Just an FYI. I left "the Giving Plague" on my kitchen table after I read it and my wife read it and actually liked it. This is interesting because my wife has...
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Ann James
ajtrans
Jul 2, 2010 6:23 am
John: > Okay, I just finished the story and I agree with you I liked the narrator even though he wasn't really the nicest guy Ann: I sympathized with the...
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Ann James
ajtrans
Jul 2, 2010 6:32 am
Is anyone going to read this month's book by Vernor Vinge?...
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Ann James
ajtrans
Jul 2, 2010 7:06 am
Can you make a poll on the website where we can give our opinion on the book? These polls give us a better idea of how many people are reading the book for...
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James Wallace Harris ...
jwharris28
Jul 2, 2010 11:46 am
I had hope to squeeze it in. I read it years ago when it came out but I can hardly remember it. Jim From: modernsciencefiction2@yahoogroups.com...
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graysh07
Jul 2, 2010 11:52 am
Okay, I'll make that later today. John...
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Ann James
ajtrans
Jul 2, 2010 9:41 pm
Thanks! ... From: "graysh07"; <graysh07@...> To: <modernsciencefiction2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 4:48 AM Subject:...
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Tony Williams
letstrythis123
Jul 3, 2010 1:00 am
I've read it twice, the last time a couple of years ago. I don't want to slog through such a massive tome again but it's still fairly fresh in my mind so I...
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graysh07
Jul 4, 2010 12:29 am
Okay polls are up for all the novels we read since this group started. Can everyone please go and put in their two cents about all the monthly reads they...
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graysh07
Jul 4, 2010 12:35 am
Hey Ann glad you got to read this one. Thanks for your comments. Are you going to get to read "The Giving Plague?" I thought it was neat to compare the two of...
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graysh07
Jul 4, 2010 12:41 am
I don't know if I'll fit it in this month. I just got "Ringworld" from the library. If I get through that in two weeks I'll see what I feel like reading next. ...
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Ann James
ajtrans
Jul 4, 2010 12:44 am
I'm reading "Palimpsest" right now. "The Giving Plague" is next. ... From: "graysh07"; <graysh07@...> To: <modernsciencefiction2@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Ann James
ajtrans
Jul 4, 2010 12:47 am
I've read the book twice over the years. The Tines are utterly fascinating. But the book is huge. I own it, so I can scan it if any discussion begins. ... ...
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William C. Garthright
billg4
Jul 4, 2010 12:37 pm
OK, I'm a little behind (with pretty much EVERYTHING), but I still intend to read our last two short selections, "Act One" and "The Giving Plague." It's...
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William C. Garthright
billg4
Jul 4, 2010 3:47 pm
OK, I finally got around to reading "Act One" (sorry to be so late with this), and I'm very glad I did. I thought it was a great story. This is the kind of...
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William C. Garthright
billg4
Jul 4, 2010 4:41 pm
... I'll be interested to hear what you think of that, Ann. I think I liked it better than most people here (mostly because of the ending, I think). Bill ...
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graysh07
Jul 4, 2010 7:46 pm
I liked the illustration so much I'm going to use it for the site's homepage this week. It matches the purple color I choose so well. It was meant to be, I...
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James Wallace Harris ...
jwharris28
Jul 4, 2010 7:57 pm
I wonder John, if you could also put the links to the weekly stories on the home page. I get behind and want to read a story when it's mentioned, but the link...
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William C. Garthright
billg4
Jul 4, 2010 9:11 pm
... Yeah, it is kind of funny, isn't it? I just finished the story (before I read this post) and I was wondering at the similarity, too. ... Well, there really...
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bigfrontyard
Jul 4, 2010 9:21 pm
... I finished re-reading David Brin's "The Giving Plague" last week, but am only now getting around to jotting down my thoughts. (I initially read this story...
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bigfrontyard
Jul 4, 2010 9:29 pm
... I'm afraid I'm probably going to pass. I have a hellacious month coming up work-wise, so I'm going to have to pare back on my pleasure reading a bit. In...
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bigfrontyard
Jul 4, 2010 9:41 pm
... I think I may actually have preferred Brin's story, but as you say -- apples and oranges. I snipped most of your remaining post and will only briefly say:...
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graysh07
Jul 5, 2010 12:34 pm
Okay, the links are back for the previous month. Sorry, I did the links for a while but I had no way of knowing if anyone used them, so I stopped. John...
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graysh07
Jul 5, 2010 1:19 pm
As always Bill you do not make it easy for me. You challenge concepts that seemed so clear to me at the time I wrote them anyway. Indeed, as you say in your...
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William C. Garthright
billg4
Jul 5, 2010 9:14 pm
... I'd like to, but it's such a big book that I probably won't. I've read it before, but I don't remember it at all. I've wanted to re-read it for some time....
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William C. Garthright
billg4
Jul 5, 2010 9:17 pm
OK, I figured since I picked the story I'd better read it myself, and I just finished it. But I'm not sure what I think. It's different from anything else I've...
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William C. Garthright
billg4
Jul 5, 2010 9:20 pm
... That's a great idea. We might also want to keep track - permanently - of the stories we've read, since it's going to be hard remembering all of them a year...
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William C. Garthright
billg4
Jul 5, 2010 10:03 pm
... Yes, but a big reason for that might be due to the differences in story length, wouldn't you say? I'm thinking that it's hard to write a character-driven...
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graysh07
Jul 5, 2010 11:09 pm
That was my next thought, but it will take me a couple of days. John...
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William C. Garthright
billg4
Jul 5, 2010 11:37 pm
... Exactly! :-) ... Sure, but serial killers are damaged inside, if not legally insane then at least missing a part of what makes us human. I'd never claim...
