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Subject: Let's choose 40 categories for our 2014 SF Challenge / discussion completed
Date Posted: 12/17/2013 2:25 PM ET
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By a process of voting, participants on this forum have selected four broad topics that will each be filled out with ten categories of reads in our 2014 SF Challenge.  Those broad topics are Authors, Firsts, Lost and Found, and Settings.  In order to facilitate the process, I've drawn up a seed list of categories for us to discuss, revise, and possibly vote on, using this thread. 1) If you just want to modify or exp more...
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Date Posted: 12/17/2013 4:11 PM ET
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This is an excellent list.  Thank you for coming up with the cat more...
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Subject: good suggestions!
Date Posted: 12/17/2013 8:43 PM ET
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Thanks.  I numbered your recommendations. F11 First read of a new-to-you au more...
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Date Posted: 12/18/2013 10:59 AM ET
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The Locus recommended first novel list has had the same issue for a more...
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Subject: some more seeds
Date Posted: 12/18/2013 11:17 AM ET
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Thanks for 'collection' by the way _ more...
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Date Posted: 12/18/2013 11:31 AM ET
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Tom - Maybe update your first post to more...
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Date Posted: 12/18/2013 12:53 PM ET
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Thanks all, so far. I've incorporated more...
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F14 First book more...
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Date Posted: 12/18/2013 1:12 PM ET
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F14 First book re more...
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Heh!  No one would do that! Well, given that I've more...
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Date Posted: 12/18/2013 2:48 PM ET
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"For Lost & Found, what about a "Lost in the Stacks" -- books tha more...
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Date Posted: 12/19/2013 12:18 PM ET
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Yikes.  That's not 232 fully completed is it?  I wonder how many bo more...
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Subject: will start the voting tomorrow
Date Posted: 12/19/2013 3:02 PM ET
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I recorded those most recent sugguestions as... L11 more...
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Date Posted: 12/20/2013 12:36 PM ET
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PS - Melanti - notice more...
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Before we start more...
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Date Posted: 12/20/2013 1:29 PM ET
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Interesting ide more...
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Hmm.  I would perso more...
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I' more...
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Subject: voting is postponed
Date Posted: 12/20/2013 5:10 PM ET
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Lisa, I don't wa more...
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My idea was to eliminate the need to vote by accepting all of th more...
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I thought the sam more...
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Date Posted: 12/21/2013 11:30 AM ET
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Generally, I'm in favor of structures that give us goals in common.&# more...
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Subject: thanks all
Date Posted: 12/22/2013 11:14 AM ET
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We are totally snowed more...
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YAY! more...