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

Date: July 27, 2015-7:00 p.m.

Title: Childhood’s End

Author: Arthur C. Clarke

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Available from: Fine booksellers, including Barnes & Noble

Meeting Location: Barnes & Noble #2352, 2^nd 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.

Questions and Vengeance Intrigue SF&F Literati

Date: June 22, 2015-7:00 p.m.

Title: Ancillary Justice

Author: Ann Leckie

Publisher: Orbit

Available from: Fine booksellers, including Barnes & Noble

Meeting Location: 

Barnes & Noble #2352, 2^nd Floor

11323 W 95th Street, 

Overland Park, KS 66214

Overview from Barnes & Noble:

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, British Science Fiction, Locus and Arthur C. Clarke Awards.

On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.

Once, she was the Justice of Toren - a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy.

Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.

Next Month: July 27, 2015

Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke

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....

IMAGES: Many thanks to Ann Leckie's website, for the Ancillary Justice cover image. The cover art for Childhood's End is from Goodreads.