BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20090304T000000Z DTEND:20090304T020000Z DTSTAMP:20090221T164719Z ORGANIZER;CN=R Spec:mailto:[email protected] UID:[email protected] ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;[email protected];X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:[email protected] om ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=R Spec;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:[email protected] CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20090221T164504Z DESCRIPTION:From President Alicia Henn\, as seen on R-SPEC.ORG:\nOne of the most frequent requests I have had from people outside of our group has bee n for our recommendations for spec lit reading. The diverse genres encompas sed 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).\n\n\nSo this month\, we'll discuss what titles we'd put int o a list of recommendations for those who think they're unfamiliar with spe c lit. We've made a few starts at this as a regular thread on the email lis ts\, 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 diffic ult to agree on\, just a non-numbered collection of the good stuff. This wo uld be subject to periodic revision as we add new treasures.\n\nBring your favorite works and read a short exerpt from one to the group. Tell us why i t should be recommended by R-SPEC. I'll bring River of Gods\, but it'll be tough to limit myself to one passage!\n\nAlso\, from discussions at the Ann ual Meeting came a desire for more active participation in our regular meet ings\, 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 Sl am. In this portion of the meeting\, we'd invite anyone present to read al oud a short piece they've written (1000 words or less) or a short excerpt f rom something longer. We'll discuss it in general terms\, not a line-by-lin e critique. You could also bring in an outstanding bit of spec lit of someo ne else's that you want to share. We can add it to the list we'll start on March 3rd.\n\nPittsford B&N Info:\nhttp://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/s toredetail.do\;jsessionid=5BD63995751872F086F49A351B7347FB?store=2790"\nVie w your event at http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=bGFrMm 1mNTVob292azBsZW92MzA0MXRlNXMgci1zcGVjQGdvb2dsZWdyb3Vwcy5jb20&tok=MTcjc3BlY 2xpdEBnbWFpbC5jb21kZGQyM2JhOGRjYmMzMGExYmM4NTM5ZGEzOGExMzRmOWM0YjE0ZTk3&ctz =America%2FNew_York&hl=en. LAST-MODIFIED:20090221T164719Z LOCATION:Pittsford Barnes & Noble SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:R-SPEC March Meeting TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR
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