THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries - Happy New Year!

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

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All stories told in 
open voice, 
all times Pacific Time 

*Monday, January 2nd, at 7 pm:  Elleston Trevor's FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX  continues with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, January 3rd, at 7 pm:   Cressida Cowell's HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON #3: HOW TO SPEAK DRAGONESE continues with Caledonia Skytower at the FireCircle

*Wednesday, January 4th, at 7 pm :  THE ATROCITY ARCHIVE - Part 1  Corwyn Allen begins Charles Stross' Hugo Award-winning adventure
   

*Thursday, January 5th, at 7 pm: Philip K Dick's THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU with Shandon Loring

If you see the newest member of the Library Family hanging about,
be sure and greet Seanchai the Cat warmly, and with a scritch behind the ears.

Stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray at Bradley University  in Second Life, unless otherwise noted in the listing. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

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All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our January-February featured charity is Heifer International.  Heifer International's mission is to work with communities to end world hunger and poverty and to care for the Earth.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY December 29th at 7pm: TOTAL RECALL

They stole his mind, now he wants it back

TOTAL RECALL

Douglas Quail, an unfulfilled bureaucrat who dreams of visiting Mars. Luckily, there is Rekal Incorporated. Suddenly, Quail is running for his life from government agents, but his memories might make him more of a liability than he is worth.

This is the story that the movie TOTAL RECALL is based upon.
Story: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
Author: Philip K. Dick

We'll be giving away two copies of the Kindle book "The Best of Philip K Dick - the early stories"

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AND DON'T FORGET!  @9PM - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore!

WEDNESDAY, December 28th at 7pm: FAERIE and GINA TAKE OFF!

Faerie and Gina have a new arrival in their home, this holiday season. A little Jack Russell terrier named Luna now shares their home with the bird, the clock, and all the joys there in.  

In celebration, tonight they will share selections from The Newbery Zoo: a collection of animal tales is a treat for the whole family. It includes stories by beloved Newbery-winning authors from Beverly Cleary and Betsy Byars to Lloyd Alexander and Virginia Hamilton. It contains stories about zoo animals, wild animals, ranch animals, and pets. Animals that can talk and sing as well as bark, caw, buzz, and roar. There's a crow, a camel, a crusty crocodile, lions and wolves as well as cats and dogs, and much more.

Presented live in voice.

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TUESDAY, December 27th at 7pm: HOW TO SPEAK DRAGONESE Begins

Caledonia begins the third sage in author Cressida Cowell's  "How To Train Your Dragon" series.

"How to Speak Dragonese" recounts the further escapades of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he continues his viking training. Climbing on to a Roman Dragon Rustling ship by mistake in your first 'Boarding an Enemy Ship' lesson is bad enough. But to then discover that Alvin the Treacherous is also on board proves to Hiccup he couldn't have been more wrong, especially when he steals his copy of How to Speak Dragonese. Can Hiccup save the dragons and the day?

Learn more about The author and the series HERE

Presented live in voice at the Fire Circle.

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MONDAY December 26th at 7pm: FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX

FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX

- by Elleston Trevor -

On a flight to an isolated oil field in the Sahara the plane crashes deep in the desert.  Among the oil workers is a man who claims he designs airplanes and can rebuild one from the wreckage.  Can he do it or is he insane and delusional?

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

part two

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NOTE: Check the revised Weekly Schedule for updates to the original posted schedule.

THIS 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 stories told in 
open voice, 
all times Pacific Time 

*Monday, December 26th, at 7 pm:  Elleston Trevor's FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX  continues with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, December 27th, at 7 pm:   Cressida Cowell's HOW TO TRIN YOUR DRAGON #3: HOW TO SPEAK DRAGONESE begins with Caledonia Skytower

*Wednesday, December 28th at 7 pm :  FAERIE & GINA TAKE OFF!  Stories for the season to uplift you with Faerie Maven-Pralou & Gina Pralou-Maven
   

*Thursday, December 29th:
   ~ at 7pm: TOTAL RECALL. Shandon Loring with Philip K. Dick's "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"
   ~ at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT Finn Zeddmore shares some more great contemporary Sci-Fi

*Friday, December 30th at 3pm: NEW YEAR'S ON Maeve Binchy's CHESTNUT STREET. Caledonia with "a Cure for Sleeplessness" and "One Night a Year."

The Gatekeeper's House on "Redemption Street" at this year's Dickens Project

Thanks to everyone for your support of this year's Dickens Project.

God Bless Us Everyone!

Stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray at Bradley University  in Second Life, unless otherwise noted in the listing. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

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All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our October- December featured charity is the Reach Out and Read.  Reach Out and Read gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

FRIDAY, December 23rd at Noon: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS

Lyman Frank Baum, better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, was an American author chiefly known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost works", 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high risk, action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).

Caledonia invites you to join her at the fireside at Seanchai for Baum's 1902 spin on the legend of Claus, the Children's Saint.

Tonight, live in voice.
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THURSDAY December 22nd at 7pm: JOULUTARINA - A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story

JOULUTARINA

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This is the story of how an orphan called Nikolas became Santa Claus. Many years ago, in Lapland, a boy named Nikolas is orphaned when his family are killed in an accident. The heads of the families in the village meet to decide his future and, as life in the arctic is difficult, it is decided that as no one family could care for him permanently, they would raise him communally, with each family taking him for one year and then moving him on to the next. Grateful, Nikolas begins whittling toys out of wood as a gift which, each Christmas, he leaves for the family that cared for him. It becomes a tradition from then on, with Nikolas never forgetting the children of those families that received him each year. When a blight hits the village, and none of the families can afford to take him in for the next year, he is taken in by grumpy hermit Iisakki as his carpenter's apprentice. Iisakki works him hard but Nikolas is clever and quick to learn, and Iisakki gradually grows to love Nikolas as his own son. Nikolas begins to live more and more for the spirit of Christmas with each passing year and it becomes his life and as he grows old he becomes the figure known as Santa Claus.

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Author: Julie Lane

WEDNESDAY, December 21st at 7:00pm: A VERY FAERIE CHRISTMAS

Some libraries have scholarly cats, some have friendly dogs lazing in the stacks, many are rumored to be filled with bookworms.  But Seanchai Library has its own resident fairy, and she's no pet! No, indeed.  She is a beloved teller of tales, and a cherished friend.

Come and share an hour in the warm holiday presence of Faerie Maven-Pralou, as she shares some favorite holiday stories.

Tonight, live in voice.
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TUESDAY, December 20th at 7pm: SERAFINA and THE TWISTED STAFF Resumes

We resume Robert Beatty's second Serafina adventure.

The brave and unusual Serafina lives in the magnificent Biltmore Estate in the opulence of the Gilded Age and the rugged beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Deep in the forest, she comes face-to-face with the evil infecting Biltmore--and discovers its reach is far greater than she'd ever imagined. To defeat this new evil before it engulfs her beloved home, Serafina must search deep inside herself and embrace the destiny that has always awaited her.

Caledonia continues author Robert Beatty's newest adventure tonight, live in voice.
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Learn more about the career and work of author Robert Beatty.

MONDAY December 19th at 7pm: FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX

FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX

- by Elleston Trevor -

On a flight to an isolated oil field in the Sahara the plane crashes deep in the desert.  Among the oil workers is a man who claims he designs airplanes and can rebuild one from the wreckage.  Can he do it or is he insane and delusional?

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

part one

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THIS 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 stories told in 
open voice, 
all times Pacific Time 

*Monday, December 19th, at 7 pm -   Elleston Trevor's FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, December 20th, at 7 pm --   Robert Beatty's SERAFINA AND THE TWISTED STAFF continues with  Caledonia Skytower

*Wednesday, December 21st, at 7 pm --  A VERY FAERIE CHRISTMAS with Faerie Maven-Pralou
   

*Thursday, December 22nd, at 7pm: JOULUTARINA, This is the story of how an orphan called Nikolas became Santa Claus by author Julie Lane, concludes with Shandon Loring

*Friday, December 23rd, at Noon --   L. Frank Baum's THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS - A selected short story with  Caledonia Skytower

Stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray at Bradley University  in Second Life, unless otherwise noted in the listing. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

                _____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our October- December featured charity is the Reach Out and Read.  Reach Out and Read gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

SUNDAY, December 18th: THE DICKENS PROJECT Finale!

We enter our final event day for THE DICKENS PROJECT SL - 2016

Image of The Dickens Project SL 2016 by Derry McMahon

Dickens' contemporary, William Makepeace Thackeray, was as scathing a critic as ever walked the street of London, once said of A Christmas Carol, "Who can listen to objections to such a book as this? It seems to me a national benefit, and to every man or woman who reads it, a personal kindness."

@ 11am - Traditional Dances and Music with Wald Schridde, 17th and 18thC tunes played in traditional instruments, live in Christmas Present Square. COME EARLY in case the Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers make one final, triumphant Wootmas appearance!

@ NOON: THE BIG READ: "A Christmas Carol" - All the words of every stave presented all at once by a cast of voices, presenting in relay. Est 3.5 hours. Live in Christmas Present Square.

The Dickens Project 2016 on Water Haven in Second Life.
The build will be open to the public through the end of the virtual day Tuesday.  

This year's Project has been Co-Sponsored by Kultivate Magazine, and  benefits Team Diabetes of Second Life (American Diabetes Association)

SATURDAY, December 17th at 1pm: FEZZIWIG'S BALL

Come and join us at the Christmas Past Dock for Fezziwig's Ball, featuring DJ Dano Bookmite!

But the great effect of the evening came after the Roast and Boiled, when the fiddler (an artful dog, mind! The sort of man who knew his business better than you or I could have told it him!) struck up 'Sir Roger de Coverley.' Then old Fezziwig stood

out to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig. Top couple, too; with a good stiff piece of work cut out for them; three or four and twenty pair of partners; people who were not to be trifled with; people who would dance, and had no notion of walking.

Period dress is encouraged but not required. Just come along and dance like its 1843, or earlier!  

The Dickens Project SL benefits Team Diabetes of SL

and is Co-Sponsored by Kultivate Magazine

The Dickens Project 2016 on Water Haven in Second Life.

The Christmas Past Docks, photo by Derry McMahon

FRIDAY, December 16th: More Dickens!

It's our day to pick up a few bits and bobs of choice words from Charles, before we make the clubhouse turn into our final days of Dickens:

• @ NOON slt - MORE DICKENS!  With VT Torvalar - "The Signalman" and a selection from  "The Pickwick Papers"
• @ 3pm slt - A CHRISTMAS CAROL Concludes - the final Story Tour with Dubhna Rhiadra & Caledonia Skytower.

Live in voice at The Dickens Project SL

ALSO, be sure and check out the Eight Days of Dickens Mini-Hunt, is at the main Dickens Project site on Water haven, and at the Dickens Project Resource Center.

AND, Mark your calendar for Saturday from 1-3pm slt and FEZZIWIG'S BALL at the Christmas Past Docks with DJ Dano Bookmite!

The Dickens Project 2016 on Water Haven in Second Life.

THURSDAY, December 15th: THE DICKENS PROJECT, "The Last of Three Spirits" & More!

We take a few more steps Ebenezer Scrooge today, moving into the future and the possible consequences of present actions. Today we continue with Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits.

"The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery." 

Two opportunities to hear these classic words:

• @ 1pm slt - Hana Hoo & Caledonia Skytower present
• @ 7pm slt - Shandon Loring presents

Live in voice at The Dickens Project SL

ALSO, be sure and check out the Eight Days of Dickens Mini-Hunt, now live at the main Dickens Project site on Water haven, and at the Dickens Project Resource Center.

The Dickens Project 2016 on Water Haven in Second Life.

TONIGHT at 9pm, after all the little Dickens have tired out, we'll have a non-Dickens SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT back at the home library on Bradley University, with Finn  Zeddmore!

WEDNESDAY, December 14th: THE DICKENS PROJECT "The Second of Three Spirits"

We continue our walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, as he takes a good look at what is happening around him in the Present that he has been blind to. Today we continue with Stave Two: The Second of Three Spirits.

"It was his own room. There was no doubt about that. But it had undergone a surprising transformation. The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green, that it looked a perfect grove; from every part of which bright gleaming berries glistened." 





Two opportunities to hear these classic words:

• @ 1pm slt - Eleseren Brianna presents
• @ 7pm slt - Aoife Lorefield presents

Live in voice at The Dickens Project SL

The Dickens Project 2016 on Water Haven in Second Life.

TUESDAY, December 13th at 7pm: THE DICKENS PROJECT "The First of Three Spirits"

We continue our walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge, following him into the past. Today we continue with Stave Two: The First of Three Spirits.

"At sight of an old gentleman in a Welsh wig, sitting behind such a high desk, that if he had been two inches taller, he must have knocked his head against the ceiling, Scrooge cried in great excitement--

"'Why, it's old Fezziwig! Bless his heart, it's Fezziwig alive again!'"

Two opportunities to hear these classic words:

• @ 2pm slt - Bryn Taleweaver & Caledonia Skytower present
• @ 7pm slt - Corwyn Allen & Faerie Maven-Pralou present

Live in voice at The Dickens Project SL

The Dickens Project 2016 on Water Haven in Second Life.

MONDAY, December 12th at 1pm & 7pm: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, "Marley's Ghost"

Thus we commence our week with "The Carol", Charles Dickens' "ghostly little book" written in 1843 that has never been out of print.

Each day this week, we  will present a different stave (chapter) of this work at this year's Dickens Project SL.  Today we begin at the beginning with Stave One: Marley's Ghost.

"... it came on through the heavy door and passed into the room before his eyes.  Upon its coming in, the dying flame pealed up, as if it cried, 'I know him! Marley's Ghost!' and fell again."

Two opportunities to hear these classic words:

• @ 1pm slt - VT Torvalar presents
• @ 7pm slt - Kayden Oconnell presents

Live in voice at The Dickens Project SL
The Dickens Project 2016 on Water Haven in Second Life.

SUNDAY, December 11th at THE DICKENS PROJECT SL

Opening Day was outstanding: with good music,  great stories, and terrific audiences.  

Day #2 is full of delights just as enticing!

The revised reverse of the 1993 issue 10 pound note, featuring Dickens

@ 11am - "Dickens' Shorts" (Stories that is) with Trolley Trollop

@12:30pm - The Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers - WOOTMAS!!!! 

@ 1pm - Any Friend of Nicolas Nickleby's is a Friend of Mine by Ray Bradbury with John Morland

@ 2pm - More from the Pages of Charles Dickens- Short Selections with Dubhna Rhiadra and Caledonia Skytower

@ 3pm - A Pickwick Holiday, Bryn Taleweaver shares a festive selection from The Pickwick Papers

All events today will take place in Present Square, near the tree.
The Dickens Project 2016 on Water Haven in Second Life.

SATURDAY, December 10th: The Dickens Project SL OPENS!

Three great events today to kick off out 8 days of Dickens...
The Dickens Project 2016 on Water Haven in Second Life.

@ 11am -  Josie Anderton gets us off to a rocking start at Christmas Present Square.
Josie Anderton is a breath of fresh air.  Her sultry voice and sense of fun along with an electric mix of blues, rock, pop and  romance will have you dancing one minute and sending tingles up your spine the next. Her energy is contagious and defines talent at it's best. Once listen and you are hooked. An incredibly interactive, playful performer who's laugh is as infectious as her singing is music for the soul.

@ Noon -  Wald Schridde sings Sea Shanties at the Christmas Past Dock. Wald sings and plays folk songs, traditional tunes and early music on guitar, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, recorders, mandolin, and penny whistle. As "The One-Man Renaissance Band", he creates layered, multi-track recordings of medieval and renaissance music.  An amazing musician of astounding breadth.

@ 2pm - A Dickens Sampler in Christmas Present Square
Corwyn Allen and Caledonia Skytower present the opening hour of stories with selections from the novels of Charles Dickens including "Oliver Twist" and "Great Expectations". Live in voice.

THURSDAY December 8th at 7pm: JOULUTARINA - A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story

JOULUTARINA

part two of three

This is the story of how an orphan called Nikolas became Santa Claus. Many years ago, in Lapland, a boy named Nikolas is orphaned when his family are killed in an accident. The heads of the families in the village meet to decide his future and, as life in the arctic is difficult, it is decided that as no one family could care for him permanently, they would raise him communally, with each family taking him for one year and then moving him on to the next.
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Author: Julie Lane

WEDNESDAY, December 7th at 7pm: MIRACLE & OTHER CHRISTMAS STORIES

The winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Connie Willis captures the timeless essence of Willis' MIRACLE AND OTHER CHRISTMAS STORIES contains eight tales-two of which had never before been published, and boldly re-imagine the stories of Christmas while celebrating the power of love and compassion, generosity and goodwill in her magical collection of Christmas stories.

Trolley Trollop shares selections "In Coppelius's Toyshop", live in voice.

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TUESDAY, December 6th at 7pm: SERAFINA AND THE TWISTED STAFF Continues

Tweens is a tough time.  There's no denying it.  Neither child nor adult, a young person can feel like they do not belong anywhere.  With young Serafina, it is so much worse.  Part girl and part catamount, she cannot help but feel that she belongs neither in the natural world of her mother, or the cultured halls of the Biltmore Estate.

Yet Serafina's heart is true, and she cares fiercely for those dear to her. She is determined solve the mystery of the unexplained attacks at the Biltmore and, even more puzzling, why she is the target for so many of them.

Caledonia continues author Robert Beatty's newest adventure tonight, live in voice.
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Learn more about the career and work of author Robert Beatty.

MONDAY December 5th at 7pm: SCIFI GEMS with Gyro

SCI-FI Gems

Classic SciFi Jewels

Gyro digs deep into his amazing library of classic 
Science Fiction and emerges with more jewels to share.

Tonight:
"Our Fair City" by Robert Heinlein
A newspaper reporter learns about an old man's very strange pet.

"Like Dali, for Instance" by Jack Wodhams
The next time you meet an eccentric person, is he merely human or could he be an alien who decided that being one of us was better than conquering us?

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS 

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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