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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I like the idea of reading “Karen Memory”. Elizabeth Bear is actually an author I am familiar with.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Wes B<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> reading-group [mailto:reading-group-bounces@lists.nesfa.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>M M via reading-group<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 04, 2015 4:44 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NESFA Reading Group<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> M M<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Karen Memory<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430771085516_13357"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>After having reviewed the novels suggested, I'd be most interested in reading Karen Memory. Anyone else have any suggestions or comments?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430771085516_13357"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430771085516_13357"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Mike S.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Monday, May 4, 2015 11:27 AM, R. Luoma <<a href="mailto:malkin8244@pobox.com">malkin8244@pobox.com</a>> wrote:</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>At the Boskone just past, a number of people were talking<br>favorably about "Karen Memory" by Elizabeth Bear,<br>though the reviews on Amazon are decidedly mixed.<br><br>a few more suggestions of relatively recent works --<br><br> Kirsten J Bishop _The Etched City_ (2004)<br> Joan Slonczewski _The Highest Frontier_ (2012)<br> Steph Swainston _The Year of Our War_ (2005)<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>reading-group mailing list<br><a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br><a href="http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group" target="_blank">http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>