<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Oh! That’s good. <div>G</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 7, 2024, at 7:06 PM, David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">That is the most common reaction -- a wide range of opinions.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">If we have to say anything, it should be something like: As usual, there was a lively discussion with a wide range of opinions.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 7:02 PM cjhi <a href="http://newcastle2.com">newcastle2.com</a> <<a href="mailto:cjhi@newcastle2.com">cjhi@newcastle2.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-5837010895401064803">
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It might be safe to say that there was a wide variety of opinions about the book.</div>
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<div id="m_-5837010895401064803divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> reading-group <<a href="mailto:reading-group-bounces@lists.nesfa.org" target="_blank">reading-group-bounces@lists.nesfa.org</a>> on behalf of Gloria Lucia Albasi <<a href="mailto:trebbiana61@gmail.com" target="_blank">trebbiana61@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 7, 2024 4:28 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Summary of meeting Friday 06 Sept 2024</font>
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<div>Please do not include a numerical rating within public facing media.
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In the 21st century public ire is too easy to attract. IMHO <br>
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And we like *all* SFF authors and creators. 🤓🤖<br>
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> On Sep 7, 2024, at 4:18 PM, Wesley Brodsky <<a href="mailto:wesbrodsky@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">wesbrodsky@alum.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hello;<br>
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> I will submit this to the Clerk for the NESFA Instant Message.<br>
> I do not know if I should include the numeric rating for yesterday's book, because some people fear that might get misinterpreted as a "NESFA Rating". Non-formatable text in this email.<br>
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> We discussed Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki.<br>
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> The next book discussion is is Friday, October 4, 2024 • 7:00pm to 9:30 on The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip<br>
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> We agreed on System Collapse by Martha Wells for the December book, tentatively scheduled for Friday, December 6, 2024 • 7:00pm to 9:30pm<br>
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> All the scheduled group times can be found at:<br>
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