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[jetfx]

While searching for things to write about, I dug a few things out of my hard drive. The first item is a letter I wrote to send to my Member of Parliament about copyright reform in Canada. You are free to use it, either as is, or modified to your desire. The second, is a version of sci-fi short I wrote that was originally accepted for publication. I

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[karenjeane]

Perhaps I will send this letter to my MP. I wonder what Mark Eyking will think.

[jetfx]

Probably whatever the Liberals think about the issue.

[jetfx]

I'm trying to blend cyberpunk with post colonial literature, because unfortunately there is very little science fiction set outside Western contexts, with the exception of Japan. And I'm fascinated by the developing world.

Yeah, dialogue is definitely my weak point. I've been trying to add a political element to the story without it being an author tract, or the dialogue becoming overburdened. Cyberpunk tends to be notoriously apolitical since no one seems to care that they live in a postmodern dystopia, or want to put any effort into trying to turn things around.