[bksvol-discuss] Next Meeting of the Science Fiction Book Club

  • From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:42:48 -0400

Hello Listers,

The next meeting of the Science Fiction Club will be on Thursday, July 10, 9 PM 
Eastern, 6 PM Pacific. We'll be talking about a book that has been newly added 
to the Bookshare collection and that Bob posted about last week:

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III, Nebula Award Winners 1965-1969 
edited by
Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor, and with an introduction by Arthur C. 
Clarke.

You can get your copy at

http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=51386

I am especially excited about reading this because there are a couple classics 
in here that I am looking forward to rereading after many years, and several 
great works that I haven't read before.

So I hope you will join us on July 10 at 9 Eastern, 6 Pacific, whether you're a 
Science Fiction fan, or this is your first time checking out the genre.

The decade of the sixties, especially the latter half, was a time of great 
cultural ferment, and Science Fiction was no exception. This book contains a 
great diversity of work, of literary style and themes.  The Nebula Award is 
given out by the Science Fiction Writers of America. The stories in this volume 
were considered by fellow writers to be the best of the year in their 
respective categories. Like any other genre, opinions may vary from one person 
to another with respect to any specific story, but most of those here are 
generally agreed to be classics today.

The nice thing about an anthology is that, unlike a novel, you don't have to 
read it from beginning to end, or in any particular order for that matter. If 
one story doesn't work for you, try another. There is a tremendous range of 
work here, from authors who had been established for decades, to newcomers with 
extraordinary talent who would go on to become masters in the field in 
succeeding decades. And, of course, there is the introduction by one of the 
greatest of all time.

Hope to see lots of people there.

Evan

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