[nesfa-reading-group] Selecting our July book at the March 7 meeting.

Wed Feb 26 18:36:29 EST 2025

OK, does anyone not on the list I sent earlier in this thread want to
suggest books on March 7th?

If not, the next most recent person on our list is Chip Hitchcock, who I'm
sure has three books in his head at all times. Chip, be ready.

On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM Stanley Zisk <zisks001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave, i’ll pass on listing books this time, too much on my plate just now.
> Should be easing up in a few months, so May or June would be workable.
> Sorry…
>
> Stan
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 26, 2025, at 2:34 AM, David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Since no one not on the list of the past year's book suggesters spoke up,
> we'll move on to plan B, as we discussed in previous emails.
>
> At the March 7 NESFA Reading Group meeting, Wes and someone else will
> propose three books to vote on for the July and August meetings.
>
> I suggested Alek for that "someone else", based on our recent history, but
> he wants to delay. Next in least-recent history was Stan Zisk.  Stan? Are
> you ready with three books to suggest for us to vote on at the March 7
> meeting?
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We are all living in a Dr. Who episode.
>>
>> I suggested that if someone who was *not* on that list speaks up, we
>> would let them propose three books for July.  I set a deadline of Tuesday.
>>
>> But we could also vote on two months' books (July & August), so Wes would
>> be one of the two.
>>
>> We'll wait until Tuesday evening, but the second book would be either the
>> person who speaks up or Stan Zisk (next on list). Or if Stan doesn't want
>> it, we walk down the list.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM Richard Schwartz via reading-group <
>> reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Alek
>>>
>>> Was this turned into a Doctor Who episode?
>>>
>>> Richard
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> > On Feb 23, 2025, at 5:43 PM, Wesley Brodsky via reading-group <
>>> reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > OK, I will propose three which are under publication for a while,
>>> including one that has been proposed several times but not choosen.
>>> >
>>> > Wes Brodsky
>>> > "It is of the utmost importance that Concepts not trouble you with
>>> silliness or complications, unless you are searching for really difficult
>>> work."; Giordano Bruno (1582)
>>> >
>>> > ________________________________________
>>> > From: reading-group <reading-group-bounces at lists.nesfa.org> on behalf
>>> of Aleksander Slominski (NY10) <ALEKNY10 at gmail.com>
>>> > Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2025 5:23 PM
>>> > To: NESFA Reading Group
>>> > Cc: reading-group at nesfa.org
>>> > Subject: Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Selecting our July book at the
>>> March 7 meeting.
>>> >
>>> > Hi David,
>>> >
>>> > Please move me to the end of the list as the book I want to propose is
>>> going to be published in November [1].
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > Alek
>>> > [1] November 11 2025
>>> > There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
>>> > https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DSJ2LW2Z
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:dggrubbs at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> > It is time to designate someone to suggest three books we can vote on
>>> > at the March 7th NESFA Reading Group meeting. The winner would be
>>> > the book to discuss at our July 4th reading group meeting.
>>> >
>>> > There have been a total of 16 people who have suggested a book for the
>>> > NESFA Reading group since I started keeping track in April 2021.
>>> >
>>> > Two of those people have withdrawn from the group.
>>> > Two others have not shown up in more than a year.
>>> >
>>> > The 12 suggesters listed below have rotated through almost twice.
>>> >
>>> > If someone volunteers who is not mentioned in the following list, I
>>> will ask that person to suggest three books. Please respond by Tuesday
>>> evening, February 25.
>>> >
>>> > Otherwise, we will loop through again, starting with Alek, if he is
>>> willing.
>>> >
>>> > YYYY/MM  Book-Suggester
>>> > -------  --------------
>>> > 2024/7   Alek Slominski
>>> > 2024/8   Wes Brodsky
>>> > 2024/9   Stan Zisk
>>> > 2024/10  Chip Hitchcock
>>> > 2024/11  Richard Schwartz
>>> > 2024/12  Liz Patton
>>> > 2025/1   Shelly Thomas
>>> > 2025/2   Gloria Lucia Albasi
>>> > 2025/3 Tracy Marks
>>> > 2025/4 David G. Grubbs
>>> > 2025/5 Ann Katsios
>>> > 2025/6 David Whitham
>>> >
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