[bksvol-discuss] Re: Next Meeting of the Science Fiction Club, Thursday, June 9, 2011

From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 20:04:46 -0700
Hi, Roger, I bet you have a mike plugged in, don't you? I use a mike
attached to headphones because the computer unit (the CPU) is on the
desk and I have a keyboard connected to it with an extension cord. Ditto
for the mike and headphones. Regards, Kim.

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The headphones are not necessary. I do it quite well with my regular 
computer speakers.


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Thursday, June 9, 2011


> Hi, Kathy, the first thing I'd ask is if you have a microphone plus 
> headphones. If you do, then you can speak in a chat room. If you go to

> www.accessibleworld.org, you'll find that the science fiction book 
> club meets in the book nook chat room. Make sure your mike and headset

> are plugged into the computer and everything is turned on. Next if you

> wish to enter the room you may have to download something called T.C. 
> Conference client. It's a little thing that is installed in your 
> program files and on the desktop as "My Conference Recordings". If 
> it's on your computer, you won't have to install it again the next 
> time you go to a web site that uses it as a chat client. You follow 
> the prompts and enter the room. If you wish to talk, hold down the 
> Control key and other people will hear you. If your mike is set 
> correctly, it's a great thrill hearing other people and they can hear 
> you. Hold down the control key until you finish talking then take your

> finger off. I hope this helps a bit. Regards, Kim Friedman. 
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> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathy Novak
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:08 PM
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Next Meeting of the Science Fiction 
> Club, Thursday, June 9, 2011
>
>
> Hi Evan,
>
> I was fascinated with the SF book discussion. I am a science fiction 
> nut (not fantasy). I would like to join. However, I think this is a 
> chatroom? I have never done a chat, so would someone have the patience

> to teach me how it works?--starting with, do you enter the whole 
> string as the address?
>
> Kathy Novak
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Evan  <mailto:mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reese
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ;
> scifi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 4:50 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Next Meeting of the Science Fiction Club,
> Thursday, June 9, 2011
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> We had another good discussion last night withjust about everyone 
> liking our book, Starfarers by Poul Anderson,  but not a whole lot. 
> Only one of us really loved the book, and noone actually disliked it. 
> Those of us who've read other Anderson agreed that it wasn't his best 
> work.
>
> The next meeting of the Science Fiction club will be on Thursday, June

> 9, 2011.
>
> Time: 9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific, and 
> 01:00 UTC.
>
> Place:
>
> Book Nook at:
>
> http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e
>
> The book we'll be reading this month is WWW: Watch by Robert J. 
> Sawyer. This is the sequel to his book WWW: Wake. Some of us felt that

> it was not necessary to have read the first book to understand and 
> enjoy the second, but for those who would like to start the series at 
> the beginning, links and synopses to both books are below. We will 
> discuss both books at the meeting.
>
> Both books are available on Bookshare, as digital downloads from BARD,

> and from Audible.
>
> The link to the Bookshare version of WWW: Wake is:
>
> http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111612?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9rZXl
> 3b
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>
> The link to the BARD version of WWW: Wake is:
>
> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.69237
>
> Here's the NLS synopsis:
>
> When a Japanese researcher proposes another eye operation to the 
> tech-savvy, mathematical genius and blind fifteen-year-old Caitlin, 
> she jumps at the chance to have an experimental signal-processing 
> implant inserted behind her eye. But instead of sight, Caitlin's mind 
> visualizes the Internet and detects an enigmatic entity within.
>
> The Link to the BARD version of WWW: Watch is:
>
> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.71135
>
> Here's the NLS synopsis:
>
> Fifteen-year-old Caitlin, from WWW: Wake (DB 69237, BR 18658), uses 
> her retinal implant to visualize the Internet and befriends the entity

> Webmind. While she helps Webmind learn more about the world, the 
> government's Web Activity Threat Containment division views it as a 
> security risk and plans to eradicate it.
>
> Here's a bit more about WWW: Wake from Publisher's Weekly taken from 
> Amazon's page for this book:
>
> The wildly thought-provoking first installment of Sawyer's WWW 
> trilogy, serialized in Analog in 2008 and 2009, explores the origins 
> and emergence of consciousness. Blind teen Caitlin Decter gets an 
> experimental signal-processing implant that inexplicably opens up her 
> vision to the wondrous infrastructure of the World Wide Web. Inside 
> the Web is a newborn webmind, a globe-spanning self-contained 
> consciousness that is just becoming aware of the outside world. 
> Secondary plot threads about a highly intelligent hybrid primate and 
> Chinese bloggers battling a repressive government extend the motif of 
> expanding awareness. The thematic diversity-and profundity-makes this 
> one of Sawyer's strongest works to date. Numerous dangling plot 
> threads are an unnecessary pointer to the forthcoming books; readers 
> will keep coming back for the ideas.
>
> And Here's some more about WWW: Watch from Bookshare's long synopsis:
>
> Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer continues his "wildly thought- 
> provoking" science fiction saga of a sentient World Wide Web. Webmind 
> is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin Decter and 
> grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the

> attention of WATCH--the secret government agency that monitors
> the Internet for any threat to the United States--and they're fully
> aware of Caitlin's
> involvement in its awakening. WATCH is convinced that Webmind
represents
> a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But
> Caitlin believes in Webmind's capacity for compassion, and she will do
> anything and everything necessary to protect her friend.
>
> Robert J. Sawyer is one of the most respected, thoughtful, and popular

> writers around, so hope to see lots of you at the next meeting to talk

> about these books.
>
> Evan
>
>
> 

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