Free Thinkers Book Group

Join FROG, the Free thinkers Reading Opportunity Group, for the Saturday July 11 book group meeting from 2-3:30 PM.

In July we'll be discussing The Mountain in the Sea by Raye Nayle.

Adapted from Goodreads:
Rumors begin to spread of a species of hyperintelligent, dangerous octopus that may have developed its own language and culture. Marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen, who has spent her life researching cephalopod intelligence, will do anything for the chance to study them.

The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where the octopuses were discovered, off from the world. Dr. Nguyen joins DIANIMA’s team on the islands: a battle-scarred security agent and the world’s first android.

The octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence. The stakes are high: there are vast fortunes to be made by whoever can take advantage of the octopuses’ advancements, and as Dr. Nguyen struggles to communicate with the newly discovered species, forces larger than DIANIMA close in to seize the octopuses for themselves.

But no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think. And what they might do about it.
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This book group is sponsored by the Jefferson Humanists (Find Friends. Share Ideas. Do Good.) It is free and open to the public. To learn more about us, see jeffersonhumanists.org. You can also find our reading list for the entire year there.

The Humanists provide snacks, bring your own beverage of choice. Please RSVP to this Meetup so I know how many chairs to set out!

Upcoming Book Group Meetings:
Saturday August 8 - One Day, Everyone will have Always been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Saturday September 12 - Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart