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Science Fiction Book Club
Di, 13. August,19:00 - 21:00
The English Language LGBT Book Club has launched an LGBT Sci-Fi book club group, that will meet once a month.
The LGBT Sci-Fi & Fantasy group of the EnglishLanguage LGBT Book Club Zurich, will discuss this book on 13 August 2024:
„Dhalgren“by Samuel R. Delany
Start early – this is along book (836 pages) – the evening is hosted by Roberto:
In one of the most profound andbestselling science fiction novels of all time, Samuel R. Delany has produced anovel „to stand with the best American fiction of the 1970s“(Jonathan Lethem, bestselling author of Fortress of Solitude ).
Bellona is a city at the deadcenter of the United States. Something has happened there…. The populationhas fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear inthe cloud-covered sky. Into this disaster zone comes a young man—poet, lover,and adventurer—known only as the Kid.
Tackling questions of race,gender, and sexuality, Dhalgren is a literary marvel and groundbreaking work ofAmerican magical realism.
Another description:
A mysterious disaster hasstricken the midwestern American city of Bellona, and its aftereffects aredisturbing: a city block burns down and is intact a week later; clouds coverthe sky for weeks, then part to reveal two moons; a week passes for one personwhen only a day passes for another. The catastrophe is confined to Bellona, andmost of the inhabitants have fled. But others are drawn to the devastated city,among them the Kid, a white/American Indian man who can’t remember his ownname. The Kid is emblematic of those who live in the new Bellona, who are theyoung, the poor, the mad, the violent, the outcast–the marginalized.
As space is limited, it is best toregister on the meetup app, where we will also have a waiting list in case morepeople sign up than we have space for. Register here.
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