[bookshare-discuss] Scifi meeting is archived.
- From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 20:18:56 -0700
Posted by: admin
SCIENCE FICTION GROUP MEETING has been posted to the Science Fiction
Discussion Group Archives and can also be found on the front page of
http://accessibleworld.org/ under the "Recent Content" heading.
The link to the full description of the archive is below:
http://accessibleworld.org/content/science-fiction-group-meeting
The link to download the file is below:
http://accessibleworld.org/sites/default/files/science-fiction-club-meeting-05-10-12.mp3
Science Fiction Discussion Group description:
Hello Folks,
Another good turnout at our most recent meeting. However the book we read,
Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt, received decidedly mixed reviews. Our next
book is a classic, The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester.
The Next meeting of the Science Fiction Club will be on Thursday, May 10,
2012.
Place, Book Nook at:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e
Time: 9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific, and 01:00 UTC.
The book we're reading this month is The Stars My Destination by Alfred
Bester.
Available from Bookshare at:
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/30412
and from BARD at:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.18912
Here's the BARD annotation:
In a grotesque future where men have acquired the
ability of instant teleportation, Gully Foyle, a common
rogue, vows to track down the men who left him to die in a
wrecked space ship. In doing so, he becomes the pathfinder of
man's destiny among the stars. 1956.
Here's Bookshare's long synopsis:
The Stars My Destination is a 260 page classic science Fiction novel written
by Alfred
Bester and first published in 1956. The Summary by Vintage Books reads as
follows:
A trailblazing novel of interplanetary intrigue and adventure that pits a
solitary
renegade against the empire builders of the next millennium. Education: none,
skills:
none, merits: none, recommendations: none." So reads Gully Foyle's Merchant
Marine
card. But Gully has managed to survive for 170 days in the airless purgatory
of deep
space and to escape to Terra with a murderous grudge and a secret that could
change
the course of history. In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines
a future
in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the
rich barricade
themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men-and
where
an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The
Stars My
Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative
enchantment
by an acknowledged master of science fiction. A MAIN SELECTION OF THE SCIENCE
FICTION
BOOK CLUB
This is a classic, so hope to see lots of people at the next meeting to talk
about it.
J. R. Westmoreland, Group Facilitator
Email: jr@xxxxxxx
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