WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARY: May 2018

THURSDAY May 31st: 6pm DANCE & 7pm Story: RUSH 2112: Anthem

6:00pm DANCE TO RUSH
at The Temple of Syrinx

followed by story at 7:00pm

"We have assumed control"

RUSH 2112: ANTHEM

Tonight we begin our exploration of a famous musical album and the two stories behind it...

2112 is concept album by the band RUSH released in 1976 that uses music to tell a dystopian story set in the year 2112...

In the year 2062, a galaxy-wide war results in the union of all planets under the rule of the Red Star of the Solar Federation. By 2112, the world is controlled by the "Priests of the Temples of Syrinx", who determine the content of every facet of life. Then a man discovers a guitar and learns to play different kind of music.

The album is loosely based on the novella 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand that takes place at an unspecified future date when mankind has entered another Dark Age. Technological advancement is now carefully planned and the concept of individuality has been eliminated. A young man known as Equality 7-2521 rebels by doing secret scientific research. When his activity is discovered, he flees into the wilderness with the girl he loves.

[And as a bonus for any Ready Player One fans, when Parzival plays the song Discovery from this album it leads to a hidden message essential to unlocking the third gate after finding the Crystal Key.]

http://rush.wikia.com/wiki/2112

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_(novella)

Album: 2112 Artist: Rush Book: ANTHEM Author: Ayn Rand

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WEDNESDAY, May 30th at 7PM: HELLO, UNIVERSE Continues

Caledonia continues Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly’s funny and poignant neighborhood story about fate, destiny, and unexpected friendships.

“A charming, intriguingly plotted novel.”—Washington Post

“Readers will be instantly engrossed in this relatable neighborhood adventure and its eclectic cast of misfits.”—Booklist

Told from four intertwining points of view—two boys and two girls—the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani (hero).

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

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TUESDAY, May 29th at 7PM: THE COLD DISH Continues

Two years ago, four boys were put on trial for raping a Cheyenne girl. Now one of them – Cody Pritchard – is dead, shot and dumped in with a local farmer’s sheep.

For Walt Longmire, it means his hope of finishing out his term as sheriff of Wyoming’s Absaroka county in peace and quiet is at an end; instead, he finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation.

Plenty of people had cause for wanting Cody Prichard dead but who had the guts to do the deed? And are his three compadres next on the hit list? For Longmire, it means facing one of the more volatile and challenging cases in his twenty-four years as sheriff. One in which he means to ensure that revenge, so often regarded as a dish best served cold, is never served at all.

Join Kayden OConnell as he reads the first volume of Craig Johnson’s tales of Sheriff Walt Longmire.

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MONDAY May 28th at 7pm: NITROGEN FIX

NITROGEN FIX

- by Hal Clement -

Join a nomadic family in a future where all oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere has combined with nitrogen, so the atmosphere is mostly nitrogen with traces of water, nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide, and the seas are very dilute nitric acid.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SUNDAY, May 27th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME on the African Queen,...and More!

Join us for a Special Holiday Weekend Event ...

@ 1:30pm: TEA TIME on The African Queen
Corwyn, Kayden, and Cale live in voice in Ceiliúradh Glen on Holly Kai as they present the Lux Radio Theater script of The African Queen, based on C.S. Forrester's novel and the 1951 motion picture.

The story opens in August/September 1914. Rose Sayer, a 33-year-old Englishwoman, is the companion and housekeeper of her brother Samuel, an Anglican missionary in German-colonized Tanganyika (present-day Tanzania). World War I has recently begun, and the German military commander of the area has conscripted all the natives; the village is deserted, and only Rose and her dying brother remain. Samuel dies during the night and Rose is alone. That day, another man arrives at the village: this is a Cockney named Allnutt, who is the mechanic and skipper of the African Queen, a steam-powered launch, owned by a Belgian mining corporation, that plies the upper reaches of the Ulanga River. Allnutt's two-man crew has deserted him at the rumors of war and conscription. Allnutt buries Samuel Sayer and takes Rose back to the African Queen, where they consider what they should do.

@ 2:30pm Jungle Boogie

DJ Dano Bookmite spins tunes from 1951-53, and some special selections with a jungle beat. Put on your dancing shoes (or take them off!) in Ceiliúradh Glen for a wild time, and some great fun.

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, story events in Voice.

*SUNDAY, May 27th
~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME on the African Queen: join Corwyn, Kayden, and Cale in Ceiliúradh Glen on Holly Kai as the present the Lux Radio Theater script of The African Queen, based on C.S. Forrester's novel and the 1951 motion picture.
~ 2:30pm to 4:30pm: Stick around and Jungle Boogie with DJ Dano Bookmite in the Glen

*MONDAY, May 28th at 7pm: Hal Clement's THE NITROGEN FIX continues with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, May 29th at 7pm: Craig Johnson's THE COLD DISH: A Longmire Mystery" continues with Kayden Oconnell

*WEDNESDAY, May 30th at 7pm: Erin Entrada Kelly’s Newbery Medal Award-Winning Tale HELLO, UNIVERSE continues with Caledonia Skytower.

*THURSDAY, May 31st:
~ at 6:30pm - RUSH 2112: music, video, and dancing with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)
~ at 7pm - RUSH 2112: Anthem - the story behind the music with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)
~ at 9pm - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - contemporary sci-fi-fantasy 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 learning more about our current featured charity Project Children, growing peace in Northern Ireland one (or two) children at a time.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY May 24th at 7pm: TALES FROM THE CANTINA - Star Wars Legends: The Stormtrooper's Tale

"The Stormtrooper's Tale"

TALES FROM THE CANTINA

In a far corner of the universe, on the small desert planet of Tatooine, there is a dark, nic-i-tain-filled cantina where you can down your favorite intoxicant while listening to the best jazz riffs in the universe. But beware your fellow denizens of this pangalactic watering hole, for they are cutthroats and cutpurses, assassins and troopers, humans and aliens, gangsters and thieves....

Davin Felth, a raw recruit in the Emperor's armed forces, is thrust into a situation never covered in basic training.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/When_the_Desert_Wind_Turns:_The_Stormtrooper%27s_Tale

Book: Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina
Author: Kevin Anderson

WEDNESDAY, May 23rd at 7PM: HELLO, UNIVERSE Continues

Caledonia continues Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly’s funny and poignant neighborhood story about fate, destiny, and unexpected friendships.

“A charming, intriguingly plotted novel.”—Washington Post

“Readers will be instantly engrossed in this relatable neighborhood adventure and its eclectic cast of misfits.”—Booklist

Told from four intertwining points of view—two boys and two girls—the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani (hero).

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

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TUESDAY, MAY 2nd at 7PM: THE COLD DISH Continues

Kayden continues New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson's first book in his Longmire Mystery series featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming’s Absaroka County.

"It's the scenery—and the big guy standing in front of the scenery—that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson's lean and leathery mysteries." —The New York Times Book Review

"Johnson's hero only gets better—both at solving cases and at hooking readers—with age." —Publishers Weekly

"Like the greatest crime novelists, Johnson is a student of human nature. Walt Longmire is strong but fallible, a man whose devil-may-care stoicism masks a heightened sensitivity to the horrors he's witnessed." —Los Angeles Times

Presented live in voice.

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MONDAY May 21st at 7pm: NITROGEN FIX

NITROGEN FIX

- by Hal Clement -

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SUNDAY, May 20th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with TOLKIEN

Caledonia and Corwyn make one more foray into Middle Earth today with the final session in this Tolkien series.

Today we visit with two very different, yet equally courageous women. In "The Passing of the Gray Company from RETURN OF THE KING, Eowyn of Rohan struggles for personal fulfillment and love.

In "The Mirror of Galadriel" from THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, the powerful Lady of Lothlorien is tested, even as she tests others.

Join us in Ceiliúradh Glen on Holly Kai for more from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy.

Presented 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.

*SUNDAY, May 20th
~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Tolkien: join Corwyn and Cale in Ceiliúradh Glen on Holly Kai for more from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy: This week - "The Mirror of Galadriel" and "The Passing of the Gray Company"
~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: Mrs. Piggle Wiggle continues with Caledonia at the The Golden Horseshoe in Magicland Park http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY, May 21st at 7pm: Hal Clement's THE NITROGEN FIX continues with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, May 22nd at 7pm: Craig Johnson's THE COLD DISH: A Longmire Mystery" continues with Kayden Oconnell

*WEDNESDAY, May23rd at 7pm: Erin Entrada Kelly’s Newbery Medal Award-Winning Tale HELLO, UNIVERSE continues with Caledonia Skytower.

*THURSDAY, May 24th, at 7pm - TALES FROM THE MOS EISLEY CANTINA: The Storm Trooper's Tale with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)

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 May 17th at 7pm: TALES FROM THE CANTINA - Star Wars Legends: The Jawa's Tale

"The Jawa's Tale"

TALES FROM THE CANTINA

Het Nkik, unlike most Jawas, is not content to run away and hide when threatened. When his clan-mate and best friend Jek Nkik is killed by stormtroopers looking for R2-D2 and C-3PO he buys an illegal DL-44 blaster pistol at a Jawa annual swap-meet, sets off to Mos Eisley for vengeance.

Book: Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina
Author: Kevin Anderson

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Swap_Meet:_The_Jawa%27s_Tale

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AND AT 9:00pm Seanchai Late Night

"Open The Pod Bay Doors"

THE SENTINEL OF ETERNITY

Some of the world’s greatest movies oft times come from some of the world’s greatest literature.

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ has its’ beginnings in a pair of short stories by Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
Stanley Kubrick and Clarke concurrently developed the screenplay and the subsequent novel.
Tonight we open the pod bay doors and experience Clarke's short stories, “Encounter in the Dawn” and “The Sentinel of Eternity”

Authors: Arthur C. Clarke & Stanley Kubrick

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WEDNESDAY, May 16th at 7PM: HELLO UNIVERSE, Begins

Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly’s Hello, Universe is a funny and poignant neighborhood story

about unexpected friendships.

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and she loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so he can concentrate on basketball.

They aren’t friends, at least not until Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well. This disaster leads Kaori, Gen, and Valencia on an epic quest to find missing Virgil. Through luck, smarts, bravery, and a little help from the universe, a rescue is performed, a bully is put in his place, and friendship blooms.

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

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TUESDAY, May 15th at 7PM: THE COLD DISH Begins

Our Kayden is back with a new adventure with a distinctly Western flavor.

New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson introduces Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming’s Absaroka County. Johnson draws on his deep attachment to the American West to produce a literary mystery of stunning authenticity, and full of memorable characters.

On the autumnal side of twenty-four years as sheriff of Absaroka County, which is located at the base of the Big Horn Mountains and next to the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Walt is looking for a quiet period to finish out his tenure but instead finds himself embroiled in the most volatile and challenging case of his career. With lifelong friend Henry Standing Bear, Deputy Victoria Morretti, and a cast of characters tragic and humorous enough to fill in the vast emptiness of the high plains, Walt Longmire attempts to see that revenge, a dish best served cold, is never served at all.

Presented live in voice.

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MONDAY May 14th at 7pm: NITROGEN FIX

NITROGEN FIX

- by Hal Clement -

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SUNDAY, May 13th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Tolkien

Illustration by DracaryDrekkar7
at https://dracarysdrekkar7.deviantart.com/

No heroes today! Indeed, no sword-wielding men, knife-bearing Elves, or axe-tossing Dwarves this day! Today's Tea Time celebrates the Elders of Middle Earth - so old they can just remember when the young Elves arrived and began re-naming everything: Beorn, Tom Bombadil, Treebeard.

We visit two of these Elders, with selections from "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers."

Join Corwyn, Kayden, and Caledonia in Ceiliúradh Glen on Holly Kai for more from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy.

Presented Live in voice.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/219/62/2966

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!

_____________________________________

Look who followed us home from Fantasy Faire!

All times Pacific Time, story events in Voice.

*SUNDAY, May 13th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Tolkien: join Corwyn, Cale, and Kayden in Ceiliúradh Glen on Holly Kai for more from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy.

*MONDAY, May 14th at 7pm: Hal Clement's THE NITROGEN FIX begins with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, May 15th at 7pm: Craig Johnson's THE COLD DISH: A Longmire Mystery" begins with Caledonia Skytower

*WEDNESDAY, May16th at 7pm: Erin Entrada Kelly’s Newbery Medal Award-Winning Tale HELLO, UNIVERSE begins with Caledonia Skytower.

*THURSDAY, May 17th:

~ at 7pm - TALES FROM THE MOS EISLEY CANTINA with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)

~ at 9pm - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT: The Sentinel with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)

Ceiliúradh Glen in bloom.

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 May 10th at 7pm: TAILS OF THE APOCALYPSE

The Walking Dead" meets "The Incredible Journey"

TAILS OF THE APOCALYPSE

The Doomsday siren calls on civilization's last day. Natural disaster. Nuclear war. Pandemics.
These are the ways the world ends.
Nobility. Self-Sacrifice. Unconditional Love.
These are the qualities of the heroic animals in these stories.

Book: Tails of the Apocalypse Author: Michael Bunker, Nick Cole

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TUESDAY, May 8th at 7PM: "I WENT TO THE FAIRE..."

Seanchai Library went to Fantasy Faire for ten days, and many stories were told. Our Caledonia was there for over two weeks, preparing and then overseeing operations for the LitFest.

Remarkably, she wields a pen almost as handily as she wields a sword, or changes out chair set-ups; and actually she wrote some things - quite a few things. Tonight she shares selections from the stories and poems she write at this year's Fantasy Faire.

Caledonia Skytower, Live in voice.
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MONDAY May 7th at 7pm: THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME

THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME

- by John Brunner -

Far off in space is an alien race which is so much like us, yet so un-alike. From the birth of their earliest civilization through to their attainment of star flight as their star system passes through the galaxy, we follow their development through the ages.

Aquatic by nature, this race presents some significant challenges well outside the realms of anything encountered by humanity. But they are also driven by all too familiar hopes, fears, desires, needs, wants, prejudices, impact of religious ideologies, and the quest for knowledge we have experienced in the growth of our own civilization.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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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!

_____________________________________

Celebrating Cale's RL Birthday with Crap Mariner

All times Pacific Time, story events in Voice.

*MONDAY, May 7th at 7pm: THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME concludes with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, May 8th at 7pm: "I WENT TO THE FAIRE..." Short Stories and Poems with Caledonia Skytower

*WEDNESDAY, May9th at 7pm: TBA

*THURSDAY, May 10th at 7pm - Chris Porteau's TAILS OF THE APOCALYPSE with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)

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.

_____________________________________________________

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

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