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Clarion Sci-Fi Auction

Posted by samzenpus on from the sign-my-laser dept.

trickofperspective writes "To defray the cost of this year's session, following budget cuts at host school Michigan State University, the famed Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop is holding an online auction of items donated by past alums. Bidding opens January 28th on items such as a signed limited edition of Neil Gaiman's American Gods, a signed, homeade galley of Cory Doctorow's upcoming Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, and more."

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  1. Re:Disrespectful. by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Insightful
    The story doesn't say when the items were donated. It's quite possible that Clarion "passed the hat" around alumni who sent in items specifically to be auctioned.

    I've got a Cory promotional flipbook, do you think it would get much on ebay? .. Oh.

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  2. Re:I would not approve by mouthbeef · · Score: 2, Insightful
    By selling these things off, they are basically telling the donors that while their intentions may have been good, they don't think their items were worth using.

    You labour under a misapprehension. Clarion solicited goods for the auction. I, and all the other donors, made their donations in that spirit.