Fiction Old and New will be discussing an award winning science fiction
novel, "The Bees" by Laline Paull on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 9:00 p.m.
eastern time, 6:00 p.m. pacific time in the Book Nook Room of the
Accessible World site,
<http://www.accessibleworld.org> www.accessibleworld.org
"The Bees" tells the story of Flora 717, a bee who must navigate the world
of the hive in much the same way that people learn to navigate the
environment in which they live. This may be called science fiction but it
should be appealing to all!
Here is the BARD annotation:
The bees DB 80129
Paull, Laline. Reading time 10 hours, 40 minutes.
Read by Nicola Daval.
Subjects: Science Fiction
Description: Flora 717 emerges into the life of a hive situated in an
orchard. She is tasked as a sanitation worker, but slowly works her way up
the hierarchy until she has access to the Queen's inner
sanctum. However, Flora discovers secrets behind the Queen's power and
becomes a threat. 2014
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Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Time: 6:00 PM Pacific, 7:00 PM Mountain, 8:00 PM Central, 9:00 PM Eastern.
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