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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 The Bon Accord, North Street). |
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+ | ^When|6:30pm, Wed 19th July 2023| | ||
+ | ^Where|[[https://www.bonaccordpub.com/|Bon Accord]], 153 North Street, Glasgow| | ||
+ | ^Topic|Sci-fi books written by scientists| | ||
+ | ^Meetup link|[[https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/294335809/|meetup.com]] (optional)| | ||
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+ | ==== 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. | ||
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+ | ==== Chat Room ==== | ||
+ | Visit our [[https://glasgow.social/matrix|Matrix chat room]] at **#bookgroup:glasgow.social** | ||
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+ | You can also get notifications about future meetups by joining [[https://www.meetup.com/The-Glasgow-Geeks/|The Glasgow Geeks on meetup.com]]. | ||
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+ | ==== Past Topics ==== | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
- | 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 channel]] #bookgroup:glasgow.social |