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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur September book is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. \nBook Summery: \nRyland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate\, last-chance mission—and if he fails\, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now\, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name\, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very\, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home\, with nothing but two corpses for company. \nHis crewmates dead\, his memories fuzzily returning\, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship\, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away\, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-3/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261006T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T170439Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur October book is Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Trulove. \nBook Summery: \nDemeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately\, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures\, as her AI medical system\, Steward\, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders\, and they began when one nasty\, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans. \nTo keep from getting decommissioned\, Demeter must join forces with her own team: A werewolf. An engineer built from the dead. A pharaoh with otherworldly powers. A vampire with a grudge. A fleet of cheerful spider drones. Together\, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil—Dracula. \nThe queer love child of pulp horror and ​classic ​sci-fi\, Of Monsters and ​Mainframes ​is a dazzling\, heartfelt odyssey that probes what it means to be one of society’s monsters—and explores the many types of friendship that make us human.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-4/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261103T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261103T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T172111Z
CREATED:20260821T170529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T172111Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur November book is Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes. \nBook Summery: \nClaire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth\, Claire and her team decide to investigate. \nWhat they find at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora\, a famous luxury space-liner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick trip through the Aurora reveals something isn’t right. \nWhispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora\, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-5/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T172135Z
CREATED:20260821T170804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T172135Z
UID:10003752-1796144400-1796148000@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur December book is Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman \nBook Summery: \nYou know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion\, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth\, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what. \nJoin Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat\, Princess Donut\, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like\, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly\, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show. \nWelcome\, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-6/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270105T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T171019Z
CREATED:20260821T171019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T171019Z
UID:10003753-1799168400-1799172000@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur January book is The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. \nBook Summery: \nSet against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution\, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile\, on Earth\, different camps start forming\, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt\, or to fight against the invasion.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-7/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270202T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T171248Z
CREATED:20260821T171248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T171248Z
UID:10003754-1801587600-1801591200@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur February book is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. \nBook Summery: \nBy 2021\, the World War has killed millions\, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature\, and for people who can’t afford one\, companies build incredibly realistic simulacra: horses\, birds\, cats\, sheep. They’ve even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans could wreak\, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding\, unauthorized androids live among human beings\, undetected. Rick Deckard\, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter\, is commissioned to find rogue androids and “retire” them. But when cornered\, androids fight back – with lethal force.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-8/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270302T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T171345Z
CREATED:20260821T171345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T171345Z
UID:10003755-1804006800-1804010400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur March book is Red Rising by Pierce Brown. \nBook Summery: \nDarrow is a Red\, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds\, he works all day\, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly\, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. \nBut Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. \nInspired by a longing for justice\, and driven by the memory of lost love\, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute\, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste\, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There\, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-9/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270406T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270406T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T171623Z
CREATED:20260821T171623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T171623Z
UID:10003756-1807030800-1807034400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur April book is Cinder by Marissa Meyer. \nBook Summery: \nHumans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space\, a ruthless lunar people watch\, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . \nCinder\, a gifted mechanic\, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past\, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s\, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle\, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom\, loyalty and betrayal\, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-10/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270504T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270504T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T171744Z
CREATED:20260821T171744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T171744Z
UID:10003757-1809450000-1809453600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur May book is The Long Way to a Small\, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. \nBook Summery: \nRosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days\, it offers her a bed\, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy\, and most importantly\, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself\, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew\, including Sissix\, the exotic reptilian pilot\, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running\, and Ashby\, their noble captain. \nLife aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space\, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive\, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust\, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-11/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270601T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270601T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T172006Z
CREATED:20260821T172006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T172006Z
UID:10003758-1811869200-1811872800@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur June book is Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon. \nBook Summery: \nWith nothing but a limping ship and an outdated mask to her name\, Wylla needs a big pay day. When the call goes out that a lucrative piece of tech is waiting on a nearby planet\, she relies on all the swiftness of her prey animal instincts to beat other hunters to it. \nWhat you found wasn’t your ticket out—it was my corpse wearing an AI mask. When you touched the mask\, you heard my voice. A consciousness spinning through metal and circuits\, a bodiless mind\, spun to life in the HAWK’s temporary storage. I crystallized\, and I was alive. \nMasks aren’t supposed to retain memory\, much less identity\, but the woman inside the MARK I HAWK is real\, and she sees Wylla in a way no one ever has. Sees her\, and doesn’t find her wanting or unwhole. \nArmed with military-grade tech and a lifetime of staying one step ahead of the hunters\, Wylla and HAWK set off to get answers from the man who discarded HAWK once before: her ex-husband.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-12/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270706T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270706T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T172037Z
CREATED:20260821T172037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T172037Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. \nBook Summery: \nSo begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800\,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination\, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes…and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine’s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth.  There he discovers two bizarre races—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—who not only symbolize the duality of human nature\, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-13/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270803T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270803T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001483-1817312400-1817316000@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2027-08-03/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270907T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270907T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2027-09-07/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20271005T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20271005T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001485-1822755600-1822759200@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2027-10-05/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20271102T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20271102T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001486-1825174800-1825178400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2027-11-02/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20271207T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20271207T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2027-12-07/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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UID:10001488-1830618000-1830621600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-01-04/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20280201T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20280201T180000
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UID:10001489-1833037200-1833040800@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-02-01/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20280307T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20280307T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
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UID:10001490-1836061200-1836064800@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-03-07/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCIFI.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20280404T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20280404T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001491-1838480400-1838484000@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-04-04/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCIFI.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20280502T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20280502T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001492-1840899600-1840903200@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-05-02/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20280606T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20280606T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
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UID:10001493-1843923600-1843927200@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-06-06/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20280704T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20280704T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001494-1846342800-1846346400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-07-04/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCIFI.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20280801T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20280801T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001495-1848762000-1848765600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-08-01/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCIFI.png
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20280905T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20280905T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001496-1851786000-1851789600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-09-05/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCIFI.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20281003T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20281003T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001497-1854205200-1854208800@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-10-03/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCIFI.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20281107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20281107T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-11-07/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCIFI.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20281205T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20281205T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
UID:10001499-1859648400-1859652000@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2028-12-05/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCIFI.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20290102T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20290102T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2029-01-02/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SCIFI.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20290206T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20290206T180000
DTSTAMP:20260529T181104Z
CREATED:20241119T163855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T181104Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi Book Club is taking over the spot of Tales Retold Book Club. Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur July book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams \nBook Summery: \nSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway\, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect\, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who\, for the last fifteen years\, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. \nTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have”) and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed\, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian\, Zaphod’s girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan)\, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin\, a paranoid\, brilliant\, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig\, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don’t forget to bring a towel!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club/2029-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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