Literature

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Cypulchre is a dystopian tale of our technological future

EIC October 13, 2014

Cypulchre follows Paul Sheffield, a former scientist in an alternate reality, who was involved with a revolutionary cyberspace called the Cloud. This invention allows individual minds to link to a central network of shared information, where users can essentially download or upload different information packages — in this realm of reality, the Cloud has become a catalyst of transcendent divergence in human evolution. The novel’s title, a combination of cyber- and sepulchre, refers to the Cloud simultaneously broadcasting signals and receiving and storing incoming information from users as a sort of watch tower or gateway point where reality and cyberspace…

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SFU encourages Emerge-ing writers

EIC October 6, 2014

On October 16, Emerge, a collaborative work by some of SFU’s most talented writing students will debut. Emerge is an anthology written by participants of The Writer’s Studio, a program at SFU focused entirely on book production. Guest editor Daniela…

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SFU connections at Word Vancouver

EIC September 29, 2014

Take a break from essays, readings, and assignments this weekend and enjoy some non-academic literary entertainment at Word Vancouver. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the annual book and magazine festival is the biggest in Western Canada and takes place September 24…

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