The Freebird Brooklyn Post-Apocalyptic Book Club July Meetup

July 26's discussion is Samuel Delany's Dhalgren. Considered to be one of the science fiction masterpieces of the 20th century (and some argue in any genre), it is set in a fictional Midwestern town, cut off from the rest of the world by an unnamed catastrophe. Wikipedia describes it further: 'The story's protagonist is a nameless drifter who wears only one sandal, shoe, or boot (a signature characteristic of Delany characters). He may be seen as being intermittently schizophrenic: Not only does the novel end in schizoid babble (which recurs at various points in the text), he has memories of a stay in a mental hospital, and his perception of the "changes in reality" sometimes differs from that of the other characters. He also suffers from significant memory loss. But he may also be seen as suffering from epilepsy, because he confuses left and right (he takes wrong turns on street corners and gets lost in the city), a symptom often found in epileptics, and he has seizures.'

Directions: Bergen stop of the F train--approx. 8 blocks to the waterfront (http://www.freebirdbo.... Because of construction on Columbia Street, the B61 bus is not currently stopping in front of the store. But will as of this summer.

Book discussions take place at the store (on the Brooklyn waterfront of Cobble Hill/Red Hook) at 7:30 pm.

Monthly meetings will revolve around a particular post-apocalyptic theme (nuclear annihilation, ecological catastrophe, pestilence, alien invasion...you get the idea).