WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARY: September 2017

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!

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All times Pacific Time, all events in Voice.

*Sunday, October 1st:
~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME AT BAKER STREET continues THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES with "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane."
~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME - Caledonia continues "The Black Cauldron" live at the Golden Horseshoe in Magicland Park. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*Monday, October 2nd, at 7 pm: Ursula LeGuin's A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA Concludes with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, October 3rd, at 7 pm: MONSTERS OF THE MIDWEST: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves and Other Legendary Creatures with Kayden Oconnell

*Wednesday, October 4th, at 7 pm: Kai Meyer's THE WATER MIRROR begins with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*Thursday, October 5th:
~ at 7pm: Charles L. Grants's FROM THE SHADOWS with Shandon Loring featuring "Mrs. Clendon's Place" and "The Haunting"(also presented in Kitely hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

~ at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT, contemporary Sci-Fi with Finn Zeddmore

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 (SL) are offered free to all Residents. Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity for August and September, Little Kids Rock, transforming lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY September 28th at 7pm: KISS ME AGAIN, STRANGER

"Wake me before we get to the cemetery"

KISS ME AGAIN, STRANGER

A mysterious pretty girl, a dark rainy night, a lingering kiss in the graveyard...

A great way to start the fall, and the haunting, season!

A shy mechanic follows a cinema usherette home from work and is led to a cemetery. Only later does the mechanic discover the terrible truth about her.

by Daphne du Maurier
(author of 'The Birds')

Book: Echoes From The Macabre Author: Daphne du Maurier ISBN-13: 978-0884115434

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WEDNESDAY, September 27th at 7pm: CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON Concludes

CALL FOR THE LAST ROUND - Corwyn Allen shares selections from Spider Robinson’s 1999 anthology.

"Set'em up, barkeep!" We step up to Callahan's chalk line one more time for one last round of adventures in weirdness and wisdom.

Callahan's is a one-of-a-kind bar with a colorful batch of regulars who tell stories, exchange terrible puns, and meet strangers—human and alien alike—who are drawn to this 'saloon' where "shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased."

Live in voice.

In Second Life
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In Kitely

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TUESDAY, September 26th at 7pm: MONSTERS OF THE MIDWEST . . .

. . . True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves and Other Legendary Creatures

Ripped from the headlines! Ok, not actually from the headlines, but True Stories! Well, mostly true, anyway, except for the parts that aren't. Spooky eye-witness accounts of monster sightings across the Midwest. Listen with your ears wide open for "Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves and Other Legendary Creatures", by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler.

Kayden Oconnell presents, Live in voice.
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MONDAY, September 25th at 7pm: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA Continues

Written by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, and first published by the small press Parnassus

in 1968, A Wizard of Earthsea is regarded as a classic of fantasy and children's literature - widely influencing the entire genre.

Set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea, the story centers around a young mage named Ged, born in a village on the island of Gont. Displaying great power while still a boy, he joins the school of wizardry, where his prickly nature drives him into conflict with one of his fellows. During a magical duel, Ged's spell goes awry and releases a shadow creature that attacks him. The novel follows his journey as he seeks to be free of the creature.

Gyro Muggins continues the journey, 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!

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All times Pacific Time, all events in Voice.

*Monday, September 25th, at 7 pm: Ursula K. Le Guin's A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA Continues with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, September 26th, at 7 pm: MONSTERS OF THE MIDWEST: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves and Other Legendary Creatures with Kayden Oconnell

*Wednesday, September 27th, at 7 pm: Spider Robinson's CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON - Selected Stories Conclude with Corwyn Allen (also presented in Kitely hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

*Thursday, September 28th, at 7pm: Daphne du Maurier's KISS ME AGAIN, STRANGER with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitely hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

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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Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY September 21st at 7pm: PIRATES!! Tom Chist and the Treasure Box

"An Old-time Story of the Days of Captain Kidd"

TOM CHIST and the TREASURE BOX
(65 minutes)

Pirates, Buccaneers, Marooners, those cruel but
picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main

Book: THE BOOK OF PIRATES Author: Howard Pyle

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WEDNESDAY, September 20th at 7pm: CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON Continues

Corwyn Allen continues selections from Spider Robinson’s 1999 anthology.

Spider Robinson, winner of three Hugos and a Nebula, was born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island, and has been a Canadian resident for 30 years. Holder of a bachelor's degree in English from the State University of New York, he worked as a folksinger and journalist before publishing his first story in Analog in 1973. He now lives with his wife Jeanne Robinson (co-author of the Hugo- and Nebula-winning Stardance trilogy) on an island outside Vancouver, B.C., where they raise and exhibit hopes.

Eleven of his 31 books are set in Callahan's Place, a fabulous tavern founded by a time traveler, where puns flow as freely as beer, and smell far worse. The most recent is Callahan's Con [Tor July 2003]. He has contributed a regular editorial column, "Future Tense," to Canada's national newspaper, The Globe & Mail, since 1995. In 2000, he released Belaboring the Obvious, a CD of original music with the legendary Amos Garrett ("Midnight at the Oasis") on lead guitar.

Live in voice.

In Second Life
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In Kitely

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TUESDAY, September 19th: International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

It's Finally Here! And we have two sessions featuring original works to celebrate the day:

@ 7PM: GEORGE WAS A PIRATE...
R. Crap Mariner's "Pirate George" canon of 100w stories have become a favorite at Seanchai Library. Beginning just about a year ago, George has had all manner of misadventure, in story after story. Tonight Corwyn, Faerie, Kayden, and Caledonia will bravely share George's various pirate adventures, selected randomly from the "George stories," and read "cold" - with no advanced preparation.

@ 8:30PM: METEOR MAGS: Hang My Body on the Pier

In “Hang My Body on the Pier”, a pirate queen's memoirs tell of her rise to power at the end of the golden age of Atlantic piracy. Orphaned, young Magdalena joins a pirate crew that carves a path of destruction along the coast of colonial America. But as she matures and can no longer pass for a male, she realizes that a woman's place is in the captain's chair. There’s just one thing she needs to do before she can get her own ship… Steal a whole lot of money!

Mags is regular at Seanchai Library events, but this will be the first time she's risen out of the chairs as an author to share this story. Come along and learn more. You can also read along with a PDF you can download free of charge from the author at: https://app.box.com/s/3j34gz13xifli542h55pt7r33rojqnjx

Both stories live, in voice.

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MONDAY, September 18th at 7pm: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA Continues

A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA

- by Ursula K. Le Guin -

A boy goat herder found to have the potential to learn magic is sent to a famous college. He learns so quickly he becomes cocky, trying spells beyond his ability to control. If he cannot learn the secret of what he has conjured, it will eventually kill him.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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PIRATE SUNDAY is HERE!

We are dusting off our cutlasses, refreshing our command of "The Code" and getting ready to celebrate an event that marks the beginning of the "High Story Season" at Seanchai Library: International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Today is Pirate Sunday!

@ 1-2:30pm - PIRATE TALES
At Seanchai Library's Special Pirate Cove. Be transported from the Library's Story Floor directly to the Cove for this special session featuring selections from Treasure Island, Captain Blood, and more, live in voice.
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X Marks the Spot to the real treasure - STORIES

@ 2:30 -4:30pm - DANCE, YOU SCALLIWAGS!
At the Holly Kai Pavilion featuring rocking piratical and nautical tunes from DJ Dano Bookmite.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/47/147/23

Buckle on your swash, and your dress eye patch for dancing and delights!

Pirate Sunday benefits Feed a Smile, supporting a school in Kenya founded and run by Brique Topaz 16 years ago through her German-based Live and Learn in Kenya charity. 100 Lindens equals approximately 30 cents in real world currency, which pays for one child’s meal. One third of all money raised for each month's food budget is collected through donations in SL at The Lavender Fields where musicians perform in support of the children.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Bauer ("Ol' Chumbucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy"), of Albany, Oregon, U.S., who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. The holiday, and its observance, springs from a romanticized, and comic view of the Golden Age of Piracy. According to Summers, the day is the only known holiday to come into being as a result of a sports injury. During a racquetball game between Summers and Bauer, one of them reacted to the pain with an outburst of "Aaarrr!", and the idea was born.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library -- "Arrrrr! Thar be Pirates!"

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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THAR BE PIRATES
THIS WEEK,
BY THE POWERS!

All times Pacific Time, all events in Voice.

*Sunday, September 17th at pm: PIRATE SUNDAY! ~ benefiting Kenya Feed-a-Smile
~ at 1:00pm : PIRATE TALES at Seanchai's Pirate Cove (one-click-teleport from the Library) followed by . . .

~ at 2:30pm: Piratical Music and Dancing at the Holly Kai Pavilion with DJ Dano Bookmite (you can teleport from the Library straight across the island - "It's a miracle of technology, arrrr, and you may lay to that!")
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*Monday, September 18th, at 7 pm: Ursula K. Le Guin's A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA Continues with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, September 19th,(The Day ITSELF!)

~ at 7 pm: GEORGE WAS A PIRATE - Selected adventures from R. Crap Mariner's "Goerge Canon" of 100w stories in celebration of International Talk Like A Pirate Day with Corwyn Allen, Faerie Maven-Pralou, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower.

~ at 9 pm: METEOR MAGS: Hang My Body on the Pier - an original tale for a special "Late Night" on this special day, presented by the author, Matthew Howard.

*Wednesday, September 20th, at 7 pm: Spider Robinson's CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON - Selected Stories with Corwyn Allen (also presented in Kitely hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

*Thursday, September 21st:

~at 7pm: PIRATES! - Tom Chist and the Treasure Box, with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitely hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

~at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - Contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy with Finn Zeddmore

IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO PREPARE

for International Talk Like A Pirate Day,

we recommend this handy tutorial from "The Master"

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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Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY September 14th at 7pm: PIRATES!! Blueskin The Pirate

"There was no more cruel, bloody, desperate, devilish pirate"

BLUESKIN THE PIRATE
(75 minutes)

Rumors and reports of Blueskin’s doings in the West Indies and off the Carolinas had been brought in now and then by sea captains. There was no more cruel, bloody, desperate, devilish pirate than he in all those pirate-infested waters.
Book: THE BOOK OF PIRATES Author: Howard Pyle

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WEDNESDAY, September 13th at 7pm: More from CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON

Corwyn Allen continues selections from Spider Robinson’s 1999 anthology.

A one-of-a-kind bar with a colorful batch of regulars who tell stories, exchange terrible puns, and meet strangers—human and alien alike—who are drawn to this 'saloon' where "shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased."

If one were given the task of creating Spider Robinson from scratch, the best way to do it would be to snatch James Joyce from history, force-feed him Marx Brothers films and good jazz for the better part of a decade, then turn him loose on a world badly in need of a look at itself.
- The Vancouver Sun

Live in voice.

In Second Life
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In Kitely

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TUESDAY, September 12th at 7PM: ADVENTURE ON THE HIGH SEAS!

Caledonia whets your appetite for pirates and adventuring on the rolling blue in preparation for Talk Like A Pirate Day.
International

Selected tales to include The Legend of the Bell Rock, Pirate Jack Warrender and the Standing Stones, The Revenge of Emmy Tot! and more! Brush off your big boots, your excellent hat, and get to bucking your swash! 'Tis salty old pirates we'll be talkin' bout!

Live in voice.

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MONDAY September 11th at 7pm: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA

A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA

- by Ursula K. Le Guin -

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SUNDAY STORIES!

@ 1:30pm TEA TIME at Baker Street

Seanchai Library continues to share tales from The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927.

This week: The Adventure of the Creeping Man

The tale is a most peculiar one indeed, and not just for the story itself; The Adventure of the Creeping Man veers somewhat away from Conan Doyle’s usual scientific approach to the unravelling of the mysteries Holmes and Watson face; so much so that it has met with much debate among critics down the years.

Live in voice in the Seanchai Fireside room, downstairs.

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@ 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: The Black Cauldron Continues.

More selections from the first two books in Lloyd Alexander's THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN: "The Book of Three" and "The Black Cauldron." Join the adventures of Taran, Gurgi, Eilonwy and Fflewddur Fflam.

Caledonia Skytower at the Golden Horseshoe in Magicland Park. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

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!

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THE PIRATES ARE COMING!
Sunday, September 17th
Mark Your Calendars

All times Pacific Time, all events in Voice.

*Sunday, September 10th:
~ at 1:30pm : TEA TIME at Baker Street: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes continues with "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" in the Seanchai Fireside Room.

~ at 6 pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: The Black Cauldron Continues. Caledonia Skytower at the Golden Horseshoe in Magicland Park. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*Monday, September 11th, at 7 pm: Ursula K. Le Guin's A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA Begin with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, September 12th, at 7 pm: ADVENTURE ON THE HIGH SEAS - Selected adventures to whet your appetite for International Talk Like A Pirate Day with Caledonia Skytower

*Wednesday, September 13th, at 7 pm: Spider Robinson's CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON - Selected Stories with Corwyn Allen (also presented in Kitely hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

*Thursday, September 14th, at 7pm: BLUESKIN THE PIRATE, with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitely hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

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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Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY September 7th at 7pm: THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS pt2

"Toils and Dangers of the Wilderness"

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS

The Last of the Mohicans is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists.

Book: The Last of the Mohicans Author: James Fenimoor Cooper

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

WEDNESDAY, September 6th at 7pm: Selections from CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON

Corwyn Allen begins selections from Spider Robinson’s 1999 anthology.

The titular saloon is a haven for lost souls; a place where the patrons come for one drink and a chance for a second – but only if they offer an unburdening toast at the fireplace. Mike Callahan, the owner, never judges but sometimes advises in as few words as possible.

In the first story in the collection, Callahan thinks he’s heard it all until one day, The Guy With The Eyes comes in.

He spends an hour nursing his first drink, then steps up to the fireplace and unburdens himself with the news that he’s an alien, a harbinger of doom for Earth, who will be returning home in just a couple of hours. But when he does, his masters will destroy the planet, convinced human kind is a cancer. Only he’s no longer convinced that this is true, and no longer wants to see the world destroyed…

Live in voice.

In Second Life
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In Kitely

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TUESDAY, September 5th at 7pm: ONE SUMMER ~ America 1927 Concludes

We close out this quick excursion into Bill Bryson's look at America in 1927 with stories about President Calvin Coolidge, a man inclined to scowl; he looked, in the well-chosen words of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, as if he had been "weaned on a pickle". Whereas his predecessor Warren G. Harding had charm but no brains, Coolidge had brains but little charm.

One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson, is a book written with the author's characteristic eye for telling detail, and delicious humor. 1927 was the year America stepped out onto the world stage as the main event, and One Summer transforms it all into narrative non-fiction of the highest order. Join Kayden Oconnell for one final trip through history as seen by Bryson.

Presented live in voice.

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MONDAY September 4th at 7pm: MORE THAN HUMAN

MORE THAN HUMAN

- by Theodore Sturgeon 1953 -

Alone, they're rejects of society. Together they might be a new form of human.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SUNDAY, September 3rd at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes continues
THIS WEEK: "The Problem of the Thor Bridge"

Neil Gibson, the Gold King and former Senator from "some Western state", approaches Holmes to investigate the murder of his wife Maria in order to clear his children's governess, Grace Dunbar, of the crime. It soon emerges that Mr. Gibson's marriage had been unhappy and he treated his wife very badly. He had fallen in love with her when he met her in Brazil, but soon realised they had nothing in common. He became attracted to Miss Dunbar; since he could not marry her, he had attempted to please her in other ways, such as trying to help people less fortunate than himself.

Maria Gibson was found lying in a pool of blood on Thor Bridge with a bullet through the head and note from the governess, agreeing to a meeting at that location, in her hand. A recently discharged revolver with one shot fired is found in Miss Dunbar's wardrobe. Holmes agrees to look at the situation in spite of the damning evidence.

Presented live in voice.

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