March 2024

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Post Holiday Greetings Everyone:

Now that the most frigid days of winter appear behind us, we only have the dreary, rainy days of February left to keep us all inside...and hopefully reading. Our choice for next month is the novella: "The Mimicking of Known Successes" by Malka Older.

Author Bio: Malka Older is an academic and humanitarian worker who has also published several novels, some eBooks, and short fiction. She is probably best known for her "Centenal Cycle Trilogy," which composes the novels "Infomocracy," "Null States," and "State Tectonics." The latter of which won her a Prometheus Award in 2019. In addition, Older was also a 2017 finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

When a man goes missing on a remote outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, Investigator Mossa is sent to investigate how the impossible has somehow become possible. She traces the missing man back to Valdegeld, home to its university. While there, Mossa reconnects with a past love, Pleiti, who has dedicated her life to researching the ecosystems of a pre-collapsed Earth, aiding the effort towards one day returning life to the planet. When Mossa requests her help in the investigation, she is pulled into a mystery with more profound consequences than just one missing man and their damaged relationship...the future of Earth is at stake.

Book: "The Mimicking of Known Successes"

Author: Malka Older

Info: When a man goes missing on a remote outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, Investigator Mossa is sent to investigate how the impossible has somehow become possible. 

Availability: It is a relatively new book and is only available on hardback. However, It is also available for purchase as an Audible book and for the Kindle (it could also work with other digital systems) and for your listening pleasure via an audio CD set. However, local libraries, Amazon.com, aLibris.com, Bookshop.org, and others of their ilk should be able to provide access to the story via print, digital, or audiobook.

Format: Print: Hardback; Digital, Audible and Audio CD

Date: 18 March 2024

Time: 1800 - 2000 (6:00 - 8:00 p.m.)

Location: Zoom

If anyone has trouble locating the reading, please drop the moderators a line via our official website, the Facebook Group page, or reply to this email.

Keep positive Spring-like thoughts in mind until we meet in a week!

-Moderators Jess & Beth