Booze and Lasers Book Club

Booze & Lasers meets on the third Monday of every month to discuss a science fiction or fantasy book.

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Past reads include:

To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel) By Connie Willis Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780553575385
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Bantam - December 1st, 1998

From Connie Willis, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, comes a comedic romp through an unpredictable world of mystery, love, and time travel . . .


The Stars My Destination By Alfred Bester Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781876963460
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Ipicturebooks - June 30th, 2011

#5 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written.


Far from the Light of Heaven By Tade Thompson Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780759557918
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Orbit - October 26th, 2021

“Simultaneously brutally grounded and wildly imaginative.” —Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award winner

A tense and thrilling vision of humanity’s future in the chilling emptiness of space from rising giant in science fiction, Arthur C.


Piranesi By Susanna Clarke Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781635577808
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - September 28th, 2021

New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
World Fantasy Awards Finalist


The instant New York Times bestselling novel from the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic book set in a dreamlike alternative reality.


Light From Uncommon Stars By Ryka Aoki Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250789082
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Tor Books - July 26th, 2022

Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.


Master of Poisons By Andrea Hairston Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250260567
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Tordotcom - August 31st, 2021

“This is a prayer hymn, a battle cry, a love song, a legendary call and response bonfire talisman tale. This is medicine for a broken world." —Daniel José Older

Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in Master of Poisons


NEW MATERIAL FOR A NEW EDITION!


The Carpet Makers By Andreas Eschbach Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9780765314901
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Tor Books - February 21st, 2006

Since the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime.

This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself.


The Vanished Birds: A Novel By Simon Jimenez Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593129005
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Del Rey - January 26th, 2021

A “highly imaginative and utterly exhilarating” (Thrillist) debut that is “the best of what science fiction can be: a thought-provoking, heartrending story about the choices that define our lives” (Kirkus Reviews, Best Debut Fiction and Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year).


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Lagoon By Nnedi Okorafor Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781481440882
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Gallery / Saga Press - February 2nd, 2016

It’s up to a famous rapper, a biologist, and a rogue soldier to handle humanity’s first contact with an alien ambassador—and prevent mass extinction—in this novel that blends magical realism with high-stakes action.

After word gets out on the Internet that aliens have landed in the waters outside of the world’s fifth most populous city, chaos ensues.


Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky) By Rebecca Roanhorse Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534437685
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Gallery / Saga Press - June 29th, 2021

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the “engrossing and vibrant” (Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby) first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic.

A god


Diaspora: A Novel By Greg Egan Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781597805421
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Night Shade - January 6th, 2015

A quantum Brave New World from the boldest and most wildly speculative writer of his generation.


For the Wolf (The Wilderwood #1) By Hannah Whitten Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316592789
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Orbit - June 1st, 2021

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION!

The first daughter is for the Throne.

The second daughter is for the Wolf.

An instant NYT bestseller and word-of-mouth sensation, this dark, romantic debut fantasy weaves the unforgettable tale of a young woman who must be sacrificed to the