Text Set assignment by Tim Rohrich https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br en-us 2018-02-13 17:42:47 UTC 2018-02-18 22:48:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Academic or Pleasure reading? trohrich https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231179246 I would say the majority of readers will be reading Stirling's books for pleasure rather than academic reasons, probably at a 90% to 10% ratio. Stirling's works have not often been included in the literary cannon for American schools. This is not likely to change, as Applebee (1992) explains the literary cannon is not prone to change. Stirling is a fantasy and Scyfi writer most well known for his "Emberverse" stories in which the world is thrown into a chaotic future where high energy chemical reactions and processes no longer function properly; meaning no guns, no cars and no electricity. The stories go on to describe how society reforms and in later books chronicles the coming of age and exploits of two generations of people who come to lead these societies. While these stories could be used to illustrate political philosophy, social orgonizations and other topics the style of writing does not lend itself well to academic reading so I don't see much hope of these books making it into the cannon.]]> 2018-02-13 17:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231179246 Age Range trohrich https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231298496 While not explicitly a YA author Stirling's books would be appropriate for readers age 15 and up. Stirling's works are set in a fictional past and future, beginning in 1998 and moving forward.The themes in his story are not well suited to younger audiences; the whole first book Dies the Fire, as an example, centers on the death of the old world and the sometimes violent establishment of the new order. There are also themes in his stories that are better suited to older audiences such as romance, including same sex romance, religion, politics and warfare; but the author avoids being explicit or inappropriate in any of these subjects, though some may find the violence graphic at times.


]]> 2018-02-13 21:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231298496 Awards, Prizes and Achievements trohrich https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231313779 While Stirling has been nominated for several awards over his writing career he has not won any of them. His nominations include: the Prometheus Award in 1990, 1991, 1992, and three times in 1996, several nominations for the Nebula and Sidewise awards and a Hugo nomination. Stirling also holds several New York Best selling book titles for Science Fiction works.]]> 2018-02-13 22:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231313779 The Author trohrich https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231314153
S.M. Stirling is a French born Canadian citizen who currently lives in New Mexico. Stirling has written several New York Times best selling books in the science fiction genera. Some of his best known works are also commonly categorized as post-apocalyptic.


Below you can watch an interview with the author about his upcoming book, the final book in his current series.
]]> 2018-02-13 22:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231314153 Annotated Bibliography trohrich https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231314207 Stirling, S. (2004). Dies the fire. New York, NY: Roc Books
 Stirling, S. (2005). The Protector's war. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2006). A Meeting at Corvallis. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2007). The Sunrise lands. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2008). The Scourge of god. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2009). The Sword of the lady. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2010). The High king of montival. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2011). The Tears of the sun. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2012). Lord of the mountains. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2013). The Given sacrifice. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2014). The Golden princess. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2015). The Desert and the blade. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2016). Prince of outcasts. New York, NY: Roc Books
Stirling, S. (2017). The Sea peoples. New York, NY: Roc Books

These books, collectively known as the "Emberverse" or "The Novels of the Change," tell the story of a fictional apocalypse in which the machines that make the modern world work suddenly stop working. The first book, Dies the Fire, chronicles the chaos following the unexplained event known as "The Change" and the struggle of two groups of people to hold on to what they have and build anew in this strange new world. The second two books, The Protector's War and A Meeting at Corvallis, tell the story of the two groups, now known as the Mackenzies and the Bear Killers respectively, join forces to put a stop to the expansion of a cruel despot, Norman Arminger, ruling out of the mostly ruined city of Portland, and how the conflict is eventually resolved. This is the first arch of the over all story.

In the second story arch we follow a young man, Rudi Mackenzie the son of the leader of the Mackenzie clan, and his friends as they start out on a grand quest to recover a magic sward on the other side of the continent in Nantucket, and a great conflict involving a dark power centered in the ruins of Montana. In this arch we see Rudi and his companions on this quest and the subsequent struggle of good and evil come into their own and become the future rules and leaders they will become. The arch ends with the introduction of the next main cherichter in the story, Rudi's daughter Orlaith.

The final and as of yet unfinished arch in the story center's on Orlaith's trails in figuring out who she will become as a leader and a person. The central plot to this arch surrounds the arrival of a group of travelers from Japan who have been chased to Orlath's land and need help fighting with a similar sounding dark power to the one her father defeated in Montana. The story takes a turn for the surreal, and that is saying something in a series where literal magic swards are a thing, especially in the second book where the majority of the plot is set in a strange and disjointed psycho-space rather than the common day world the rest of the series takes place in.]]> 2018-02-13 22:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/trohrich/nxnuul9e67br/wish/231314207