Announcements

Anouncements and other postings for the Reading Group

Wednesday instead of Tuesday

Last time it was decided to move the meetings to Wednesdays instead of Tuesdays because otherwise Bryony couldn’t attend anymore (and that would take so much of the fun away *g*). Everything else stays the same, the Rummer Tavern, around 6.30 pm, first Wednesday of each month. read on…

April meeting postponed

Sorry for not posting this earlier: The April meeting has been postponed to next week, Tuesday the 14th. So that means more time to read “The Dark Is Rising” and hopefully we find some real thin Sci-Fi book to read for the rest of April.

Books from the Longlist

Books from the Longlist

Since at the last meeting we spoke about whether all of us had one of their proposals chosen as book of the month at least once, I thought I could highlight the books from the longlists a little bit. read on…

September Meeting

Just a quick note to everybody that our September meeting will be on the second Tuesday of the month, as an exception to the usual pattern. So we’re meeting on September the 9th at the usual time in the Rummer Tavern. See you then and have fun with Perdido Street Station.

Welcome

Welcome to the new website of the “Saucers & Dragons” reading group! It has taken a while to get it ready and not everything is finished yet. Have a look around and tell me if anything seems broken or if you miss anything. Also have a look on this page for some information regarding this website.

Next Meetings

August 4th – 6.30 pm
September 1st – 6.30 pm
October 6th – 6.30 pm
November 3rd – 6.30 pm

Book of the Month

Jul 2010: The Caves of Steel

The Science-Fiction book of the month for July 2010 is “The Caves of Steel” by Isaac Asimov (first published in 1954).

Detective Elijah Baley invesitgates the murder of an offworlder in Spacetown. In the opinion of the Spacers, the murder is tied up with recent attempts to sabotage the Spacer-sponsored project of converting Earth to an integrated human/robot society on the model of the Outer Worlds. read on…