Prague's Newest SciFi Book Club (English-language)
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Welcome Sci-fi Enthusiasts in Prague.
📚Thank you to everyone who submitted their preferences for this month's book pick. The winner is....
- War with the Newts by Karel Capek (1936) – A satirical novel by Karel Čapek in which humanity’s exploitation of a newly discovered species of intelligent, tool-using salamanders for global labor leads to environmental devastation and a terrifying existential war.
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Hello Members!
For our next book pick, we crowdsourced these 5 options. Let us know your preferences in the "Discussions" section or via DM by Friday, April 3rd. 📩:
- War with the Newts by Karel Capek (1936) – A satirical novel by Karel Čapek in which humanity’s exploitation of a newly discovered species of intelligent, tool-using salamanders for global labor leads to environmental devastation and a terrifying existential war.
- Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds (2019) – Scientists in a post-apocalyptic 2080 send a woman's consciousness back to 2028 to prevent a global bio-disaster, resulting in a tense, intimate thriller about time travel, paradoxes, and the survival of humanity.
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (2020) – A heartwarming novel about customers who travel back in time to mend regrets, provided they return before their coffee gets cold.
- Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (2014) – A team of four women explore the mysterious, ecological anomaly of "Area X," where they encounter surreal, dangerous phenomena that defy scientific understanding and threaten their sanity.
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (2015) – A character-driven, "cozy" sci-fi novel about a diverse, found-family crew on a wormhole-tunneling spaceship navigating personal journeys, interspecies relationships, and cosmic adventures across the galaxy.
Thank you!
Alejandra y Richard
Structure
- Book Club starts at 7:00pm and runs through 8:30pm.
- Social time from 8:30 - 9:00pm.
- No prep needed, just show up with an open mind and heart.
- We gather up on the balcony level.
- All are welcomed even if you haven't finished the book pick.
Mindstock
If time allows, we can also briefly discuss the writer's journey and techno-thriller, Mindstock by author and co-host, Richard Yonck.