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URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sci-fi-fantasy-discussion-group-the-space
 -between-worlds/
SUMMARY:Sci Fi / Fantasy Discussion Group: The Space Between Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Sci Fi / Fantasy Discussion Group: The Space Between Worlds  
 “A punk album\, presenting a world where even our possibilities are colo
 nized. I loved every twisting minute of it." (Alex White\, author of A Bi
 g Ship at the Edge of the Universe)\n\n"Intelligently built\, with clever 
 characters\, surprise twists\, plenty of action\, subtly detailed worlds\,
  and a plot that highlights social and racial inequities in astute prose.
 ” (Library Journal\, starred review)\n\n"[It] remained two steps ahead o
 f my imagination\, rattling it out of complacency and flooding it with col
 or and heat. . . . Profoundly satisfying.” (The New York Times Book Revi
 ew\, Editors’ Choice)\n&nbsp\;\n\nSounds great! So let's read the book t
 hey're talking about: The Space Between Worlds\, by Micaiah Johnson. The w
 orlds of the title are parallel Earths. As Amazon.com says: "Multiverse tr
 avel is finally possible\, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit 
 a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara\, whose paralle
 l selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying - from disease\, turf wa
 rs\, or vendettas they couldn’t outrun. Cara’s life has been cut short
  on 372 worlds in total.\n\n"On this dystopian Earth\, however\, Cara has 
 survived. Identified as an outlier and therefore a perfect candidate for m
 ultiverse travel\, Cara is plucked from the dirt of the wastelands. Now wh
 at once made her marginalized has finally become an unexpected source of p
 ower." Things go wrong on one of the worlds\, and Cara goes undercover in 
 a very sci-fi way.\n\nI couldn't put it down\, and I can't wait to reread 
 it. (That review is by Amy.)\n\nFor extra fun this time\, let's try our ha
 nds at writing sci-fi. Short sci-fi. Very short sci-fi. Wired has a Six-Wo
 rd Sci-Fi prompt each month\; this month's is "A six-word story about your
  next-generation pet." Let's see what we come up with and share them by wa
 y of check-in on the 15th.\n\nHere's the Zoom link.\n\nTo receive reminder
 s of this and future gatherings\, subscribe to the group’s very low-volu
 me e-mail list.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nThe Sci-Fi and Fantasy Discussion Group was 
 meeting via Zoom before it was cool! Lovers of science fiction and fantasy
 \, at UUCPA and beyond\, have been getting together online to talk about b
 ooks\, movies\, and television episodes chosen by the group\, every other 
 month since early 2019. Past books include The Broken Earth Trilogy (N. K.
  Jemisin)\, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein)\, Parable of th
 e Sower (Octavia Butler)\, The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)\,
  Red Moon (Kim Stanley Robinson)\; past television and movies include Arri
 val\, Blink (Doctor Who)\, Serenity and The Train Job (Firefly)\, and The
  Day the Earth Stood Still. 
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