conlangs in fiction (was: Re: Conlangs in History)

Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
>
> Any of y'all writing/submitting sf?  =^)
    Sally Caves is, I believe, temporarily off the list, but when she's on
it she's one of our most active members, and she has been published in F&SF
and has sold a script to Star Trek.

    I'm writing but not submitting.  Some of my work is on the web, at
http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm#fiction.  None of this work has any
conlanging in it, but the novella I'm currently working on has a fair amount
of Gladilatian in it.  Not only is there some Gladilatian quoted in the
text, but some dialog is English which is the result of spoken Gladilatian
being automatically translated, and in these cases I first write the
Gladilatian, and then translate that into English to produce what the reader
sees.  I posted an example last year, which I can repost if anybody wants to
read it.
    I hope to have the novella finished by the turn of the century.  When
it's done I'll put it on the web.
    As for why I'm not submitting, part of the answer can be found in the
quotes from that other list about the "market".  If an editor has a problem
with "Botlop", imagine what his reaction would be to "sa Mrenep sa
hreLaxreot Lelemle sa Lele we Nmusysy".

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             Dennis Paul Himes    <>    dennis@himes.connix.com
             homepage: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm
        Gladilatian page: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/glad/lang.htm

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