LIBR 500 Assignment 1

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LIBR 500 Assignment 1

• N. Baumann
• leighb_at_interchange.ubc.ca

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My studies so far

• BSc.
• Major Cell Biology and Genetics
• Minor Computer Science

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A Movie I Made
Neuron
Blood Vessel
Glial Cell
Movie based on research by Dr. C. Naus and
colleagues.
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Hobbies
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Reading
and

• inspires me to

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Write and Illustrate
Science Fiction
Fantasy
and
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The best stories are about
doing
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Sci-fi explores the
of
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Also known as
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If you find sci-fi
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Or dont like
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I have a
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I also write
Mainstream fiction
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Is this getting old?
Time to turn the
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Some recommendations

• (Of course)

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Great SciFi
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Great Fantasy
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Firefly Serenity
Firefly is not a cartoon this is fan art
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Acknowledgements

• Slide 2 Clipart from microsoft.com
• Microsoft Office Online, j0296822.gif, Feb 19,
  2003, http//office.microsoft.com/clipart/results.
  aspx?lcenusScopeMMQuerydna (Jan 19, 2005).
• Animation Factory, j0395778.gif, Aug 20, 2003,
  http//office.microsoft.com/clipart/results.aspx?l
  cen-usQuerycomputerScopeMMCTT1OriginEC790
  000121033QueryIDp9q6J7Ok4TRC99iStartAt25
  (Jan 19, 2005).
• Slide 3 Movie based on
• Naus, Christian C.G. Interview by Charles Lai,
  Pauline Ong, and author, October 2002, Vancouver.
  Transcript.
• Siushansian, Ramir, John F. Bechberger, David F.
  Cechetto, Vladimir C. Hachinski, and Christian
  C.G. Naus. Connexin43 Null Mutation Increases
  Infarct Size After Stroke. The Journal of
  Comparative Neurology 440 (2001) 387-394.
• Included with permission from Dr. C. Naus.
• Slide 3 Movie created using
• Specular Infini-D
• Slide 4 Images created using
• Adobe Photoshop
• Slide 5 Images from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction,
  http//www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786710047/q
  id1106934509/refsr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/701-6979528-17
  38764 (Jan 25, 2005).

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Acknowledgements

• Slide 5 Images from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, Flights of Fantasy,
  http//www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0886778638/q
  id3D1106935174/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 25,
  2005).
• Slide 7 Images from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, Ordinary People, http//www.amazon.ca/
  exec/obidos/ASIN/0140065172/qid1106935266/sr1-8/
  refsr_1_0_8/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 24, 2005)
• Amazon.com, Impossible Things, http//www.amazon.c
  a/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553564366/qid1106935356/sr1-
  1/refsr_1_0_1/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 24,
  2005).
• Slide 8 Images from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, Uncharted Territory,
  http//www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553562940/q
  id1106935483/sr1-1/refsr_1_0_1/701-6979528-1738
  764 (Jan 25, 2005)
• Amazon.com, Absolutely Normal Chaos,
  http//www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330322265/q
  id1106935543/sr1-3/refsr_1_0_3/701-6979528-1738
  764 (Jan 25, 2005).
• Slide 9 Image from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, Life, the Universe, and Everything,
  http//www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590072650/q
  id1106935644/sr1-10/refsr_1_3_10/701-6979528-17
  38764 (Jan 24, 2005)

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Acknowledgements

• Slide 10 Image from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, User Unfriendly, http//www.amazon.ca/
  exec/obidos/ASIN/0152163530/qid1106935741/sr1-3/
  refsr_1_0_3/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 25, 2005).
• Slide 11 Image from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, Dealing With Dragons, The Enchanted
  Forest Chronicles, Book One, http//www.amazon.ca/
  exec/obidos/ASIN/015204566X/qid1106935794/sr2-1/
  refsr_2_3_1/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 24, 2005)
• Slide 12 Image from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, Plan B, http//www.amazon.ca/exec/obid
  os/ASIN/0441010539/qid1106935927/sr1-1/refsr_1_
  0_1/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 24, 2005)
• Slide 14 Image from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, Page, http//www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos
  /ASIN/0375829075/qid1106936002/sr1-2/refsr_1_2_
  2/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 24, 2005).
• Slide 15 Image from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, The Lord of the Rings,
  http//www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0261103253/q
  id1106936338/sr1-18/refsr_1_2_18/701-6979528-17
  38764 (Jan 23, 2005)

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Acknowledgements

• Slide 16 Image from www.amazon.ca
• Amazon.com, Doomsday Book, http//www.amazon.ca/ex
  ec/obidos/ASIN/0553351672/qid1106936469/sr1-3/re
  fsr_1_2_3/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 23, 2005).
• Amazon.com, Barrayar, http//www.amazon.ca/exec/ob
  idos/ASIN/067172083X/qid1106936536/sr1-1/refsr_
  1_0_1/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 23, 2005).
• Amazon.com, The Speed of Dark, http//www.amazon.c
  a/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345481399/qid1106936595/sr1-
  4/refsr_1_19_4/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 26,
  2005).
• Slide 17 Images from www.amazon.ca and
  www.amazon.com
• Amazon.com, Paladin of Souls, http//www.amazon.ca
  /exec/obidos/ASIN/0380818612/qid1106936655/sr1-1
  /refsr_1_2_1/701-6979528-1738764 (Jan 23, 2005)
• Amazon.com, Fires Stone, http//www.amazon.ca/exe
  c/obidos/ASIN/0886774454/qid3D1106936761/701-6979
  528-1738764 (Jan 26, 2005)
• Amazon.com, The Changeling Prince,
  http//www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0061
  057053/qid1106936843/sr8-1/refsr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl
  14/002-8394193-0107246?vglancesbooksn507846
  (Jan 23, 2005)

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Acknowledgements

• Slide 18 Images based on the TV Show Firefly.
  The official site of the upcoming movie Serenity
  is www.serenitymovie.com
• Included with permission pending from Universal
  Studios
• Fan Art by BrainMissing, included with permission
• Slide 18 Image created using
• Adobe Photoshop