What we’re about
- Welcome to Orange County Book Club!
- WHAT WE DO: We meet the second Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm to discuss an awesome book over drinks (alcoholic or otherwise). We read modern or vintage classics or award winning books generally under 400 pages. December will always be a short and easy one though.
- WHO SHOULD JOIN: People who love to read and talk about what they’ve read.
- ALL age groups and genders are welcome, provided you are 21+ (because our meetups take place at a bar).
- WHO’S HOSTING: I'm Meaghan, the group founder.
- HOW IT WORKS: We’ll choose books about two months in advance so you have time to get them from the library. The day after each Meetup, I’ll post a comment on the group page and you’ll write a reply for each of your book suggestions. Everyone will have until that Sunday night to vote by liking the replies That Monday, I’ll officially announce the selection.
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See all- I, Robot by Isaac AsimovChapter One: the modern local, Santa Ana, CA
WHAT WE’RE READING: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
WHAT ITS ABOUT:
Isaac Asimov's I, Robot launches readers on an adventure into a not-so-distant future where man and machine , struggle to redefinelife, love, and consciousness—and where the stakes are nothing less than survival. Filled with unforgettable characters, mind-bending speculation, and nonstop action, I, Robot is a powerful reading experience from one of the master storytellers of our time.
I, ROBOT
They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on perhaps its greatest adventure: the invention of the first positronic man. It was a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities—and unforeseen risks. For the scientists who invented the earliest robots weren't content that their creations should ' remain programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines. And soon the robots themselves; aware of their own intelligence, power, and humanity, aren't either.
As humans and robots struggle to survive together—and sometimes against each other—on earth and in space, the future of both hangs in the balance. Human men and women confront robots gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic intelligences that may already secretly control the world. And both are asking the same questions: What is human? And is humanity obsolete?
In l, Robot Isaac Asimov changes forever our perception of robots, and human beings and updates the timeless myth of man's dream to play god. with all its rewards—and terrors.
--front flap
