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kwmg40
Spin | Robert Charles Wilson
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Ruthiella
The Zero Stone | Andre Norton
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A couple of questions for any who have finished this month‘s #ClassicLSFBC pick.

If anyone would like to be added or removed from the tag list, let me know.

🐈‍⬛ Eet had more personality than the humans (“just so”) in the book. What did you think of Eet as a character and his relationship with Murdoc?

CatLass007 I have gone as far as buying a paperback copy of the book. This is the cover. But since I find it very difficult to focus on print books and reading print causes eye strain, I haven‘t even started it yet. I must say the cat on the cover is a winner. 1d
Ruthiella @CatLass007 Yes, the cat on the cover is adorable. 😻 Does your library have access to Hoopla? That‘s how I listened to it. Also, Eet as described isn‘t as cute physically as a cat, but it definitely has a cat like personality…arrogance! 😹 (edited) 1d
CatLass007 My library offers both LIBBY and HOOPLA. But just as every library has different content inside the building, every library offers different content through the apps. I‘ve never considered my cat to be arrogant. They‘re just my little love bugs. They do have some issues with one another, but arrogance isn‘t one of them, it‘s all about who‘s the top cat. A hierarchy is very cat like. 1d
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Ruthiella
The Zero Stone | Andre Norton
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A couple of questions for any who have finished this month‘s #ClassicLSFBC pick.

If anyone would like to be added or removed from the tag list, let me know.

🐈‍⬛ This was full-on adventure SciFi with little to no underlying meaning or hidden agenda. I could totally see it published in a pulp serial of the past. Did you enjoy the plot?

The_Literary_Jedi This story lost me and I was really thinking I‘d love it. For me, it wasn‘t engaging enough and that is from my own need to be fully immersed. Norton had some good description but the pacing felt off for me. I ended up DNFing the book after 25% 2d
Ruthiella @The_Literary_Jedi I listened to part of it on audio which I think helped me tackle it. I agree about the pacing. It‘s actually only half the story. We don‘t get any resolution about where the stone comes from and how it can be used. Presumably this is all in the second book, which I might read just to find out. 2d
kwmg40 Sorry, couldn't fit this one into my month's reading! 16h
Ruthiella @kwmg40 No worries! Life happens! 😉 6h
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RamsFan1963
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Here are the choices for March's #ClassicLSFBC selection:
A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
The Weapon Shops of Isher - A.E. van Vogt
The Eyes of Heisenberg - Frank Herbert
It's a very unusual and wide ranging selection. Voting is open from today until Sunday, to give people more time to chose. I'll announce the choice on Monday 03/03. As always, the book with the second most votes will be April's choice

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HeyT
Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert Anson Heinlein
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I can't believe it's almost the March #BookSpin draw! New to the list this month are the tagged and Sabriel. So far, I've been keeping up with the BookSpin draw but haven't gotten around to the Doubles.

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swynn
The Zero Stone | Andre Norton
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(1968) This is one of my favorite Nortons, so I was happy to read it again for #classiclsfbc . For me, this hits a sweet spot of straightforward adventure with some of Norton's favorite tropes but without her sometimes-excessively mannered prose style. Others in the group were underwhelmed, which is (sigh) but also fine: I've bounced off more than a few Nortons too, and what's a sweet spot for me won't be for others. Looking forward to next month!

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RamsFan1963
The Zero Stone | Andre Norton
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Hey there!! Just checking in, I hope everyone found a copy of The Zero Stone and has enjoyed it. I'll be honest, I'm probably going to DNF it, I've been reading it all month, and it's just not working for me. I hope everyone else is having a better experience. Anyway, it's time to plan for March. We are open for nominations until the end of the month. As usual, most votes will be our March read, and the runner-up will be our choice for April.

RamsFan1963 I'm going very old school with my nomination, A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I'll keep tally and give the results on March 1st. @Bookwomble @Ruthiella @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @wanderinglynn @Readergrrl @Johanna414 @Lizpixie @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG 5d
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Ruthiella I finished it but it didn‘t knock my socks off. Still, I‘m glad to have experienced something from Norton-such a prolific author. For upcoming reads, I‘d like to nominate 5d
The_Literary_Jedi Omg! This is a struggle read for me too! It‘s just slow and uninteresting. My gosh! I‘m barely 30% through and I think I‘ll DNF too. I agree for March, 5d
swynn The Zero Stone is one of my favorite Nortons, so I'm disappointed to see that it failed to click with others. I recently read an article about Van Vogt's “Weapon Shop“ series that made me want to revisit it. So I'll nominate 5d
RamsFan1963 @swynn I've enjoyed many of Norton's book before, but this one just didn't click, it happens. One person's classic is another's DNF. It would be boring if we all enjoyed the same things all the time. I've only read The Voyage of the Space Beagle by Van Vogt, so if his book is picked I'd be cool with that too. 5d
swynn @RamsFan1963 Oh it definitely happens and it's totally valid. I said I was disappointed, but should have added that I'm also not surprised -- I tried her books maybe a dozen times through grade school but never finished one till I was in my twenties. So I recognize the response, even if I'd hoped for more ZS love. 5d
AnishaInkspill I'll try but not sure if I can fit this in. 5d
rwmg I loved the Witch World series in my teens and twenties but haven't really come across anything by her since. This was a disappointment, but maybe I will revisit the Witch World soon to see how they hold up. 4d
Bookwomble I'll add a non-Dune Frank Herbert to the mix 😊 3d
CatLass007 It took me forever to figure out how to edit this darn thing. I think Princess of Mars would be perfect for March. I remember reading a lot of Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ Tarzan novels as a child, but I never got to read any of his Barsoom books. Now seems like as good a chance as any. Also, it is available from my library and it‘s free on Audible. For April, I would gladly read either Childhood‘s End or The Eyes of Heisenberg. I‘m voting not nominating (edited) 2d
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TreenaReads
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This graphic novel adaptation of the groundbreaking, time travelling science-fiction classic, offers an unflinching look at slavery, violence, race and the role of women in society.

A visually stunning work for a new generation of readers to appreciate!

#blackhistorymonth #graphicnovel #kindred #octaviabutler #scifi #science #fiction #read

PurpleyPumpkin Great to see this review! I‘ve read the book and have this graphic novel waiting for me on my shelves. Looking forward to reading it!👍🏽 6d
TreenaReads It is really well done! Though, just a warning, I found the graphic novel a bit harder to get through. Some of the illustrations are disturbing. 6d
PurpleyPumpkin 😬 Good to know! 5d
Readergrrl I love using this novel with my students. I recently acquired this graphic novel edition and I can‘t keep my hands on it! My students keep borrowing and sharing it around! 5d
TreenaReads @Readergrrl I love to hear this🙌🏽I‘ve become such a fan of graphic adaptations recently, and this is one of the reasons why! Great work making this one available to your students 👏🏽 5d
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OrangeMooseReads
Dune Messiah | Frank Herbert
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Mehso-so

Didn‘t care for this one too much. It felt like information/storyline that was too much to add to either the first or third books so Herbert made it its own book. Or like an after thought to connect plot lines between books.
I‘m going to go on to book 3, so this one hasn‘t put me off the series 😊

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khooliha
Count Zero | William Gibson

I read a little more and, uh oh, I am in danger of loving Bobby aka Count Zero aka an idiot who just got his brain computer scrambled by maybe touching a vast, alien machine intelligence. Try not to pull your own face off, Bobby!