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EPL Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club: 2021-2025

The EPL Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club was founded in 2015, and meets the first Wednesday of every month to discuss speculative fiction books that are voted on by group members. Here is part 2 of the history of all the books we have read, covering 2021-2025 - feel free to join us for our upcoming meetings!

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  • Feb. 2021 - a genre-bender in which gods and a future South Africa collide!
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
  • March 2021 - Martha Wells is most famous now for her sci-fi Murderbot series, but The Death of the Necromancer (on of the novels from her Ile-Rien series) shows she is a master of fantasy as well!
    Book, 2024New York : Tom Doherty Associates / Tor Publishing Group, 2024.
  • April 2021 - this classic of feminist science fiction was a challenging and thought-provoking read.
    eBook, 2018[S.I.] : Open Road Media, 2018.
  • May 2021 - Written in 1924, this is one of the early and influential books in the fantasy genre, and went on to inspire many of the most well-known authors today. It also holds up beautifully as a story in its own right.
    Book, 1999New York : Ballantine Publishing Group, 1999.
  • June 2021 - This tour-de-force among graphic novels explores Chicago's Uptown neighborhood in the 1960s and 70s through the eyes of a young girl who identifies with the classic movie monsters she sees on tv. We were fortunate enough to be joined by…
    Graphic Novel, 2016Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2016.
  • July 2021 - this is not a book for the claustrophobic, as it focuses on a cave exploration gone wrong in deep space!
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
  • August 2021 - although only recently translated to English at the time, this allegory for oppressive government and censorship seemed very modern and timely.
    Book, 2019New York : Pantheon Books, [2019]
  • September 2021 - the first in Arkady Martine's award-winning Teixcalaan duology is a political thriller and thought-provoking meditation on colonialism, set in a a space empire based loosely on Aztec civilization.
    Book, 2019New York : Tor, 2019.
  • October 2021 - this classic sci-fi needs almost no introduction, but we read it to prepare for the release of the new movies coming out this month.
    Book, 2010New York : Ace Books, 2010.
  • November 2021 - dystopian feminist sci fi about a world in which women gain the power to kill with a touch, and how they use and abuse that power to reshape society.
    Book, 2017New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
  • December 2021 - this fantasy heist novel is the first in a duology by Bardugo, who has gone on to write a number of popular books and series.
    Book, 2018New York : Square Fish/Henry Holt, 2018.
  • February 2022 - this short story collection from award-winning author N. K. Jemisin gave a fascinating insight into some of her larger works, as well as some stand-alone short stories.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Orbit, 2018.
  • March 2022 - the elevator pitch is "gender-flipped Alexander the Great...in space!"
    Book, 2020New York : Tor, 2020
  • April 2022 - the group all agreed that this was definitely...a book. That had been written. Whether this classic free-love sci-fi novel appeals to you more than it did to us is not for us to say...
    Book, 1987New York : Berkley Pub. Group, 1987.
  • May 2022 - What if the Underground Railroad had a little magic help?
    Book, 2021Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
  • June 2022 - Andy Weir is known for his detailed explorations of how various scientific scenarios and principles might play out in real life, and this book is no exception.
    Book, 2021New York : Ballantine Books, [2021]
  • July 2022 - we just can't get enough of N. K. Jemisin in this group! In this series, cities have avatars that walk among us. A real love letter to NYC, and all of its neighborhoods!
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Orbit, 2020.
  • August 2022 - Really fascinating and well-written alternate history, with compelling characters and deep insight into gender, fate, and how the two intertwine.
    Book, 2021New York : Tor, 2021.