Apple’s Comments (group member since Aug 28, 2021)

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

15.7 Growing Genres
Science Fiction

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

1950

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 960

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2 (x2); 20.3; 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;

I am presuming All Systems Red, and The Murderbot Diaries series will work for this tasks?

(I was having a bad day and needed a short audiobook, and this has been kind of fun. Think Robocop in space ...)

@Rebekah, I see you have The Memory Police 5 stars. I have this on my hopeful list for this season as I love all her other works. Glad you liked it so much.

20.9 Non-Fiction (Kate S's Task)

A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell

+20 task
+ 5 series
+5 oldies
+15 combo (10.3; 10.4; 10.7)

Post Total = 45
Season Total = 945

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2 (x2); 20.3; 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;

10.8 Gilmore Girls (Anika's Task)

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

+10 task
+5 series
+5 oldies
+30 combo (10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 20.3; 20.6; 20.10 - Joaquin)
+50 Halfway Bonus

Post Total = 100
Season Total = 900

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2 (x2); 20.3; 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10 (x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;

20.6 Award

City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin

Recipient of SFWA Grand Master 2003, as posted in thread

+20 task
+5 series
+5 oldies
+20 combos (10.3; 10.4; 20.7; 20.10 - Zove)

Post Total = 50
Season Total = 800

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2 (x2); 20.3; 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;

Claiming for City of Illusions, which, in summary notes that Falk's "eyes are not the eyes of a human".

20.4 Sub-Continent

The Illuminated by Anindita Ghose

+20 task
+10 non-western

Post Total = 30
Season Total = 750

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2 (x2); 20.3; 20.4 (x2); ...; ...; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;

15.6 Growing Genres
Science Fiction

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

1962

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 720

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2 (x2); 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;

20.2 French

A Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux

+20 task
+5 oldies
+10 combos (10.4; 20.6 - Nobel Prize)

Post Total = 35
Season Total = 705

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2 (x2); 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;15.5;

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Some of you may be interested in other recipients of this award:

https://www.sfadb.com/SFWA_Grand_Mast..."

claiming Ursula K. Le Guin, who was the 2003 recipient.

10.7 20th Century Bookends (Rosemary's Task)

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

+10 task
+5 oldies
+10 combos (10.4; 20.6 - approved)

Post Total = 25
Season Total = 670

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;15.5;

10.3 Discworld

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams

+10 task
+15 series
+5 oldies
+5 combo (20.3)

Post Total = 35
Season Total = 640

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; ...; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;15.5;

10.4 3, 4, 5

Life, the Universe and Everything byDouglas Adams

+10 task
+10 series
+5 oldies
+15 combos (10.3; 20.3; 20.10)

Post Total = 40
Season Total = 605

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; ...; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;15.5;

10.2 Albright Sisters

Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

+10 task
+10 oldies

Post Total = 20
Season Total = 565

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;15.5;

15.5 Growing Genres

Science Fiction

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

1969

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 545

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;15.5;

Can I please have Anindita Ghose approved for non-Western?

https://aninditaghose.com/About-Contact

Sorry Elizabeth, I only try to get my Macbook out once a week, so I do all my checking and posting in one go ;)

Can I get approval for the Jnanpith award? Specifically for Amitav Ghosh, awarded in 2018?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnanpit...

Patricia Highsmith was awarded the Grand Master by the Swedish Crime Writers Academy. and the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, will either of these count ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrici...

20.10 Uncommon Letter (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Zaphod Beeblebrox

+20 task
+5 series
+10 combo (10.3; 20.3 - characters are separated and moves between them)

Post Total = 35
Season Total = 530

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; ...; ...; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; 20.7; 20.8; ...; 20.10(x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;