Discuss classic ebooks with other readers. Contact Lissa at classicsmodern@tscpl.org for help with the Zoom link, Facebook group or questions. Click event title for Zoom links.
Talk face-to-face on Zoom at either session, Tuesday evening, 7-8 pm or Wednesday afternoon, 2-3 pm.
Read and discuss the short story "When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis" by Annalee Newitz. This Sturgeon Award-winning short story, about a disease surveillance robot whose social programming gets put to the test, originally appeared on Slate, December 19, 2018, and was later anthologized in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 edited by Carmen Maria Machado and John Joseph Adams and Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow (2019) from Unnamed Press.
Read the story on Slate's website. A text and audio version are available from Escape Pod. This short story also appears in two print collections in the library's collection.
Interact with other readers by posting and commenting on the Classics Made Modern Facebook group.
Email classicsmodern@tscpl.org to receive regular updates about group including Zoom links.
Check the upcoming schedule for short story, book or play titles.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Books/Authors/Writing |
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