For our January pick we chose Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott. This classic little story, first published in 1884, is “an odd, amusing and still provocative fantasy. The narrator is a Square who lives in a world of two dimensions, and whose vision of a third gets him into grave trouble with the authorities.” This “masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years” and now it is our turn to give it a try.
This book is available from Project Gutenberg. Find it here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/201. It is also an always available book from the Overdrive collection. Find that copy here: lapl.overdrive.com/library/available/media/784579. You can also get in touch with me at ayosco@lapl.org for a physical copy of the selected book, while supplies last, if you prefer.
The plan is for everyone to obtain a copy and spend the first couple of weeks of January reading. I will begin posting questions to discuss on the group’s web bulletin board space on January 13 and will add a new question each day until January 23 (our regular meeting day). I encourage members to log on each day to answer the day’s question as well as review, and respond to, the answers other members provided for the previous days questions. We will then meet via video-conference on January 23 at 3:00.
If you’re not already a member of our web bulletin board space email me at ayosco@lapl.org. I will send you the details you need to know to sign yourself up.
Make a note: if you plan to join the video-conference you’ll need to send an email to ayosco@lapl.org so I can get the conference link to you.
