I've read Angels and Demons and actually preferred it to The DaVinci Code Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Fri, 5/8/09, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Star Trek in the movies and in the collection, > angels and Demons > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 2:22 PM > Dear Booksharian Friends, > > Last night Evan and I saw the preview showing of the new > Star Trek movie with young actors portraying the classic > Trek characters on their first voyage on the Enterprise. We > loved the movie but must warn you that there's lots of noisy > action you may not be able to follow if you can't see. On > the plus side, there are many classic lines that will be > music to any Trekker's ears. As a McCoy fan, I grinned from > ear to ear when Bones said, "I'm a doctor not a physicist." > > Today we went to Burger King were you can get a set of 4 > beautiful Trek glasses, Kirk, Spock, Uhura and..., for $6.99 > or individual glasses for $1.99 and 16 toys with kid meals > or for $.99 cents each without the meal. All of the toys say > classic Trek phrases or make engine noises. Each week > 4 different toys will become available and if you aren't > quick, your BK might be out of them and they won't restock. > Even the paper drink cups have Trek pictures on them. I > balked at drinking out of a cup with the villain's wormy > face on it so my guide/friend switched it > for a Kirk cup. Evan had a cup with the beautiful new Uhura > and I tried not to be jealous. We had some hardy laughs at > the talking toys. When we were approaching my house with > groceries and the stash of Trek stuff, the shuttle craft in > the bag, with a little nudge, said, "Approaching drop > zone." > > There are several books set in the Trek universe in the > Bookshare collection. Some may need rescans and there are > some gaps for volunteers who want to make a Trekker > difference. Between the new movie and Bookshare you can have > a Trek convention all your own. > > Angels and Demons based on the book by Dan Brown, will be > opening soon. I prefer reading the book upon which a movie > is based before seeing the movie so I called NLS to ask for > Angels and Demons in braille. They don't have it, but > Bookshare does! Go Bookshare! > > Every day I hope to find book chat on these lists. If > you've read anything you liked on Bookshare lately and write > about it here, I guarantee at least one person will welcome > your comments and read your post with interest...me! > > Live Long and Prosper and > > Always with love, > > Lissi > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.