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A Monthly Book Club Discussing New Science Fiction Literature
Starting in 2025 the Takoma Park DC Library will host the ‘Science Friction’ Sci-fi Book Club. Science Friction will meet every third Thursday of the month to discuss recent publications of science fiction.
Science and speculative fiction began as a genre of experimentation, where authors used the genre as a sandbox to play with imagined realities of what our world could be. Our club reads stories that keep the spark of this imagination, and use it to challenge how we think about the world today.
Meetings are In-Person at the Takoma Park Neighborhood Library in the downstairs meeting room. We meet every third Thursday of the month through the end of 2025 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.
All materials are available through the DCPL Catalog in a variety of formats.
Audience: Adults (20+)
“Annihilation” by Jeff Vandermeer - Jan 16, 2025
“Chain-Gang All Stars” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Feb 20, 2025
“The Splinter in the Sky” by Kemi Ashing-Giwa - Mar 20, 2025
“Toward Eternity” by Anton Hur - Apr 17, 2025
“Genesis of Misery” by Neon Yang - May 15, 2025
“The Seep” by Chana Porter - Jun 19, 2025
“An Unkindness of Ghosts” by Rivers Solomon - Jul 17, 2025
“A Memory Called Empire” by Arkady Martine - Aug 21, 2025
“The Centre” by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi - Sep 18, 2025
“Crosshairs” by Catherine Hernandez - Oct 16, 2025
“Love After the End” by Multiple Authors - Nov 20, 2025
“And Then I Woke Up” by Malcolm Devlin - Dec 18, 2025