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25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Spring Things
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Opt. 2. Approved for Science Fiction.Thunderhead
Something Rotten
Blameless
The Test
Sever
Census
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
The Well of Lost Plots
Delete All Suspects
The City in the Middle of the Night
Option 4. I have had the mods change Option 4's wording to this, per their suggestion:set at least 50% in Oceania outside of Australia. The setting/author origin may be anywhere in Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia or Australasia (other than Australia) – as listed on this page: Oceania.
Such wording allows for the inclusion of New Zealand in Option 4. This was my original intent, so that if one wished, a reader could read one book set in Australia (Opt. 3) and one in New Zealand (Opt. 4). Naturally, anywhere else in Melanesia, Micronesia, or Polynesia would work for Opt. 4, too.
Hawaii and Easter Island are included in Polynesia. Some classic definitions of Polynesia which I have read say that it is a huge triangle with angles at New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter Island. The above wording makes it doable to have any of those places as author origins/settings.
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Can I please have The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius verified for Science Fiction, please? Thanks!
Maya wrote: "Can I please have The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius verified for Science Fiction, please? Thanks!"Verified!
Seeking approval for the followingOption 1-A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion
Option 2-Delete All Suspects
Also please verify this book as Science Fiction.
Thank you!
Wanda wrote: "Seeking approval for the followingOption 1-A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion
Option 2-Delete All Suspects
Delete All Suspects has, indeed, "Science Fiction" as a mainpage GR genre.
Good thing you asked, for it is only shelved 6 times as of 3/9/19.
Sandy wrote: "Please verify The City in the Middle of the Night for science fiction.Thanks!"
Verified. In fact, I am reading it myself for this task.
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Thanks!"
Verified. In fact, I am reading it myself for this task."
thanks, Nick. I really liked it.
For option 1, would Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder count? The letter is C, but the consonant sound is the blend CH.
Brooklyn wrote: "For option 1, would Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder count? The letter is C, but the consonant sound is the blend CH."It counts!
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This is a two book task. Choose two different Options from those listed below and read 1 book for each option.
Required: State the options.
Option 1. Double Trouble. Read a book which has two consecutive words in the title (NOT subtitle) which begin with the same consonant.
Examples which work: There There
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
Examples which do not work: Gone for Good (G words not consecutive), Absalom, Absalom! (vowels, not consonants),
Option 2. Sci Fi High. Read a book which has a main page genre of Science Fiction, Sci Fi, or SyFy.
Option 3. Heat Streak. My first SRC challenge was in the Spring of 2011, and I keep going back to that challenge as inspiration for the tasks I create. The theme that Spring was Australia. I often shamelessly steal from Sandy’s 10 point task of that Spring the option to “Kuddle a Koala.” I shall do so again for Option 3, and also to bring attention to the record-setting heat which has been plaguing that country this year!
April 26th is Hug an Australian Day – read a book by an Australian author, born in or currently resides there, or set at least 50% in Australia.
Required: If the connection is not obvious from the book's main page or the author’s home page, please briefly explain the connection in your post.
Option 4. Oceania Schmosheania. The co-theme of Spring 2011 was Oceania. Australia and Oceania are actually different continental shelves, ergo, I am having them be two different options. For this option, read a book set at least 50% in Oceania (other than Australia), or a book written by a single author who was born in or currently resides there. The setting/author origin may be anywhere in Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia or Australasia (other than Australia) – as listed on this page: Oceania.
Required: If the connection is not obvious from the book's main page or the author’s home page, please briefly explain the connection in your post.