Any fic. Any time. That's a lot, I know. Maybe we could have a separate category for recent?
Alicia On Feb 17, 2009, at 1:10 PM, delancey wrote: > > Books or any fic? Recent or any times? > > On Feb 15, 8:58 pm, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: >> We'll be meeting March 3, at 7pm, at the Pittsford Barnes and Noble. >> We had originally scheduled a meeting to discuss the anthology, >> thinking that it would be in print by now, but there have been >> delays, >> so there has been a change in plans. >> >> One of the most frequent requests I have had from people outside of >> our group has been for our recommendations for spec lit reading. >> The diverse genres encompassed by spec lit and the large number of >> good works available have made the request hard for me to answer >> except with the latest books that I enjoyed (Ian MacDonald's River of >> Gods, Yiddish Policemen, anything by Neil Gaiman or Greg Egan). >> So this month, we'll discuss what titles we'd put into a list of >> recommendations for those who think they're unfamiliar with spec lit. >> We've made a few starts at this as a regular thread on the email >> lists, but it would be fun to pull together a list in a single >> discussion and post it on our website. >> We won't get into rankings, which would be difficult to agree on, >> just >> a non-numbered collection of the good stuff. This would be subject to >> periodic revision as we add new treasures. >> >> Bring your favorite works and read a short exerpt from one to the >> group. Tell us why it should be recommended by R-SPEC. >> I'll bring River of Gods, but it'll be tough to limit myself to one >> passage! >> >> Also, from our discussions today came a desire for more active >> participation in our regular meetings, so we're going to change the >> format a bit, getting started earlier on our topic of the meeting and >> reserving the final half hour for a Spec Slam. In this portion of the >> meeting, we'd invite anyone present to read aloud a short piece >> they've written (1000 words or less) or a short excerpt from >> something >> longer. We'll discuss it in general terms, not a line-by-line >> critique. You could also bring in an outstanding bit of spec lit of >> someone else's that you want to share. We can add it to the list >> we'll >> start on March 3rd. >> >> Alicia > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
