Great turn out and much fun had by all at Okal Rel Universe event this October 2, 2010, at VCON in Vancouver. Kudos to Steph for the video.

Labels: Appearances, Avim's Oath, filk, Misfit Leaves Home, okal rel, opus 4, VCON

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Couple of things, today, have reminded me of the Big Picture behind Okal Rel as a concept which is to limit competition among humans to means, such as dueling, that are compatible with sustainability for life in the universe. The first stimulus was the Smile or Die video that captures the mania that's got us into the mess we're in, economically, and the second is the gulf oil spill. It's been over twenty years, now, that I've been exploring the tension created by limiting life-and-death struggles for power to duels or arbiter law when more potent means are available - even though using them risks destroying the universe's most precious resources: green worlds. Sexual politics and pressures, including the tension between lust and romance, and the dramatization of the various roles of sex in social life, has been a second preoccupation of the Okal Rel saga and one that has got more play in the drafts of Part 7 and 8 than in previous books as Amel navigated the rocky road to power. But as I head into the home stretch with Parts 9 and 10, it's time to bring up the volume on the sustainability theme, again. Although, of course, the question of limits to the means to an end and the passions that drive us are forever intertwined, as well.

Labels: okal rel, philosophy

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Labels: Angela Lott, art, okal rel

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I am interviewed by Marie Bilodeau on this week's On the EDGE. There'll be more coming in the podcast realm from the ORU, so sign up to the EDGE podcast using your favorite podcast aggregator. In this interview I talk about the origins of Okal Rel in my disgust at the cold war mentality, the character Horth Nersal, and the theme of opportunism vs. integrity in Righteous Anger.

Labels: Horth Nersal, Justyn Perry, Lynda Williams, okal rel, Righteous Anger

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Many thanks to video maven Stephen St. Laurent for taping the Righteous Anger book launch at the P.G. Public Library and making this video clip for me afterwards. The clip includes a cameo picture of Craig Bowlsby, fencing advisor for Righteous Anger, and footage of the fencing demo put on by Phil Clark and his comrades.

Labels: Book Launch, Craig Bowlsby, Lynda Williams, okal rel, Phil Clark, Righteous Anger, Stephen St. Laurent, Swords

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