WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARY: August 2015

TUESDAY, September 1st at 7 PM: A.A. Milne's NOT THAT IT MATTERS

The Quotable A.A. Milne:

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Yet A.A. Milne was more than a quotable quipster and author of beloved children's tales. Join Corwyn Allen as he continues Milne's 1920 collection of essays and articles, NOT THAT IT MATTERS, live in voice.

MONDAY, August 31st at 7PM: SOLIS

“SOLIS”

by A. A. Attanasio

ISBN: 978-1604504026

Charlie Outis had his brain frozen a thousand years ago, but he wakes up a slave to a machine in a world of genetically amplified neo-sapiens, andrones, and autobats--fortunately, Charlie has a plan.

Part 1 of 4

Gyro Muggins, Live in voice.

SUNDAY, August 30th at 3:30pm: COLDSHOT PLAYERS Return

Seanchai Library is pleased to welcome back the Coldshot Players: a group of fun folks in Second Life who get together to read (and write) plays, scripts, and sketches. They don't rehearse, they share and enjoy.

THIS MONTH: A Halloween tale about a 1940s radio ensemble and their brush with the macabre, directed by Bhelanna Blaze. A Coldshot reading of an original comedy-horror. Some scary moments, but good fun for general audiences.

Thrills and chills for everyone!

GHOSTLY HORROR ON THE HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE, live in voice.

SATURDAY, August 29th at NOON in Seanchai InWorldz: AN ADVENTURE IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE!

Join us as we travel through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

"The Lonely"

Some dungeons are made out of mountains, salt flats, and sand that stretch to infinity. James A. Corry is a convicted criminal placed in solitary confinement. Confinement in this case stretches as far as the eye can see, because this particular dungeon is on an asteroid nine-million miles from the Earth. Now witness, if you will, a man's mind and body shriveling in the sun, a man dying of loneliness.

Join Shandon and Caledonia on an adventure of the imagination, live in voice.

(https://inworldz/region/Delphi/176/72/36)

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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Events at Seanchai Libraries this week - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time

Saturday, August 29th at NOON @ SEANCHAI IW: ADVENTURES FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE: "The Lonely" with Shandon and Caledonia on our brand-spanking-new parcel in InWorldz

(https://inworldz/region/Delphi/176/72/36)

Sunday, August 30th, ~ at 3:30 pm - THE COLD SHOT PLAYER Return with "Ghostly Horrors on the Highway to Nowhere" - An original Halloween tale about a 1940s radio ensemble and their brush with the macabre, directed by Bhelanna Blaze.

Monday, August 31st, at 7 pm - A. A. Attanasio's SOLIS begins with Gyro Muggins.

Tuesday, September 1st, at 7 pm - More from A.A. Milnes' NOT THAT IT MATTERS with Corwyn Allen.

Wednesday, September 2nd, at 7 pm - THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET Continues with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, September 3rd,
~ at 7 pm - Diana Wynne Jones' THE SAGE OF THEARE with Shandon Loring
~ at 9 pm - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore

Rick Qargen again captures one of Shandon's 360 degree story settings

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All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray at Bradley University in Second Life, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is 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 featured charity. Our August-September featured charity is Water for People. Water For People brings together local entrepreneurs, civil society, governments, and communities to establish creative, collaborative solutions that allow people to build and maintain their own reliable safe water systems. Empowering everyone transforms people’s lives by improving health and economic productivity to end the cycle of poverty.

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY AUGUST 27th at 7pm: SKIN FOLK from Nalo Hopkinson

SKIN FOLK

Nalo Hopkinson’s unique and vibrant sense of pacing and patois dialogue in Caribbean folklore ranges from passionate love to chilling horror, implying that the extraordinary is part of the fabric of day-to-day Caribbean life.

Tonight:
TAN-TAN and DRY BONE
GREEDY CHOKE PUPPY

WEDNESDAY, August 26th at 7PM: THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET Begins!

THEY ARE BACK! Rosalind, Skye, Jane, and Batty (plus Hound).

In the second book about the Penderwicks, the sisters are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn’t quite what they had in mind. Mr. Penderwick’s sister has decided it’s time for him to start dating—and the girls know that can only mean one thing: disaster.

Enter the Save Daddy Plan—a plot so brilliant, so bold, so funny, that only the Penderwick girls could have come up with it. But in the meantime, they have some other problems to deal with. Rosalind can’t seem to get the annoying Tommy Geiger out of her hair—and she can’t stand him, really. Skye loses her temper on the soccer field in a most undignified manner. Jane’s love of creative writing leads her into deep waters. And Batty’s getting into mischief spying on the new next-door neighbor. As for Hound, he’s always in trouble.

Caledonia begins the adventure tonight, Live in Voice.

TUESDAY. August 25th at 7PM: More from NOT THAT IT MATTERS

Corwyn Allen continues with more from the man whose wit and wisdom inspired a beloved "Bear of Very Little Brain" and so much more.

Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, joining the British Army in World War I, and was a captain of the British Home Guard in World War II.

Presented Live in Voice.

MONDAY, August 24th at 7PM: ROADLESS AREAS

“ROADLESS AREAS”

Roadless Areas, follows the adventures of some brave souls canoeing in Minnesota circa 1942

Gyro Muggins, Live in voice.

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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Corwyn Allen begins A.A. Milne's NOT THAT IT MATTERS

Events at Seanchai Libraries this week - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time.

Sunday, August 23rd, ~ at 6 pm - MAGICLAND STORYTIME: A Very Special POOH BEAR PAJAMA PARTY with Caledonia Skytower at Magicland's Hundred Acre Wood Area http://slurl.com/secondlife/Blumoi/123/237/39

Monday, August 24th, at 7 pm - ROADLESS AREAS follows the adventures of some brave souls canoeing in Minnesota circa 1942, with Gyro Muggins.

Tuesday, August 25th, at 7 pm - More from A.A. Milne's NOT THAT IT MATTERS with Corwyn Allen.

Wednesday, August 26th, at 7 pm - Jeanne Birdsall's THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET with Caledonia Skytower.

Thursday, August 27th, at 7 pm - Nalo Hopkinson’s SKIN FOLK Science Fiction meets Caribbean folklore with Shandon Loring.

Saturday, August 29th at NOON @ SEANCHAI IW: ADVENTURES FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE: "The Lonely" with Shandon and Caledonia on our brand-spanking-new parcel in InWorldz ~ (https://inworldz/region/Delphi/176/72/36)

Shandon presented brilliant stories of Celtic Women in Mythology,
and not the ones you might think you know!

Somethin' really was cookin' in MISS TROLLEY'S KITCHEN

For those who are interested in the book from Wednesday's session,
STINA ~ THE STORY OF A COOK can be found online on Google Books
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THURSDAY, August 27th at 7pm: WOMEN IN CELTIC MYTH

Tales of extraordinary women from the ancient Celtic tradition. In Celtic myth, the mixture of wise teaching and dramatic imagery creates new, potent, and disturbing visions.

Tonight's stories focus on the women of ancient mythology, from formidable women warriors who trained heroes to fight and kill, to the beautiful companions who led them to higher realms of feminine intuition and spiritual wisdom.

ISBN#0-89281-357-1

Shandon Loring, presents.

LIVE VOICE at SEANCHAI LIBRARY

in SECOND LIFE, and in KITELY

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http://www.kitely.com/search?q=seanchai

AND DON'T FORGET - @ 9Pm, SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT

It's another late Thursday with Finn Zeddmore and a selection from classic and contemporary Science Fiction. Come on down! Presented live in voice.

WEDNESDAY, August 19th at 7pm: MISS TROLLEY'S KITCHEN

Something's Cookin'!

Join Trolley in the kitchen for food adventures from the heights of haute cuisine to the relaxing contentment of comfort food. Miss Trollop shares the food ecstasies of a variety of notable literary voices.

*Fanny Flag's "Cant Wait to get to Heaven" (the caramel cake),

*Allen's "Stina....a family wedding with recipe for the most incredible egg casserole ever",

* Edna Lewis writing about summertime harvest (recipe for smothered chicken).

Trolley will have at least one recipe to share, and invites you to bring one to share as well!

Presented live in voice.

TUESDAY, August 18th at 7pm: A.A. Milne's NOT THAT IT MATTERS

A New Series begins tonight!

A.A. Milne had a delightful sense of humor. Apart from being the creator of Winnie the Pooh he also wrote short, amusing essays that he compiled into a book called Not That It Matters.

"The simple truth, and everybody knows it really, is that collars squeak for some people and not for others. A squeaky collar round the neck of a man is a comment, not upon the collar, but upon the man. That man is unlucky. Things are against him. Nature may have done all for him that she could, have given him a handsome outside and a noble inside, but the world of inanimate objects is against him."

Join Corwyn Allen tonight as he begins this journey of wit and wisdom, live in voice.

MONDAY, August 17th at 7 PM: SAILING INTO THE FIFTH QUADRANT!

Image of V838 Monocerotis from the Hubble Space Telescope

courtesy of NASA

Okay! Okay! There is NO SUCH THING as a Fifth Quadrant! (If you are a Star Trek fan, this might amuse you)

You see, we THOUGHT we were at the conclusion of THE WIZARD OF KARRES, but we were not. We were mistaken. There is yet more to be gained from this particular adventure with Captain Pausert and his companions, Goth and the Leewit, the Witches of Karres.

All other "conclusions" are invalid. Come tonight to hear the real, the authentic, the genuine conclusion of the adventure by Eric Flint and Mercedes Lackey and Dave Freer, live in voice with Gyro Muggins.

SUNDAY, August 16th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!

Team Tea Time concludes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second collection of Sherlock Holmes Adventures - "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

TODAY: "The Final Problem"

This story, set in 1891, introduces Holmes's greatest opponent, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty. In a cat and mouse game that ranges from the streets of London to the Alpine Europe, Holmes and Watson play a dangerous game as the Great Detective labors to bring an end to a huge organization of criminal lead by the brilliant and devious Moriarty. It all comes to a climax at the falls - Reichenbach Falls.

One of the legends surrounding this canon of work is that Conan Doyle wanted to finish it off at the end of this story, and so killed Sherlock Holmes. By the time stories comprising The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes were all published there were two novellas and 24 short stories to this one character. One might think Sir Arthur reasonably thought he could bring it to a conclusion, and he was said to already be working on the full-length novel The Hound of the Baskervilles which would be the crowning achievement of this canon. Published in 1904, Hound was said to have re-ignited a fury among readers who demanded Holmes' return.

Conan Doyle would finally end the canon in 1927 with 56 short story adventures, two novellas, two full length novels and a smattering of short adventures and parodies - many generated by the author himself. And as we know today, over a hundred years after Holmes first went over the falls, the canon remains a fertile franchise; taking on new forms and new variations even as the writing itself changed the science and method detection in Britain and all over the world.

BONUS: An encore presentation of the hilarious parody story "The Mystery of the Spot Ball"

Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower live in voice

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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Events at Seanchai Libraries this week - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time

Sunday, August 16th, ~ at 1:30 pm - TEA TIME at Baker Street with Corwyn, Kayden, John and continues "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" - THIS WEEK: "The Final Problem"

Monday, August 17th, at 7 pm - More as THE WIZARD OF KARRES sets course for the Fifth Quadrant with Gyro Muggins.

Tuesday, August 18th, at 7 pm - A.A. Milnes' NOT THAT IT MATTERS begins with Corwyn Allen.

Wednesday, August 19th, at 7 pm - MISS TROLLEY'S KITCHEN - food lit with Trolley Trollop - there'll be recipes! Bring yours to share.

Thursday, August 20th,
~ at 7 pm - CELTIC WOMEN IN MYTH with Shandon Loring
~ at 9 pm - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore

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THURSDAY AUGUST 13th at 7pm: UNNATURAL CREATURES from Neil Gaiman

UNNATURAL CREATURES

Collected and introduced by bestselling author Neil Gaiman

Unnatural Creatures is a collection of stories about the fantastical things that exist only in our minds— range from the whimsical to the terrifying.

Tonight:
OZIOMA THE WICKED
Twelve years old, and able to speak with poisonous snakes, Ozioma’s the undefeated champion of her village— despite the fact that everyone in it thinks she’s a witch. One day, though, a tremendous serpent descends from the heavens, and tests even Ozioma’s courage….

THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON
A lonely griffin visits a village and makes itself comfortable at the side of the Minor Canon assigned to keeping it from eating the townspeople. It insists that it will be hungry only at the equinox, but as the equinox approaches, the villagers become concerned and decide to take matters into their own hands….

WEDNESDAY, August 12th at 7 PM: BITS AND BOBS with Faerie!

BITS & BOBS (Definition): an assortment of small items; "weird bits and pieces of paraphernalia."

You never can tell where you’ll find a good story. Sometimes they pop up in odd places, places expected and unexpected, just anywhere! Faerie Maven-Pralou shares some fun ones she’s run across lately, that she hopes will amuse and delight you.

Presented live in voice.

TUESDAY, August 11th at 7 PM: More from GO SET A WATCHMAN

We are glad to report that Miss Trolley is feeling much better this week, and she is prepared to share one more set of selections from the published works of Harper Lee.

Once again, side-by-side, Trolley shares similarly themed passages from both GO SET A WATCHMAN and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. This week's theme: Revival Meetings, as the adult Scout attends one, and young Scout accompanies Calpurnia to church.

Presented live in voice.

MONDAY, August 10th at 7PM: WIZARD OF KARRES

“WIZARD OF KARRES”

by Eric Flint and Mercedes Lackey and Dave Freer

(beginning on the 13th! a lucky number for witches!)

ISBN: 978-1416509264

Capt. Pausert, the witches and others become more involved with "show biz" in the Space Circus.
Meanwhile various malevolent groups slowly converge on them.

Part 4 of 4

Gyro Muggins, Live in voice.

SUNDAY, August 9th at 1:30 PM: TEA TIME at Baker Street!

Team Tea Time continues Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's collection of Sherlock Holmes Adventures - "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

TODAY: "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty"

Dr. Watson receives a letter, which he then refers to Holmes, from an old schoolmate, now a Foreign Office employee from Woking who has had an important naval treaty stolen from his office. It disappeared while Mr. Percy Phelps had stepped out of his office momentarily late in the evening to see about some coffee that he had ordered. His office has two entrances, each joined by a stairway to a single landing. The commissionaire kept watch at the main entrance. There was no-one watching at the side entrance. Phelps also knew that his fiancée's brother was in town and that he might drop by. Phelps was alone in the office.

Phelps pulled the bell cord in his office to summon the commissionaire, and to his surprise the commissionaire's wife came up instead. He worked at copying the treaty that he had been given while he waited. At last, he went to see the commissionaire when it had taken some time for the coffee to arrive. He found him asleep with the kettle boiling furiously. He did not need to wake him up, however, as just then, the bell linked to his office rang. Realizing that someone was in his office with the treaty spread out on his desk, Phelps rushed back up and found that the document had vanished, and so had the thief!

Corwyn Allen, John Morland, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower live in voice
NOTE: This session will last approximately 90 minutes

SATURDAY, August 8th at Noon: STAR WARS SATURDAY Continues!

Returning to a galaxy far, far away just in time to join Luke and Ben Kenobi on their way to Mos Eisley Spaceport.

Who will they meet there?

Saturday, August 8th at NOON @ SEANCHAI K: STAR WARS SATURDAY! with Shandon and Caledonia with more from "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker" ~ (grid.kitely.com:8002/Spaceworld)

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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Events at Seanchai Libraries this week - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time

Unnaturalness abounded last week, and not just in Shandon's session of that title!

The last weeks have seen what seemed like every sort of complication possible in a virtual venue: technical failures, sickness, disruptive visitors. So this week we are starting over, and some of the sessions will get another chance...

Saturday, August 8th at NOON @ SEANCHAI K: STAR WARS SATURDAY! with Shandon and Caledonia with more from "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker" ~ (grid.kitely.com:8002/Inis Eirc)

Sunday, August 9th,
~ at 1:30 pm - TEA TIME at Baker Street with Corwyn, Kayden, John and continues "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" - THIS WEEK: "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty"
~ at 6 pm - MAGICLAND STORYTIME: The conclusion of Paul Gallico's "Thomasina" with Caledonia Skytower at Magicland's Golden Horseshoe http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bracket/181/57/30

Monday, August 10th, at 7 pm - More adventures from THE WIZARD OF KARRES with Gyro Muggins.

Tuesday, August 11th, at 7 pm - The final selections from GO SET A WATCHMAN with Trolley Trollop. Tonight: It's Southern Revival Meetings Harper Lee style, as Trolley does similarly themed sections from both of Miss Lee's published works.

Wednesday, August 12th, at 7 pm - BITS AND BOBS with Faerie Maven - surprising bits found in the Reader's Digest and other places.

Thursday, August 13th, at 7 pm - More UNNATURAL CREATURES with Shandon Loring. Collected and introduced by bestselling author Neil Gaiman.

"Unnatural Creatures" session - Photo by Rick Qargen

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THURSDAY AUGUST 6th at 7pm: UNNATURAL CREATURES from Neil Gaiman

UNNATURAL CREATURES

Collected and introduced by bestselling author Neil Gaiman

Unnatural Creatures is a collection of stories about the fantastical things that exist only in our minds— range from the whimsical to the terrifying.

Tonight:
MOVEABLE BEAST
There’s a Beast in the mini-forest, and everyone knows it, especially Angela, whose father hunts it full-time. She has no interest in anything to do with the Beast, until a collector arrives in town, attempting to use her as bait….

COME LADY DEATH
For years Lady Neville has thrown the finest parties to entertain the finest people , and she’s bored with all of them. There’s one person she’s never met though…

ISBN-13: 978-0606318044

PREVIEW: https://goo.gl/zkUBmZ

PRESENTED IN LIVE VOICE at SEANCHAI LIBRARY
in SECOND LIFE, in KITELY and in INWORLDZ
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http://www.kitely.com/search?q=seanchai
https://inworldz/region/Sendalonde/217/144/28

AND DON'T FORGET at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT
with Finn Zeddmore - late night Sci-Fi!
THIS WEEK: “Madeleine” by Amal El-Mohtar

WEDNESDAY, August 5th at 7PM: More from BEAUTY ON THE INTERSTATE

Caledonia shares more selections from her recently published collection of short stories and essays.

“Beauty on the Interstate” is a collection of short stories and essays inspired by life in motion on the highways and byways, where tales form and reform at a rapid pace, and reflection is possible, but only at 60 mph.

The highway is a great rolling stage for drama. Some adventures are grand and expansive, complete with flashing lights, bells, and confrontations of life and death. Others of these rolling epochs are simple moments of delight and justice, for where would tragedy be without comedy?

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

TUESDAY, August 4th at 7 PM: Selections from GO SET A WATCHMAN

Trolley Trollop shares one more set of selections from the published works of Harper Lee.

Once again, side-by-side, Trolley shares similarly themed passages from both GO SET A WATCHMAN and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. This week's theme: A Revival Meeting, and Scout accompanying Calpurnia to church as a little girl.

Presented live in voice.

MONDAY, August 3rd at 7PM: WIZARD OF KARRES

SUNDAY, August 2nd at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!

Team Tea Time continues Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's collection of Sherlock Holmes Adventures - "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

TODAY: "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter"

On a summer evening, while engaged in an aimless conversation that has come round to the topic of hereditary attributes, Doctor Watson learns that Sherlock Holmes, far from being a one-off in terms of his powers of observation and deductive reasoning, in fact has an elder brother whose skills, or so Holmes claims, outstrip even his own. As a consequence of this, Watson becomes acquainted with the Diogenes Club and his friend's brother, Mycroft.

Mycroft, as Watson learns, does not have the energy of his younger brother and as a consequence is incapable of using his great skills for detective work. In spite of his inertia, the elder Holmes has often delivered the correct answer to a problem that Sherlock has brought to him. On this occasion, however, it is Mycroft who has need to consult Sherlock. Mr. Melas, a Greek interpreter and neighbor of Mycroft, tells of a rather unnerving experience he has recently gone through.

Corwyn Allen, John Morland, and Kayden Oconnell, live in voice

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