Hello Folks,
A small meeting this time on 8/8/24, but we had a good discussion all the same.
We also decided on a book for the club to read to talk about at our September 12 meeting, Singularity’s Ring by Paul Melko.
There’s a version on BARD at:
https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB68913
and a Publisher Quality version on Bookshare at:
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/6089549
The BARD synopsis reads:
Earth’s population changes after surviving cataclysm, leaving two types of humans–singletons and pods. Apollo Papadopulos, a mind pod of five genetically engineered humans, shares combined thoughts while competing with other pods to win command of the starship Consensus. But someone has other plans for Apollo.
The Bookshare synopsis reads as follows:
The debut novel from an exciting new voice in SF—about what happens after ninety percent of humanity leaves Earth. There is an artificial ring around the Earth and it is empty after the Singularity. Either all the millions of inhabitants are dead, or they have been transformed into energy beings beyond human perception. Earth’s population was reduced by ninety percent. Human civilization on Earth is now recovering from this trauma and even has a vigorous space program. Apollo Papadopulos is in training to become the captain of the starship Consensus. Apollo is a unique individual in that he/she/it is not an individual at all, but five separate teenagers who form a new entity. Strom, Meda, Quant, Manuel, and Moira are a pod, as these kinds of personalities are called, genetically engineered to work as one and to be able to communicate non-verbally. As a rare quintet, much relies on the successful training of Apollo, but as more accidents occur, the pod members struggle just to survive.
Come to our meeting and let us know what you think of this one.
Evan
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