About us
This is a Cambridge based fantasy and sci-fi (and maybe occasionally horror) monthly book club with two events every month - one for sci-fi and fantasy standalones, one for reading series together. We will be meeting every 2nd and 3rd Wednesday in The Burleigh Arms (9-11 Newmarket Rd, Cambridge CB5 8EG) at 18:30.
The main goal is to meet new people, have fun talking about books and discover new authors. You are very welcome to join even if you didn't finish or didn't read the book at all, as long as you're okay with spoilers.
Discord server for the book club: https://discord.gg/GpYSudEzDP
Upcoming events
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Burleigh Arms, 9 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8EG, GBEvent moved to the 4th week of February instead of the third.
Station Eleven is a novel by the Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel. It takes place in the Great Lakes region before and after a fictional influenza pandemic, known as the Georgia Flu, has devastated the world, killing most of the population. Published in 2014, it won the Arthur C. Clarke Award the following year.
18:30 at The Burleigh Arms (9-11 Newmarket Rd, Cambridge CB5 8EG)
Feel free to join even if you didn't finish or haven't read the book.
You are welcome to come even if you are on the wait list.
Discord server for the book club: https://discord.gg/GpYSudEzDP
10 attendees
Series Book Club: The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
The Burleigh Arms, 9 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8EG, GBThis is a second monthly book club event dedicated specifically to reading series starting with the first book in The Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemisin. We will be reading one book per month and have a separate event for every book in the series.
Set in a world wracked by constant geological catastrophe, The Fifth Season follows several interconnected characters struggling to survive as society teeters on the edge of collapse. Certain people possess the power to control the earth itself, a gift that makes them both invaluable and deeply feared. As disaster unfolds, the novel explores oppression, resilience, and the cost of survival in a world that is literally breaking apart.
18:30 at The Burleigh Arms (9-11 Newmarket Rd, Cambridge CB5 8EG)
Feel free to join even if you didn't finish or haven't read the book.
You are welcome to come even if you are on the wait list.
Discord server for the book club: https://discord.gg/GpYSudEzDP
6 attendees
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The Burleigh Arms, 9 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8EG, GBSet in a bleak, post-apocalyptic future, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? follows a bounty hunter tasked with tracking down rogue androids that are nearly indistinguishable from humans. As technology blurs the line between artificial and authentic life, the novel explores empathy, identity, and what it truly means to be human in a world shaped by environmental collapse and moral uncertainty.
18:30 at The Burleigh Arms (9-11 Newmarket Rd, Cambridge CB5 8EG)
Feel free to join even if you didn't finish or haven't read the book.
You are welcome to come even if you are on the wait list.
Discord server for the book club: https://discord.gg/GpYSudEzDP
8 attendees
Past events
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