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Seratonin
Seratonin
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*kindle alert*

Stories of your life and others by Ted Chiang is only £1.29 on t'kindle store today.

This is a collection of SF short stories and has great reviews. The recent film "Arrival" is based on one of the stories. I have had it on my wish list for a while :-)

amazon.co.uk
DazTheSlug
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McG - you're right, more context is usually needed, and *especially* in this case!
it's not a cloud in the sky, but a small cloud that arises over a pond after a group of women perform a kind of "summoning chant" to Zam Pollum the Queen of all Bees
so that clears *that* up

(it's from Leonora Carrington's "The Hearing Trumpet" which is my latest discovered 5-Star-Friend-For-Life)
McGoohan
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Finished the Stanislaw Lem at bloody last. Now for the Eugenides chuckle-fest
LindsD
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:) :)
McGoohan
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Oh and it being a library book ... this time I've got raspberry juice on it.
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I didn't realise TVS was a comedy, maybe I will give it a go after all.
McGoohan
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It's said to be even funnier than Schindlers List
Diogenes
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Is it on a pat with Jude The Obscure? I had to wear plastic pants when I read that.
Diogenes
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*par*
McGoohan
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*Nothing* beats Jude for boffo yocks.

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February 2025 book


Welcome to Season Eight

February 2025 (Chrisull)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead---feb-2025-book-group-discussion-63501
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11809

January 2025 (Maclennane)
I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom (Jason Pargin)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/i-apos-m-starting-to-worry-about-this-black-box-of-doom---jason-pargin---jan-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63445
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11794

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Last two books of Season Seven

December 2024 (Westmoors)
Mind of Winter (Laura Kasischke)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/mind-of-winter---dec-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63388
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11632

November 2024 (McG)
Appliance (J O Morgan)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/appliance-by-j-o-morgan---nov-2024-book-group-choice-63327
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11610

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