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	National Park Service: Bears in the Columbia Cascades
		Bears rest and sleep in day beds, such as a depression next to a log, under the roots of a fallen tree, or in dense brush, or out in a grassy meadow.
		Bears can be active at any time of the day or night but are more often encountered at those times, and bears that are trying to avoid people may be more active when fewer people are out.
		A bear drawn to a camp by the smell of buried food scraps or garbage in a fire pit may discover containers of food on a picnic table and learn that campgrounds and campsites provide easy meals.
	www.nps.gov /ccso/bears.htm (2242 words)

	Bears Discover Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		"Bears Discover Fire" is described by John Clute in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as a story that "elegizes the land, the loss of the dream of America; it is also very funny".
		It took me a couple of rereadings of "Bears Discover Fire" to realise that the "torches" held by the bears at the end of the first section were not battery operated, and this despite the whacking great clue in the story's title.
		The bears seem to be gaining something that we humans have lost, the art of enjoying company by a warm fire in the woods perhaps.
	explorers.whyte.com /sf/bdf.htm (1560 words)

	Yellowstone National Park -- The Total Yellowstone Fire Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		During the 2000 fire season in the United States, almost 93,000 wildland fires burned close to 7.4 million acres and destroyed numerous structures.
		Subsequently, recommendations were developed on how to reduce the impacts of fire on rural communities and ensure sufficient firefighting resources for the future.
		The 1988 fires created a mosaic of burns, partial burns, and unburned areas that provided new habitats for plants and animals and new realms for research.
	www.national-park.com /fire.htm (678 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		"Bears Discover Fire" tell of the relations between sixty-year-old bachelor Uncle Bobby, his aging mother, his brother Wallace and his nephew Wallace Jr.
		The miraculous bears of the title are in the background, living on the medians of the Kentucky interstate, It's a story about aging, death, youth, and the preservation of humanity in a world where things are inevitably changing.
		The bears' discovery of how to use fire offers a glimpse of another world, a more meaningful way of life that humans once led but can't go back to.
	gopher.well.sf.ca.us:70 /0/Publications/authors/kessel/realpeo.kessel (3248 words)

	Report from the Field: A Sloth Bear Saga - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus), a tropical species adapted to feeding on ants and termites, are endemic to India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, and occur commonly in Panna National Park, a scenic reserve in central India encompassing 210 square miles of dry deciduous forest.
		The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a threat even to adult bears; I have recorded several interactions between these two large carnivores in the last five years at Panna, including a sloth bear having been killed and eaten by a tigress and her cubs.
		Capturing bear cubs even in small numbers thus poses a significant threat to the survival of sloth bear populations, which are considered vulnerable by the World Conservation Union.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Publications/ZooGoer/2001/6/slothbears.cfm (1977 words)

	PlayingWithFire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A newly urban life and a re–emergence of a folk heritage had assisted the Negro in breaking the image of a modest and unassuming "boy." And from this life the New Negro had developed enough self–respect and self–dependence to be assertive and seek a long–denied equality.
		And this is interestingly underscored by the use of light and dark: "laughter" dominates the mood of the light–filled rooms as it "hardens" the solitude outside.
		We also discover that Alex came to New York at the age of fourteen, essentially cast out by a family that "couldn't understand him," and has struggled for the past five years to "make it" as an artist.
	www.rlc.dcccd.edu /annex/COMM/english/mah8420/PlayingWithFire.htm (6028 words)

	PFD'S FIRE CHIEF ALAN BRUNACINI
		In addition, Phoenix Fire dispatches for 21 fire departments in the valley, as well as responds to these same surrounding communities in the automatic aid program.
		He is a 1960 graduate of the Fire Protection Technology program at Oklahoma State University and earned a degree in political science at Arizona State University in 1970.
		Chief Brunacini has authored Essentials of Fire Department Customer Service; Fire Command, which has become a popular text for students of fire fighting, and was supplemented by a movie that demonstrates his fireground commander system in action; and in June of 2002, published Fire Command 2nd Edition along with a Workbook.
	www.ci.phoenix.az.us /FIRE/brunacini.html (389 words)

	Fantasy and Science Fiction - Books To Look For
		Unlike Bears Discover Fire, the other Bisson title I tried, this fiction has never been collected before and, in fact, it reads more like a novel, divided into three separate stand-alone but connected parts, than it does a collection.
		The three look up to see two bears at the edge of the woods, holding the torches that are casting the light.
		Of course the story is as much about Bobby's relationship with his nephew and his mother as it is the bears, but it's the way that Bisson handles the impossible that I enjoy so much.
	www.sfsite.com /fsf/2001/cdl0108.htm (1774 words)

	AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
		Terry Bisson was born in Kentucky, born in New York, and is currently being born in Oakland, California.
		He is the author of seven novels: Wyrldmaker (Pocket, 1981); Talking Man (Arbor House, 1987), a World Fantasy Award nominee; Fire on the Mountain (Morrow, 1988); Voyage to the Red Planet (Morrow, 1990); Pirates of the Universe (Tor, 1996) a New York Times Notable Book for 1996; and The Pick-up Artist (Tor, 2001).
		A short fiction collection, Bears Discover Fire & Other Stories, was published in the fall of 1993.
	www.scifi.com /scifiction/originals/originals_archive/bisson3/bisson3_bio.html (328 words)

	The Android's Dungeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		OK, I admit it; I bought this book in large part for the title, and the cover (sadly not available at Amazon), which shows bears with torches.
		Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson is a collection of short (often very) stories.
		Many, like the title story are based on a single conceit -- everything else is the same, except, well, bears discover fire.
	www.pseudoprime.com /2000_03_26_archive.html (179 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Terry Bisson
		Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson [Science Fiction/Fantasy]
		From the award-winning author of "Bears Discover Fire," one of the most anthologized short stories of the last decade, here is a collection of stories as clever, slick, and profound as they come.
		With his entertaining and moving stories written in a strong, inimitable voice, Terry Bisson is one of the most original short fiction writers today.
	www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/TerryBissoneBooks.htm (423 words)

	Terry Bisson \| Interviews \| SCI FI Weekly
		His collections to date are Bears Discover Fire (1993) and In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories (2000), with Greetings & Other Stories to follow in 2005.
		Penetratingly satirical, yet always profoundly humane, Bisson's oeuvre also incorporates six novels: Wyrldmaker (1981), Talking Man (1986), Fire on the Mountain (1988), Voyage to the Red Planet (1990), Pirates of the Universe (1996) and The Pickup Artist (2001).
		My next two novels, Fire on the Mountain and Voyage to the Red Planet, were deliberately, consciously, resolutely SF with no fantasy elements whatsoever.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/interviews/sfw10944.html (2423 words)

	Terry Bisson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Terry Ballantine Bisson (born February 12, 1942, Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his short stories, including "Bears Discover Fire" (1990), which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards.
		Bisson has also written several novels, including Fire on the Mountain (Avon, 1988), Voyage to the Red Planet (Morrow, 1990), Pirates of the Universe (Tor, 1996), and The Pickup Artist (Tor, 2001).
		In 1996, he wrote two three-part comic book adaptations of Nine Princes in Amber and The Guns of Avalon, the first two books in Roger Zelazny's " Amber" series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terry_Bisson (319 words)

	Amazon.com: In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories: Books: Terry Bisson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He immediately demonstrated his promise as one of the short-SF giants of the '90s with "Bears Discover Fire" (1990), which won the Nebula, Hugo, Locus, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards, and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award.
		"First Fire" pays tribute to Arthur C. Clarke and examines the amorality of laissez-faire capitalism in a tale of archaeological discovery, obsession, hubris, and the corruption of science.
		Among the more highly mentionable are "macs", "The Player" and "First Fire", all of which will linger in the mind long after the last page has been turned.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312874200?v=glance (1588 words)

	Orangutan culture \| MetaFilter
		I know the chances are nil that in my lifetime it would happen, but somewhere along the millions of years of evolution, another species is going to figure out how to do it (aside from cows in Chicago).
		I hadn't made the connection to this intelligence study, of course, since Bears is fiction.
		"Bears Discover Fire" is anthologized in the oustanding Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias, edited by Kim Stanley Robinson.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/22642 (1635 words)

	[Bearfolks] The Right to Arm Bears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Another good story is the Nebula-winning "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson, first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1991.
		-- ==> "The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but Bear one cannot remain in the cradle forever." bear at alum.mit.edu -- Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy MissBlue wrote: > Isaac Asimov wrote a short story in which bears were the dominating > species in North America and were surprised by humans fleeing from > Europe.
		> > > The Right to Arm Bears > > by Gordon R. Dickinson > > > Spacial Delivery, Chapters 1-6: > > http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200009/0671319590.htm?blurb > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >bearfolks maillist - bearfolks at bears.org >http://instinct.bears.org/mailman/listinfo/bearfolks > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
	www.bears.org /pipermail/bearfolks/2004-July/001441.html (282 words)

	SFBookcase.com - Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy ...
		SFBookcase.com - Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Authors.
		Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson
		Bears Discover Fire is the first short story collection by the most acclaimed science fiction author of the decade, author of such brilliant novels as Talking Man and Voyage to the Red Planet.
	www.sfbookcase.com /viewbook.asp?bookno=8797 (107 words)

	Nebula Award Stories 26
		Terry Bisson's 'Bears Discover Fire' is a deceptive story, a worthy winner of the Best Short Story category (and the matching Hugo).
		The losing of the link to his mother, alongside the burgeoning of intelligence in the bears is touchingly crafted, and the story burrows under the skin somewhat like a nasty little tick you'd pick up in them thar woods.
		The story : a Hemingway scholar is approached by a con-man, who hatches a plan to 'discover' some lost works of Hemingway and to pass them off as real.
	www.bestsf.net /reviews/nebula26.html (1122 words)

	The Toxic Donut Summary & Essays - Terry Bisson
		It was included later that year in the short story collection Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories.
		The story was very timely, as it was written during the escalation of the environmental movement in the early 1990s, when many organizations and news media raised public awareness of the environment.
		A copy of the short story can be found in Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories, which was published by Tor Books in a paperback reprint edition in 1995.
	www.enotes.com /toxic-donut (275 words)

	Michael Swanwick Online: Profile of Terry Bisson
		"Bears Discover Fire" set some kind of record by winning the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon and World Fantasy Awards in one swoop.
		Maybe you haven't read any of the works I've mentioned, or Fire on the Mountain or "Two Guys from the Future," or "England Underway" or any of the Bissonian fictions that sporadically wander into print, like postcards from an alien universe.
		In which case I'd like to commend all of his works to your attention.
	www.michaelswanwick.com /nonfic/bisson.html (1109 words)

	Johnny Mnemonic: A Novel By Terry Bisson - Topic Powered by eve community
		April 22, 2003 12:44 AM I wanna know what he thinks of the Pinball game, which I discovered battered and fag burnt (as the British would say) in a rock venue in San Diego that planes fly dangerously close to on their way landing at the airport.
		April 22, 2003 05:25 AM Terry Bisson, Hugo & Nebula Awards winner for Bears Discover Fire, is an editor as well as a "sci-fi" author.
		He's a great writer, his short story book, Bears Discover Fire, is one of the best short story collections I've ever read.
	www.williamgibsonboard.com /6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5006046771&f=8606097971&m=8736008892 (1392 words)

	The Toxic Donut Critical Overview
		Although Bisson’s first science fiction novel was written in 1980, he did not receive widespread critical acclaim until the early 1990s, when he began to publish science fiction short stories in magazines.
		In 1993, he collected a number of these stories into Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories.
		In a 1993 review of the collection for Kirkus Reviews, the reviewer notes of Bisson that ‘‘at his best, he combines a splendidly loopy inventiveness with real poignancy, a hard-edged sense of wonder and a grasp of the genuinely alien.’’ Other 1993 reviews of the collection...
	www.enotes.com /toxic-donut/24383 (142 words)

	Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: Book Review: Year's Best SF
		Kate Wilhelm's offering, "And the Angels Sing," is also a fantasy, about an angel who drops into the life of a small-town newspaper editor.
		Terry Bisson's "Bears Discover Fire" — about just what the title says — is more an American tall-tale than anything else.
		Lewis Shiner's "White City" is also a tall-tale, but with a technological rather than rustic bent, telling of an inventor's final wild project.
	www.sfwriter.com /bryearsb.htm (763 words)

	The SF Site: A Brief History of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
		That year Dozois published one of the most famous SF stories of the decade, Terry Bisson's "Bears Discover Fire" (August 1990), in his first appearance in ASF.
		An amusing and thought-provoking look at sudden ursine evolution in the woods of New England, the story caused a small sensation.
		In addition to "Bears Discover Fire," Joe Haldeman's novella "The Hemingway Hoax" (April 1990) also won both awards, and Mike Resnick's "The Manamouki" (July 1990) won the Hugo for best novelette.
	www.sfsite.com /columns/asimov90.htm (2408 words)

	The SF Site: 1997 --Best Read of the Year in Science Fiction and Fantasy
		As Devlin exploits his new situation for the maximum immediate benefit (mostly wine, women and song), Max discovers his new role in life is as a friendless and bankrupt ne'er-do-well.
		In 1995 Miller and his agent contacted Terry Bisson, the acclaimed author of Pirates of the Universe, Voyage To the Red Planet, and the famous story "Bears Discover Fire," asking if he would be interested in helping complete the book.
		Blacktooth's life is complicated by the temptress Drea, the primary cross he must bear as he endures a series of trials.
	www.sfsite.com /columns/best98.htm (3482 words)

	Rag: May 1, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bear definitely took it farther in the novel, though the ending had me somewhat bewildered.
		This volume features "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson, and "Cibola" by Connie Willis, among others.
		This is probably the fifth time I've bought this book, since I keep lending it out and never getting it back.
	www.sff.net /people/diana/journal/journal/web/050198.htm (420 words)

	writing in the dark: November 2002 Archives
		Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.
		When it rains, it comes down in a torrential downpour of fire and brimstone on the guy.
		I felt the need to skip over the trials that would be involved in this kind of situation, but I felt that his downward spiral into a near catatonic state after the deaths of his family was a good way to skim over the subject and allow a mere recap of the events to occur.
	www.bears-cave.com /wid/2002_11.php (12773 words)

	BookPage Nonfiction Review: Sci Fi Roundup
		It is an amazing collection, although as Dozois points out in his cogent and concise introduction, no two editors would ever come up with the same list of the "best" stories.
		In a "best of" collection such as this, there are no weak links, but if forced to choose, don't miss the stories by Greg Bear, Gene Wolfe, William Gibson, Eileen Gunn, Connie Willis, John Kessel, Molly Gloss and Charles Stross.
		Dozois also provides detailed story introductions that point readers to further work by these talented writers.
	www.bookpage.com /0502bp/fiction/sci_fi.html (654 words)

	Bookstore - Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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		Between Fire and Ice : The Science of Heat (Experiment!) ~
		The Ecology of Fire (Cambridge Studies in Ecology) ~
	www.eecreg5.org /store/firebook.html (897 words)

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