Dec. 5, 2011 meeting

from Paula: "We're are it again! This time it's @ 101 Castlebar Rd. 7.m. on December 5. We shall read and discuss at length: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick."
A quick check of the library's Libraweb system finds multiple multiple copies available at numerous branches.

S.F. reading list

An interesting resource - it gives you the best science fiction books of a given year or timeframe based on awards won. It's already given me a couple ideas of what to add to my reading list.

Like words for chocolate

Sheldon Comics had a nifty couple days of comics that were about literature. Ostensibly. Enjoy.

Cloud Atlas - the motion picture

Filming of a movie version of Cloud Atlas is about to begin. Part of the creative team behind it are the brothers who did the Matrix trilogy. I'm curious to see how successfully the book - with those overlapping storylines - can be made into a movie. Successfully being the operative word.

The best s.f. reads

NPR Books asked readers to vote on the best s.f./fantasy books and the number of voters, apparently was overwhelming.
Among my nominees - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell and The City and the City by China Mieville.

Looking for something to read?

Here's a nifty new resource. Flashlight Worthy - a website of book recommendations. Interesting browsing.

A flame war for Mr. Biswas

VS Naipaul, never a understated cat to begin with, has started an uproar in literary circles for his claim that women just aren't as good writers as men.
He does have some semi defenders.
Melanie McDonagh: "But you have also to hand it to Sir Vidia - as a sex we haven't shone when it comes to the grand scheme of things, even when there have been no economic or political impediments. It's not just that there have been no women Shakespeares or Tolstoys; there have been no female Samuel Becketts or James Joyces either. And no, I'm afraid Virginia Woolf doesn't do it."