[bookshare-discuss] Fw: Accessible World presents the Science Fiction discussion Group, Sep. 9, 2010

  • From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:33:43 -0700

    Accessible World presents The Science Fiction Discussion Group, August 12, 
2010
News Wire:

 

Hi Folks,

 

We had a good turnout last night at the Science Fiction club meeting, with most 
of us liking the book we read, Coyote by Alan M. Steele..

 

The next meeting will be on Thursday, August 12, 2010.

 

The book we're reading this month is A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, 
available from both Bookshare and from the BARD site.

You can get the Bookshare version at:

http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/34431?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9rZXl3b3JkPSZxdW90O2EgZmlyZSB1cG9uIHRoZSBkZWVwJnF1b3Q7Jg%3D%3D

 

The link to the book on the BARD site is at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.35758

 

Here is the synopsis from Bookshare's copy, taken from the book jacket.

"Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit the far reaches of space, from 
the Transcend where dwell superintelligent entities to the Unthinking Depths 
where only simple creatures and technologies can function. These "regions of 
thought" are a mystery, but when scientists in the Straumli Realm discover and 
release an ancient Transcendent artifact, they unwittingly unleash an awesome 
power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial 
intelligence. Only a single ship escapes, aboard it a family of scientists with 
their two children. When they land

on a planet in the Slowness the parents are killed and the children taken 
captive by the Tines: aliens of a medieval society locked in a bitter power 
struggle. The fate of races, worlds -- interstellar civilization -- depends on 
a rescue mounted by a crew of humans and aliens that is racing toward 
Tinesworld -- and a Countermeasure that, if they can trigger in time, may stop 
the Blight that will otherwise bring a new dark age to the galaxy." 

 

This is one of my personal all time favorites, and I am eagerly looking forward 
to reading it again this summer. It has everything a great Science Fiction 
novel should have and more: well drawn characters, both human and alien, a very 
well worked out alien race, vast scope, plenty of action and suspense, a 
scarier villain would be very hard to imagine, and sense of wonder galore. Hope 
lots of you can check it out and come to the August meeting to talk about it.

 

Evan

 

J. R. Westmoreland, Group Facilitator

Email: jr@xxxxxxx

 

Date:  Thursday, August 12, 2009

 

Time:  6:00 PM PDT, 7:00 PM MDT, 8:00 PM CDT, 9:00 PM EDT,

           and elsewhere in the world Friday 1:00 GMT. 

 

Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to The Book Nook at:

 

http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e

 

Or, alternatively, 

 

Select The Book Nook at: www.accessibleworld.org

Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen.

 

If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing 
software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and 
then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the 
Accessible World rooms.

 

All online interactive programs are free of charge, and open to anyone 
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card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the presenters and 
others in the virtual audience. To speak to us, hold down the control key and 
let up to listen. If no microphone is available, you may text chat with the 
attendees.

 

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Accessible World Contacts:

 

Robert Acosta, Chair

Accessible World

818-998-0044

Email: boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx 

Web:   www.helpinghands4theblind.org

 

Marcia Moses, Events Coordinator 

Accessible World 

734-495-1496

Email: mgmoses@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

Steve Hoffman, President

Talking Communities

Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

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community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant 
information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed 
specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect 
them

 



Robert Acosta, President
Helping Hands for the Blind
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