Once and Future Books

Upcoming meetings and books on the Beamer calendar

[Note: Starting in 2024, the Beamer meetings will shift to 1st Fridays of each month, 7 pm Eastern]

June 7 – Babel, R. F. Kuang (Chinese boy raised in England struggles with working on Oxford linguistic magic that enables conquest of his birth country.)

July 5 – Ringworld, Larry Niven (Humans and aliens team up to explore an incredible world shaped like a ring 3,000,000 times the size of Earth.)

August 2 – The Best of C. L. Moore (Catherine Lucille Moore’s top short fiction, with an introduction by Lester del Rey and an afterword by the author) Note: No library copies, only used copies for purchase.

September 6 – The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley (Re-telling of Arthurian saga from the female perspective). Note: A big (900+ pages!) book.

October 4 – Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, J.R.R. Tolkien (A translation by the Oxford scholar who called on the monsters and called out the critics)

Books currently under consideration, Stardate 2024.04.08

Mental manipulators of Gola

• The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro (A quest in a post-Arthur Britain threatens to raise ghosts of the recent battles for the island)
• The Road to Roswell – Connie Willis (Off to attend a UFO-themed wedding, skeptical guest is abducted by lost alien. A Beamer Chris recommendation.)
• A Cat’s Guide to Bonding with Dragons – Chris Behrsin (Kidnapped cat and unrideable dragon must team up to battle evil warlocks)
• Starter Villain – John Scalzi (Charlie inherits uncle’s supervillain business, volcano lair included)

Invaders from Earth

• Days of Atonement – Walter Jon Williams (Small-town New Mexico police chief faces challenges of new high-tech crime-fighting and crime)

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