[bookshare-discuss] Re: [Scifi] Next Meeting of the Science Fiction Club, Thursday, May 10, 2012

Hey all, this was a great book come on in and discuss it with us.
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Hello Folks,
Another good turnout at our most recent meeting. However the book we read, Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt, received decidedly mixed reviews. Our next book is a classic, The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. 
The Next meeting of the Science Fiction Club will be on Thursday, May 10, 2012.
Place, Book Nook at:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e <http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e> 
Time: 9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific, and 01:00 UTC.
The book we're reading this month is The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester.
Available from Bookshare at:
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/30412 <http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/30412> 
and from BARD at:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.18912 <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.18912>
Here's the BARD annotation:
In a grotesque future where men have acquired the
ability of instant teleportation, Gully Foyle, a common
rogue, vows to track down the men who left him to die in a
wrecked space ship. In doing so, he becomes the pathfinder of
man's destiny among the stars. 1956.
Here's Bookshare's long synopsis:
The Stars My Destination is a 260 page classic science Fiction novel written by Alfred Bester and first published in 1956. The Summary by Vintage Books reads as follows: A trailblazing novel of interplanetary intrigue and adventure that pits a solitary renegade against the empire builders of the next millennium. Education: none, skills: none, merits: none, recommendations: none." So reads Gully Foyle's Merchant Marine card. But Gully has managed to survive for 170 days in the airless purgatory of deep space and to escape to Terra with a murderous grudge and a secret that could change the course of history. In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men-and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction. A MAIN SELECTION OF THE SCIENCE FICTION 
BOOK CLUB
This is a classic, so hope to see lots of people at the next meeting to talk about it. 
Evan
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