For our thirteenth bookclub meeting we’ll be reading Ringworld by Larry Niven. In it a team, both human and alien, ventures out to investigate an artificial strip of a world orbiting a star in order to determine its threat to the species of alien trying to escape a collapsing galaxy. Ringworld won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards, [...] [...more]
For our twelfth bookclub meeting we are reading Daemon by Daniel Suarez. Daemon opens as a detective novel investigating the deaths of two employees of an international gaming company and develops into “thrills, chills, and cyber suspense” according to Publishers Weekly. Join us for discussion of our current book as well as the opportunity to voice [...] [...more]
For our eleventh bookclub meeting we are reading Fables: Legends in Exile, our first graphic novel for the group, and the first graphic novel released for the comic, collecting issues #1-5. Fables follows the real lives of various characters from fairy tales and fables who have been forced by the conqueror of their Homelands into a [...] [...more]
For our tenth bookclub meeting we are reading A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Canticle is set in a future where World War 3 bombed civilization back to the dark ages and follows a group of monks as they uncover knowledge and the hazardous path of the intellectual in a society where knowledge is [...] [...more]
For our eighth bookclub meeting we are reading the Aldous Huxley classic Brave New World. Join us for discussion of our current book as well as voice your opinion for our next selection. This is what you missed at our last bookclub meeting: In March the Clubbers read “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” by Seth Grahame-Smith. The [...] [...more]
The Council of Elrond decreed that we form a bookclub, and we obliged. For our eighth bookclub meeting we are reading Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Join us for discussion of our current book as well as voice your opinion for our next selection. From Publishers Weekly Review: Following the success of his bestselling Pride and Prejudice [...] [...more]
Next Bookclub: Monday, January 11, 2010 – 6:30pm-8:00pm 2nd Floor of Noble Tree Coffee & Tea – 2444 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614 Discussing The Snow Queen by Joan Vinge Detailed event info and ticket information The Chicago Nerd Social Club’s Science Fiction/Fantasy Bookclub is open to new science fiction and/or fantasy readers as [...] [...more]
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