Here’s the thing: I really like science fiction. And I like that other people also like science fiction.

So, here’s a book club: Infinity and Beyond (because I am a sucker for having clever names for things). We physically meet at 6 p.m. on the last Thursday of every month at the Almond Library,and I attempt to post the revelations from said meeting here shortly thereafter for further discussion. The plan is to focus mostly on science fiction (June’s book is I, Robot and July’s is Ender’s Game), but I’m sure bits and pieces of the other flavors of speculative fiction will drift onto the reading list now and then. (Sorry that most of that is also in the “About” page.)

But I’m very new to this. And Infinity and Beyond only just had its first meeting last week, so you’ll have to excuse this post’s incredible lack of content – there isn’t all that much to report. We came up with a short book list, ate some cookies, got to know each other a bit, and agreed that we’d like to see more optimism in our science fiction. (Social commentary is all well and good, but post-apocalyptic dystopia gets tiresome.)

So here’s to new things, good books, and brighter futures.