Pop Up Doctor Who Screening: VENGEANCE ON VAROS
Some Doctor Who stories are known for being imaginative and escapist…and others for reflecting on contemporary issues. Vengeance on Varos is one such story. Produced in the mid-1980s, Vengeance on...
View ArticleScience Fiction & Fantasy Book Club #87
For December’s Book Club we will be reading Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1) by James S. A. Corey. Two hundred years after migrating into space, mankind is in turmoil. When a reluctant ship’s...
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For January’s book club, we will be discussing Ursula Le Guin’s classic novel “The Left Hand of Darkness”. Set on a planet whose inhabitants have no fixed sex, the novel explores many questions about...
View ArticleChicago Doctor Who Meetup Pop-Up Screening: LOGOPOLIS
Join us in February for one of the best regeneration stories of the classic era…and a great Fourth Doctor story to boot. It wasn’t the end…but the moment was still prepared for. Join us in February at...
View ArticleScience Fiction & Fantasy Book Club #90
For our March book club selection, we’ll be discussing “A Planet for Rent” by Cuban science fiction author Yoss. From Goodreads: “A critique of Cuba in the nineties, after the fall of the Soviet Union...
View ArticleScience Fiction & Fantasy Book Club #92
For our May book club discussion, we’ll be reading “Ninefox Gambit” by Yoon Ha Lee: a really unusual space combat novel that blurs the lines between fantasy and science fiction. From Goodreads: “When...
View ArticleDoctor Who Viewing Party – THE LIE OF THE LAND
Join Chicago Doctor Who Meetup and Chicago Nerd Social Club for episode three Doctor Who Series 10 at Red Lion Pub in Lincoln Park (accessible via public transportation) for great food, great people,...
View ArticleScience Fiction & Fantasy Book Club #95
For August’s book club will we be reading Embassytown by China Miéville. In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language...
View ArticleScience Fiction & Fantasy Book Club #96
For September’s Book Club we will be discussing The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Author), Ken Liu (Translator). Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project...
View ArticleScience Fiction & Fantasy Book Club #97
For October’s Book Club we will be reading Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. A literary fantasy about love, music and sorcery, set against the background of Mexico City. “Plenty of books use...
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