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To all the sci-fi and fantasy readers in the New Haven area!
Reading is an inherently solitary endeavor, let's get together a group of people who love to read sci-fi and fantasy, then, have a discussion on whatever topics are provoked by our selection. This group was started with three ideas in mind: it would be great to be able to talk over books and ideas with others; it's good to be challenged to read a book you otherwise wouldn't; it's nice to spend time with people who are interested in the same things you are.
We've read over 100 books and our selection process is simple. Each month a different member will choose three entries for the next month's selection. Simple majority wins. There are no rules to what selection can be put up for a vote except we ask the member who chooses should have attended at least two consecutive meetups.
Check out all the BOOKS we've read going backwards all the way to our founding. Looking forward to meeting you!
Founded Jun 26, 2013.
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#157 What will we read in September? 
Sashas, Waterbury ,, Waterbury, CT, USSeptember's book picks are by Sasha! please take a look at the book descriptions and use this link to vote on your favorite: https://heylo.com/invite/uUyg3FLx
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by
Becky Chambers, 518pgs, 2024
Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain.
Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.
- A Door Into Ocean, by Joan Slonczewski, 403 pgs, 1986
Joan Slonczewski's A Door into Ocean is the novel upon which the author's reputation as an important SF writer principally rests.
A ground-breaking work both of feminist SF and of world-building hard SF, it concerns the Sharers of Shora, a nation of women on a distant moon in the far future who are pacifists, highly advanced in biological sciences, and who reproduce by parthenogenesis--there are no males--and tells of the conflicts that erupt when a neighboring civilization decides to develop their ocean world, and send in an army.
- Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke, 243pgs, 1973
At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at an inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredibly, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence. It will kindle their wildest dreams... and fan their darkest fears. For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come. And now the moment of rendezvous awaits — just behind a Raman airlock door.
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