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 unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, September 1st:

   ~  at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Jeeves and Wooster.  More adventures with Bertie Wooster and his inscrutable valet, Jeeves. THIS WEEK: "The Inimitable Jeeves" - Episode 4 with Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower, live on Stream in Ceiliuradh Glen.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/219/55/2966

   ~ at 6:30pm:  MAGICLAND STORYTIME: Tilly and The Bookwanderers
Cale continues the debut book in author Anna James' new series. Caledonia Skytower, live on stream!

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY - September 2nd, at 7pm:  Arthur C. Clarke's RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA concludeswith Gyro Muggins.  

*TUESDAY, September 3rd, at 7pm:  Ian Fleming's CHITTY CHITTY, BANG BANG continues with Caledonia Skytower, live on stream.

*WEDNESDAY, September 4th, at 7pm: Lucy Maude Montgomery's ANNE OF GREEN GABLES begins Faerie Maven-Pralou.

*THURSDAY, September 5th:

   ~ at 7pm: Joanne M. Harris' (author of 'Chocolat') THE BLUE SALT ROAD - Part 4 with Shandon Loring (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

   ~ at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - Contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy from online sources such as Lightspeed, Escape Pod, and Clarkesworld with Finn Zeddmore

We're pleased to sneak you a little special announcement  . . . coming in December!

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

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

THURSDAY August 29th at 7pm: THE BLUE SALT ROAD pt3

"passion and loss, love and violence"

THE BLUE SALT ROAD

by Joanne M. Harris (author of Chocolat)

So begins a stunning tale of love, loss and revenge, against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas, and drama on the land. The Blue Salt Road balances passion and loss, love and violence and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless, wild young man.

Passion drew him to a new world, and trickery has kept him there - without his memories, separated from his own people. But as he finds his way in this dangerous new way of life, so he learns that his notions of home, and your people, might not be as fixed as he believed.

Book: The Blue Salt Road

Join us in Second Life & Kitely

                                                                    

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

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

TUESDAY, August 27 at 7pm: CHITTY CHITTY, BANG BANG Continues

So, you think you know the story because of the film? Well, guess again! The famous 1968 film can best be described as being loosely based on the children’s story by Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.

Fleming’s last novel, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was published posthumously, and initially in three volumes, two months after his death in August 1964. He took his inspiration for the titular car from a series of post-War World I aero-engined racing cars called “Chitty Bang Bang”. They were built by Count Louis Zborowski at Higham Park, in Kent, England, and one of them, the “Higham Special” went on to take the land speed record in 1926 with a speed in excess of 170 mph, after it had been purchased by racing driver J.G. Parry-Thomas specifically for that purpose.

In the book, the car is a Paragon Panther, a powerful 1920s touring car that is restored by Commander Caractacus Pott. At first the car is just that – a powerful 4-seater tourer Pott uses to transport himself and his wife and children around. But then the car starts to exhibit a “personality” and abilities beyond those of any normal motor vehicle. Some of these will be familiar to those who have seen the film, but where the latter options to introduce jealous barons and a wicked Child Catcher, the book offers a more down-to-Earth but equally engaging series of adventures of Commander Pott and his family. (Text borrowed from Inara Pey - thanks Inara!)

Join Caledonia Skytower to discover Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

Presented Live on Stream.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

MONDAY August 26th at 7pm: RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA

- by Arthur C. Clarke -

RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA

    An interstellar object, similar to the real asteroid Oumuamua, is spotted.

This time we're able to explore it.

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, August 25th at 1PM: Celebrating 10 Years of Innsmouth SL

CELEBRATING INNSMOUTH'S 10th ANNIVERSARY!

We stop by to celebrate with our friends - not only are they celebrating the Birthday of H.P. Lovecraft, but they are celebrating a decade in Second Life.  At Seanchai Library, we appreciate fully what that means.  Bravo!  Brava!  Congratulations Innsmouth!

Caledonia Skytower, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, and Finn Zeddmore share stories from the Lovecraftian canon (90 minutes):

• The Hound
• The Moon Bog
• The Music of Erich Zann
• And a bit more!

Live on Stream from the Miskatonic University Library at Arkham. 
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Innsmouth/32/55/1201

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!

_____________________________________

The Miskatonic University Library at Arkham - Innsmouth in Second Life

All times Pacific Time, 

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, August 25th, at 1pm (90 min): CELEBRATING INNSMOUTH'S 10th ANNIVERSARY.  We stop by to celebrate with our friends at Innsmouth - wishing them a happy decade anniversary with selected short stories, live on Stream from the Miskatonic University Library at Arkham. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Innsmouth/32/55/1201

*MONDAY - August 26th, at 7pm:  Arthur C. Clarke's RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA continues with Gyro Muggins.  

*TUESDAY, August 27th, at 7pm:  Ian Fleming's CHITTY CHITTY, BANG BANG continues with Caledonia Skytower, live on stream.

*WEDNESDAY, August 28th at 7pm: Dark - No Story Tonight

*THURSDAY, August 29th, at 7pm: Joanne M. Harris' (author of 'Chocolat') THE BLUE SALT ROAD - Part 3 with Shandon Loring (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. 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 August 22nd at 7pm: THE BLUE SALT ROAD pt2

"passion and loss, love and violence"

THE BLUE SALT ROAD

by Joanne M. Harris (author of Chocolat)

So begins a stunning tale of love, loss and revenge, against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas, and drama on the land. The Blue Salt Road balances passion and loss, love and violence and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless, wild young man.

Passion drew him to a new world, and trickery has kept him there - without his memories, separated from his own people. But as he finds his way in this dangerous new way of life, so he learns that his notions of home, and your people, might not be as fixed as he believed.

Book: The Blue Salt Road

Join us in Second Life & Kitely

                                                                    

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

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

WEDNESDAY, August 21st at 7PM: A CYBERPUNK SUMMER Concludes

One More Adventure! . . .

. . . into the shady recesses of Cyberpunk, where low-life and hi-tech combine and collide, and everything generally seems to be going to heck-in-a-cyborg's-handbasket. Yet through these rusted and rusting recesses, a glimmer of hope still lingers, waiting. At least, we THINK it's hope!

Finn Zeddmore concludes her series of journeys into the realms of Cyberpunk, through short stories.
Presented Live in Voice.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

TUESDAY, August 20th at 7pm: CHITTY CHITTY, BANG BANG Begins

So, you think you know the story because of the film? Well, guess again! The famous 1968 film is

only "loosely" based on the children’s story by Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.

In the book, the car is a Paragon Panther, a powerful 1920s touring car that is restored by Commander Caractacus Pott. At first the car is just that – a powerful 4-seat tourer Pott uses to transport himself and his wife and children around. But then the car starts to exhibit a “personality” and abilities beyond those of any normal motor vehicle, in keeping with its enigmatic license plate: "GEN II". 

Some of these will be familiar to those who have seen the film, but where the latter options to introduce jealous barons and a wicked Child Catcher, the book offers a more down-to-Earth but equally engaging series of adventures of Commander Pott and his family.

Fleming’s last novel, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was published posthumously, and initially in three volumes, two months after his death in August 1964. Caledonia Skytower presents live, on stream.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

MONDAY August 19th at 7pm: RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA

- by Arthur C. Clarke -

RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA

    An interstellar object, similar to the real asteroid Oumuamua, is spotted.

This time we're able to explore it.

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, August 18th: Tea Time & Storytime

@ 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Jeeves and Wooster Continues
A dead fish, a bevy of cats, and several incarcerations.  Just another fun-filled hour with Bertie Wooster and his inscrutable valet, Jeeves. THIS WEEK: "The Inimitable Jeeves" - Episode 3 with Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower, live on Stream in Ceiliuradh Glen. 
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/219/55/2966


@ 6:30pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME - Tilly & The Bookwanderers  
Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents' bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more than to escape into the pages of her favorite stories.  One day Tilly realises that classic children's characters are appearing in the shop through the magic of `book wandering' - crossing over from the page into real life. Caledonia Skytower, live on Stream onstage at the Golden Horseshoe in Magicland Park.  
https://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!

_____________________________________

All times Pacific Time, 

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, August 18th:

   ~  at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Jeeves and Wooster.  A dead fish, a bevy of cats, and several incarcerations.  Just another fun-filled hour with Bertie Wooster and his inscrutable valet, Jeeves. THIS WEEK: "The Inimitable Jeeves" - Episode 3 with Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower, live on Stream in Ceiliuradh Glen.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/219/55/2966

   ~ at 6:30pm:  MAGICLAND STORYTIME: Tilly and The Bookwanderers
Cale begins the debut book in author Anna James' new series. Caledonia Skytower, live on stream!

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY - August 19th, at 7pm:  Arthur C. Clarke's RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA continues with Gyro Muggins.  

*TUESDAY, August 20th, at 7pm:  Ian Fleming's CHITTY CHITTY, BANG BANG begins with Caledonia Skytower, live on stream.

*WEDNESDAY, August 21st at 7pm: A CYBERPUNK SUMMER! Concludes -  Short stories of the genre with Finn Zeddmore

*THURSDAY, August 22nd:

   ~ at 7pm: Joanne M. Harris' (author of 'Chocolat') THE BLUE SALT ROAD - Part 2 with Shandon Loring (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

   ~ at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - Contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy from online sources such as Lightspeed, Escape Pod, and Clarkesworld with Finn Zeddmore

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. 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 August 15th at 7pm: THE BLUE SALT ROAD pt1

"passion and loss, love and violence"

THE BLUE SALT ROAD

by Joanne M. Harris (author of Chocolat)

So begins a stunning tale of love, loss and revenge, against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas, and drama on the land. The Blue Salt Road balances passion and loss, love and violence and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless, wild young man.

Passion drew him to a new world, and trickery has kept him there - without his memories, separated from his own people. But as he finds his way in this dangerous new way of life, so he learns that his notions of home, and your people, might not be as fixed as he believed.

Book: The Blue Salt Road

Join us in Second Life & Kitely

                                                                    

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

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

WEDNESDAY, August 14th at 7pm: CYBERPUNK SUMMER Continues

More adventures await! . . .

Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech" featuring advanced technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order. Much of cyberpunk is rooted in the New Wave science fiction movement of the 1960s and 1970s, when writers like Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny, John Brunner, J. G. Ballard, Philip José Farmer and Harlan Ellison examined the impact of drug culture, technology, and the sexual revolution while avoiding the utopian tendencies of earlier science fiction.

~ Definition from Wikipedia

Finn Zeddmore continues her series of journeys into the realms of Cyberpunk, through short stories.
Presented Live in Voice.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

TUESDAY, August 13th at 7pm: WORDS & MUSIC - On The Wind

What do you do with a poem that is too long to read at most open microphone events? Expand it into a complete event!

In March of 1984 Ktadhn wrote a set of very short stories for a friend. They were the first of their kind, and everything he'd written since, including poems, has a few rootlets leading back there. The stories were little scenes that burned in his memory, and he wanted to bring them to some kind of new life in words.

"Stories on the Wind" was sparked by the theme of Wind, chosen by people at the Rosehaven open mic for the following week. Kt has many memories of windy days, including one he'd written about in the 1984 stories. That memory joined others in what became a suite of nine poems.

Recently reminded of it by a comment from a friend, Kt has taken another look at the poems, spent time with them, and rewritten everything - adding a tenth vignette and some well considered musical intervals to create a celebration of air and motion.

Ktadhn Vesuvino with poetry and music, live on stream.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

MONDAY August 12th at 7pm: RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA

- by Arthur C. Clarke -

RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA

    An interstellar object, similar to the real asteroid Oumuamua, is spotted.

This time we're able to explore it.

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, August 11th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Jeeves and Wooster

Our extended summer series continues featuring P.G. Wodehouse's endlessly delightful Bertie Wooster and his inscrutable valet, Jeeves.

THIS WEEK: "The Inimitable Jeeves" - Episode 02

Bertie and Jeeves find themselves in Roville on the French Riviera - except how can one enjoy the sun, sand and beaches with their Aunt Agatha looming and barking about? Add two suspicious characters, and some pearls and things get messy in a hurry. And then they are off once more, surprise of surprise, to the aid of Bingo Little who appears to be in love, again . . . again, again. What next?

Join the fun al fresco in the Glen - with Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower live on Stream.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/219/55/2966

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!
All times Pacific Time, story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

_____________________________________

The show must go on!  Even if one of us has log-in issues.  

*SUNDAY, August 11th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Jeeves and Wooster.  Our summer series continues, featuring P.G. Wodehouse's unforgettable characters: Bertie Wooster, and his valet Jeeves. THIS WEEK: "The Inimitable Jeeves" Episode 2 with Da5id Abbot, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower, live on Stream in Ceiliuradh Glen.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/219/55/2966

*MONDAY, August 12th, at 7pm:  Arthur C. Clarke's RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA begins with Gyro Muggins.  

*TUESDAY, August 13th, at 7pm:  WORDS & MUSIC: ON THE WIND with Ktadhn Vesuvino, live on stream.

*WEDNESDAY, August 14th at 7pm: A CYBERPUNK SUMMER! Short stories with Finn Zeddmore - this week Rich Larson's "Meshed" and more!

*THURSDAY, August 15th at 7pm: Joanne M. Harris' (author of 'Chocolat') THE BLUE SALT ROAD - Part 1 with Shandon Loring (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. 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