For posterity: Correspondence from our first Book Qlub 1, where we read Left Hand of Darkness. We didn't actually make it to the Pig and the Whistle; we met up in the middle of the week in front of the Jewish museum. It was nice and sunny out!
We pretty much all agreed it was a great book, and we had a very stimulating conversation on gender and Shifgrethor.
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Hey Folks,
This Sunday, May 16th, we're going to have our first sci-fi book club to discuss "Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. LeGuinn. Let's meet at 6:30 the Pig and Whistle on 2801 Geary at Masonic.
Following book club will be an entertaining, fast paced, high competition game of quiz night, also at the Pig and Whistle. So even if you haven't read the book, feel free to join us for some teambuilding...or destroying if you're thinking of the other teams that we will devastate with our trivia knowledge.
Oh yeah, and come with ideas for our next book.
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Summation:
Well, successful book club, gang. It was a bit brief, I felt we could have talked about gender, saving face, foretelling, mysticism, and aliens all day long. My thoughts are that we need more time and some beers/wine/jamesons to really get the conversation going. So, I'm thinking no more lunch time book clubs. As far as bourbon and branch, I really want to check it out, but I've heard that the library area is small and impacted and that we would need a reservation for a table, which I'm not against, but I'm just saying, it might not be as lacks as meeting at an empty bar. Things to keep in mind.
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