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ZHWJ - Selected February 21, 2005
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Mention Chinese literature in the western world, and people think of dragons, warlords, and maybe Disney's "Mulan". We don't really know much about China's literary traditions.
ZWHJ opens windows for western minds into the soul of Chinese science fiction. In 1903, according ZHWJ, Lu Xun translated Jules Verne's From The Earth To The Moon into Chinese from a Japanese translation.
From that time forward, the Chinese people have not forgotten science fiction. Their road has been a rough one, but they are making up for lost time.
Visitors to this interesting site will learn about the impact that modern scientific events have had on Chinese science fiction.
A Lai's essay on the state of Chinese science fiction underscores how much we have taken for granted in the West. While Americans blacklisted each other over the so-called Red Menace, Communist China's government was imprisoning writers simply for writing.
Free speech may be suppressed, but free thought cannot be restrained.
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JULIE TAM - Selected January 30, 2005
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Julie Tam is an up-and-coming television reporter currently residing in Tyler, TX and working for KLTV-TV. A Chinese-American, she grew up in Houston, TX and attended Rice University where her multimedia interests led her to explore the lighter side of action/adventure film-making.
Among her growing number of achievements, Julie's entrance essay was included in College Essays That Made A Difference, a book profiling essays by dozens of students accepted to elite universities across America.
She writes, she draws, she acts, she does volunteer work. We're worried that this ambitious and beautiful young lady may not have any discernible flaws -- so we're assuming she probably likes spinache and broccoli casserole.
One of the hidden pages on Julie's site is the detailed page on The Gentleman, Julie's last student film from Rice. It is reportedly based on a real incident. We would LOVE to offer that poster for sale. We're sure many people would buy it.
Another page you won't find, but which we have seen, is the EW Woman semi-finalist page for the 2003 "Face of EW Woman" contest.
Julie, if you don't make it in television journalism, you have a few other options to explore, in our opinion.
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COSPLAY ANGEL - Selected January 13, 2005
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We stumbled across this site some months ago and quickly lost ourselves in the extensive catalogue of costumes and comments that Angel "Gabby" McLeod provides her visitors. This talented young lady, who studies just about everything she can find a class on in college, has been participating in costume cons for several years. We'd love to see her visit Dragon*Con in Atlanta, where she could easily compete in the Masquerade's Professional categories (or at least give the pros a run for their money).
This sweet angel occasionally sells some of her costumes and also accepts some contracts for custom costumes, but her site is really just a fun place to visit with information on how she makes her costumes and what she, her family, and her friends do at the conventions they participate in. The costumes themselves are labors of love and many Manga/Anime fans will quickly recognize the characters these cosplay fanatics bring to life.
Angel's commentaries are well-written, thoughtful, and just thoroughly enjoyable to read. She doesn't clutter up her text with immature expletives and she appreciates the value of writing full English sentences.
Her creativity and talent prove that beautiful girls can and do have brilliant, enchanting minds. She undoubtedly breaks hearts every day. Heaven really IS missing this angel!
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