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Join us on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6 pm for the Unknown Universes Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club!


In April, we will be discussing The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis.

Summary:
When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding—complete with a true-believer bridegroom—she can’t help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don’t exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one.

Odder still, her abductor is far from what the popular media have led her to expect, with a body like a tumbleweed and a mass of lightning-fast tentacles. Nor is Francie the only victim of the alien’s abduction spree. Before long, he has acquired a charming con man named Wade, a sweet little old lady with a casino addiction, a retiree with a huge RV and a love for old Westerns, and a UFO-chasing nutjob who is thoroughly convinced the alien intends to probe them and/or take over the planet.

But the more Francie gets to know the alien, the more convinced she becomes that he’s not an invader. That he’s in trouble and she has to help him. Only she doesn’t know how—or even what the trouble is.

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Copies will be available at the University City Library at the Reference Desk.

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This program will be provided by UC Library staff.

Information about this Group

The Unknown Universes Book Club meets monthly to discuss fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction novels, short stories, and novelettes.