July 24, 2015

Enjoy a Classic with SF&F Literati, July 27 2015

Date: July 27, 2015-7:00 p.m.
Title: Childhood’s End
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Available from: Fine booksellers, including Barnes & Noble
Meeting Location: Barnes & Noble #2352, 2nd Floor
11323 W 95th Street, Overland Park, KS
 66214

Overview from Barnes & Noble:
Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty. Then this golden age ends—and then the age of Mankind begins....

Overview from Wikipedia:
The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.

Didn't read it? Come anyway! The conversation is always good.

Next Month: 
Directive 51, by John Barnes, available everywhere.

IMAGE: Many thanks to Goodreads, for the image of the book's cover.

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