Comments for Mindbridge Foundation http://mindbridge.org "Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly." Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on November 2009 Minutes by Webmaster http://mindbridge.org/2009/11/06/november-2009-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Webmaster Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:57:43 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=470#comment-92 In December we will be meeting at the ICPL at 11am on a Saturday (the 5th). Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A 11am-Noon. December 5, 2009 (Saturday) Board members have their board meeting at 10am. In December we will be meeting at the ICPL at 11am on a Saturday (the 5th).

Iowa City Public Library
Meeting Room A
11am-Noon.
December 5, 2009 (Saturday)

Board members have their board meeting at 10am.

]]> Comment on Book Group June 2009 by Webmaster http://mindbridge.org/2009/06/05/book-group-june-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Webmaster Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:41:34 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=378#comment-84 Some of the suggestions we are considering for the next round of books include (in no particular order): <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582344167/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell | Amazon.com">Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell</a> by Susanna Clarke</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061474096/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Anathem | Amazon.com">Anathem</a> by Neal Stephenson</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0763639311/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking | Amazon.com">The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking</a> by Patrick Ness</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006137329X/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Hunter's Run | Amazon.com">Hunter's Run</a> by G.R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois and Daniel Abraham</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006051518X/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Anansi Boys | Amazon.com">Anansi Boys</a> by Neil Gaiman</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316007021/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Drood | Amazon.com">Drood</a> by Dan Simmons</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316038539/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Company | Amazon.com">The Company</a> by K.J. Parker</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0575079320/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Quiet War | Amazon.com">The Quiet War</a> by Paul McAuley</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/015206396X/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Graceling | Amazon.com">Graceling</a> by Kristin Cashore</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385516169/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Stolen Child | Amazon.com">The Stolen Child</a> by Keith Donohue</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0980226023/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Pilo Family Circus | Amazon.com">The Pilo Family Circus</a> by Will Elliott</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594146616/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Wannoshay Cycle | Amazon.com">Wannoshay Cycle</a> by Michael Jasper</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765319853/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Little Brother | Amazon.com">Little Brother</a> by Cory Doctorow</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743298853/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Book of Lost Things | Amazon.com">The Book of Lost Things</a> by John Connolly</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060741872/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Alas Babylon | Amazon.com">Alas Babylon</a> by Pat Frank</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380973839/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Martian Chronicles | Amazon.com">The Martian Chronicles</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8445074873/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Farenheit 451 | Amazon.com">Farenheit 451</a> by Ray Bradbury</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679767800/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Stars My Destination | Amazon.com">The Stars My Destination</a> by Alfred Bester</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0156027607/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Solaris | Amazon.com">Solaris</a> by Stanislaw Lem</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060548258/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Crystal Cave | Amazon.com">Crystal Cave</a> by Mary Stewart</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671464922/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Orion Shall Rise | Amazon.com">Orion Shall Rise</a> by Poul Anderson</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312536631/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Forever War | Amazon.com"></a> by Joe Haldeman</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553295098/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Real Story: The Gap into Conflict | Amazon.com">The Real Story: The Gap into Conflict</a> by Stephen Donaldson</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931561648/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Time Traveler's Wife | Amazon.com">The Time Traveler's Wife</a> by Audrey Niffenegger</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765316765/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="Inferno | Amazon.com">Inferno</a> by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/075640407X/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Name of the Wind | Amazon.com">The Name of the Wind</a> by Patrick Rothfuss</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553589822/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Magicians and Mrs. Quent | Amazon.com">The Magicians and Mrs. Quent</a> by Galen Beckett</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312863551/ref=nosim/mindbridge-20" title="The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress | Amazon.com">The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress</a> by Robert A. Heinlein</li> <li>anything written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett" title="Terry Pratchett | Wikipedia.org">Terry Pratchett</a></li> <li>One of the Robot or Foundation novels by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Issac Asimov | Wikipedia.org">Issac Asimov</a></li> </ul> Some of the suggestions we are considering for the next round of books include (in no particular order):

]]> Comment on Poll: June 2009 Book by Webmaster http://mindbridge.org/2009/04/09/poll-june-2009-book/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Webmaster Tue, 12 May 2009 11:44:03 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=299#comment-83 The winning book in our poll and our selection for the book to be reading in June 2009 was <a href="http://mindbridge.org/library/neil-gaiman/the-graveyard-book/" title="The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman | Library | Mindbridge Foundation">The Graveyard Book</a> by <a href="http://mindbridge.org/library/neil-gaiman/" title="Neil Gaiman | Library | Mindbridge Foundation">Neil Gaiman</a>. The winning book in our poll and our selection for the book to be reading in June 2009 was The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

]]> Comment on January 2009 Meeting by Little Willow http://mindbridge.org/2009/01/04/january-2009-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Little Willow Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:25:42 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=218#comment-80 BODY BAGS by Christopher Golden is fantastic. Have fun with your book club! The entire Body of Evidence series is, without a doubt, my favorite contemporary murder mystery series. BODY BAGS by Christopher Golden is fantastic. Have fun with your book club! The entire Body of Evidence series is, without a doubt, my favorite contemporary murder mystery series.

]]> Comment on Book Discussion Group: The Dead Zone by Webmaster http://mindbridge.org/2008/06/11/book-discussion-group-the-dead-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Webmaster Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:07:48 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=115#comment-32 Glad to be of service. :) Glad to be of service. :)

]]> Comment on Book Discussion Group: The Dead Zone by Adult Ühler http://mindbridge.org/2008/06/11/book-discussion-group-the-dead-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Adult Ühler Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:41:50 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=115#comment-31 Thanks for the link to Seamstress, been on my reading list for a while. Thanks for the link to Seamstress, been on my reading list for a while.

]]> Comment on June 2008 Minutes by Webmaster http://mindbridge.org/2008/06/14/june-2008-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Webmaster Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:55:51 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=114#comment-30 Correction to the meeting notes: The <a href="http://mindbridge.org/2008/06/14/july-2008-meeting/">July 2008 meeting</a> will be held at Denny's house and <em>not</em> at the Iowa City Public Library. Correction to the meeting notes: The July 2008 meeting will be held at Denny's house and not at the Iowa City Public Library.

]]> Comment on Book Discussion Group: The Dead Zone by Webmaster http://mindbridge.org/2008/06/11/book-discussion-group-the-dead-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Webmaster Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:12:12 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=115#comment-28 Oh and for those of you who enjoy Sarah Prineas's work, you might want to check out Escape Pod's audio adaption of <a href="http://escapepod.org/2005/08/25/ep016-seamstress/" title="EP016: Seamstress | Escape Pod">Seamstress</a>, which originally appeared in <a href="http://www.rofmagazine.com/" title="Realms of Fantasy Magazine: fantasy fiction, reviews of fantasy books, computer and role playing games">Realms of Fantasy</a> (Aug 2003) and also received an honorable mention in the year's best fantasy & horror anthology. Oh and for those of you who enjoy Sarah Prineas's work, you might want to check out Escape Pod's audio adaption of Seamstress, which originally appeared in Realms of Fantasy (Aug 2003) and also received an honorable mention in the year's best fantasy & horror anthology.

]]> Comment on Book Discussion Group Reading List by Webmaster http://mindbridge.org/2008/05/13/book-discussion-group-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Webmaster Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:38:51 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=106#comment-26 I'll pass your request onto our reading group and get back to you. I'll pass your request onto our reading group and get back to you.

]]> Comment on Book Discussion Group Reading List by Neil Hollands http://mindbridge.org/2008/05/13/book-discussion-group-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Neil Hollands Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:45:07 +0000 http://mindbridge.org/?p=106#comment-25 Hello, I'm a librarian, writer, and speculative fiction book group leader in Williamsburg, Virginia. I'm working on a handbook for speculative fiction groups for Libraries Unlimited and would like to include a broader perspective than just my own. Would you be willing to answer some questions about your group? Please send me email if you would consider responding. Thanks for considering, -- Neil Hollands Williamsburg Regional Library Hello,
I'm a librarian, writer, and speculative fiction book group leader in Williamsburg, Virginia. I'm working on a handbook for speculative fiction groups for Libraries Unlimited and would like to include a broader perspective than just my own. Would you be willing to answer some questions about your group? Please send me email if you would consider responding.

Thanks for considering,
--
Neil Hollands
Williamsburg Regional Library

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