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If you love a good Sci-Fi book or movie this is the spot. We will get together and discuss the book we’ve chosen. And share recommendations on movies or anything else we wanna talk about.
Upcoming events
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April's Sci-Fi Book: Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
Koelbel Library, 5955 S Holly St, Centennial, CO, USJoin us for April's sci-fi book club meetup to discuss 'Pushing Ice' by Alastair Reynolds.
Our meetings start loosely, hanging out with new and old friends while everyone arrives. After most people arrive, there are introductions and the main group discussion about the book. As that runs out of steam, everyone drifts into whatever groups and topics make them happy.
We are meeting at Koelbel Library. We have 'Meeting Room C' reserved, which is found at the back of the library's cafe. It has sofas, easy chairs, and a variety of tables with stools. This one is on Saturday, so the library cafe will be open for the first hour. "Light snacks and covered drinks" are also allowed in the space but alcohol is not. I usually bring one variety of small snacks and friends often bring more.
The library closes at 5 PM. There is a nice patio area to linger outside if the weather is warm enough. If there are a few people who would like to carry on after the library closes, there are many restaurants we can shift to. It's my hope to start doing this with the next couple meetings.
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The poll for May selected 'To Be Taught, If Fortunate' by Becky Chambers (2019) - 160 pages.
This is the linked pdf of all our previous polls and selections:
Previous Poll InfoCan't wait to see you all!
**Please update your RSVP if you change your plans about attending.**
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April's book description:
'Pushing Ice' by Alastair Reynolds (2005) - 464 pages2057. Humanity has raised exploiting the solar system to an art form. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclear-powered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comets. And they're good at it.
The Rockhopper is nearing the end of its current mission cycle, and everyone is desperate for some much-needed R & R, when startling news arrives from Saturn: Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, has inexplicably left its natural orbit and is now heading out of the solar system at high speed. As layers of camouflage fall away, it becomes clear that Janus was never a moon in the first place. It's some kind of machine - and it is now headed toward a fuzzily glimpsed artifact 260 light-years away. The Rockhopper is the only ship anywhere near Janus, and Bella Lind is ordered to shadow it for the few vital days before it falls forever out of reach. In accepting this mission, she sets her ship and her crew on a collision course with destiny - for Janus has more surprises in store, and not all of them are welcome.
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May's Sci-Fi Book: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Koelbel Library, 5955 S Holly St, Centennial, CO, USJoin us for May's sci-fi book club meetup to discuss 'To Be Taught, If Fortunate' by Becky Chambers.
Our meetings start loosely, hanging out with new and old friends while everyone arrives. After most people arrive, there are introductions and the main group discussion about the book. As that runs out of steam, everyone drifts into whatever groups and topics make them happy.
We are meeting at Koelbel Library. We have 'Meeting Room C' reserved, which is found at the back of the library's cafe. It has sofas, easy chairs, and a variety of tables with stools. This one is on Saturday, so the library cafe will be open for the first hour. "Light snacks and covered drinks" are also allowed in the space but alcohol is not. I usually bring one variety of small snacks and friends often bring more.
The library closes at 5 PM. There is a nice patio area to linger outside if the weather is warm enough. If there are a few people who would like to carry on after the library closes, there are many restaurants we can shift to. It's my hope to start doing this with the next couple meetings.
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After April's meeting, the poll for June's book will be linked here.
This is the linked pdf of all our previous polls and selections:
Previous Poll InfoCan't wait to see you all!
**Please update your RSVP if you change your plans about attending.**
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May's book description:
'To Be Taught, If Fortunate' by Becky Chambers (2019) - 160 pagesAt the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in sub-zero temperatures, absorb radiation and convert it for food, and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces. With the fragility of the body no longer a limiting factor, human beings are at last able to explore neighbouring exoplanets long suspected to harbour life.
Ariadne is one such explorer. On a mission to ecologically survey four habitable worlds fifteen light-years from Earth, she and her fellow crewmates sleep while in transit, and wake each time with different features. But as they shift through both form and time, life back on Earth has also changed. Faced with the possibility of returning to a planet that has forgotten those who have left, Ariadne begins to chronicle the wonders and dangers of her journey, in the hope that someone back home might still be listening.
20 attendees
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