apologies Mr. Duncan!!!!). After bouncing some paper ideas off my fiance' (my paper is going to explore some of the ideas in "Liking What You See"), he said, "That reminds me of a story we read in EN101." This was the class that we met in but I didn't remember it, not at first. All he could remember was the character's last name being 'Bergeron'. Well, after trying to find a short story with only that clue, not an easy feat, I found it!
It's a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, "Harrison Bergeron". It's set in 2081 and humans are finally "equal", they've achieved this through a "Handicapper General" whose job it is to make sure no one is better than anyone else whether by brains, talent or beauty. I think its a good contrast to "Liking What You See", more extreme than callignosia but along the same line of thinking.
-Liz

Emshwiller Interview

I found this great interview where Carol Emshwiller addresses many of the questions we were discussing in class. I know that quite a few people had a problem with the lack of technical background information about how the Hoots invaded the humans. In the interview she discusses how she develops her plots. For her, it's easiest to start with an idea she likes and write all she can about it to start with. Only then, does she attempt to develop the technicalities of the setting. She discusses this about 3/4 of the way down the first page for anyone interested.