They are A Psalm for the Wild Built and A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers
Don’t get me wrong, they are fantastic and have great meditations on purpose and other topics. But my concern was the ages of the readers. For 12th graders, no question, but for freshmen, I thought it wouldn’t be gripping enough early enough.
Solar punk is great, I was thinking of the monk and robot books, but ultimately leaned away from it.
I still think Ender’s Game is still a solid read for kids getting into Sci Fi, but the author in more modern times not so much.
Part of the goal is to freshen the list and he was on the old list, I just provided it as background as to what they were currently offering
Since there are a good number of great novellas out right now, I also considered 2-3 novellas can equal one novel depending on length.
Books I considered:
150mL limit is for the producer, right? Or would have Rod Stuart needed to pay a special export tax after getting his stomach pumped*?
*- this is a reference for the olds.
Is this Cum Tax a per instance thing like sales tax or is it an annual assessment like your license plate?
But I thought the Tim Apple donation to the trump inauguration was supposed to curry enough favor to avoid this.
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I mean, most microwaves will recognize base 10 seconds. I can put 0:90 on mine and it will go for 1:30.
That’s a really good point that we have discussed too. Quippy names were fun, but added challenges with the actual process. Thank you.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear more soon and it’s published by end of year early next.
I’ve been working through the Binti novellas by Nnedi Okorafor. It’s my first exposure to Afro-Futurism and I’m enjoying them so far.
ALT: a BlueSky post by Ryan Marino, MD (@ryanmarino.bsky.social); it says “Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.”
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That’s part of the challenge too. It’s hard enough to get some of these kids to read a book, let alone a hard Sci Fi book that is now a required reading. It almost has to fool them into enjoying it first.