Girls Read SciFi

Women’s SciFi Book Club event photos

XBOT — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:39:21 +0000

See more photos from the Women’s SciFi Book Club event at MOCA.

Highly Logical

XBOT — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:34:11 +0000

(Mitchell Aboulafia via io9)

La Guerre Des Mondes

XBOT — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:54:37 +0000

110 years of The War of the World covers. (Dr. Zeus)

Monkey Mind Control

XBOT — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:11:50 +0000

Two macaques control mechanical arms with their minds, after scientists implant sensors in the monkeys’ brains.

SciFi Ready to Wear

XBOT — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:23:48 +0000

(via Culture Maker)

1984: Penguin Modern Classics re-issue

XBOT — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:21:48 +0000

Take a wild guess at the artist behind the cover.

(Penguin Blog via Book Design Review)

Dune: extra credit

XBOT — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:11:29 +0000

You’ve read the novel and you’ve watched the film. But have you connected the dots?

Dune: Coloring & Activity Book

Paul Atreides needs pants. Help him.

A five-head.

Sting and his shiv.

Buy SciFi, Support Young Writers

XBOT — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:22:25 +0000

McSweenys non-profit 826National - dedicated to supporting writers ages 6 to 18 - has several unique storefronts throughout the U.S., including two SciFi-themed shops. Head to the Time Travel Mart in Echo Park and the Space Travel Supply store in Seattle for all your SciFi needs. Proceeds support 826 chapters!

California Schools Support SciFi

XBOT — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:04:26 +0000

We recently learned from an LAUSD librarian that there’s a SciFi recommended reading list for K through 12 in California. Although the WSFBC was not consulted, it appears many of the titles mirror our own reading list.

Here’s the CDE-approved list:

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Feed, M.T. Anderson
Foundation, Isaac Asimov
I, Robot, Isaac Asimov
Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence, Marion Dane Bauer (editor)
Darwin’s Radio, Greg Bear
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
Ender’s Shadow, Orson Scott Card
Tomorrowland: Ten Stories About the Future, Michael Cart (compiler)
City of Gold and Lead, John Christopher
The White Mountains, John Christopher
Things Not Seen, Andrew Clements
King of Shadows, Susan Cooper
Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton
Bone Wars, Brett Davis
The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
Eva, Peter Dickinson
Lord Foul’s Bane: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Donaldson
Enchantress from the Stars, Sylvia Louise Engdahl
The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer
Neuromancer, William Gibson
Among the Hidden, Margaret Peterson Haddix
Running Out of Time, Margaret Peterson Haddix
Dr. Franklin’s Island, Ann Halam
Have Space Suit - Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein
Dune, Frank Herbert
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
Star Split, Kathryn Lasky
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
Eden, Stanislaw Lem
Memoirs of a Space Traveler, Stanislaw Lem
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
Gathering Blue, Lois Lowry
The Giver, Lois Lowry
The Gift Moves, Steve Lyon
Sparks: An Urban Fairytale, Lawrence Marvit
Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Transall Saga, Gary Paulsen
Wump World, Bill Peet
The Sterkarm Handshake, Susan Price
Summer Reading Is Killing Me!, Jon Scieszka
Stinker from Space, Pamela F. Service
Downsiders, Neal Shusterman
On the Beach, Nevil Shute
Parasite Pig, Sleator, William
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
The Island of Dr. Moreau, H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells
Empire of the Ants, Bernard Werber
Doomsday Book, Connie Willis
Dragon’s Blood, Jane Yolen

(via California Department of Education)

Wonder of Reading library opening

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:00:16 +0000

The Wonder of Reading is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to inspire in children the love of reading. WOR furthers its purpose through the 3R Program—Renovate, Restock, and Read.

The Women’s SciFi Book Club attended the Wonder of Reading library opening at Baldwin Hills Elementary School in 2008.

The students put on an amazing show to celebrate their new library.

A walk down Literature Lane where students read stories and poems to library visitors. Click here to see more from that day.

You can help The Wonder of Reading repair, restock and build libraries in Southern California Schools. Donate online now via PayPal.