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Established 2016

Fantasy & Science Fiction Book Club

​Fantasy & Science Fiction Discussion Group
Final Thursday Every Month
Via Google Meet
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April 2022

4/1/2022

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UPDATE:​ This month's meeting is being pushed back to Thursday, May 5th due to a scheduling conflict that cannot be avoided. Thank you for your understanding & see you next week!
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This month's book club pick is The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson! We will be meeting in an online video chat on Thursday, April 28th at 6:30 pm!

G. Willow Wilson is the author of the acclaimed novel The Bird King (2019), co-creator of the Hugo and American Book Award-winning series Ms Marvel (2013-2018), and has written for some of the world’s best-known superhero comic book series, including The X-Men, Superman and Wonder Woman. Her first novel, Alif the Unseen, won the 2013 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, was a finalist for the Center For Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and was long-listed for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction. In 2015, she won the Graphic Literature Innovator Prize at the PEN America Literary Awards. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. She lives in Seattle.
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So, What's The Book About?

This is a stunning novel that tells the story of Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate of Muslim Spain, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace mapmaker.

Hassan has a secret--he can draw maps of places he's never seen and bend the shape of reality. When representatives of the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to negotiate the sultan's surrender, Fatima befriends one of the women, not realizing that she will see Hassan's gift as sorcery and a threat to Christian Spanish rule. With their freedoms at stake, what will Fatima risk to save Hassan and escape the palace walls?

As Fatima and Hassan traverse Spain with the help of a clever jinn to find safety, The Bird King asks us to consider what love is and the price of freedom at a time when the West and the Muslim world were not yet separate.
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If this sounds like something you would like to read, you can get your copy of the book from the store for 15% off when you order with us: in-store, online, over the phone (828.386.1219), or via email. Our booksellers will be happy to help you get the book in the format that you prefer!

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Starting Monday, April 4th, we will be open to the public Mon-Sat from 11am-7pm so you can pickup orders at the register. However, you can also pickup your book using our pickup basket at the front door or the drive thru window. We're available for pickup Mon-Sat from 9am-7pm (starting April 4th). We simply ask that you call ahead when coming to get your order. We also offer free media mail shipping for orders $30+ and free local delivery (within Boone town limits). Getting your book to you as conveniently as possible is important to us! 
 
Finally, you can add the event to your calendar from ours (check the event page) to get reminders & updates about any changes to the event! 

​Reviews & Interviews

Building a Home of Stories in 'The Bird King' -- NPR.org
G. Willow Wilson Reimagines the Last Days of Moorish Spain -- The New York Times 
Author Talks: G. Willow Wilson with N.K. Jemisin -- NYPL
G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King -- Politics & Prose
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February 2021

1/30/2021

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This month's pick for book club is Mooncakes by Wendy Xu & Suzanne Walker. We will be meeting on Thursday, February 25th at 6:30pm in an online video chat. You can RSVP to the event here. 

Wendy Xu is an award-nominated Brooklyn-based illustrator and comics artist with three upcoming graphic novels from Harper Collins.
She is the co-creator of "Mooncakes", a young adult fantasy graphic novel published in 2019 from Lion Forge Comics/Oni Press. Her work has been featured on Catapult, Barnes & Noble Sci-fi/Fantasy Blog, and Tor.com, among other places. You can find more art on her Instagram:  @artofwendyxu  or
​on Twitter: @angrygirLcomics
Suzanne Walker is a Chicago-based writer and editor. Her academic work has been published in Classical World and Barriers and Belonging. She has spoken widely on topics ranging from disability representation in sci-fi/fantasy to applying the themes of science fiction to everyday political activism. You can follow her on twitter: @suzusaur.

What's the book about?

It's a story of love and demons, family and witchcraft. Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers' bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town.

One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods.

As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place for years, unable to call any townhome. Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the magic of wolves and out of options, Tam turns to Nova for help.

​Their latent feelings are rekindled against the backdrop of witchcraft, untested magic, occult rituals, and family ties both new and old in this enchanting tale of self-discovery.
 
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If this sounds like something you would like to read, you can get your copy of the book from the store for 15% off when you order with us: online, over the phone (828.386.1219), or via email. 

You can pickup your book using our pickup basket at the front door or the drive thru window. We also offer free media mail shipping & local delivery (within Boone town limits). Getting your book to you as conveniently as possible is important to us! 

Finally, you can RSVP on the Facebook event to get reminders & updates about any changes to the event! Do that here!

Reviews & Interviews

Review: Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu -- The Nerd Daily​
Graphic Novel Review: Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu -- The Queerblr
Interview: Wendy Xu & Suzanne Walker reflect on transforming MOONCAKES into a graphic novel -- Comicsbeat.com
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August 2020

8/15/2020

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This month, our book club will be finishing a series we started together and have loved sharing so much. A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab is the final book in the Shades of Magic series. V.E. Schwab has received glowing reviews from the Kirkus Review, the Library Journal, and Publisher's Weekly. Her YA & middle grade novels, published as Victoria Schwab, have also met with accolades from the publishing world. Some of those titles are This Savage Song, The Archived Collection, and City of Ghosts. 

Keep reading to find the summary, reviews of the book, interviews with the author, and info about how to buy your book from us in various formats. 
The summary:
​As darkness sweeps the Maresh Empire, the once precarious balance of power among the four Londons has reached its breaking point.

In the wake of tragedy, Kell―once assumed to be the last surviving Antari―begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Lila Bard, once a commonplace―but never common―thief, has survived and flourished through a series of magical trials. But now she must learn to control the magic, before it bleeds her dry.
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An ancient enemy returns to claim a city while a fallen hero tries to save a kingdom in decay. Meanwhile, the disgraced Captain Alucard Emery of the Night Spire collects his crew, attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible.
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If this sounds like something you'd like to read, you can get your copy of the book from the store by ordering online with a 15% discount through the end of August. This title is also available from our partner, Libro.fm, as a DRM-free audiobook.

You can pickup your book using our pickup basket at the front door or the drive thru window. We also offer free media mail shipping & local delivery (within our delivery area). 


​Reviews & Interviews
"A Conjuring of Light" -- KIRKUS Review
 "In Search of Doors"  -- Pembroke Tolkein Lecture 2018
"An Interview with VE Schwab" -- Forbidden Planet
"A Conjuring of Light" -- Publishers Weekly
"On Creativity and Transparency" -- Bookriot
"A Conjuring of Light" -- Fantasy Book Review
"Enough of the Classic Female Roles in Fantasy" -- Washington Post

​We'll meet online via Google Meetings on Thursday, August 27th at 6:30pm. We want to know what you thought, even if you didn't finish it or if you didn't like it. If you've read the whole series, but not with us, we still encourage you to come chat with us about the book. You can see the Facebook event & RSVP
here. Read on!
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September 2019

9/4/2019

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For September, we decided on a debut novel, Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse. Rebecca is a Nebula, Hugo, and Sturgeon Award Finalist. She has written several short stories published in Apex Magazine and Uncanny Magazine, and is a contributor to several collected works including New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color and Invisible 3: Essays and Poems on Representation in SF. Trail of Lightning is the first book in her The Sixth World series, followed by her newest release, Storm of Locusts. Trail of Lightning received the 2019 Locus Award for Best First Novel.

The story follows Maggie Hoskie, a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last best hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much more terrifying than anything she could imagine. Maggie reluctantly enlists the aid of Kai Arviso, an unconventional medicine man, and together they travel the rez, unraveling clues from ancient legends, trading favors with tricksters, and battling dark witchcraft in a patchwork world of deteriorating technology. As Maggie discovers the truth behind the killings, she will have to confront her past if she wants to survive. Welcome to the Sixth World.
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If this sounds like something you'd like to read, you can get your copy of the book from the store with a 15% discount until the end of September.

Relevant Reviews & Interviews

"Rebecca Roanhorse on Which Aspects of Dine Culture Are Featured in Trail of Lightening" -- Tor.com
"Trail of Lightning" -- Kirkus Review
"Rebecca Roanhorse: From Legend to Fantasy" -- Locus Magazine
"A Breathtaking Native American Urban Fantasy Adventure" -- The Verge
"Rebecca Roanhorse Interview: Natives and the Future" -- Females in Fantasy Podcast
We'll meet at Foggy Pine Books on September 26th at 7:30pm. There will be free wine and snacks for book club members to share.  Bring a friend and come discuss the book with us, even if you weren't able to completely finish it or if you didn't like it. You can see the Facebook event & RSVP here.
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