[bookshare-discuss] the next Science fiction meeting
- From: Lelia Struve <leliastruve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:45:11 -0500
Hello All,
As usual, we had a great discussion at last night's meeting of the
Science Fiction
club.
The next meeting will be on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 9 PM
Eastern, 6 PM Pacific
time in the Friends of Bookshare Community Room at
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e
The book we all decided to do this month is Rainbow's End by Vernor
Vinge. It can
be found on Bookshare at
http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=53699
The Bookshare synopsis reads:
It explains human implications of new technologies, cyberspace. It is
the superhuman
intelligence that can result from cleverly connecting vast numbers of
people electronically.
Not only is this a good yarn but it had neurons popping with new ideas.
The synopsis from NLS reads as follows:
Southern California, twenty-first century.
Seventy-five-year-old Robert Gu, renowned poet and former
professor, survives a near-fatal battle with Alzheimer's.
Physically well but mentally behind, Robert takes classes at
a high school to retrain his brain and unwittingly becomes
part of an international conspiracy to take over the world.
This sounds like another great one from an author with a reputation for
memorable
characters, tremendous imagination and authorial skill.
So check this out and then come and join us next month for what I am
sure will be
another great discussion.
Evan
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