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Scott Rogers", "author_detail": "Dr. Skorzy", "byline_excerpt": [ ":", "ANTHROCON 99", "Jurassic Prank paw away. \u201cHey! I was just out of the nest! That's not fair!..\u201d She glared", "at him, her voice rising. \u201cWhat about the time / got everybody to scam=", "Wy by J. Scott Rogers per up Spiketail\u2019s legs to chew on her backspines until she was so mad", "nH (Dr. Skorzy) that she went under the lake?\u201d Rilly folded her arms and held her nose", "* Oe up in contempt for her brother. \u201cShe never bothered us again because of", "Y l) Juvi poked his me! The tribe said so!\u201d", "yf F ae. snout out from under Juvi winked at her, he was well aware his little sister was quite", "NQF ESR). the wispy cycad frond equal in playing tricks. She had shown how ingenious she could be ata", "bg Ride WY) and peered out into young age, her first success being her proudest one. Juvi grinned at the", "p> Cage: SG. Phe hazy sunlight of memory. 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Easily shaded, but also easily smudged, and as with", "by PeterCat Kappesser, Art Show Director pastels, charcoal drawings are often coated with a spray fixative to help", "them resist accidental smudging.", "While browsing the Art Show, you may wonder about all the Painting", "different types of materials artists use to create their works, indicated as Watercolor (abbreviated WC)\u2014A type of paint that uses gum", "the \u201cMedium\u201d on the bid sheets. This guide will help you understand arabic to bind the pigment to the paper. It comes in blocks or tubes, and", "the differences between the various types of media. is applied with a wet brush. The colors are transparent, and may be", "Basic Definitions mixed while wet or allowed to dry between applying layers for a differ-", "Pigment\u2014Finely-ground particles of material that give color _ ent effect. It requires skill and practice to control this challenging me-", "toa paint or ink. The pigment must be mixed with some kind of binder dium, with its transparent overlays of color and small margin for error.", "to make it fluid and allow it to adhere to the canvas or other surface. Acrylic\u2014A type of paint that uses acrylic resins to bind the", "Different types of paints or inks use different binders, which require pigment to the canvas (or other surface). Easier to work with than oil", "specific painting or drawing techniques. paints, faster drying, and water-resistant.", "Dye\u2014A soluble material that gives color to some types of inks, Oil\u2014A type of paint that uses linseed oil to bind the pigment" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-005.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 9, "book_page": null, "title": "Excerpt from Fearful Symmetries", "author": "S. Andrew Swann", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "FEARFUL SYMMETRIES, S. ANDREW SWANN", ". would become a bomb itself. In a minute or two the heat would make", "at f the whole building combust into a fireball worse than any of the arsonist\u2019s", "eerie Excerpt from Fearful Symmetries \u2014 explosions.", ": \u2018 Nohar looked around for an escape route. He didn\u2019t have much", "i By S. Andrew Swann choice. The cabin sat on four cinder-block posts, but the ground was", "sloped so that the rear and the left sides of the building were too close to", "=m. : . the ground for him to wiggle out from. The front of the building was a", "_ ~ mass of fire where debris had fallen.", "Nohar woke up to monochrome night and was instantly alert. That left one way out. Nohar crawled toward the right side of", "He didn\u2019t immediately know what had awakened him, but he felt an the building. When he reached the point where he could emerge, his", "unease in his gut that he instantly translated into threat. He tensed, \u2014 brain finally caught up with events and asked, Who's done this? Why?", "unmoving, focusing on what he could perceive. And, most important to his current survival, Were they still out", "The wrongness quickly coalesced into a series of rapid realiza-_ there?", "tions. He heard nothing, the forest had fallen into a silence that was Someone wanted him dead, and if they wanted it badly enough", "unnatural. Something had startled the nearby insects and night-birds to torch his cabin, they probably wanted him dead enough to have a", "into quiescence. Large predator, probably human. The second impres- sniper watch the building for escapees. Luckily for him, the right side", "sion came rapidly upon the first, a smell that was alien to the woods. _ of the cabin was the route that offered the most cover. 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Oe Air oS", "Lifting his nose, the Labrador scented the wind for any sign of the enemy. Only the \u2014 \\\\ AN PY )", "smell of his fallen comrades filled the air, a fetid stench of blood and pain. A shiver ran down Ne HENNA ANT |", "his spine. Could their defeat have been complete? His commander\u2019s words echoed from his NS GE A ea", "memory: \u201cDefend the post at all costs!\u201d He squinted through the murk, trying to make out the XQ NEMA Se }", "post and the low hill on which it sat. Had the enemy gotten through? Views | fi AAS)", "Scout slowly climbed to his feet and limped through the wreckage toward the post. ASP Hal \u201c<*", "Paws reached out to him as he staggered past, soldiers begging him for help. He clenched his e% laern\\", "jaw, forcing himself past them and their cries. He had to know. CAnKo sone" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-012.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 24, "book_page": null, "title": "No Humans", "author": "Plong", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "\u2014\u2014e1ie", "ANTHROCON \u201899", "LL ee eee", "No Humans and look for a place on your right called \u201cThe Pennywhistle Grill\u2019. You", "can\u2019t miss it - got a big green sign out front. Not the fanciest decor, I'll", "By Plong grant you, but the food is honest and the prices are reasonable. I know", "the owner - good lad. His family has been in this town for three genera-", "\u201cI'm sorry, sir, but we don\u2019t serve humans here,\u201d sniffed the _ tions.\u201d", "headwaiter, peering disdainfully down the length of his muzzle at the \u201cSir, you are a gentle fur,\u201d said Anthony gratefully. He took", "unwelcome interloper. \u201cI\u2019m afraid you will have to take your patronage __ one of the newspapers and passed the old feline a five-dollar bill, stead-", "elsewhere.\u201d fastly refusing to accept any change back. The directions were not dif-", "The haughty tone of the maitre d\u2019 made Anthony\u2019s skin crawl, ficult to follow, and a few minutes later he stood outside The", "but he was not one to make scenes. He swallowed his urge to lay asolid Pennywhistle. Similar to the restaurants that had turned him away, there", "punch on the muzzle of the snooty vulpine, and quietly withdrew back \u2014 was neither a sign nor sticker indicating that the place would not serve", "to the street. He hooked his jacket over his shoulder with a thumb and humans. The old ocelot had seemed honest however and Anthony strode", "turned to address an unheard protest toward the restaurant\u2019s visage. confidently into the eatery.", "\u201cThere should be a sign,\u201d he said bitterly. With a sigh of mixed The stylishly old-fashioned dining area was sparsely populated", "disappointment and chagrin, he turned from the restaurant and strolled _ by other patrons. Anthony looked around for a moment before select-" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-024.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 26, "book_page": null, "title": "The Fox, the Hounds, and the Forge: General George Washington and Never Quite Losing It", "author": "Loquacious O. Kentauros", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "lll", "ANTHROCON \u201899", "pee inet eine ini ec", "The Fox, the Hounds, and the Forge seven expensive years. Washington himself had soon been forced to", "General George Washington and Never Quite Losing It surrender an aptly named \u2018Fort Necessity\u2019 to the counterattacking French,", "who paid him the backhanded compliment of forbearing to take him", "By Loquacious O. Kentauros prisoner. Washington\u2019s role as General Braddock\u2019s aide in the British", "disaster at Ft. Duquesne in 1755 had not covered him with glory, but", "Tt was with some admiration, perhaps more contempt, that they _ rather Braddock\u2019s blood. It surely amused those British in the know", "called him \u2018The Old Fox,\u2019 for there was something about George Wash- _ that their American opponent had wanted to be an officer in the Royal", "ington that brought out the sporting instinct in the British. They hadthe Navy, before his brother Augustine had pointed out how limited his", "advantages of a superbly equipped and led army, an unchallenged navy, opportunities would be there.", "and the wealth of an empire behind them. It would surely be a swift and", "decisive rout of the \u2018Rabble in Arms\u2019 that clustered behind George Wash- And yet... There were ominous signs, if the British had thought", "ington, that would come to carry a flag striped like the Washington Coat _ to look for them. Washington looked like a leader, six feet tall, with a", "of Arms. His Majesty\u2019s army should have flushed him, hounded him, _ face that projected an air of lofty calm, often truthfully, and he never", "and brought their fox to bay. Instead, the Fox beat them. had great difficulty in getting soldiers ranging from Virginia", ": backwoodsmen to European noblemen to follow his command. He had" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-026.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 30, "book_page": null, "title": "Favor Returned", "author": "Tara A. Maune", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "7 lll", "ANTHROCON 99", "Favor Returned tails were hard to make out for we only saw their silhouettes against the", "purple/red western sky. But we could definitely tell that they all wore", "by Tara A. Maune clothes and held themselves upright on their hind-legs. They passed the", "milk tin from one to another and each brought the tin up to their muzzle", "20 December 1777 - We've finally reached our winter camp at Valley to drink. Even in America, these animals seemed at odds with the rest", "Forge yesterday. It\u2019s defensible and almost pretty with the fresh blanket of the game in the woodlands. Perhaps they are the wee people me da", "of snow. I\u2019ve been assigned to help build the huts, which gives me a told me about back in Ireland.", "chance to wander into the woodlands for building supplies. It\u2019s not", "soon enough, though. The tent leaves me chilled to the bone as my 22 December 1777 - We found the wee people\u2019s paw prints in the snow", "bedroll and clothes are threadbare. when we returned to the woods yesterday. We agreed then to keep set-", "While I was in the woods gathering logs yesterday, I spied something. ting aside a portion of whatever rations we had to share with the wee", "The snowfall made it difficult to see and when I turned my head, all people.", "saw was a flash of a tail. One too large for most animals I\u2019ve seen in", "Pennsylvania before. 15 January 1778 - My stomach hurts something terrible from the hun-", "ger, and my bones ache with cold. Many of the men in my hut deyel-", "21 December 1777 - Some of the men in my regiment also saw some- oped a rattling, tearing cough and fever. Many are sick in the camp" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-030.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 31, "book_page": null, "title": "Hindsight", "author": "Michael McGee", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "li", "66 99", "THE FURRY REVOLUTION", "\u2014", "Hindsight first.", "I don\u2019t remember the first time I picked up a gun, to tell the", "by Michael McGee truth - it\u2019s become just another lost memory over the years.", "I do remember the first time I fired it, years later.", "It seemed like a really good idea at the time. Then again, all I can still see his skull, split open like a rotten watermelon.", "stupid ideas do, And I remember seeing his eyes, boring into me like laser beams. I", "[ve lost count, I think, of the number of years that have passed remember the sound of the gun - it roared. It roared so loud. The smell", "since we decided to \u201ctake what was rightfully ours.\u201d Things have \u2014 of gunpowder washed through the air.", "changed, sure - but a lot of things have stayed the same, and that worries I don\u2019t know what was worse. That I killed a man and, years", "me. It\u2019s as if we've... we've filled the space left behind. later, I can\u2019t even remember who the hell he was, or why he had to die...", "I\u2019m writing this because I\u2019m getting on in years - coming up _ or that I hadn\u2019t quit the movement, right then and there. If I had half a", "on eighty-four, I think, and I want to make sure it\u2019s all nice and straight _ brain in my head, I would have. But I was just a stupid, stupid kid...", "before I lapse into total senility. The years rolled by, and the tide began to turn. Some of the", "I\u2019m also one of the last people alive that was a human before I__movements managed to obtain, uncover, or steal the old technology and" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-031.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 42, "book_page": null, "title": "The World of Gaming", "author": "Brian Johnson", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "f", "ANTHROCON 99", "The World of Gaming Table-Top Role Playing Games", "by Brian Johnson Table Top RPGs are typically played by a group of players,", "who are guided through a world by a Game Master. The GM creates a", "The world of gaming has changed since 1975 when the fledg-_ world, or uses a published world, and sets up Adventures for the play-", "ling company Tactical Studies Rules released the first booklet called ers. These worlds are filled with treasure, combat, vast places to ex-", "\u201cChainmail\u201d. Today, the gaming industry is a multi-billion dollar affair, plore, and various GM controlled characters that the players must inter-", "as intricate as any other past time. Herein you will find a summary of act with, to get what they want, or need.", "the types of Gaming commonly available today, along with places to go Currently, Table Top RPGs offer the widest spectrum of Gam-", "on the World Wide Web to get more information about something that _ ing including games with an incredible diversity of themes: High Fan-", "strikes your fancy. Most games also have Conventions dedicated to tasy, such as Advanced Dungeons and Dragons by TSR; Science Fic-", "them, where you can go to meet and play with other people who share _ tion, such as Rifts by Palladium Books; and even \u201cGeneric\u201d systems,", "your interests. such as GURPS by Steve Jackson Games. Generic systems are able to", "The most common types of gaming are \u201cTable-Top\u201d represent any form of theme, or background, you could possibly imag-", "Roleplaying Games (RPGs), \u201cLive Action\u201d RPGs, Collectible Card ine. Each system has its own set of rules and guidelines for adventuring", "Games (CCG\u2019s), Miniatures Wargaming, Board Games, and Computer _ in their world or worlds. These rules govern what your character can do", "Games. Each type of gaming has its own lingo, rules and requirements. during general game play, in combat, and during other special occur-" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-042.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 52, "book_page": null, "title": "Team Player", "author": "Will A. Sanborn", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "re err rene etn -", "ANTHROCON '99", "Team Player \u201cTf you struck it rich, why are you still up here? Why haven't you come", "back to civilization and lived it up? It\u2019s what you always dreamed about.\u201d", "by Will A. Sanborn I smiled and gestured around the well stocked cabin. \u201cOh,", "things here aren\u2019t that bad. It may not be as nice as a house down in the", "I had to smile as I watched Christian interact with Tasha, see- lower forty-eight, but this place still has some things to offer, especial.", "ing him loosen up and treat her with genuine adoration. He\u2019d seemed _ if you have the money for it... Besides, the dogs like it here.\u201d", "so out of place here in Alaska, having made his way through the deso- \u201cYou mean you're staying here for the dogs? You\u2019ve becom", "late backcountry to check up on his childhood friend. He\u2019d clearly _ that attached to them?\u201d", "been expecting my living quarters to be far more austere than he found, \u201cWell, not exactly, it\u2019s more like it\u2019s the other way around,\u201d", "though I knew Christian still felt out of place without city conveniences _ let out a small chuckle, glad to share my unusual story with him. \u201cYor", "at his disposal. see, the dogs had become very fond of me. I was planning on sellin;", "The moment he\u2019d arrived, the dogs had of course been over- _ them to another prospector, even though I liked having them around.", "joyed at seeing a new visitor. He'd been a little overwhelmed at their However, it seems they had other ideas. That night, after hauling th\u00e9", "jumping and pawing at him in their enthusiastic greetings, so I'd led gold back to the cabin, I\u2019d unloaded the sled, taken care of the dogs.", "him into the sitting room to escape the then gone off to bed, ready to make the triy", "ruckus. We'd found Tasha there, and Chris- eae \u2014 to the assayer\u2019s office in the morning. Heh," ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-052.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 53, "book_page": null, "title": "Setting Records", "author": "Allen Kitchen", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "66 99", "THE FURRY REVOLUTION", "ae", "Setting Records approval. The stage band played some inspirational racing music from", "some long-forgotten film as he walked across the stage and sat down in", "by Allen Kitchen the chair beside Beamer\u2019s desk. \u201cHello Mr. Bottom. And thanks for", "coming here today.\u201d", "Outrageous applause greeted the Otter as he came out on stage. \u201cNo problem, Beaker. I watch your show all the time.\u201d", "He smiled and waved to the audience there in the television studio, then \u201cThat\u2019s Beamer.\u201d The otter corrected, still smiling. \u201cSo. How", "walked over to his desk and chair, Snugging his outrageously colorful long have you been in charge of this marathon?\u201d", "lie, a trademark of his, he sat down amid the gleeful shouts from the \u201cThis is my first year to be in charge of operations. When the", "crowd. He then waited a moment as the cheers and applause subsided. race first began, I was just a contestant in the crowd. A racer. And now", "\u201cHello everyone! And welcome once again to everyone\u2019s fa- run the race without actually running the race.\u201d", "Vorite sports show, IRONPAW!\u201d A small laugh rippled through the crowd in polite acknowl-", "Once again the crowd went wild. Once again he smiled for the edgment of the Burro\u2019s attempt at wit.", "cameras. \u201cWell, that\u2019s great Mr. Bottom. Or can I call you Rick?\u201d", "\u201cWell, thanks \u201cSure Beeper.", "for that heartwarming Rick is fine.\u201d" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-053.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 55, "book_page": null, "title": "So You Want to Be a Published Writer", "author": "Stacey Kathleen Wenkel", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "66 99", "THE FURRY REVOLUTION", "ee ee", "So You Want to Be a Published Writer more likely than any other reader to miss problems because you see", "what is in your head rather than what is on paper.", "by Stacey Kathleen Wenkel", "Manuscript Formats", "You love reading, you love writing, and you have an imagina-", "tion that just won\u2019t quit. What better qualifications could you have to Most magazines and publishers want to see manuscripts a very", "be the next best selling science fiction, fantasy or horror writer? Hold specific way. A manuscript is not your chance to display your abilities", "onto your hats, here are some things you might want to know before _ with page layout or graphical design. You want to send the manuscript", "you take pen to paper or work your fingers to the bone on the keyboard. _ in the format that is easiest for editors to read. This is, generally, on 8.5\"", "x 11\" paper with one-inch margins at each side, double-spaced between", "Research lines (not words). The font should be a fixed width font; that means", "each character takes up the same amount of space. A \u201c1\u201d takes up as", "Do I really have to do research to write my story? The answer much room as an \u201cm\u201d, Generally, Courier 12-point font is the best. If", "{o that question is: It depends. Are you writing about a subject with you don\u2019t have Courier or Courier New, use Times New Roman or an-", "which you have a lot of experience? Are you one of the leading experts _ other fixed width font. Also, you have to make certain that the font is" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-055.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 66, "book_page": null, "title": "Battle Call", "author": "W. Davis Hack", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "ANTHROCON 99", "Battle Call The Anthrocon Debt Fund", "By W. Davis Hack Albany AnthroCon 1997 was a popular success, receiving prai", "from many members for its atmosphere and good spirits. However, thi", "The barks and yips subsided to a low growl. The chairdog came ata price: with higher than expected bills from the hotel for func", "nodded, \u201cI know that this has developed into a unforgivable situation, \u2014 tion space and other expenses, and a shortfall in anticipated member=", "but by acting rashly, we'll be playing right into the cats\u2019 hand. Those _ ship, the con was left several thousand dollars in debt.", "felines may seem relaxed, but they are not stupid.\u201d", "\u201cDamn the cats!\u201d a springer spaniel snarled, \u201cThey've crossed Learning from that experience, the con is being much mor", "the line, and they should be punished! If we strike now, they\u2019Il never _ attentive to its finances. By getting revenues from advertising as well as", "know what hit them! We can hold their capital within a week, if we start con memberships, and by striking barter and donation deals for goods", "now!\u201d and services, the expenses of running the 1998 con did not exceed o", "The deep voice of one of the St. Bernard boomed from the income, and we hope to do at least as well this year.", "back of the room, \u201cThe cats have never violated the Coyenant before?", "Why should they start now, suddenly? It doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d Yet, we are still left with the debt from 1997, debt which musi", "A wirehaired terrier piped up, \u201cWe know they raided the borders. Maybe _ be paid back. Last year, a number of artists helped by donating artworl", "they think we\u2019ll take these losses without a fight.\u201d to be auctioned off, with the proceeds going to help pay off the debt.", "Acollie spoke up, \u201cWell, it was only one garrison. One small" ], "section_type": null, "source_method": null, "source_pages": [], "ocr_text_file": "ocr-text/page-066.txt", "ocr_text_files": [] }, { "page_number": 69, "book_page": null, "title": "Time and Friends", "author": "Cyndi Hoffmann", "author_detail": null, "byline_excerpt": [ "66 99", "THE FURRY REVOLUTION", "\u2014\u2014", "Time and Friends who visited you in all this time?\u201d", "Chloe looked a little sad, \u201cWell, I know most of the staff, but it", "By Cyndi Hoffmann was always a distant relationship. They were friendly enough, but it", "seemed that they only saw me as a pile of unusual genetic material. I", "Clo/Chole and Kituko Diaka are Copyright \u00a9 1998 J.M. Wilde, and really didn\u2019t mind, and I was helping Dr. Abbington\u2019s dream. After a", "used with permission few years, I began to believe that myself. I thought you were just the", "latest in a string of new geneticists who got \u2018Freak Duty\u2019.\u201d", "Dr. Yevengi Barsoukoy, Summa Cum Laude and captain of the Ven stood up and walked to the ocelot hybrid. He firmly grasped", "Gorbochev Medical Institute\u2019s system-ranked chess team in 2382, came _ both of the cat-woman\u2019s shoulders, and kissed her on each cheek. \u201cMy", "into the room with his favorite portable chessboard. \u201cReady to fall at friend, it has never been \u2018Freak Duty,\u2019 and your wit and you vitality", "the hands of the master, Chloe?\u201d have won my respect.\u201d He grinned and hugged his friend, \u201cBesides, It\u2019s", "Chloe looked up from brushing her tan fur, her ears turned not nice to pick on old ladies.\u201d", "toward the young human scientist, \u201cHave you forgotten who won the Chloe let out a snort of mock-indignation as her ears came up", "last match, Ven? and her tail began twitching. \u201cI'll show you old.\u201d She returned the hug", "Ven laughed. \u201cOh, dear, dear little ocelot woman, Ican\u2019tlose with enough vitality that Ven grunted. 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