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Reading _Rainbows End_: the conclusion

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Bryan Alexander

And so we conclude our book club’s reading of Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End (previous posts here).  With this post I’ll summarize the closing chapters, offer some reflections, and add some questions for discussion. I have to say the novel was … Continue reading →

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Reading _Rainbows End_: part two

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Bryan Alexander

What might education look like in the near future? Let’s explore by continuing our reading of Vernor Vinge’s 2006 novel Rainbows End.  Last week we read the first nine chapters.  Today we’ll look into the next ten, chapters 10-19. I’ll … Continue reading →

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Reading _Rainbows End_, part 1

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Bryan Alexander

This week our book club starts reading Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End. In this post I’ll introduce the reading (up through chapter 9)*, sketch out the first nine chapters, offer some notes about the world, then ask some questions. For an … Continue reading →

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Our next reading is _Rainbows End_, by Vernor Vinge

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Bryan Alexander

Over the past week I asked people to volunteer our book club‘s next reading.  The topic: science fiction.  The list: around 33 crowdsourced and curated titles collected over the past two years. And the winner?  73 votes were cast, leading … Continue reading →

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