Monday, August 27, 2012

Chiang "volunteers"

I put "volunteers" in quotation marks to add irony, since I had to flog most of you into this. I'm sure volunteers will come more speedily in future. The people who will start our conversations about each story Wednesday are:
  • Claire Schaffer: "Tower of Babylon"
  • Bryan Herren: "Understand"
  • Matthew Baxley: "Division by Zero"
  • Sarah Cassity: "Story of Your Life"
  • Nicole Deperi: "Seventy-Two Letters"
  • Stephanie Fox: "The Evolution of Human Science"
  • Leslie Grant: "Hell Is the Absence of God"
  • Corinne Evans: "Liking What You See: A Documentary"
Remember that we don't need formal presentations, just three minutes' worth of commentary: aspects that intrigued you, aspects that confused you, aspects you had to look up, aspects that resonate with material in other classes or in your own life, questions for the group, and so forth. You needn't wait for class to start these conversations. You could post your initial thoughts here on the blog.
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  1. Andy DuncanAugust 27, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    Note, too, Chiang's relevant story notes in the back of the book, and all the links to Ted Chiang interviews in the right-hand column of this blog. The author is never the final authority, but what he says is always worth considering.

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  2. Andrew ReevesAugust 27, 2012 at 2:28 PM

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  3. Andrew ReevesAugust 27, 2012 at 2:33 PM

    I probably would have volunteered for one if I had already read them. I didn't want to rope myself into something without having any idea what it was about.

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