Events › *Hybrid* Science Fiction Book Club

If you enjoy Science Fiction, then this is the book club for you!  The Science Fiction Book Club meets at it's new day and time, on the 4th Monday of every month, at the Pearl Avenue Library, and on Zoom (as a hybrid meeting), starting at 4:00 p.m.  Be sure to register to receive the zoom link, otherwise, we will see you at the library!

Monday, June 22, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

The Glass Bead Game, by Hermann Hesse.

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The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature Set in the twenty-third century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).

Monday, July 27, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley.

Monday, August 24, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

My Real Children, by Jo Walton.

Monday, September 28, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

The Pride of Chanur, by C.J. Cherryh.

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Monday, October 26, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

The Vanished Birds, by Simon Jimenez.

Monday, November 23, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

The Terraformers, by Annalee Newitz.

Monday, December 14, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis.

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January 25, 2027, 4:00 p.m.

The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge.

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