TUESDAY, September 25th at 7pm: THE HOUSE WITH THE CLOCK IN ITS WALLS Begins

When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watching magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Serenna Izard. It seems that Serenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls--a clock that could obliterate humankind. And only the Barnavelts can stop it!

Note:  We've heard a rumor that the book is much scarier than the movie. But we are in safe hands with Faerie!

Faerie Maven-Pralou presents the first in John Bellairs’ Lewis Barnavelt series, originally published in the 1970s.
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MONDAY September 24th at 7pm: MURDER IS BLISS

- by Ellen Anthony -

[aka Gracee Andel in SL]

MURDER IS BLISS

Multiple murders including that of an old friend, entangle policeman Jasper Stone in a web of danger.  Set in an underground city of the future this is an excellent SF Detective novel.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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TEA TIME at Baker Street: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Episode 4

"The Bacon" has returned to Baskerville Hall, and WAIT!  What's that?
Tomatoes, sausages?

"Baskerville Hall, Oct. 15th. MY DEAR HOLMES: If I was compelled to leave you without much news during the early days of my mission you must acknowledge that I am making up for lost time, and that events are now crowding thick and fast upon us."   ~ Dr. John Watson

Dr. Watson and Sir Henry Baskerville continue to uncover more oddities and coincidences, struggling at the confines that the still absent Holmes dictated before sending them on their way to Dartmoor.  Indeed, add one escaped convict and yet another mystery woman to the brew this week, as The Hound of the Baskervilles continues.

David Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.
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THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

All times Pacific Time, 

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

Coming to LEA 7, opening November 24th

*SUNDAY, September 23rd 
   ~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Episode 4- Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, David Abbot, and Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.
   ~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: The Devious Book for Cats - Caledonia Skytower at The Golden Horseshoe, live in voice.    

*MONDAY, September 24th at 7pm: Ellen Anthony's MURDER IS BLISS  continues with Gyro Muggins. Multiple murders including that of an old friend, entangle policeman Jasper Stone in a web of danger. Set in an underground city of the future, we are pleased to welcome friend Gracee Andel's Sci Fi Detective adventure to the story floor.

*TUESDAY, September 25th at 7pm:  John Bellair's THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS begins with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*WEDNESDAY, September 26th at 7pm: Theodore Sturgeon's TINY & THE MONSTER with Ktadhn Vesuvino

*THURSDAY, September 27th at 7pm - (Pssssst!  Shandon is back! - Pass It On!) X-FILES: IT'S ALL IN THE EYES! with Shandon Loring and Caledonia Skytower. (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI,  in Kitely)

The High Story Season is here, and you can bet that we have plenty of plans ...
Stay Tuned!

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

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All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents.  Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY, September 20th at 7pm: DON'T MAKE ME PULL OVER! Concludes

This week: we make one final visit to that golden era of car broiled food; unfamiliar beds; and that strange and memorable bonding that happens when a family travels together over miles of open road.

Caledonia presents more selections from Richard Ratay's informal history of the family road trip: part historical and part reminiscence, live in voice.

NOTE:  Don't forget to share your own memories on notecards and put them in the red box on the desk, so Cale can consider sharing them next week.

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FOLLOWED @ 9pm by Finn Zeddmore and SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - Contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy in a relaxed evening format.

WEDNESDAY, September 16th at 7pm: International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

"I had a role in 'DodgeBall,' where I played a pirate who played dodge ball. I'd say 80 to 90 percent of my lines were 'Garrr' or 'Arghh.' And it was all about what the quality of your 'Grr-arr' was." 

~ Alan Tudyk, Actor

Join us for an hour of gleeful piratical mischief, including:

• Interplanetary Piratess Meteor Mags
• Another round of George-a-Palooza from the canon of R.Crap Mariner, with Cale, Corwyn, Faerie, and the pirate himself!
• Something a classic from Caledonia

So dig-up your dress eyepatch, dust off your wooden leg, and get ready for an hour of fun and frolic.

NOTE:  Captain Cale may set sail after the session, and brave sea dogs are welcome to tie themselves to the gunwall and tag along.

Presented live in voice.

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TUESDAY, September 18th at 7pm: WISHTREE Continues

Red the tree was a community of her own, a fixture in the neighborhood.  Working with both a shy girl, and a naive young boy, Red endeavours to connect where other forces would rend apart, all the while with Red's own existence hanging perilously on the line.

Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Katherine Applegate at her very best—writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view.

Faerie Maven-Pralou presents, live in voice.

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MONDAY September 17th at 7pm: MURDER IS BLISS

- by Ellen Anthony -

[aka Gracee Andel in SL]

MURDER IS BLISS

Multiple murders including that of an old friend, entangle policeman Jasper Stone in a web of danger.  Set in an underground city of the future this is an excellent SF Detective novel.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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TEA TIME at Baker Street: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Episode 3

"Suddenly we looked down into a cuplike depression, patched with stunted oaks and firs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip.

"Baskerville Hall,"

Dr. Watson and Sir Henry Baskerville arrive at the legendary Hall, deep in the moorlands.  Prickly servants, chimerical neighbors, and strange howling all add to the mystery as The Hound of the Baskervilles continues.

David Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.
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THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

All times Pacific Time, 

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

The action moves to Baskerville Hall as "The Hound of the Baskervilles" continues

*SUNDAY, September 16th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Episode 3- Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, David Abbot, and Caledonia Skytower, live in voice. 

*MONDAY, September 17th at 7pm: Ellen Anthony's MURDER IS BLISS  continues with Gyro Muggins. Multiple murders including that of an old friend, entangle policeman Jasper Stone in a web of danger. Set in an underground city of the future, we are pleased to welcome friend Gracee Andel's Sci Fi Detective adventure to the story floor.

*TUESDAY, September 18th at 7pm:  Katherine Applegate's WISHTREE continues with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*WEDNESDAY, September 19th at 7pm: INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!  Come along and celebrate with all the scurvy dogs on the good ship "Seanchai" ... possible celebratory cruise to follow for those brave enough to endure one of Captain Cale's sailing expeditions!

*THURSDAY, September 20th at 7pm - More from Richard Ratay's DON'T MAKE ME PULL OVER! with Caledonia Skytower. (TBD in kitely)

Arrrr! The Good times we've had on this most auspicious of days. Come along!

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

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All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents.  Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY, September 13th at 7pm: DON'T PULL OVER Continues

This week: where were we staying and what were we eating as we barrelled down the freshly paved interstate to destinations unknown and only imagined?  Enterprise, innovation, and straight out American moxey are part and parcel of the stories of the golden era of the road trip.   

Caledonia presents more selections from Richard Ratay's informal history of the family road trip: part historical and part reminiscence, live in voice.

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NOTE:  Don't forget to share your own memories on notecards and put them in the red box on the desk, so Cale can consider sharing them next week. 

WEDNESDAY, September 12th at 7pm: ROLL IT! An Original Story

Image "Psychedelic Rose" by Pennie Gibson
publicdomainphotos.net

About the story, "Roll It!":

"There are many opinions on where ideas come from. Take your pick. I'm more interested in the process through which an idea makes its way into the outside world. And then... what happens after the idea becomes tangible?

"Time is a fixed resource. Mass requires work. The wheel is a lever that can move time around. "Roll It!" is an exploration of idea, process and implications, 20 years of experience collected, distilled and condensed into an hour.

"The spoken story will be accompanied by photographs on a large screen, and this time I will remember how to use it. The visual show is an adjunct designed to work in parallel with the spoken story.

"Write what you know. Read what you love. I like this story."

Ktadhn Vesuvino presents his original story, complete with accompanying images, Live in voice.
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TUESDAY, September 11th at 7pm: WISHTREE Continues

"Applegate has a quirky imagination and a deft touch. She has created believable nonhuman characters before, most memorably in “The One and Only Ivan,” her Newbery Medal-winning novel narrated by an artistic animal who spends 27 years in captivity in a shopping mall. (That book opens winningly with the lines, “Hello. I am Ivan. I am a gorilla. It’s not as easy as it looks.”) Red, for her part, has a sly wit, aware that a human might be hugging her one minute, and the next, sending her to become tongue depressors. 

"Living in a neighborhood that has seen Italian, Chinese, Spanish and Nigerian families come and go, Red now throws her shade over the home of a Muslim family that includes a shy, gentle 10-year-old girl, Samar, who sneaks into her yard every night to visit Red and is soon accepted by the tree creatures. Bongo gives Samar gifts from her hoard of trinkets. But something has changed: Samar’s family is not welcomed by the neighborhood. Angry men yell out insults as they drive by. They throw eggs at the house. And one horrible morning, a boy attacks her bark with a screwdriver. Red can tell “from the determined way he moved that it was meant to hurt.” What he writes is aimed at the hearts of the Muslim family: LEAVE."  ~ Dominique Browning, New York Times, Review

Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Katherine Applegate at her very best—writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view.

Faerie Maven-Pralou presents, live in voice.

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MONDAY September 10th at 7pm: MURDER IS BLISS

- by Ellen Anthony -

[aka Gracee Andel in SL]

MURDER IS BLISS

Multiple murders including that of an old friend, entangle policeman Jasper Stone in a web of danger.  Set in an underground city of the future this is an excellent SF Detective novel.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SUNDAY, September 9th at 1:30pm slt: TEA TIME at Baker Street - "The Hound of the Baskervilles" Continues

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's one full length novel featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, of Baker Street fame continues today with Episode 2: The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Intrigued by the story of the Baskerville curse, Holmes meets with Sir Henry Baskerville, newly arrived from Canada. Anonymous notes, inexplicably missing boots, and strange bearded men who pursue them by cab through the streets of London all speak of something that is not quite as it should be. Sir Henry plans to move into Baskerville Hall, despite the ominous warning message, as The Hound of the Baskervilles continues.

Join Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, David Abbot, and Caledonia Skytower as they continue this six part series. Teleport to the 221B Baker Street Arena, now in residence in the Holly S'Kai Box from

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THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

All times Pacific Time, 

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, September 9th
       ~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Episode 2 - Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, David Abbot, & Caledonia Skytower, live in voice. 

       ~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: Aladdin and His Magic Lamp Concludes - Caledonia Skytower, live in voice at the Golden Horseshoe.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY, September 10th at 7pm: Ellen Anthony's MURDER IS BLISS  begins with Gyro Muggins. Multiple murders including that of an old friend, entangle policeman Jasper Stone in a web of danger. Set in an underground city of the future, we are pleased to welcome friend Gracee Andel's Sci Fi Detective adventure to the story floor.

*TUESDAY, September 11th at 7pm:  Katherine Applegate's WISHTREE continues with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*WEDNESDAY, September 12th at 7pm: ROLL IT! An original tale with Ktadhn Vesuvino Time is a fixed resource. Mass requires work. The wheel is a lever that can move time around. "Roll It!" is an exploration of idea, process and implications, 20 years of experience collected, distilled and condensed into an hour.

*THURSDAY, September 13th at 7pm - More from Richard Ratay's DON'T MAKE ME PULL OVER! with Caledonia Skytower. (TBD in kitely)

DON'T forget to add your road trip stories to the red wooden drop box,
and Cale will plan time to read them next week during the final session of
Richard Ratay's DON'T MAKE ME PULL OVER!

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

                _____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents.  Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY, September 6th at 7pm: DON'T MAKE ME PULL OVER! Begins

In the days before cheap air travel, families in America didn’t so much take vacations as survive them. Between home and destination lay  hundreds – perhaps thousands of miles of road, and dozens of annoyances.

During his childhood, Richard Ratay experienced all of them; from being crowded into the back seat with noogie-happy older brothers, to picking out a souvenir only to find that a better one might have been had at the next attraction, to dealing with a dad who didn’t believe in bathroom breaks.

Caledonia presents selections from this informal history of the family road trip: part historical and part reminiscence, live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, September 5th at 7PM: TALES OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ~ "The Voyages of Sinbad" Concludes

(Public Domain) "The History of Codadad 
& His Brothers" from THE ARABIAN NIGHTS 
illustrated by Maxfield Parrish in 1909

Caliph: Where will you find the crew, Sinbad?

Sinbad: The bravest of my former men will sail with me.

Caliph: That will not be enough. Where will you find the others?

Clearly the Caliph has heard the news - the chances of returning from a journey with Sinbad are very thin, unless you are Sinbad himself, of course.

Caledonia picks up in the middle of the Third Voyage of Sinbad, where the merchant and mariner faces his most terrifying peril yet: Death by Marriage!  

Join us for this, and the remaining three voyages, presented from the 1909 "The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales" edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A Smith, and famously illustrated by Maxfield Parrish., live in voice.

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TUESDAY, September 4th at 7pm: WISHTREE Begins

Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . .

Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"—people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with her crow friend Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this "wishtree" watches over the neighborhood.

You might say Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experiences as a wishtree are more important than ever.

Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Katherine Applegate at her very best—writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view.

Faerie Maven-Pralou presents, live in voice.

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MONDAY September 3rd at 7pm: R-MASTERS

- by Gordon Dickson -

R-MASTERS

Join Gyro Muggins as he reads Gordon R. Dickson’s 1973 novel predicting how life would be right
now.  How close do you think he came?

In the 21st century utopia has arrived in the form of a repressive but seemingly benevolent, if omnipresent, bureaucracy. Their perfectly ordered world, seemingly run for the benefit of all, is actually ruled with an iron fist.  In claiming to have people’s best interest at heart, those in power keep the population occupied and docile with menial tasks and the promise of advancement with the aid of the strictly controlled drug, R-47.

However, there is a darker side to R-47.  Of course there is!

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SUNDAY, Sept. 2nd at 1:30pm - TEA TIME at Baker Street: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 1 of 6

Out of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fruitful canon of 58 short stories, and 3 novella length adventures, there is only one full length novel featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, of Baker Street fame: The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had not written about Sherlock Holmes in eight years, having killed off the character in the 1893 story "The Final Problem". Although The Hound of the Baskervilles is set before the latter events, two years later Conan Doyle would bring Holmes back for good, explaining in "The Adventure of the Empty House" that Holmes had faked his own death.

His ideas came from the legend of Richard Cabell (d.1677), of Brook Hall, in the parish of Buckfastleigh, Devon, which was the fundamental inspiration for the Baskerville tale of a hellish hound and a cursed country squire. Squire Richard Cabell lived for hunting and was what in those days was described as a 'monstrously evil man'. Moreover, Devon's folklore includes tales of a fearsome supernatural dog known as the Yeth hound that Conan Doyle may have heard.

Join Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, David Abbot, and Caledonia Skytower as they begin this six part series. Teleport to the 221B Baker Street Arena, now in residence in the Holly S'Kai Box from

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THE WEEK at Seanchai Library

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

All times Pacific Time, 

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, September 2nd at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Episode 1 - Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, David Abbot, & Caledonia Skytower, live in voice. 

*MONDAY, September 3rd at 7pm: Gordon Dickson's THE R-MASTERS concludes with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, September 4th at 7pm:  Katherine Applegate's WISHTREE begin with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*WEDNESDAY, September 5th at 7pm: TALES OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS - The Voyages of Sinbad, Part 2 with Caledonia 

*THURSDAY, September 6th at 7pm - Richard Ratay's DON'T MAKE ME PULL OVER! with Caledonia Skytower. (TBD in kitely)

NOTE: No Fireside Tales this week. We will be returning it to the schedule soon.

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

                _____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents.  Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY August 30th at 7pm: GHOST PIRATES!

"a doomed and haunted ship"

 GHOST PIRATES!

Just in time to kick off Pirate Month! A doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate.

Book: Various Author: William Hope Hodgson & Various

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THURSDAY, August 30th at 2pm: FIRESIDE TALES - Eclectic Readings with Mags

Today’s episode of Fireside Tales is brought to you by the letter P! Join your Pixel Pal Meteor Mags for a Public Presentation of Poetry, Pirates, Pumas, Pussycats, Planets, Ponies, and Prehistoric Pteranodons. Enjoy excerpts from a variety of Mags’ favorite books, including some original works.

Presented live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, August 29th at 7:00pm: More TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS

(Public Domain) Image from "Sinbad the Voyager"
from THE ARABIAN NIGHTS illustrated by
Maxfield Parrish in 1909

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor - Part 1

Sinbad is a fictional mariner and the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin. He is described as hailing from Baghdad during the early Abbasid Caliphate (8th and 9th centuries CE). In the course of seven voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia, he has fantastic adventures in magical realms, encountering monsters and witnessing supernatural phenomena.

Typically ascribed to the Thousand and One stories of Scheherazade, this story was actually one of several popular tales that was added to the first English translation of the folklore canon published c 1706.

Caledonia Skytower reads from the 1909 "The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales" edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A Smith, and famously illustrated by Maxfield Parrish., live in voice.

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TUESDAY, August 28th at 7pm: Selections from CALYPSO

Author David Sedaris is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist and radio contributor, known for his collections of essays and short stories which are mostly autobiographical and self-deprecating in content and style.

When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast – which in typical fashion he names “Sea Section” - Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And indeed, that’s how it appears to start, apart from one annoying little truth he soon discovers. To quote an unrelated film: “no matter where you go, there you are”; which for Sedaris means when all is said and done, you cannot take a vacation from yourself.

This realisation brings Sedaris’ formidable powers of observation and dry humour to the fore as he considers middle age and mortality and the dawning understanding that life has reached a point where perhaps life has reached a point where the best parts of the story are behind you, rather than awaiting your arrival. Dark, yes; a little morbid, possibly, but the humour is unmistakable and so deeply rooted in the unfolding of this personal tale, it’s impossible not to become caught up within it.

Join R. Crap Mariner – the perfect voice to bring life to Sedaris’ words – and hear more, live in voice.

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