[nesfa-reading-group] Book picks for June, July

[Rebecca DeVendra]

I vote yes to both. Sounds good.

On Mar 23, 2017 10:16 PM, "M M via reading-group" <
reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> for now, I'm going to nominate The Three Body Problem, by Cixin Liu, for
> our book for June.  I'm also nominating Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
> for the September book, with a possible special media viewing of the BBC
> miniseries, too. Please weigh in on these choices soon as possible. If I do
> not hear any alternative choices with a significant number of votes by
> Monday, I will assume that the above two books will be our group
> selections.
>
> If there is no real consensus on a book for July, we will have to discuss
> this at the April Reading Group meeting.
>
> Happy reading!
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 12:27 PM, M M via reading-group <
> reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> wrote:
>
>
> I, for one, wouldn't mind reading an anthology now and again. This would
> allow me the luxury of skipping some stories, if I ran out of time to read,
> yet still participate in the conversation a bit.
>
> A somewhat more reasonable compromise might be to read an anthology one
> month, then a longer book of, say, 500 pgs or so the next, to allow time to
> get all the reading done.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 10:26 AM, R. Luoma <malkin8244 at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Even though I proposed "The Three Body Problem" to this very group
> in a posting on Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:19:39,
> I do have mixed feelings about the book (I have read the whole trilogy).
>
> I wish to propose a few anthologies as possible candidates -
>
>   _Bridging Infinity_ edited by Jonathan Strahan
>   _Invisible Planets_ edited by Ken Liu
>   _The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu_ edited by Paula Guran
>
>
> --
> R. Luoma    malkin8244 [at] pobox [dot] com
>
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