It’s time to kick-off another week of fabulous story-telling in voice, brought to Second Life by the staff and volunteers at the Seanchai Library. and Seanchai Kitely.

As always, all times SLT / PDT, and unless otherwise stated, events will be held on the Seanchai Library’s home on Imagination Island.

Sunday October 26th

13:30: Tea-time at Baker Street: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Caledonia Skytower, Corwyn Allen and Kayden Oconnell invite you to join them as they return to what is quite possibly the most famous of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works, and present their fourth reading from The Hound of the Baskervilles.



The third full-length novel written about Sherlock Holmes, this is likely to be the one Holmesian story which – at least in outline – known to most, whether or not they have actually read any of Homes’ adventures.

But do they know it as it was originally written? Over the decades the story has been adapted for film and television more than 20 times, starting as early as 1914/15 with the 4-part series, Der Hund von Baskerville, and continuing on through to Paul McGuigan’s The Hounds of Baskerville, featured in the BBC’s brilliant Sherlock series.

All of these adaptations have offered their own take on the tale. Some – such as McGuigan’s, have simply taken the outline of the story and used it to weave a unique tale of their own; others have stayed true to the basics of the story whilst also adding their own twists and turns quite outside of Conan Doyle’s plot in order to keep their offering fresh and exciting to an audience.

So why not join Cale, Corwyn and Kayden as they continue reading from the 1902 original, and discover just how Sir Arther Conan Doyle unfolded this apparently supernatural tale of giant hounds and murder, and the pivotal role played by John Watson himself?

18:00 Magicland Storytime

Join Caledonia Skytower, as she opens the pages of Neil Gaiman’s the Graveyard Book Magicland Park.

Monday October 27th, 19:00: The Witches of Karres

Gyro Muggins once again delves into James H. Schmitz’s mix of space opera, hard science-fiction and fantasy, all mixed together with a flavouring of humour. The original story, a novella, was first published in 1949, and 1996, Schmitz expanded it into a full-length novel with three further adventures, prior to the series spinning-off into two additional novels, The Wizard of Karres (2004), by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and Dave Freer, and The Sorceress of Karres (2010), again by Flint and Freer.

There’s an old saying that no good deed ever goes unpunished. Such is the case for Captain Pausert, inexperienced space trader, skipper (and sole crew member) of the old Venture. After rescuing three young girls enslaved on the planet Porlumma, he finds himself plunged in intrigue, adventure and pursuit by forces from all sides, few of them with his best interests at heart, and all of which draw him into further adventures that might just have had him wishing for the simpler days of space trading…

Tuesday October 28th,19:00 Spooky Senachai Favourites

Get together with the Library’s staff to enjoy some of their favourite tales of ghosts and more.

Wednesday October 29th, 19:00: Halloween at Hogwarts

Caladonia Skytower invites us to join us in a trip to the one place where Halloween means something a little extra special. So why not join her at Platform 9¾ at Kings Cross station, London, the Hogwarts Express is waiting for you to embark on a special excursion to the hallowed halls of the famous school of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

Thursday October 30th

19:00: Jack’s Wager

A Celtic tale of Jack O’Lantern, with Shandon Loring.

21:00 Seanchai Late Night

With Finn Zeddmore.

Saturday November 1st: Spooky Saturdays at Seanchai Kitely

09:00: Seanchai Kitely – Ominous Realities

Ominous Realities is an anthology of speculative science-fiction with a decidedly dark twist. Offering a view of a of futuristic and post-Apocalyptic age, the stories presented within the book’s covers take the reader on a journey to places where sinister corporations rule, societies become twisted, where death may or may not be final, and where humanity must consider terrifying alternatives to ensure its own existence.

Within Ominous Realities lie stories such as How to Make a Human by Martin Rose, in which a scientist seeks a means to resurrect humanity within robot bodies after the apocalypse; or The Last Bastion of Space by Ewan C. Forbes, which sees the world in the hands of corporations who charge a premium for even the simplest of pleasures – that premium being handing them control of your mind. Then there are stories like William Meikle’s On the Threshold; just how far will science go in order to prove we are not alone? Or Deciding Identity by Paul Williams; what happens when the citizens of two worlds on a collision course are given the choice of who lives and who dies?

Join Shandon Loring as he brings his choices from this dark volume as a Saturday morning thrill.

10:00: The Graveyard Book

Join Caledonia Skytower as she continues Neil Gaiman’s 2009 Newbery Medal winning children’s fantasy novel, simultaneously published in Britain and America during 2008, which also collected the annual Hugo Award for Best Novel from the World Science Fiction Convention and the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book selected by Locus magazine subscribers.

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod’s family . . .

Again, please note both of these sessions are at Seanchai’s Kitely homeworld, as indicated in the title link, above.

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Please check with the Seanchai Library SL’s blog for updates and for additions or changes to the week’s schedule. The featured charity for September-October is Reading is Fundamental: seeking motivate young children to read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make reading a fun and beneficial part of everyday life.



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