WEDNESDAY, August 1st at 7PM: More from MYTHOS

THIS WEEK:  The creation of the seasons as the God of the Underworld takes a Wife. Persephone, Hades, Demeter, and Zeus ... some how Zeus is always in there, isn't he?  You'd think he was the King of the Gods, or something!  Oh, wait . . . yeah, right.

The Greek myths are the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. In Stephen Fry’s hands the stories of the titans and gods become a brilliantly entertaining account of ribaldry and revelry, warfare and worship, debauchery, love affairs and life lessons, slayings and suicides, triumphs and tragedies.

Caledonia Skytower Live in voice.

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TUESDAY, July 31st at 7PM: More from BRIEF CASES

Vampires, demons, curses, a wise and prophetic skull named "Bob" - none of these things phase the wizard-detective Harry Dresden.  What unsettles him?  His daughter, and the incredible responsibility of fatherhood.

Corwyn Allen continues sharing selections from Jim Butcher’s 2018 collection of several of his excellent short stories and novellas from within the universe of Harry Dresden.

Come find out why this series is so popular: as wry and funny as it is exciting and chocked full of adventure.

Live in voice.

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MONDAY July 30th at 7pm: DROWNING WORLD

- by Alan Dean Foster -

DROWNING WORLD

Political intrigue and strange discoveries on a world covered in nearly perpetual rain.

On the distant planet Fluva, torrential rains that leave it barely habitable also make it a treasure trove of rare botanical specimens. When the human bio-prospector Shadrach Hasselemoga crashes in the remote and deadliest place on Fluva; the Viisiiviisii. The only crew available to search for him is the warrior Jemunu-jah, one of the native Sakuntala, and the immigrant Deyzara trader and experienced pilot, Masurathoo. This culturally different and physically repulsive to each other couple promptly crash also. While the rescuers and the rescued are all slogging it out of the ultimate rain forest, the reptilian AAnn empire is fomenting bloody trouble between the Sakuntula and the Deyzara. This leaves Commonwealth administrator Lauren Matthias in the hot seat, with refugees swarming in to her limited facilities and the bodies of the innocent piling up, with few resources to help. But it's the survivors of the rain forest who bring new knowledge that helps save Fluva, along with quick work by Matthias.

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!

_____________________________________

All times Pacific Time, 

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

Dinner is being served on The Orient Express as the summer series continues

*SUNDAY, July 29th 

   ~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME on The Orient Express: Episode 4 -   Seanchai Library & Friends, live in voice. Check out the special series page CLICK HERE
  https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/142/87/2901

   ~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: The Magician's Elephant - Caledonia continues Kate DiCamillo's moving story that asks" What if? Why not? Could it be?" live at the Golden Horseshoe.
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY, July 30th at 7pm: Alan Dean Foster's DROWNING WORLD continues with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, July 31st at 7pm:  Jim Butcher's BRIEF CASES continues with Corwyn Allen

*WEDNESDAY, August 1st at 7pm: Stephen Fry's MYTHOS continues with Caledonia 

*THURSDAY, August 2nd

    ~ at 2pm: FIRESIDE TALES -Bryn Taleweaver with Ghostly Tales

    ~ at 7pm - WEIRD WESTERNS! The Banshee Singer & The Magic Grindstone 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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THURSDAY July 26th at 7pm: LAST THUNDER HORSE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

"The way out of Coyote is in a coffin"

LAST THUNDER HORSE

WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Amid strange landscapes of crumpled and shifted rock dotted with twisted junipers and fragrant sagebrush two feuding 19th century paleontologists compete for a modern-day dinosaur.

Book: LAST THUNDER HORSE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI Author: Sharon N. Farber

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THURSDAY, July 26th at 2pm: FIRESIDE TALES featuring Dubhna Rhiadra

Dubhna Rhiadra has been telling stories on the SL grid as long as Shandon and Caledonia have (and THAT'S a bunch of years).  She brings her soulful, and pixie-esque brightness to the stories she shares.

Join Dubhna, round the Seanchai fire this week, for tales of adventures and lurking truths, 

live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, July 25th at 7pm: MYTHOS Continues

The Greek myths are the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. In Stephen Fry’s hands the stories of the titans and gods become a brilliantly entertaining account of ribaldry and revelry, warfare and worship, debauchery, love affairs and life lessons, slayings and suicides, triumphs and tragedies.

“It is probably best for us not to concentrate in too literal a fashion on the temporal structure of myth.”

“For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite.”

Caledonia Skytower Live in voice.

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TUESDAY, July 24th at 7pm: more from BRIEF CASES

Corwyn Allen continues sharing selections from Jim Butcher’s 2018 collection of several of his excellent short stories and novellas from within the universe of Harry Dresden.

Why is Harry Dresden so popular? With quotes like these, why wouldn't he be?

You rush a miracle worker, you get lousy miracles!

Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.

I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.

I'd made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters' hearts.

The building was on fire.  It wasn't my fault.

In the name of the Pizza Lord. Charge!

Live in voice.

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MONDAY July 23rd at 7pm: DROWNING WORLD

- by Alan Dean Foster -

DROWNING WORLD

Political intrigue and strange discoveries on a world covered in nearly perpetual rain.

On the distant planet Fluva, torrential rains that leave it barely habitable also make it a treasure trove of rare botanical specimens. When the human bio-prospector Shadrach Hasselemoga crashes in the remote and deadliest place on Fluva; the Viisiiviisii. The only crew available to search for him is the warrior Jemunu-jah, one of the native Sakuntala, and the immigrant Deyzara trader and experienced pilot, Masurathoo. This culturally different and physically repulsive to each other couple promptly crash also. While the rescuers and the rescued are all slogging it out of the ultimate rain forest, the reptilian AAnn empire is fomenting bloody trouble between the Sakuntula and the Deyzara. This leaves Commonwealth administrator Lauren Matthias in the hot seat, with refugees swarming in to her limited facilities and the bodies of the innocent piling up, with few resources to help. But it's the survivors of the rain forest who bring new knowledge that helps save Fluva, along with quick work by Matthias.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SUNDAY, July 22nd at NOON*: TEA TIME on The Orient Express continues

It has been a tough night for The Orient Express in the Fruška Gora mountains between Vincovci and Brod. First, the train has become stranded in snow. The second is the discovery that Ratchett’s fears about his safety were correct: his has been murdered in his cabin. But who is responsible?

With nowhere to go until assistance for the stricken locomotive arrives, Poirot sets out to discover – did someone board the train in secret to put an end to Ratchett, or was one of his fellow passengers in fact the murderer? And what of Ratchett himself? Was he really all he seemed?

Poirot examines clues, collects evidence, and interviews passengers as Episode 3 of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express continues.

Seanchai Library & Friends, live in voice. 

NOTE THE SPECIAL TIME - NOON slt!

Check out the special series page CLICK HERE
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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.

"Salomy Jane" with Shandon 7-19-18

*SUNDAY, July 22nd at NOON: TEA TIME on The Orient Express: Episode 3 -   Seanchai Library & Friends, live in voice. 
Check out the special series page Click Here
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/142/87/2901

*MONDAY, July 23rd at 7pm: Alan Dean Foster's DROWNING WORLD  - continues with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, July 24th at 7pm:  Jim Butcher's BRIEF CASES continues with Corwyn Allen

*WEDNESDAY, July 25th at 7pm: Stephen Fry's MYTHOS continues with Caledonia - "No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. They are like us, only more so ... "

*THURSDAY, July 26th:

    ~ at 2pm: FIRESIDE TALES - this week featuring folktales with Dubhna Rhiadra

    ~ at 7pm: LAST THUNDER HORSE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI - another tale of the Wilder West with Shandon Loring. 
(also presented in Kitely hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)

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

More from "Salomy Jane" with the 1914 silent film poster in the background

Passengers and suspects on The Orient Express 7-15.18

Poirot sorts clues and potential suspects on The Orient Express 7-15.18

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 July 19th at 7pm: SALOMY JANE

"A Kiss and An Escape!"

SALOMY JANE

Dramatic story of love, murder, and mistaken identity in rough-and-tumble Gold Rush-era California— all of which whirls about its feisty female heroine, Salomy Jane. Along with ruffian Red Pete and heroic stranger Jack Dart.

Book: Salomy Jane Author: Bret Harte

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THURSDAY, July 19th at 2pm: FIRESIDE TALES~ "Good Omens"

Caledonia Skytower reads selections from Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s GOOD OMENS: The

Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.

According to this tome of very specific and very accurate prophecies – written in 1655, shortly before Agnes exploded (which tends to happen when you pack 80 pounds of gunpowder into your petticoats ahead of a mob of self-righteous twits burning you at the stake for being a witch) – the world will end on a Saturday.

Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. Which some might see as being a bit of a nuisance, really;

particularly an angel, a demon and an 11-year-old boy (himself the subject of a hospital mix-up at birth), all of whom have other plans for the weekend …

Caledonia Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, July 18th at 7pm: MYTHOS Begins!

The Greek myths are the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney.

They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. In Stephen Fry’s hands the stories of the titans and gods become a brilliantly entertaining account of ribaldry and revelry, warfare and worship, debauchery, love affairs and life lessons, slayings and suicides, triumphs and tragedies.

Through them, you’ll once again fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince at Cronus and Gaia’s revenge on Ouranos, weep with King Midas and hunt with the beautiful and ferocious Artemis.

Caledonia Skytower Live in voice.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/214/43/27

TUESDAY, July 17th at 7pm: BRIEF CASES Continues

Corwyn Allen continues sharing selections from Jim Butcher’s 2018 collection of several of his excellent short stories and novellas from within the universe of Harry Dresden.

The tales present in the collection offer excellent short narratives that dabble between the scenes of the other novels in the Dresden Universe series, they even encompass what might be Dresden’s greatest challenge…

….Becoming a father.

Live in voice.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/214/43/27

MONDAY July 16th at 7pm: DROWNING WORLD

- by Alan Dean Foster -

DROWNING WORLD

Political intrigue and strange discoveries on a world covered in nearly perpetual rain.

On the distant planet Fluva, torrential rains that leave it barely habitable also make it a treasure trove of rare botanical specimens. When the human bio-prospector Shadrach Hasselemoga crashes in the remote and deadliest place on Fluva; the Viisiiviisii. The only crew available to search for him is the warrior Jemunu-jah, one of the native Sakuntala, and the immigrant Deyzara trader and experienced pilot, Masurathoo. This culturally different and physically repulsive to each other couple promptly crash also. While the rescuers and the rescued are all slogging it out of the ultimate rain forest, the reptilian AAnn empire is fomenting bloody trouble between the Sakuntula and the Deyzara. This leaves Commonwealth administrator Lauren Matthias in the hot seat, with refugees swarming in to her limited facilities and the bodies of the innocent piling up, with few resources to help. But it's the survivors of the rain forest who bring new knowledge that helps save Fluva, along with quick work by Matthias.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/213/43/27

SUNDAY, July 15th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME on The Orient Express Continues

A mystery discovered this week, in Episode 2 . . . 

“Certainly it is serious. To begin with, a murder—that by itself is a calamity of the first water. But not only that, the circumstances are unusual. Here we are, brought to a standstill. We may be here for hours—and not only hours—days! Another circumstance. Passing through most countries we have the police of that country on the train. But in Yugoslavia—no. You comprehend?”  ~ M. Bouc, from "Murder on the Orient Express"

Seanchai Library & Friends, live in voice. 

Check out the special series page CLICK HERE
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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.

OOPS!  Who dumped snow all over our train?!

*SUNDAY, July 15th 

   ~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME on The Orient Express: Episode 2 -   Seanchai Library & Friends, live in voice. Check out the special series page CLICK HERE
  https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/142/87/2901

   ~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: The Magician's Elephant - Caledonia revisits Kate DiCamillo's moving story that asks" What if? Why not? Could it be?", live at the Golden Horseshoe. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY, July 16th at 7pm: Alan Dean Foster's DROWNING WORLD begins with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, July 17th at 7pm:  Jim Butcher's BRIEF CASES continues with Corwyn Allen

*WEDNESDAY, July 18th at 7pm: Stephen Fry's MYTHOS begins with Caledonia - "No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. They are like us, only more so ... "

*THURSDAY, July 19th:

    ~ at 2pm: FIRESIDE TALES - Caledonia Skytower with Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's GOOD OMENS, Selections from "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch," just in case all of this is starting to sound familiar.

    ~ at 7pm - SALOME JANE - a tale of the Wilder West 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.  

                _____________________________________________________

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

THURSDAY July 12th at 7pm: Monsters & Myths - PROCRUSTES pt2

"human friendship, crafty planning, murderous intentions"

Monsters & Myths - PROCRUSTES

Procrustes is the most infamous of those monstrous brigands who made life miserable for travelers along the mountain road from Troezen to Athens. He kept an inn in which there was a special bedchamber with a very special bed. Guests who sought repose there found themselves shackled to the bed frame. He stretches the victim if he is too short, or lops off his feet or head if too long. Procrustes acts in cahoots with his three sons, each of whom practices his own peculiar form of banditry along the mountain road. High adventure, cunning, and suspense are at play when the young hero Theseus is challenged to combat this family of ogres and rid the road forever of their murderous deeds. Here is a stirring tale of youthful confidence and bravery, human friendship, crafty planning, murderous intentions, and sworn vengeance within the turbulent world of myth occupied by heroes, gods, and monsters.

Book: Procrustes Author: Bernard Evslin

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WEDNESDAY, July 11th at 7pm: Selections from DIAMOND HEAD

"... every man is connected to his destined match by an invisible red string, tied around both their

ankles. This string...connects destined lovers, despite time or place or circumstance. It can stretch and tangle, but it can never break."

Caledonia shares a selection from Cecily Wong's sweeping debut spanning from China to Hawaii that follows four generations of a wealthy shipping family whose rise and decline is riddled with secrets and tragic love—from a young, powerful new voice in fiction.

Presented live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, July 11th at 11am: FIRESIDE TALES - Damon Runyon

VT and Cale kick off the brand new weekday series at Seanchai Library. This first session will feature two stories by American author Damon Runyon: The Old Doll House" & "A Piece of Pie."

Runyon was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde. The adjective "Runyonesque" refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted. He spun humorous and sentimental tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit", "Benny Southstreet", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charley", "Dave the Dude", or "The Seldom Seen Kid". His distinctive vernacular style is known as "Runyonese": a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions. He is credited with coining the phrase "Hooray Henry", a term now used in British English to describe an upper-class, loud-mouthed, arrogant twit.

that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the

Live in voice.

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TUESDAY, July 10th at 7pm: Selections from BRIEF CASES

Corwyn Allen dives into Jim Butcher’s 2018 collection of several of his excellent short stories and novellas from within the universe of Harry Dresden.

The tales present here not only offer excellent short narratives that dabble between the scenes of the other novels in the Dresden Universe series, they even encompass what might be Dresden’s greatest challenge…

….Becoming a father.

Live in voice.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/214/43/27

MONDAY July 9th at 7pm: PROTECTOR

PROTECTOR

- by Larry Niven -

A race of beings near the center of the galaxy have a life cycle of Child, Breeder and Adult.  One of the Adults, having lost all of his descendants will lose his appetite and die of starvation, unless he can 'adopt' any survivors of a failed colony.  Everyone, watch out! Great Granpa is heading your way to save you.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/213/43/27

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.

Grab your bags and get ready to embark on a story adventure!

*SUNDAY, July 8th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME on The Orient Express: Episode 1 -  Grab your bags and join us at Istanbul Station as we embark on our summer series adventure!  Seanchai Library & Friends, live in voice. Check out the special series page CLICK HERE
  https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/142/87/2901

Check out Inara Pey's preview article: https://modemworld.me/2018/07/07/all-aboard-the-orient-express-with-hercule-poirot/

*MONDAY, July 9th at 7pm: Larry Niven's PROTECTOR Concludes with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, July 10th at 7pm:  Jim Butcher's BRIEF CASES Begins with Corwyn Allen

*WEDNESDAY, July 11th:  
    ~ at 11am: FIRESIDE TALES - VT Torvalar & Caledonia Skytower with two stories by Damon Runyon, "The Old Doll House,"  and "A Piece of Pie."
    ~ at 7pm: Cecily Wong's DIAMOND HEAD with Caledonia - (Selection) The Red Ribbon.

*THURSDAY, July 12th:
    ~ at 7pm - MONSTERS & MYTHS: Procrustes  - Concludes with Shandon Loring. (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)
    ~ 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.  

                _____________________________________________________

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