Smiley Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Please join us at 8:30 P.M. (EST) on February 7th, 2015 (01:30 A.M., January 11th (GMT)), in #readers_corner, for a discussion of the short story The Thing in the Attic by James Blish. After your patience and understanding while wading through last weeks less that sterling example of a story with flaws too numerous to mention, it's appropriate to be rewarded with a well crafted, interesting, and entertaining story by a master story teller. The story was written in 1954 during what is rightly now called the golden age of science fiction. It was one of five stories dealing with "The Seeding," a theme based around human colonization of other star systems by humans who had been genetically engineered to survive in hostile environments. The first story was written in the 40's, the last of them shortly before Blish's premature demise in 1975 at age 54. This story has a little bit of something for everyone: adventure, intrigue, conflict, budding romance, and a happy ending. I feel confident that all of you will enjoy it. The story is available on line at: http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/63524/ Meeting Place: Webchat: http://koach.com/cha...=readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner As usual, you are encouraged to bring a friend. Last week we had a new chatter join us despite technical connection difficulties. Hopefully we will have all of our regular members and our newer ones as well. Log Attached: #readers_corner.koach.com.20150207.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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