The original idea was "recommendations." Which speaks to audience. So, "With the Bent-Fin Boomer Boys on Little Ol' N'Alabama" might be a great recommendation for someone who likes pyrotechnic prose-voice. "Aye, and Gomorrah" might be good for someone who likes more literary fiction. "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" or *The Forever War* might be great for someone to whom you want to communicate the ability of SF to execute social criticism. (I'd love to see *Forever War* paired in a college lit class with *The Things They Carried*.) *Valley of Day-Glo* would be a great recommendation for kids on Monroe Avenue. But "Neutron Star" would probably be a poor recommendation for anyone who's not pretty hard-core on the tech side.
On 2009-03-03, Jonathan Sherwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > Remind me - These are stories or novels that we feel are the cream of the > SF crop, right? For those of us caught in the gravity well of academia on > Tuesday nights, can we email in our suggestions? > > -- > Jonathan Sherwood > Sr. Science & Technology Press Officer > University of Rochester > 585-273-4726 > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Alicia Henn <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Just a reminder - We're meeting at 7pm at the Pittsford Barnes and >> Noble to take nominations for our Official Reading List. >> Feel free to bring a copy of your favorite and read a passage. I've >> got a small stack ready to go. >> >> Alicia >> >> >> > > > > -- eric scoles ([email protected]) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
