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| ===== Sci-fi Bookgroup ====== | ===== Sci-fi Bookgroup ====== | ||
| - | We meet once a month (on the 3rd Wednesday in The Bon Accord, North Street) but that has been put on hold this year. Virtual meetups are planned for 2021. | + | We meet once a month (on the 3rd Wednesday in [[https://www.thegamerclub.co.uk|The Gamer Club]], Bath Lane). |
| - | Get notifications about future meetups by joining [[https://www.meetup.com/The-Glasgow-Geeks/|The Glasgow Geeks on meetup.com]] or by visting our [[https://matrix.glasgow.social|Matrix chat room]] **#bookgroup:glasgow.social** ([[https://matrix.to/#/#bookgroup:glasgow.social?via=glasgow.social&via=matrix.org&via=ponies.im|invite link]]) | + | ^When|6:30pm, Wed 19th Feb 2025| |
| + | ^Where|[[https://www.thegamerclub.co.uk|The Gamer Club]], 153 Bath Lane, Glasgow| | ||
| + | ^Topic|Orbital by Samantha Harvey| | ||
| + | ^Meetup link|[[https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/305444932/|meetup.com]] (optional)| | ||
| ==== Format ==== | ==== Format ==== | ||
| We generally choose a topic each month and members are free to pick something along that theme. Then we discuss what we've each read. See the past meetups for examples of previous topics. | We generally choose a topic each month and members are free to pick something along that theme. Then we discuss what we've each read. See the past meetups for examples of previous topics. | ||
| - | ==== Meetups ==== | + | ==== Chat Room ==== |
| - | ^Date^Topic^Link^ | + | Visit our [[https://glasgow.social/matrix|Matrix chat room]] at **#bookgroup:glasgow.social** |
| - | |Wed 21st Nov 2021|[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture|Iain M Bank's The Culture]]|[[https://www.meetup.com/The-Glasgow-Geeks/events/281224883/|meetup.com]]| | + | |
| - | |Wed 15th July 2020|"Novels about remaking the future"|[[https://www.meetup.com/The-Glasgow-Geeks/events/271527066/|meetup.com]]| | + | You can also get notifications about future meetups by joining [[https://www.meetup.com/The-Glasgow-Geeks/|The Glasgow Geeks on meetup.com]]. |
| - | |Wed 18th March 2020|Novels that feature an AI as the protagonist or are written from the AI's point of view|[[https://www.meetup.com/The-Glasgow-Geeks/events/269092627/|meetup.com]]| | + | |
| - | |Wed 19th Feb 2020|[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hive_mind|Hive minds]]|[[https://www.meetup.com/The-Glasgow-Geeks/events/267776826/|meetup.com]]| | + | ==== Past Topics ==== |
| - | |Wed 20th Nov 2020|Space Opera|[[https://www.meetup.com/The-Glasgow-Geeks/events/265526110/|meetup.com]]| | + | * Jun 2023 - Joe Haldeman novels |
| + | * May 2023 - Post apocalyptic novels | ||
| + | * Jul 2022 - Murder/mystery or detective sci-fi novels | ||
| + | * May 2022 - Modern (2010+) dystopian novels | ||
| + | * Apr 2022 - Your favourite sci-fi story | ||
| + | * Mar 2022 - Adrian Tchaikovsky | ||
| + | * Nov 2021 - Iain M Banks' The Culture | ||
| + | * Jul 2020 - Novels about "remaking the future" | ||
| + | * Mar 2020 - Novels that feature an AI as the protagonist, or are written from the AI's point of view | ||
| + | * Feb 2020 - Hive minds | ||
| + | * Nov 2020 - Space Opera | ||