The next meeting of the Science Fiction Club will be on Thursday, July 11, 2009 in the Bookshare Community Room at: Time: 6 PM Pacific, 7 PM Mountain, 8 PM Central, and 9 PM Eastern time. This month, we are reading The Unreasoning Mask by Philip José Farmer--a "far future space adventure", according to the dust jacket; available on tape from NLS under book number RC 65577, and also for digital download at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/db.65577 Also available from Bookshare at: http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/5507/The%2BUnreasoning%2BMask%20?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9rZXl3b3JkPXBoaWxpcCBqb3NlIGZhcm1lciY%3D#mainContent Unfortunately, however, it is listed as only Fair. Here is the synopsis from the dust jacket: The Unreasoning Mask is the story of Ramstan, captain of al-Buraq, a rare model starship. It is capable of alaraf drive: instantaneous travel between two points of space. Three of these special ships were built to explore and make contact with the many sentient races inhabiting the universe. Suddenly, one of the ships mysteriously disappears. And then it is discovered that an unidentifiable "creature" is marauding through the universe, totally annihilating intelligent life on planet after planet. Ranstan, a thoughtful and moral man, becomes a fascinated yet reluctant pawn in the hands of the strange forces which arise to fight the deadly destroyer. Ultimately, he is the one man who, in a fearful race against time, can stop the destruction. But what price must he pay for becoming the savior of intelligent-kind? The Unreasoning Mask is Farmer at his best--fast-paced, complex, slightly mystical, high-action adventure. Hope to see lots of people there! Evan