[nesfa-reading-group] The ACTUAL Selected Reading Group Books for May, June, July & August, 2021

[David G. Grubbs]

Hmm.  I went back and looked at the original report and there are no dups
there either.


On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 11:14 AM David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chip, are you looking at the new list? the one with the subject "ACTUAL"
> that I'm responding to?
>
> It has all 12 books, one author each.  No dups.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 11:12 AM Chip Hitchcock <cjhi at newcastle2.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The Force is not with you; you've got de Bodard listed twice. I'm
>> guessing you meant to list Doris Lessing for one of those -- which one does
>> Excel's randomizer change?
>>
>> In the future, I suggest not trying to juggle numbers; ISTM that we could
>> perfectly well use golf-style ranking (low score wins).
>>
>> /CHip
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [nesfa-reading-group] The ACTUAL Selected Reading Group Books
>> for May, June, July & August, 2021
>> From: Louis Galvez III <nesfalou at gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, March 13, 2021 9:39 am
>> To: NESFA Reading Group <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>, clerk at nesfa.org
>>
>> Hey
>>
>> First, my mea culpa
>>
>> I apologize. It was pointed out to me that the data I posted wasn’t
>> correct. I resisted. I pushed back. I was positive  my data had been
>> correct. It turns out, I was incorrect and I was incorrect. In other words,
>> the data I posted earlier wasn’t correct and I was also in error when I
>> insisted that my data was correct. I feel like the person who handed out
>> the wrong envelope just before someone yelled, “The Winner is LaLa Land,”
>> on the Oscars.
>>
>> A special thanks to David G for pointing out my mistakes. And an extra
>> apology to him for my doubting him.
>>
>> Let’s try again.
>>
>> The books we’ll *ACTUALLY* be reading and discussing are:
>>
>> May: *Seven of Infinities* by Aliette de Bodard
>> June: *Leviathan Wakes* by James S.A. Corey
>> July: *Children of Ruin* by Adrian Tchaikovsky
>> August: *Seven of Infinities* by Aliette de Bodard
>>
>>
>>
>> I opted against weighing the data when I reran it, as somewhere in the
>> data weighing process is where I tangled the data. *Lowest value wins* (Come
>> to think of it, lowest value winning is the only chance I’d ever have of
>> winning anything).
>>
>> This is what happens when you rush because of a deadline and don’t double
>> check your work.
>>
>> I apologize again.  (crossing his fingers that he didn’t make another
>> mistake)
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