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Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show
grammar fascist writes "Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, a science fiction / fantasy webzine, went online just yesterday. Card, the editor-in-chief, has stayed true to his ideals: quality stories, author's rights, and trust in people's honesty. New stories are released quarterly, with new column installments added monthly to the current issue. New art is created for each story. There isn't even an attempt at draconian content control. Writers and artists give exclusive rights for one year - after that, limited rights. Card wants your stories and art, not your copyrights. I've finished the first issue now, and the stories are great. "Eviction Notice" made me cry, and I laughed out loud at "Loose in the Wires." I paid my $2.50 initially to support the business model, but the stories themselves are worth it."
You do realize most of the anti-paypal stuff out there is just people bitching and complaining because they were attempting some sort of fraud and paypal caught them on it. There are a few valid complaints yes, but I've never heard of anyone without an account paying through them having any problems. They havn't had any breaches in security that would cause your CC data to be worrysome.
He's a complete asshole, his politics are slightly to the right of Genghis Khan, when I read this article ( http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2005-05-15-1 .html ) I binned the few books I had of his.
There's no room in the 21st century for animals like him, except maybe in the Shite House.
"Freedom of Religion is less welcome on Slashdot than a racially mixed wedding at a Klan meeting."
Actually, most slashdotters are all about freedom of religion; which is why we tend to get so upset when people try to impose their religious beliefs on others. Mr. Card, for example, is well known for his belief that the government should outlaw homosexuality because god doesn't like it.
That is religious intolerance - when you try to force everyone else to behave the way your religion says they should behave, with no justification other than your personal views on what god wants. When people like Card try to force others to conform to his religious beliefs, he is the one who is infringing on the religious freedoms of others. Don't you dare try to portray us as not supporting freedom of religion simply because we don't want blatantly religious beliefs codified into laws.
Why does everyone get so excited about homosexual marriage? I think the whole idea is rather silly, but in the end (ouch) it utterly fails to concern me. I figure it is self-limiting behavior, from an evolutionary standpoint. (Even if gays adopt, no kid raised by fags is going to survive the fifth grade). So why legislate it at all? It's not like those little pink houses are going to suddenly crowd you out of suburbia unless you hire a decorator named Armand.
Banning gay marriage is like outlawing suicide, only less effective and slightly funnier.
So he won't actually be submitting stories himself then? (:-{p}
BillyBob
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