Hey there all, well I'm not quite finished with our book but I definitely will finish tomorrow. Come on even if you've not read our book. This should be a great discussion. Check out Evans information below.
See you all tomorrow!!! Original message:
Hello Folks,A great turnout for our first meeting of 2015. Most of us enjoyed our book, Rivers of Time by L. Sprague de Camp to varying degrees. Our next book is a tale of exploration and discovery, The Companions by Sheri S. Tepper. The next meeting of the Science Fiction club will be on Thursday, February 12, 2015.Place, Book Nook at:http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e <http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e>Time: 9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific, and 02:00 UTC.Our book, The Companions by Sheri S. Tepper is available both as a download from BARD and as a Publisher Quality version from Bookshare.The link to the BARD version is at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.59249 <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.59249> And the link to Bookshare’s Publisher Quality version is at:https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/587317 <https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/587317>The NLS annotation reads as follows:ETs and Earthers are conflicted over the possibilities for habitation and profit on the planet Moss. Jewel Delis has an agenda for exploring the new world, as does a group of humans who were stranded there long ago.Here is Bookshare’s Long Synopsis for The Companions:Three planets have been recently discovered in deep space, and prosaically named to reflect their respective environments. Jungle, lush and foreboding, swallowed up an eleven-member exploratory team more than a decade earlier, while hot, harsh, and dusty Stone turned out to be phenomenally rich in rare ore, the most profitable new world to be found in a century. But it is the third, Moss, that could well prove to be the most enigmatic . . . and dangerous. Enlisted by the Planetary Protection Institute -- an organization founded to assess new worlds for potential development and profit -- famed linguist Paul Delis has come to Moss to determine whether the strange multicolored shapes of dancing light observed on the planet's surface are evidence of intelligent life. With Delis is his half sister, Jewel, the wife of one of the explorers lost on Jungle. Working together, they are to determine the true nature of the "Mossen" and decipher the strange "language" that accompanies the phenomenon. Yet the great mysteries of this bucolic world -- three-quarters covered in wind-sculpted, ever-shifting moss -- don't end with the inexplicable illuminations; there is the puzzle of the rusting remains of a lost fleet of Earth ships, moldering on a distant plateau. Perhaps the biggest question mark is Jewel Delis herself and her mission here at the far reaches of the galaxy. Leaving an overpopulated homeworld that is rapidly becoming depleted of the raw materials needed for human survival, Jewel is a member of a radical underground group opposing a recent government edict that will eliminate all of the planet's "nonessential" living inhabitants. And it is here, at the universe's unexplored edge, where the fate of endangered creatures may ultimately be decided -- though it will mean defying ruthless and unforgiving ruling powers to repair humankind's disintegrating relationship with the beasts of the Earth. Come join us next month to talk about what sounds like an exciting and thought provoking novel.Evan
-- Lelia
