[bksvol-discuss] Next Meeting of the Science Fiction Club November 12
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:26:22 -0400
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 12, 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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