What we’re about
This book club is for people who like to read science fiction. We meet once a month (every fourth Wednesday at 7:00 pm) on Zoom or at the Half Price Books on the southeast corner of 75 and Northwest Highway. We meet at the tables at the back of Black Forest Coffee in Half Price Books. Look for the red and white Meetup sign. The succeeding science fiction book selection is chosen by popular vote by the attending members of each meetup. Please keep your RSVP up-to-date.
If this is your first visit to a meeting, then come and check it out, whether you have read the book or not. If you are a member, then you need to read at least some of the book in order to attend the meeting. It's a book club, please enjoy the written word!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Monthly Meeting: Speed of Dark by Elizabeth MoonHalf Price Books, Dallas, TX
Unannounced schedule change, I am moving the meeting to May 1st. ChrystinP and I have possible scheduling conflicts. Please respond with a comment if that is okay or not.
I will post a Zoom link to the meeting the day of the meeting.
Our monthly meeting to review the current book. As usual please bring one part of the book you really enjoyed or didn't for discussion.
This month we're reading Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2003, and was also an Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist. The story is told from the first person view of an autistic person.
Lou Arrendale is a bioinformatics specialist who is autistic, and has made a good life for himself working in pattern recognition. A new manager at the firm where he works puts pressure on his department, where many autistic people work. Lou is pressured to undergo an experimental treatment that might "cure" his autism. Lou does not think he needs curing, but he risks losing his job and other accommodations the company has put in place for its autistic employees if he does not undergo it.
Lou struggles with the idea of going through this "treatment" for his autism while he pursues fencing with his "normal" friends and continues to go to work. His autistic friends, as well as himself, meet together after work and discuss what or what not to do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_Dark
