WEDNESDAY, October 22nd at 7PM: BELLWEATHER Concludes

Fads and Chaos?  Are they really different?  Or might they just have something in common, even scientifically.

The sheep have arrived and InTech and it is all about to hit the fan.  Dr. Sandra Foster and Dr. Bennett O'Reilly are brought together and pushed apart by forces that they do not control and have not quite begun to understand.  But that's the funny thing about science - something unexpected and ground breaking is always happening while you are trying to find answers for something else.

The conclusion of award-winning author Connie Willis' BELLWEATHER tomgiht.  There WILL be explodable sheep!

Cledonia Skytower, and her flock, live in voice.

WEDNESDAY, October 15th at 7pm: More from BELLWEATHER

Constance Elaine Trimmer “Connie” Willis is an American science fiction writer. She is one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s. Her books have between them won 11 Hugo awards, seven Nebula awards and four Locus awards, making her the recipient of more major science-fiction awards than any other author.

Bellwether, published in 1996, was a Nebula ward nominee, brings together pop culture, love, chaos theory and a study of human behavior. Dr. Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation, a company keen to find a means of predicting how fads happen so they might create one themselves and profit from it. Also working for HiTek, Dr. Bennet O’Reilly is studying monkey group behaviorist and chaos theory. When a misdelivered package brings the two together, coupled with a series of unfortunate events, they engage upon a joint project involving a flock of sheep. Even so, more setbacks, disappointments and surprises are likely to arise before the answers to their questions are found…

Caledonia continues, Live in voice.

TUESDAY, October 7th at 7pm: More from BELLWEATHER

WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT Connie Willis' Bellweather:

" . . . is about the process of scientific discovery. A Golden Age book about that would have been about a scientist alone in his lab (and I do mean his) discovering something and cheerfully utilising it. A later book about it would have been about a scientist working for the government discovering something and being afraid of how it will be utilised and going undercover with the discovery. But this is a nineties book, and one that specifically references post-modernism and chaos theory. This is a comedy about the process of scientific discovery, and a comedy in the Shakesperean sense as well. It’s funny and satirical...

"I like the story, I like the characters. It’s fast and funny and just outright fun."

~ from Jo Walton at tor.com

WEDNESDAY, October 1st at 7PM: BELLWEATHER Continues

Constance Elaine Trimmer “Connie” Willis is an American science fiction writer. She is one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s. Her books have between them won 11 Hugo awards, seven Nebula awards and four Locus awards, making her the recipient of more major science-fiction awards than any other author.

Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennet O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company.   When the two are thrust together due to a mis-delivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions.

Caledonia Skytower continues the adventure, live in voice,

WEDNESDAY, September 24th at 7PM: BELLWEATHER Begins

Pop culture, chaos theory and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella from the Hugo and Nebula winning author of "Doomsday Book" and "All Seated On The Ground."

Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennet O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company.   When the two are thrust together due to a mis-delivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions.

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice,