OutWorldReaders, our book discussion group, meets at 1 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month (except in months in which we don't meet) at the Midtown home of Pete and Tim, two of our members. Novels to read are suggested and then selected by members. Originally, we required that novels we considered include some substantial queersexual content. However, we have found over the course of our readings that there are few novels that have such content, that fall into the fantasy, science-fiction, or horror genre, and that are worth reading. Consequently, we've opened up our selection process to any novel of interest, but we are always on the lookout for a good, queersexual text.
Anyone is welcome to attend! Some books (and our subseqent discussion of them) may not be suitable for minors.
Please contact Wm S Boozer at 3dollarwm@gmail.com to obtain more information or to join the group's mailing list!
Our book for December
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
You can order the book from Amazon using the link at the bottom of this page. Please do!
At our last meeting
Titan by John Varley
While the writing here was a bit more stilted than Varley's more recent work, we found the story of the captain of an Earth ship who has been taken (along with her crew) aboard an alien vessel orbiting Saturn interesting and enjoyable. The Titanides' wondering how humans could stay balanced on just two legs was hilarious. While this is a science fiction novel, it includes many fantasy elements.
Past Readings
Listed below are the books we've read since we began in 2003. In bold are the
ones that, generally, we would recommend to someone interested in the book's
genre.
| 2009 |
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| November |
John Varley |
Titan |
| October |
M. Christian |
Running Dry |
| September |
Kevin Roose |
The Unlikely Disciple |
| August |
Elizabeth Bear |
Undertow |
| July |
Steve Pierce |
World without Winter |
| June |
Manna Francis |
Mind Fuck |
| May |
Christopher Rice |
The Snow Garden |
| April |
Gregory Maguire |
Wicked
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| March |
Anthea Ingram |
Sebastian's Tangibles |
| February |
Clive Barker |
Sacrament |
| 2008 |
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| December |
J. L. Langley |
Without Reservations |
| November |
Thomas M. Disch |
On Wings of Song |
| October |
Ginn Hale |
Wicked Gentlemen |
| September |
Richard K. Morgan |
Altered Carbon |
| August |
Mary Renault |
The Last of the Wine |
| July |
Lee Thomas |
The Dust of Wonderland |
| June |
D. Jordan Redhawk |
On Azrael's Wings |
| May |
Maria McCann |
As Meat Loves Salt |
| April |
Tanith Lee |
Death's Master |
| March |
Daniel Tammet |
Born on a Blue Day |
| February |
Perry Moore |
Hero |
| January |
Carrie Vaughn |
Kitty and the Midnight Hour |
| 2007 |
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| December |
Johanna Sinisalo |
Troll: A Love Story |
| November |
Jesse Hajicek |
The God Eaters |
| October |
Kim Harrison |
Dead Witch Walking |
| September |
Steve Berman |
Vintage |
| August |
Kazuo Ishigura |
Never Let Me Go |
| July |
Elizabeth Bear |
Carnival |
| June |
Joseph Conrad |
The Secret Sharer |
| May |
Brandon Sanderson |
Elantris |
| April |
Jim Grimsley |
The Ordinary |
| March |
David Gerrold |
The Man Who Folded Himself |
| February |
Guy Hocquenghem |
Love in Relief |
| January |
Katie Waitman |
The Merro Tree |
| 2006 |
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| December |
Laura Underwood |
Ard Magister |
| November |
Selina Rosen |
Strange Robby |
| October |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
The Curse of Chalion |
| September |
Nalo Hopkinson |
The Salt Roads |
| August |
Philip K. Dick |
A Scanner Darkly |
| July |
Donna McMahon |
Dance of Knives |
| June |
Joe Haldeman |
Camouflage |
| May |
P. M. Butler |
The Mystery of the 13th Volume |
| April |
Fiona Patton |
The Stone Prince |
| March |
Jeffrey Eugenides |
Middlesex |
| February |
David Brin |
Glory Season |
| January |
Samuel R. Delany |
The Motion of Light in Water |
| 2005 |
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| December |
Laurie K. Marks |
Fire Logic |
| November |
John M. Curlovich |
The Blood of Kings |
| October |
Nicola Griffith |
Ammonite |
| September |
Laurie A. King |
A Grave Talent |
| August |
Mary Renault |
The Persian Boy |
| June |
Theodore Sturgeon |
Venus Plus X |
| May |
Robin Roberts |
Sexual Generations: Star Trek, the Next Generation, and Gender |
| April |
Mary Gentle |
Grunts |
| March |
Poppy Z. Brite |
Lost Souls |
| February |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
Ethan of Athos |
| January |
Mercedes Lackey |
Magic‰Ûªs Pawn |
| 2004 |
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| December |
Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel (Eds.) |
Bending the Landscape: Horror |
| November |
Octavia Butler |
Lilith‰Ûªs Brood |
| October |
Camille Bacon-Smith |
Science Fiction Culture |
| September |
Beth Hilgartner |
A Business of Ferrets |
| August |
Pat Murphy |
Nadya: The Wolf Chronicles |
| July |
Eleanor Arnason |
Ring of Swords |
| June |
Terry Pratchett |
Monstrous Regiment |
| May |
Rick R. Reed |
A Face Without a Heart |
| April |
Melissa Scott |
Shadow Man |
| March |
Jacqueline Carey |
Kushiel‰Ûªs Dart |
| February |
Sarah Waters |
Affinity |
| January |
Ursula K. LeGuin |
The Left Hand of Darkness |
| 2003 |
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| October |
Margaret Weis |
Mistress of Dragons |
| September |
Michael Schiefelbein |
Vampire Vow |
| August |
Maureen F. McHugh |
China Mountain Zhang |
| June |
Lynn Flewellyn |
Luck in the Shadows |
| May |
Clive Barker |
Cold Heart Canyon |
| April |
Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel (Eds.) |
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction |
| March |
Storm Constantine |
Sign for the Sacred |
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