[nesfa-reading-group] which version?

[David G. Grubbs]

Hmm. I was waiting for Louis to speak up about the server, but it is
getting a bit late.

We can use the standard NESFA Zoom server since no other Zoom use is
planned at NESFA tonight, but someone needs to take over the server.


On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 5:42 PM Wesley Brodsky <wesbrodsky at alum.mit.edu>
wrote:

> I seem to be able to join a meeting with the regular NESFA sign-in; which
> I can provide.
> However, I need a host key to claim host.
> -Wes
>
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> Richard Schwartz via reading-group <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>
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> What is the zoom link for tonight’s book group?
>
> Richard
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> On Jan 5, 2024, at 12:17 PM, A. Ali <strawberriesforlunch at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi All,
>
> I also did not get a hold of this book and will not be attending tonight's
> session. Will likely be skipping out on a few more this spring as well --
> just have a lot of stuff going on at the moment. That said, I think it's
> been about a year since I joined, so I wanted to express that I appreciate
> this space. It's been helping me overcome some personal struggles around
> speaking up when I have a different perspective or opinion from others in a
> group. Thanks for that and Happy New Year. : )
>
> Best,
> Ayesha
>
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 6:42 AM Shelly Thomas <yellerdoggy at gmail.com
> <mailto:yellerdoggy at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I didn't see anything about a copyright date in the first few pages.
>
> On Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 8:19 PM cjhi newcastle2.com<http://newcastle2.com> <
> cjhi at newcastle2.com<mailto:cjhi at newcastle2.com>> wrote:
> Shelly – is there anything in your copy about a copyright date? I wouldn't
> be surprised if Amazon had grabbed the earlier version, which ISFDB says
> shows no signs of having had its copyright renewed, but I wouldn't assume
> they did. The first book version was (c) 1956; the revision was (c) 1975.
> (NESFA has the latter, but I don't have the stomach to read another
> version.)
>
> /CHip
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>
> I have read the Project Gutenberg version. The first page reads “ The
> Project Gutenberg eBook of Police Your Planet”. There should be information
> on the publisher and publication date of any version on the first few pages.
>
> 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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> reading-group-bounces at lists.nesfa.org>> on behalf of Shelly Thomas <
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> How do we tell?  I bought the $1.99 big box kindle version.
>
> On Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 11:52 AM cjhi newcastle2.com<http://newcastle2.com><
> http://newcastle2.com> <cjhi at newcastle2.com<mailto:cjhi at newcastle2.com
> ><mailto:cjhi at newcastle2.com<mailto:cjhi at newcastle2.com>>> wrote:
> ISFDB says  that Police Your Planet exists in (at least) three versions:
> the magazine original of 1953, the "abridged" version published in book
> form in 1956, and the "rewritten" version that I remember coming into the
> MITSFS in 1975. Which version(s) have people been reading? Project
> Gutenberg has the 1956 version, which brings to mind a live performance of
> "30,000 Pounds of Bananas"; did anyone dig up either of the others?
>
> /CHip
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