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

[Louis Galvez III]

I  randomized the month selection(excel function). Since it wasn’t based on any external data, I feel the data is pure and safe to use.

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On Mar 13, 2021, 12:46 PM -0500, David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com>, wrote:
> OK, right. The table and the upper list also switch July and August.
>
> Louis, should we use the May/June/July/August in the table or do you want to change your August entry to Shikasta?
>
>
> > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 11:19 AM Chip Hitchcock <cjhi at newcastle2.com> wrote:
> > > Ignore the table (which we've been told lists rank order but not reading order.) Read Louis's message, which says we're discussing Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard in both May and August.
> > >
> > > /CHip
> > >
> > > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > > Subject: Re: [nesfa-reading-group] The ACTUAL Selected Reading Group
> > > > Books for May, June, July & August, 2021
> > > > From: "David G. Grubbs" <dggrubbs at gmail.com>
> > > > Date: Sat, March 13, 2021 11:14 am
> > > > To: NESFA Reading Group <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > <Attachment.png>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 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)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > NESFA Lou
> > > > > > > El Jefe
> > > > > > > NESFA Reading Group
> > > > > > > NESFA Writes!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > M (617) 605-6346
> > > > > > > E nesfalou at gmail.com
> > > > > > > nesfa.org
> > > > > > > boskone.org
> > > > > > > NESFA, the New England Science Fiction Association, is a non-profit group (and a 501(c)(3) corporation) interested in supporting all things related to science fiction and fantasy.
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