Author Archives: Deanne E. Gwinn
Senders roots 5
August 30, 1990 (scribbled notation says “mailed 8-22-90”) George Sampson KTEH 54 100 Skyport Drive San Jose, CA 95110-1301 Dear Mr. Sampson: Hi, it’s me again. OK. This is what I figured out. If your station is going to be … Continue reading
Senders roots 4
But the buzz I got from the first contest stayed with me, and I ran with the concept of communicating with extra-terrestrial beings. The contests stopped, but I kept writing to George Sampson anyway, and by August of that year … Continue reading
Senders roots 3
My efforts in subsequent KTEH Science 54 Fiction Night contests did not fare as well. In particular, one contest provided us with an imaginary time machine and asked what we would do with it. I put together a team of … Continue reading
Senders roots 2
My t-shirt-winning response to the KTEH challenge was as follows: Question One: How can we establish permenant, peaceful, and mutally beneficial communication? Question Two: Can you provide me with documents written in Earth English which explain in detail your physiological … Continue reading
Senders roots pt 1
Looking back through the files relating to The Senders of Shaula I’ve accumulated over the years, I came across letters that reminded me of the true origin of the characters. In 1990 the television station KTEH 54 had a weekly “Science Fiction … Continue reading
Lurts
LURTS* by Grandcestor* Deanne E Gwinn . (*For definitions of these terms, see the glossary on the site mcvoices.info) Their venomous vulturous visages hover above every avenue you can discover with faces voracious and morals long shriveled, their manners reproachless, … Continue reading
The low-level stuff
Though the Senders of Shaula touches only briefly on the problem of environmental contamination with low-level radiation, that is going to be a major problem in many parts of the world from now on. Due to the use of depleted … Continue reading
The Senders of Shaula, in paperback and on Kindle
The Senders of Shaula began as a series of letters that my ditzy character Jane Malthus sent to then-President Bill Clinton and his Chief of Staff Leon Panetta in an attempt to use humor to convince them to push for … Continue reading
Senders Genesis pt4
The Vandenberg protest was a few years later. The primary reason we went to the Vandenberg protest was to give support to a member of our local activist group who had decided to get herself arrested for trespassing. It was … Continue reading
Senders Genesis pt3
Two events that contributed to the Senders of Shaula were a Tri-Valley CAREs protest at the gates of the Livermore National Labs, and a protest at Vandenberg AFB. For the Livermore event I took along a sign with the Senders … Continue reading
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