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Sable Aradia
Posted 2016-09-01 9:24 PM (#14258 - in reply to #11131)
Subject: Re: Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club		Quote Reply



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Hello all, and welcome to a new year of the SF Masterworks Challenge!

I was inspired by an imprint called SF Masterworks to create a book club to read these legendary sci-fi classics together and critique them. This imprint will be our reading list. Our inaugural year was a smashing success! But I've learned a few things so this year I'm offering two different ways to approach the challenge:

1. Read 12 books of your choice from the SF Masterworks list.

2. Read along with the Science Fiction Masterworks Reading Club, which will be reading the entire list in order of publication. This year we will be reading:

September: Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick

October: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

November: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

December: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin

January: The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

February: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

March: Emphyrio by Jack Vance

April: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

May: Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon

June: Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock

July: The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg

August: The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Our goals are:
1. To promote the reading of science fiction.
2. To share and discuss the classics of the genre as fans and literary critics.
3. To enjoy good reading in a subject that interests us as a social activity that we can share.

Care to join us?

You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/849620445151239/ and onGoodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/170669-science-fiction-masterwo...

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