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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1969
Grad student authors 6hot' novel
by Sue Pettey
Nebraskan Staff Writer
The first shipment arrived
at a local news stand on Sept.
2Q. Three days later the book
was sold out. Even many of
the author's friends cannot
find a copy to buy. .
The book hot off the
presses is "The Warlock In
Spite of Himself," a science
fantasy novel by University
"ad student Christopher
f'-'sheff.
Stasheff outlined
y fusibility as the chief
( i'erminant of whether a
r ork is science fiction or
farasy.
"In science fiction, the plot
is based on scientific princi
pie, while In science fantasy,
it just couldn't happen," he
said. "It's impossible. In
science fantasy, the writer
creates his own world."
Science fantasy has in
herent logic in its universe
and goes according to a set
of laws which are usually not
stated, he continued. Magic
is usually one of those laws,
as it is in Stasheff's story.
"I have witches, but I ex
plain why they have
powers," he said. "The
powers are sex-linked, which
means that while warlocks
can levitate things, witches
cannot. Witches are
telekinetic. They can make
objects move, and thus they
must ride broomsticks
because they cannot levitate
themselves."
The hero of the novel is
Rod Gallowglass, secret
agent for SCENT (Society for
the Conversion of Extrater-
restial Nacient
Totalitarianisms). His job is
to convert governments to
democracies, or according to
Stasheff, he is "a democratic
subversive."
Galloglass has no magical
powers, but does possess a
large technological bag of
tricks. He cannot convince
aliens who are amazed by his
stunts that he is not a male
witch, and thus he is a
"Warlock In Spite of
Himself."
His sidekicks include Fess.
a robot horse who is an
epileptic resulting from a
faulty capacitor, and Big
Tom, who is "big, dumb and
not terribly honest."
The cast of characters in
cludes Catherine Plan
tagenet, the teen-age queen
of the Isle of Gramarye
where the story takes place.
Baren, who is two feet by two
feet in dimension and serves
as the queen's privy
counselor "although h e
doesn't have anything to do
with the toilet system,"
Gwendylon, the most
powerful witch in the
kingdom, Tuan McReady, the
handsome young leader of
the socialist movement, and
numerous choruses of elves;
ghosts ; thieves, cuthroats
and the dregs of society.
The author explained the
main conflict in the story as
that of trying to subvert a
monarchy to a democracy,
and combatting the forces of
totalitarians and anarchists
who have the same goal.
"There is a little sex and a
Sheldon to purchase
garden sculptures
"Willie," "Birth of Venus," "The
Floating Woman" and
"Superstructure on Four' will all be
appearing on the Nebraska campus
sometime next fall.
They are not rock groups. They are
sculptures which are being purchased
for display in the new Sheldon
Sculpture Garden now under con
struction to the west and south of the
present Art Gallery.
The Garden Is being funded by the
remainder of the original Sheldon
grant, according to Sheldon Art
Gallery Director Norman Geske. Its
dedication had been planned for next
spring but recent strikes and poor
weather have delayed completion until
at least September, 1970.
Geske noted that the garden has
been designed with three purposes in
mind. It will serve as an exhibition
area for art works, both new pieces
and some now displayed in the
gallery.
Secondly, the area is meant to
coordinate the entire fine arts com
plex, which Includes Sheldon,
Westbrook Music Building, Kimball
Recital Hall and Woods Art Building.
Extensive landscaping is planned
for the garden area, and new trees
will replace those which were remov
ed last year.
Geske admits there is a certain risk
in constructing an outdoor art gallery.
Exhibits are limited to art pieces
which will not be affected by the
weather. The Sheldon Director also
thinks there will be a certain amount
of vandalism, even though the area
will be amply-lighted all night.
"All the sculpture can be damag
ed," Geske commented. "But for the
most part, people will respect them,
even if they won't appreciate
them."
Geske believes the result will be
worth the risk. "There are only two
other gardens of any comparable
scope to ours," he noted.
lot of violence," Stasheff ad
ded. Stasheff began writing
scripts for his puppet group
when he was in eighth grade
In 1961 he began his version
of "the great American
novel," which is not finished
yet.
His early short story at
tempts came back with the
stock rejection slips, but
Stasheff received some con
solation from the fact that
they were usually ac
companied by a . note ex
piaining "too lengtny, or
"Very good, but not our
style."
He completed "The
Warlock" in 1968. The first
publishers to read the book
bought the rights to it.
ieeaiess to say, l was
high, wilhout booze or pot or
anything," Stasheff said-
A sequel to "The Warlock
In Spite of Himse'f" has
already been finished and is
now being rewritten. The
third and fourth books are
half complete.
"Books five through twelve
are outlined and I have some
loose ideas for number 13
Stasheff added. "I also have
an idea for another series
which would loosely relate to
this one.
Stasheff is a doctoral
theater student attending the
University as the Shubert
Playwriting Fellow of the
year, an award he won for
his play, "The Three-Legged
plays
Man" He has two
currently in the works.
He has taught puppetry at
the Lincoln Community
Playhouse, and will conduct
a Free University course
with Dr. Richard Boohar
about science fiction.
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