BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20090304T000000Z DTEND:20090304T020000Z DTSTAMP:20090221T164505Z ORGANIZER;CN=R Spec:mailto:[email protected] UID:[email protected] ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;[email protected];X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:[email protected] om ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=R Spec;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:[email protected] CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20090221T164504Z DESCRIPTION:From President Alicia Henn\, as seen on <a href="http://r-spec. org/node/78">R-SPEC.ORG</a>:\nOne of the most frequent requests I have had from people outside of our group has been for our recommendations for spec lit reading. The diverse genres encompassed by spec lit and the large numbe r of good works available have made the request hard for me to answer excep t with the latest books that I enjoyed (Ian MacDonald's River of Gods\, Yid dish Policemen\, anything by Neil Gaiman or Greg Egan).\n\n\nSo this month\ , we'll discuss what titles we'd put into a list of recommendations for tho se who think they're unfamiliar with spec lit. We've made a few starts at t his as a regular thread on the email lists\, but it would be fun to pull to gether a list in a single discussion and post it on our website. We won't g et into rankings\, which would be difficult to agree on\, just a non-number ed collection of the good stuff. This would be subject to periodic revision as we add new treasures.\n\nBring your favorite works and read a short exe rpt from one to the group. Tell us why it should be recommended by R-SPEC. I'll bring River of Gods\, but it'll be tough to limit myself to one passag e!\n\nAlso\, from discussions at the Annual Meeting came a desire for more active participation in our regular meetings\, so we're going to change the format a bit\, getting started earlier on our topic of the meeting and res erving the final half hour for a Spec Slam. In this portion of the meeting\ , we'd invite anyone present to read aloud a short piece they've written ( 1000 words or less) or a short excerpt from something longer. We'll discuss it in general terms\, not a line-by-line critique. You could also bring in an outstanding bit of spec lit of someone else's that you want to share. W e can add it to the list we'll start on March 3rd.\nView your event at http ://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=bGFrMm1mNTVob292azBsZW92Mz A0MXRlNXMgci1zcGVjQGdvb2dsZWdyb3Vwcy5jb20&tok=MTcjc3BlY2xpdEBnbWFpbC5jb21kZ GQyM2JhOGRjYmMzMGExYmM4NTM5ZGEzOGExMzRmOWM0YjE0ZTk3&ctz=America%2FNew_York& hl=en. LAST-MODIFIED:20090221T164504Z LOCATION:<a href="http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/storedetail.do\;js essionid=5BD63995751872F086F49A351B7347FB?store=2790">Pittsford Barnes & No ble</a> SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:R-SPEC March Meeting TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR
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