Works of Douglas Book Club 2023
Are you ready to curl up in your cave and read?
Your flying saucer, Wibrowserfi, has landed on the Works of Douglas Book Club page.
Book club meets every month, on the last Sunday of each month, via Zoom…a celebration of having survived the month. Here’s the recurring meeting information:
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84469249366?pwd=TGZUMkJSbFl3c2VjRkFoOFNmNk1OQT09
Meeting ID: 844 6924 9366
Passcode: ZZ9PZA
We’ll talk about life, the universe, and everything Douglas wrote, and since his works are limited, reading things written about him.
Club participation is voluntary.
Lurkers are welcome.
You’ll get the most out of your wheat germ jar if you join the meetings, share trivia, stories, and your opinion on the best and even better bits of Douglas’s books.
When you came on board Flight 121, you received an invitation to our private Facebook page: The Outside of the Asylum. Participation via Facebook is also completely optional, but each month questions will be posted there about the book up for discussion.
Curious what we’ve already read? Check out the list for 2021 and 2022.
Still have questions? Ask Wonko.
Slouch: Sunday, May 28th
ESSAYS:
Wikipedia: A Genuine H2G2… by Cory Doctorow
The Secret Symbiosis… by Bruce Bethke
42 by Adam Roberts
Every aspect of the science fiction classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is analyzed in a variety of quirky ways in this collection of essays.
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Slouch: Sunday, June 25th
ESSAYS:
A Consideration of Certain Aspects of Vogon Poetry by Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Holy Trinity by Selina Rosen
The Zen of 42 by Marie-Catherine Caillava
Topics include the logistics of the restaurant at the end of the universe, how the Internet is creating the real Hitchhiker’s Guide, an assessment of Vogon poetry, and an analysis of computing.
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Slouch: Sunday, July 30th
ESSAYS:
Loop-Surface Security… by Mark W. Tiedemann
Yes, I Got It by Jacqueline Carey
You Can’t Go Home Again, Damn It!… by Susan Sizemore
The essays are written by both science fiction greats, such as Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Stephen Baxter, Jacqueline Carey, and Alastair Reynolds, and up-and-coming writers.
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Slouch: Saturday, August 26th
ESSAYS:
The Subversive Dismal Scientist… by Vox Day
Lunching at the Eschaton by Stephen Baxter
Digital Watches May Be A Pretty Neat Idea… by A.M. Dellaminica
The essays are written by both science fiction greats, such as Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Stephen Baxter, Jacqueline Carey, and Alastair Reynolds, and up-and-coming writers.
Some of the writers (in this group) are known a$$hats, but that should make for an excellent discussion.
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Slouch: September TBD
ESSAYS:
The Only Sane Man in the Universe by Marguerite Krause
Douglas Adams and the Wisdom of Madness by John Shirley
A Talk With Douglas Adams by John Shirley
The essays are written by both science fiction greats, such as Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Stephen Baxter, Jacqueline Carey, and Alastair Reynolds, and up-and-coming writers.
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Slouch: October TBD
ESSAYS:
Another Fine Mess by Adam-Troy Castro
Words to Live By by Amy Berner
“Goodnight Marvin” by Maria Alexander
The essays are written by both science fiction greats, such as Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Stephen Baxter, Jacqueline Carey, and Alastair Reynolds, and up-and-coming writers.