What we’re about
A casual book club which meets up monthly in-person in Hitchin. Everybody is welcome, including people that have never been to a book club before. Books will generally be chosen which are freely available online.
This book club will most likely cover books from a wide range of genres (though you will probably find a lot of the books are classics and science fiction).
If you have any suggestions about a book you would like to discuss together in the future, please let me know.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyTHE ALBERT INN, Hitchin, SG4 9SU
Hitchin Book Club invites you to join us for some light hearted discussion about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This event is a great introduction to the book club (especially if you have never been to a book club before). We always welcome new members of any level of reading experience.
Story Name: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
N.B. We will be discussing the first book, not the entire series
Author: Douglas Adams
Year: 1979
Genre: Comedy Science Fiction
Word Count: 46k approx
Reading Time: 3hr4m (at 250wpm)Date: Wednesday 28th May 2025
Time: 7:30pm to around 9:30pm
Location: The Albert Inn, 50 Walsworth Rd, Hitchin SG4 9SU - sitting at one of the tables inside. Any updates to location I will post in comments on the day.Goodreads Link
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.
Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!
Event Structure:
- Brief introduction and what you thought about the book
- Discussions based on a set of pre-prepared questions as prompts
- Opportunity to ask any questions to the group
- Closing thoughts and provide a rating for book out of 10
- Book club formally ends - feel free to leave or stick around for general conversation
- Option to join whatsapp group
