The Somerville Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club

 
 
 

For our June meeting, we shall be discussing The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith. Meet Claire, Head Librarian of Hell's library for unfinished books. She is tasked with tracking down characters who escape from their unfinished stories to track down their writers.

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This is an online meeting, but we do NOT share the Zoom link via Meetup. The Zoom link is sent out via a separate email list. If you're not on that email list for Zoom links, and want to be added, please send a *private message* (not a comment below) to Gary and explain briefly why you'd like to join the monthly meetings.

 
 
 

For our July meeting, we shall be discussing Nordstrilia, by Cordwainer Smith. An entry in Smith's famed Instrumentality of Mankind series, Nordstrilia borrows inspiration from the Chinese classic, Journey to the West. Nordstrilia is an Australia-like, farm colony on a distant planet where the inhabitants enjoy a monopoly on a drug that indefinitely delays death.

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This is an online meeting, but we do NOT share the Zoom link via Meetup. The Zoom link is sent out via a separate email list. If you're not on that email list for Zoom links, and want to be added, please send a *private message* (not a comment below) to Gary and explain briefly why you'd like to join the monthly meetings.

 
 
 

For our August meeting, we shall be discussing Foundryside, by Robert Jackson Bennett. Sancia is tasked with stealing an object that could revolutionize the magical technology of scriving—the art of imbuing everyday objects with sentience.

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This is an online meeting, but we do NOT share the Zoom link via Meetup. The Zoom link is sent out via a separate email list. If you're not on that email list for Zoom links, and want to be added, please send a *private message* (not a comment below) to Gary and explain briefly why you'd like to join the monthly meetings.