{"id":3012,"date":"2024-04-01T14:22:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mynerdyfriend.com\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:13:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:13:55","slug":"nerdy-friends-book-club-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynerdyfriend.com\/?p=3012","title":{"rendered":"Nerdy Friends Book Club – Month 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome back to the Nerdy Friends Book Club! Just a quick reminder that if you want to join in the conversation about the first two short stories, you can do so here<\/a>. Just scroll down to the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month we will be reading the next two stories in our selected book, Unnatural Creatures with stories selected by Neil Gaiman. First up, we have The Griffon and the Minor Canon, by Frank R. Stockton. Stockton was a contemporary of Mark Twain, and was best known for a series of children’s fairy tales popular in the late 19th century and none of which I had heard of. I regret this, because his Wikipedia page describes his children’s tales as poking fun at greed, violence, abuse of power, and other human foibles. Much better than kids hiking through the woods only to get eaten by a wicked witch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our second story is Ozioma The Wicked by Nnedi Okorafor. Nnedi is a contemporary writer, and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Eisner, and World Fantasy awards, and frankly needs to be added to my TBR list! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, both of these stories are under 20 pages long and based on my reading of the first two, they will each take maybe 15-30 mins to read, depending on your reading speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last thought: Erin had a great recommendation after reading the first two shorts, which is to skip Gaiman’s intro until after you’ve read the stories, as his comments can be a bit spoiler-ish (or anti-spoiler-ish, in one particular case).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that, let’s read! Please feel free to post your spoiler-filled thoughts in the comments starting April 23. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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