<p>Alright then, given the “I’m fine with anything” stance (which has become the mantra of this wonderful group), I propose Dear Life by Alice Munro for our next selection. It is the winner of the 2013 Trillium Book Award and appears on nearly every “must-read” list pertaining to Alice Munro’s works.</p>
<p>All in favor, say “Aye”!</p>
<p>Aye! :)</p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>Aye here too :)</p>
<p>Aye! .</p>
<p>Aye!! I’m in!</p>
<p>Great! I think that’s a quorum. ;)</p>
<p>As Singersmom07 pointed out upthread, the kindle price is still low ($7.99). Kindle users might want to take advantage of that now, because once Amazon realizes that a Nobel Prize can translate into sales, the price could jump up overnight.</p>
<p>Aye! looking forward to reading Alice Munro</p>
<p>I’ll start a new thread and we can reconvene for Dear Life on December 1st. In the meantime, this thread continues for readers of Ender’s Shadow. Carry on!</p>
<p>Oh, I am late here…just catching up! A belated aye for the record :)</p>
<p>I’m out if town and have been off cc but I say aye, too!</p>
<p>I finished Ender’s Shadow over the weekend. I enjoyed it and definitely recommend it if you liked Ender’s Game. Ender’s Shadow provides an interesting and different perspective to the story.</p>
<p>I noticed on the Ender’s Game movie previews that Major Anderson, who is a male in the books, is played by a women. I thought that was interesting considering the lack of females in the military in the books.</p>
<p>I think that’s a nice change. Ender’s Shadow of course has a reasonably major character in Sister Carlotta. I liked seeing that even if Bean was smarter than Ender, he wasn’t necessarily a better commander.</p>
<p>I am late to the game and don’t have anything to add to what has already been discussed. Most of what I could have added has already been stated in all your comments. But I wanted to take the opportunity to say I loved Ender’s game which is great finding your online book discussion allowed me to find a great book series I never would have tried otherwise. I’m not a big sci-fi reader in the past but I will be reading the rest of the series now since I enjoyed this one so much. War of the Worlds was a hard read for me and reminded me how it felt to be in school and be assigned a book I didn’t like but had to read due to it being a graded assignment. I am hoping to get around to reading Dear Life in time so I can take part in your next book discussion while you are all taking part.</p>
<p>Hi Shellenjoysbooks! Glad you checked in. </p>
<p>mathmom - I like Sister Carlotta. She is a strong character. Although, as a nun, Sister Carlotta was still in a traditionally female role. The way Card sets up the IF in the book, it would be difficult for a woman to rise to the power of Major Anderson. I’m wondering if there will also be more females in Battle School in the movie. </p>
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Yes, and it was nice watching Bean learn and accept this concept.</p>
<p>NJ Town Marks Anniversary of War of the Worlds with special events </p>
<p>And PBS show, too.
October 29 - 9:00pm PBS documentary about War of the World, with Welles’ eldest daughter</p>
<p>[NJ</a> town marking ‘War of the Worlds’ anniversary](<a href=“http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20131023_ap_994c29d940cc4215a3d7b0fbcc9a256d.html]NJ”>http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20131023_ap_994c29d940cc4215a3d7b0fbcc9a256d.html)</p>
<p>NY Times-
Disturbing Aliens, Some from Space</p>
<p>Upcoming PBS special-" War of the Worlds"
Article discusses Welles, career and politics, implications of the radio broadcast </p>
<p><a href=“Welles Peaks: ‘The Stranger’ and PBS’s ‘War of the Worlds’ - The New York Times”>www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/movies/homevideo/welles-peaks-the-stranger-and-pbss-war-of-the-worlds.html?src=twr&_r=0</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://video.pbs.org/video/2365069579[/url]”>http://video.pbs.org/video/2365069579</a></p>
<p>^ Thanks SJCM – I watched the “War of the Worlds” special on “American Experience” last night. Very interesting!</p>
<p>First a wave to Shellenjoybooks. It’s never too late to add a comment.</p>
<p>It’s also not to late to watch the War of the Worlds special on American Experience for any who missed it. (Me, for example ;)) I just needed the reminder.</p>
<p>[War</a> of the Worlds . American Experience . WGBH | PBS](<a href=“http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/worlds/]War”>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/worlds/)</p>
<p>I finished Ender’s Shadow last night and really liked it. I too recommend it for any one who liked Ender’s Game. I even think that those who did not particularly like Ender’s Game might like Bean’s story. (Mary, I’m thinking of you.)</p>
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<p>I agree. Bean ended up in a good place, knowing who he was, his strengths and … not weaknesses but rather his “not strengths” - if that makes sense. He complemented Ender well when needed.</p>
<p>Waving at NJTM: I’ve started Americanah and find it very readable. I’m about 100 pages in at the moment. </p>
<p>Dear Life will have to wait a while. I’m playing around with two local book clubs and should read The White Queen for one and Defending Jacob for the other. Doable if I want since the book club discussions are spread out in November.</p>
<p>Glad you’re liking Americanah, Ignatius. It’s such a terrific book!</p>
<p>I’ve recently become obsessed with the Japanese author Haruki Murakami. I’m currently on a tear, reading book after book by him. So far I have read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 1Q84, After the Quake, Underground and Kafka on the Shore.</p>
<p>The PBS special on “The War of the Worlds” focuses solely on the Orson Welles broadcast, but the Radiolab episode (see post #135 for link) explores a few similar hoaxes, most notably the broadcast in 1949 in Quito, Ecuador. It’s hard to believe it happened a second time: [Feature</a> on The War of the Worlds Quito Ecuador radio broadcast (1949). War of the Worlds Invasion website.](<a href=“http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/war_worlds_quito.htm]Feature”>http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/war_worlds_quito.htm)</p>
<p>I haven’t started Dear Life yet either. Right now, I’m reading Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. Yes, it’s more apocalyptic fiction – but I’m telling you, when the End comes, I am going to be SO ready. :)</p>