[nesfa-reading-group] Other local online book clubs doing sci fi and fantasy

[tracy at windweaver.com]

Thanks Melody for sharing about your SF book group.

Another group I didn't mention.....
My town, Arlington, has a Speculative Fiction group, which meets every 
other month. I've attended in the ast via zoom but am not sure whether 
or not they're still meeting on zoom.
Name: Speculative Fiction Book Group
Meets: Monday evenings at 7:00 PM every other month.
Leader/Contact: Verónica (vrodriguez at minlib.net, 781-316-3220)
Group Statement: Join us to discuss science fiction, fantasy, and 
alternate reality books! We meet every other month, so mark your 
calendars!
Upcoming meetings: The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, October 21

They don't have an information page. The only way to know more 
information is to check the library book club calendar and contact 
Veronica.
https://www.robbinslibrary.org/services/book-film-groups/

Tracy


On 2024-10-05 09:29, Melody Friedenthal wrote:
> Might I add one more online group?
> 
> My name is Melody and I'm a Reference Librarian at the Worcester Public
> Library. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month, I lead our SF Book Club in a
> discussion of our book-of-the-month. We meet via Zoom starting at 1:00 
> pm.
> 
> October's book is "Dark Run" by Mike Brooks.
> 
> November's book is "Lost in Time" by A. G. Riddle - and Gerry Riddle 
> will be
> joining us for the discussion!
> 
> In December we're reading a book by Jack McDevitt (I've forgotten 
> which) and
> he'll be joining us, too.
> 
> In June of 2025, Robert J. Sawyer will be joining us when we discuss 
> his new
> novel "The Downloaded."
> 
> Although I haven't been able to have all our authors join us, RJS has
> attended twice before, and we've also enjoyed meeting Walter Hunt, Mira
> Grant, Adam Hamdy, Peter Cawdron (who sent us a video because, as an
> Australian, our meetings were in the middle of his night), Allen 
> Steele,
> Paul McAuley, Elizabeth Bear, etc. (in no particular order).
> 
> Interested? You'll have to register for each meeting. Here's the page 
> where
> you can register for October's meeting (I'm actually on vacation that 
> week,
> so my colleague at WPL will lead - only 2nd time in 6 years I've had a
> conflict): https://mywpl.libnet.info/event/11664400  Once registered, 
> you'll
> be sent the zoom link.
> 
> 
> Melody
> 
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> Subject: [nesfa-reading-group] Other local online book clubs doing sci 
> fi
> and fantasy
> 
> To clarify what I said about other book groups and add more:
> 
> Both the Monday night Boston/Newton Science Fiction Meetup
> (hosted by Ryan and Elinor) and The Ladies Fantasy Book Meetup
> did Kaikeyi this week, coincidentally, I imagine. Long
> book, a quite enthralling feminist interpretation of
> the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
> 
> ALSO
> The Monday nigiht Boston/Newton Meetup is discussing Nancy
> Kress's Probability Moon in late October, T. Kingfisher
> (Ursula Vernon's) Jackalope Wives and Other Stories in
> November, and Cogman's The Invisible Library in December.
> https://www.meetup.com/boston-scifi/events/303067851/
> I tend to like a lot of their selections, which are
> rarely hard science fiction.
> 
> They recently did Kraken by Mieville and Continuum: French
> Science Fiction Stories (the latter was quite interesting,
> though the quality was very uneven)
> 
> The Tuesday evening Somerville sci fi group which is
> apparently affiliated with you all and listed on your NESFA
> calendar, is doing Stranger in Olandria this month.
> 
> The Boston Ladies Fantasy book club meetup is voting now on
> their next two selections. They had about 25 nominations
> from which members can vote on 4 books. I've only been to
> it once. Based on the results so far of their current poll,
> they seem to be favoring queer fiction.
> 
> The Boston International Books meetup, my go-to book
> club, also occasionally does sci fi, fantasy and alternate
> history books, but I didn't even attend last month
> because I hated the book too much to read past the first
> 40 pages - Civilizations by Laurent Binet.
> 
> The Liberal Women's online book club meetup (Sudbury, but
> meeting online) very occasionally does science fiction and
> fantasy. I recently attended  when they did When Women Were
> Dragons, which I really enjoyed.
> 
> Tracy Marks
> 
> 
> 
> 
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