November 18, 2023
2023-11-18T14:00:00
Meet to discuss Science Fiction and Fantasy reads on the third Saturday of every month, at 2:00 PM.
Eureka Main Library, Large Meeting Room (to your left as you enter the library lobby)
1313 3rd Street
Eureka, CA 95501
2:00 PM, Eureka Library's Out of This World SF & F Book Club, 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' by Becky Chambers
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Space Opera lovers breathed a sigh of happiness when Becky Chambers' debut novel hit the shelves. This slice-of-life novel of life on a working spaceship is more about the journey than the destination, focusing on the daily relationships of a mixed crew and the social possibilities of life in a connected universe. Chambers imagines beings, genders, social customs and interspecies interactions in a fresh, playful, and hope-filled work with echoes of Ursula LeGuin, Early CJ Cherryh (think the Chanur series), and possibly even Phyllis Gotlieb.
New! Out of This World
BOOK CLUB
Do you love tales of magic, technology, and places that never were? Indulge your imagination with the ‘Out of This World’ Book Club, a new discussion group focused on works of fantasy and science fiction!
Awards for this Work
Winner
2017 Prix Julia Verlanger, awarded annually in France for 'a science fiction work of adventure, fantasy or fantastique'.
2019 Hugo Award for Best Series (with the 2 additional books in the series that had been published by then, 'A Closed and Common Orbit', and 'Record of a Spaceborn Few').
Nominee
in 2016, for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the British Fantasy Awards for Best Newcomer, and Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Novel. In 2015, for the Kitschies Golden Tentacle.
We hope to see you there!