[bksvol-discuss] Next Meeting of the Fantasy Club, Sunday, January 18, 2009

From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:11:09 -0500

Hello Folks,

With all the talk on the discuss list today about fantasy books, it seemed like 
a good time to remind people about the next meeting of the recently revived 
Fantasy Club and to tell the participants in today's discussion, most of whom 
haven't attended yet, that it would be a lot of fun if they could come.

It will take place on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 8 PM eastern, 5 PM Pacific on 
Skype.
If you have Skype and are interested in coming, send our club leader, 
Christina, your Skype name at
greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx
and she will tell you how to contact her via Skype and add you to the 
conference on Sunday evening.

If you do not have Skype, I may be able to help you, but I know little beyond 
how to make a call and answer one. But that is all you need to attend the club 
meetings. And, while I cannot volunteer another's assistance, I know there are 
those here who know a lot more about Skype than I do and hopefully will be 
willing to help if I cannot.

The book we decided to read for January's meeting is The Wizard Hunters (Fall 
of Ile-Rien
#1) which can be found at
http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=56955

This is a PQ book, so it should be first rate in the quality department.

Here is the long synopsis:
Ile-Rien faces the grim specter of its own imminent demise. Once a fertile
and prosperous land, it is now under attack by the Gardier, a mysterious
army whose storm-black airships appear from nowhere to strike without warning.
Every weapon in the arsenal of Ile-Rien's revered wizards has proven useless
-- their magic quickly identified by the enemy and rendered instantly
impotent, their conventional arms spontaneously and inexplicably exploded.
And the last hope of a magical realm under siege rests within a child's 
plaything.
The tiny sphere was created for Tremaine Valiarde's amusement when she was a
child of twelve, presented to her by her uncle Arisilde, the greatest of all
sorcerers. But the mage -- among the first to identify the impending Gardier
threat, along with Tremaine's notorious father, Nicholas, and one of the
first to die because of it -- secreted a power within the orb capable of 
defeating
the invaders. And now, years later, it falls to a young woman lacking any
magical knowledge and ability to release it.

Hope to see lots of people at the next meeting!

Meanwhile, Happy New Year to you all.

Evan

[bksvol-discuss] Next Meeting of the Fantasy Club, Sunday, January 18, 2009

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