carol. ’s Comments (group member since Aug 31, 2016)

carol. ’s comments from the The Long Way... To a Common Orbit flash group group.

I noticed that as well, MrsJ. Not exactly subtle, is she? ;)

I was surprised at how much Jane's story intrigued me.

Nice job, Beth and MrsJ!

Haha! I love the Socks! Match My Hat! Theme song :)

Harryo--your niece is brilliant, and I'm gathering, a younger generation. So many of our (American?) traditional 'games' do seem win/lose (particularly in sports, right, when there are teams?). I'm thinking that younger people and some of the cool application-electronic type games are much better at other ways of interacting, including collaborative goals and exploration. Hard to do that on a board, I guess. I grew up with cribbage, chess, checkers, and a host of board games including Sorry!, Monopoly, Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, Life, and Memory, and really all seem to be about one winner and the rest losers.

~gulp~


I just ate this book up. Almost--but not quite--literally. I bought it, had some time free, started reading and didn't come up for air until I was done. I thought about stopping to post or check in... but I didn't. Because I really wanted to know what happened next.

Glad that you joined in, MrsJ! I knew when I saw your enthusiasm that I had something great to look forward to.

My apologies, I should have mentioned I enlisted MrsJoseph to help with moderating. We used to moderate a group together for many years, and I value her organization skills. Plus, it's always fabulous to have someone this enthusiastic about a book lead :D

Beth wrote: "I initially found the discussion subjects slightly confusing, since my e-book copy doesn't have pages. Using my handy-dandy phone calculator, one page is approx. 15 Kindle locations. Hope that helps other participants! ."

But what about font sizes?! Honestly, one of my most frustrating things about Kindle is figuring out length, etc.

You guys are funny! I can't wait to start.

I just have to get through the next four days, and I should have hours of reading time.

Emily wrote: "I loved how the windows appeared in that underwater transport.
Years ago, I took the Chunnel from London to Paris, and I was excited about it until I realized it felt exactly like being in a train..."

Heh. I think I'd imagine it more like National Geographic in a submarine as well :)

Emily wrote: "I'm in. I'll do my best not to comment 5 months after everyone else this time.
Congratulations on the job change, Carol. Best of luck!"

Thanks! Oh, any comment from you is welcome at any time. :D

Oooh. Love that last sentence.

Interesting beginning-- machine as obsessively regimented. Feels familiar to Star Trek Next Generation fans, no?

You two are hilarious.

That's good news!

Moving on! Very excited, and I don't say that lightly :)

Well, perhaps me too. I'm finishing up 14 years at my job on April 5, so there's kind of a lot packed in there the first few days.

I could certainly flex on the read time if people want to read later.

Excerpt from Tor.com of A Closed and Common Orbit:
http://www.tor.com/2017/02/23/excerpt...

How to write alien cultures, by Becky Chambers:
http://www.tor.com/2017/03/14/my-alie...

Me too. I really enjoyed the first book. Such a pleasant and interesting read.