ooks, short stories and written fiction are the lifeblood of the genre for many fans. Here you'll find material of interest to readers of the written word, gay, straight, and in-between!

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Lambda Sci-Fi Monthly Book Discussion Group

Next Meetings:

Thursday, July 24
7:30 PM (doors open 7:00 PM), at Peter & Rob's house
Sandman: The Doll's House, by Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, and Malcolm Jones III

Thursday, August 28
7:30 PM (doors open 7:00 PM), at Peter & Rob's house
Undertow, by Elizabeth Bear

Thursday, September 25
7:30 PM (doors open 7:00 PM), at Peter & Rob's house
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
Howl's Moving Castle, directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Thursday, October 23
7:30 PM (doors open 7:00 PM), at Peter & Rob's house
Vintage, by Steve Berman

More Information:

Our book discussions have generated lively and thoughtful conversations on genre works since January 1999. Each meeting is facilitated by a book club member who has volunteered to lead the discussion of a particular book. If this sounds interesting to you, please join us at a future discussion.

Meetings begin at 7:00 PM with discussion beginning around 7:30 PM on the day in question (usually the fourth Thursday of the month) at the home of Rob and Peter, 1425 S Street NW, Washington, DC, within walking distance of both the U Street-Cardozo Metro station on the Green line, and the Dupont Circle station on the Red line. For more detailed directions, contact Rob.

You can also visit the Book Discussion Group Archives for a list of previously discussed works and prepared questions from many of our previous discussions.

Other Written Work Related Information

Our Recommended Reading List appears in the Science Fiction Resource Guides list of on-line resources! Members of Lambda Sci-Fi have listed works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror that deal positively with themes of alternative sexuality or feminism. We also maintain a list of Other Books of Note recommended by non-members of LSF.

The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given each year to works in science fiction, fantasy or horror that deal positively with themes of alternative sexuality.

The Lambda Literary Award is given each year by the Lambda Book Report to selected books in numerous categories that deal positively with themes of alternative sexuality or feminism.

The collected Book Reviews come from Lambda Sci-Fi's newsletters.

We also maintain Links of Interest to the literary minded.

We are Amazon Books Associates and a Lambda Rising Affiliate. Jump directly to Lambda Rising or Amazon.com from our site to purchase books with these symbols. The rainbow triangle symbol will take you to independent GLBT bookseller Lambda Rising - and the "A" river symbol will take you to Amazon.com. Many of the books from our Book Discussion Group, on our Lambda Sci-Fi Recommends Book List, our listing of Lammy Nominees, and in our reviews are available for purchase through Amazon.com and Lambda Rising. Simply click on the icon next to the title and you will be transported directly to your chosen bookseller's catalogue listing for that book. Add the book to your shopping cart and return to Lambda Sci-Fi's book section on our website. Once you have made your final book selection at the bookseller's site, place your order and they'll do the rest. For each book linked, we've chosen the least expensive standard edition (usually paperback).