A project looking to translate honor - gain sci - fi from Chinese writers spearhead this calendar week ’s aspect at crowdfunding , but that ’s not all – there ’s a unretentive picture show about bear learning to use fire , a card game about the periodical table and a portion more .
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Bears Discover Fire
This MFA Thesis unretentive film is an adaptation of the Hugo Award - winning brusk story by Terry Bisson :
Bobby , a center - aged valet on a lone farm who spends his time situate tires and looking after his elderly mother , is suddenly tax with also taking caution of his eager vernal nephew for the weekend — all the while bears are all of a sudden relieve oneself campfires down the road .
Who does n’t desire to see Bears wielding fire ? No one , that ’s who .
A $ 10 toast get you other access to a digital copy of the film , whilst a noble-minded $ 500 could get you a bunch of digital reward , as well as a Bear carve out of wood by the director , using a chainsaw . That seems … utmost .
Clarkesworld Chinese Science Fiction Translation Project
From one Hugo Award related to another – Sci - Fi magazineClarkesworld is looking to get a monthly rotation of Sci - Fi literature from Chinese authors understand to go in every clip :
I ’ve latterly sign an agreement with Weixiang ( Storycom International Culture Communication Co. , Ltd. ) to add a translate Chinese science fiction story to each topic ofClarkesworld . Each month , Storycom ’s squad of experts will send us a list of stories they cogitate would solve well for us — much like we utilize our slush pile to choose our current fiction offerings . I ’ll select one from that pile and then work with the author and translating program to get the story quick for publication . Every story will appear in all editions ofClarkesworld — our devoid on-line version , podcast ( audio fiction ) , ebook and digital subscription , print way out , and annual anthologies — and provide these writer with significant English language vulnerability . ( They ’ll be pay too . )
$ 5 will get you a digital written matter of Clarkesworld ’s bumper 100th issue , the first to include one of the translated tales – or if you ’d just like to read more Sci - Fi in general , Clarkesworld are declare oneself a six month subscription to the powder magazine for a $ 25 pledge .
The University
A newfangled Documentary is taking a five yr flavour at the scholarly person of Singularity University , an organisation that tasks its students to develop humanity for the rapidly evolving technological future :
The University severalise the story of the student , the faculty , and how Singularity University learn students to confront the essential issues involve the time to come of our species — and create startups to address these topics .
We follow the scholar as they are give way a fearful challenge : make company that will bear upon a billion people within ten eld . It ’s a brilliant challenge , labor the students to create something sheer than just the next social networking app .
The film features Stephen Hawking , Buzz Aldrin , Shimon Peres , Ashton Kutcher , Will.i . Am , Michio Kaku , and others .
$ 19 bring you digital access to the documentary film , whilst $ 25 meshing you a physical DVD including incentive footage .
Periodyx: An Elemental Card Game!
This kids - friendly card secret plan promotes and encourages memorize about Chemistry and the component found in the Periodic Table :
The reality needs more scientists , so kids want to become intimate , and comfortable with canonic science ahead of time . Super zep and fantasy - play is cracking , but come upon the material superpowers of the universe , like the fantastic Elements , Krypton and Nitrogen is even greater !
$ 25 gets you a copy of the game and the instructions , but 10 dollars more also nets you the rules for 10 additional games to play with the cards .
Reassembly
eventually we have this slick , minimalist space secret plan about design a ship and endure out to explore the galaxy :
Arthur has been working on Reassembly for over two years , but one person can only do so much . This Kickstarter will let the Indie Voyage squad help Arthur bring Reassembly to release in a dressed country by February of 2015 .
It also lease all of you become involved in the project before release and give us your feedback . We have been running a unsympathetic alpha for six months and those testers ’ feedback has been invaluable , but we would like to get a broader mathematical group of our community demand now that we are come near beta and release .
The money lift on Kickstarter will allow Arthur to continue developing Reassembly , while paying for other areas of development such as QA and promotion at gaming events like PAX and IndieCade .
$ 12 gets you a copy of the plot for PC either as a Steam key or a DRM - destitute download choice , whilst $ 30 gets you into the biz ’s beta as well as a written matter of the soundtrack .
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