[nesfa-reading-group] Reminder: Next Reading Group Discussion (Sourdough) is on Dec 8th

[Gloria Lucia Albasi]

I have not yet read the book but from the summaries I’ve read…

The setting of Silicon Valley seems to be the qualifying factor. 

Gloria 


> On Nov 30, 2023, at 7:01 PM, Wesley Brodsky <wesbrodsky at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> I reminded me of “The Blob”.
> 
> Wes Brodsky 
> "It is of the utmost importance that Concepts not trouble you with silliness or complications, unless you are searching for really difficult work."; Giordano Bruno (1582)
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> From: reading-group <reading-group-bounces at lists.nesfa.org> on behalf of Tracy Marks <tracy at windweaver.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 6:17 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Reminder: Next Reading Group Discussion (Sourdough) is on Dec 8th
> 
> I don't see how this book would be classified as science fiction
> or fantasy at all. MAYBE we could consider one incident later
> in the book to be so bizarre that it's in the realm of fantasy,
> but that's about it.
> It's a typical B-level popular fiction type book.
> Tracy
> 
> 
>> On 2023-11-30 08:41, Louis Galvez III wrote:
>> Hey all,
>> 
>> just a reminder that the next reading group discussion (Sourdough by
>> Robin Sloan) will be on December 8th and not tomorrow, December 1st.
>> Why? It seems that the Secret Masters of Fandom have control over
>> every aspect of the genre, including as to when people discuss books
>> that are — IMHO — only tangentially science fiction adjacent.
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