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Oct 06, 2012 10:41AM
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Dear Members, please note that there is now a fanfiction area which is just waiting to receive contributions from all of you, and a "Contributor Palimpsest" where members are encouraged to start their own threads and go as nutty as they like. I would prefer for you to use that as a member's "free" area, so that the other sections of the group area doesn't become too long.
You can make the Contributor's Palimsest as long as you like, and post new threads as you desire.
Also, please don't hesitate to make use of the videos, polls and photos links on the top right hand side of the main page.
I will be working on putting a bit more info into the bookshelf in the near future, and we envisage a few group reads as soon as we have completed construction around here.
Clouds wrote: "Thanks for all the effort :-)"Thanks for your kind words, Clouds.
As long as you enjoy yourself here and feel you can express yourself adequately, it's worth it! :)
Trav, you've put a heap of work into this. Thank you so much, it's very appreciated.Also, please can you keep an eye on China Girls' lusting after CM and delete our inappropriate posts (ones in the wrong place) when we can't control ourselves.
Thanks, Andrea! (I'll hide those posts if i think China's going to look ;) )
Dear MembersI've sent out group invites for a group read of Perdido Street Station, to start on November 10 2012.
I have tentatively made it from Nov.10, to Nov.24.
Please let me know if the dates don't suit you. :)
Traveller wrote: "Dear MembersI've sent out group invites for a group read of Perdido Street Station, to start on November 10 2012.
I have tentatively made it from Nov.10, to Nov.24.
Please let me know if the da..."
Oooo.. I just put this on the TRL & would love to join your group read if you'll have me :)
Of course Jenn-- how could you even doubt it? :oLooking forward to seeing you there. :)
I will start digging in my boxes for Perdido Street. I should find it by 11/10.
Good :)Since it's our first read it will be a test run and quite flexible.
'just finished Railsea. I'm ready for a reread of PSS. Should be plenty of time to finally finish that Brandon Sanderson, tWoK.
Good, hope you enjoyed it, Robert! I really hope we're going to have a good turnout for PSS, because there's a lot of things in the novel that I'd like to discuss with a bunch of smart people like we have in our membership here.
Mievillians, the poll on reading pace is to help us to try and accommodate everyone as best we can with our group reads.Therefore your participation in the poll will be highly appreciated if you plan on reading one of Mieville's novels with us, and especially the upcoming read of PSS.
Dear MievilliansPlease keep in mind that we will be starting actual discussion of Perdido Street Station by November 9. If you are joining us for the group discussion, and you find yourself reading less than about 60 pages a day in general, and if this is your first reading of PSS, it would be a good idea to start the novel by latest the first week of November, if not earlier, since we have quite a tight schedule before completing towards the end of November.
I've divided the discussion section into roughly 40-48 pages each, but it will be nice if we can have at least three or four sections done by the end the first weekend to give us a good start.
I have just had some very bad news- just heard of the unexpected death of a treasured mentor and friend. It's affecting me deeply, so please excuse if I don't participate in discussions for a while.
I'm sorry to hear that, Traveller. *hugs*
Thanks, Aloha. I'm pretty broken up. :(
Sending support vibes. Take care. (((Trav)))
Traveller wrote: "I have just had some very bad news- just heard of the unexpected death of a treasured mentor and friend. It's affecting me deeply, so please excuse if I don't participate in discussions for a while."My heart, for you, Traveller. So sad.
Thanks Chance. Many people are sad because of this death right now, but i suppose life must go on.
So sorry to hear of your loss. My condolences to you. take good care
I am so sorry, Trav -- sending hugs and love your way. Please let me know if I can do anything to help.
Thanks guys. Your support means a lot. Already feeling a bit better. Over the first shock now, at least. A thing like this can smack you out of the blue when you least expect it...
Aubrey wrote: "We're here for you (>'_')>"Aaww.. that warms the cockles of my heart, Aubrey. So good to have you all around. <('_'<)
'thinking of you, Traveller... so sorry.
Traveller wrote: "I have just had some very bad news- just heard of the unexpected death of a treasured mentor and friend. It's affecting me deeply, so please excuse if I don't participate in discussions for a while."I am so sorry to hear this, Traveller. My heart goes out to you as I feel your grief and loss. Big hugs, and my thoughts and energy will be with you.
Thanks guys. You are the nicest group of friends anyone could wish for. Now i feel a bit bad that I posted about this--it seems so self-indulgent now, to have done it, but it was such a shock that i went a bit strange for a while there.However, feeling better today and ready to commence with our read. :)
Thank you so much for your kindness and concern.
Traveller wrote: "Thanks guys. Your support means a lot. Already feeling a bit better. Over the first shock now, at least. A thing like this can smack you out of the blue when you least expect it..."
Always the way, isn't it? Recovering from a blow like this, a sudden loss, is a rough road. Gentle journey to the departed, with wishes for a safe road home.
Richard wrote: "Always the way, isn't it? Recovering from a blow like this, a sudden loss, is a rough road. Gentle journey to the departed, with wishes for a safe road home..."XOXO Richard. That is such a lovely comment.
I'd wondered what had happened to you. GR doesn't update me on you anymore...i've realized it only updates what you'd visited most recently, though.
Hi Trav, hope you feeling a teensy bit better today. Have been thinking of you. Huggles.
Andrea wrote: "Hi Trav, hope you feeling a teensy bit better today. Have been thinking of you. Huggles."So sweet, Anderea -so sweet,-- Huggles are in order., :) But better though. Thanks for caring.
Traveller, Could you post the general order of things that developed in one of the PSS threads in an easily found place? I'm wondering what's next?
I see this group has just become 18+. Not necessarily a bad thing, but I didn't want to give GR my real DOB nor did I want to give an incorrect one, but I now have to do one or the other to participate. Hmm. Anyway. Having done one of those two, and being readmitted, I wonder if deleting my DOB will remove me again?
Nope, it seems you have to set - and keep - a DOB to be able to participate. And setting its privacy to "Show age and birthday to no one" doesn't work!
Grr.
Cecily, I've sent a group broadcast about this issue. It should be resolved tomorrow when GR fixes an issue that is preventing us make the group open.
Our sincere apologies for this problem... i have also sent a request that Mievillians immediately be relieved of this requirement. At date of group creation, some other members thought leaving the setting on might be a good thing, but since CM wrote a children's book and a YA book, it would be a good idea to remove it altogether, i think.Unfortunately, GR has temporarily blocked moderators from removing the age requirement, but we will have that fixed as soon as we possibly can.
Apologies yet again for the inconvenience.
I personally was also blocked, but overcame that by setting my DOB as 1913. Apparently if you set it to private, only you can see it but nobody else can.
I have left mine viewable as 1913, though, btw, so that's rather fun to be so old. :D
So true. My mother liked to be 80 so people's jaws would drop at how spry and well-preserved she was, starting at about 60.
Richard wrote: "So true. My mother liked to be 80 so people's jaws would drop at how spry and well-preserved she was, starting at about 60."So am i looking good for 99, Richard? Sent you a PM, btw.
Rest assured, I don't blame the group admins, and I'm sure no one else does. I have set my age to 100 - because the option to hide your DOB doesn't work!
Traveller wrote: "So am i looking good for 99, Richard?"If you're 99, could I be your Maxwell?
I'm sure you've all heard by now, but let's post all the links here oficially:GOODREADS has been bought by AMAZON dot com.
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/41...
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.z...
http://paidcontent.org/2013/03/28/fir...
Traveller wrote: "I'm sure you've all heard by now, but let's post all the links here oficially:GOODREADS has been bought by AMAZON dot com."
Here's another from the PR industry perspective:
A Goodreads Spoiled: All Your Books Are Belong To Amazon
I suppose this is as a good a place as any to pay tribute to the beautiful and poetic prose of Jack Vance who passed away last Sunday.http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/05/jack...
From Wikipedia: John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction writer. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. He also wrote 11 mystery novels as John Holbrook Vance and three as Ellery Queen, and once each used pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.
Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984 and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 World Science Fiction Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 14th Grand Master in 1997 and the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001, its sixth class of two deceased and two living writers.
Among his awards for particular works were: Hugo Awards, in 1963 for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This is Me, Jack Vance!; a Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975; the World Fantasy Award in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc.[3] He also won an Edgar (the mystery equivalent of the Nebula) for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for The Man in the Cage.
A 2009 profile in the New York Times Magazine described Vance as "one of American literature’s most distinctive and undervalued voices."[8] He died at his home in Oakland, California, May 26, 2013, aged 96.
Well, I learned something new! I never knew Jack wrote under so many pseudonyms, and that one of them was Ellery Queen, whom I have heard of, but never read.
Allen wrote: "Traveller wrote: "I'm sure you've all heard by now, but let's post all the links here oficially:GOODREADS has been bought by AMAZON dot com."
Here's another from the PR industry perspective:
A G..."
Thanks for the link, Allen! :)
Here is a glossary thread for you guys to spam with any "unusual" CM words that you'd like to keep track of. I've started out the glossary with a few words that appeared esoteric to me at first, but some of which turned out to be relatively commonplace and others pretty interesting:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Preparations for a discussion of Iron Council is to be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...Please join us if you have the book on your to-read-list (we're starting a discussion of the first six chapters this weekend), or do pop in sometime if you've already read the book. Any contributions to the discussion will be very welcome. :)
Hello all. Just in case you weren't already aware of the drama: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...Note that the comment thread is already more than 4000 replies strong--approaching the mid-4000's.
Goodreads is clamping down on what we are allowed and what we are not allowed to say. Best take note. Unfortunately one of the genres affected would appear to be the fantasy genre. What a pity.
