# Event Details - **Event Name**: People, Planet, & Ideas Book Club: A World Appears - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 04:30 pm (-06:00) - **Event Description**: Join Explore Books for our non-fiction book club meetingAbout this EventJoin us in the cafe upstairs to discuss A World Appears by Michael Pollan. A World AppearsWhen it comes to the phenomenon that is consciousness, there is one point on which scientists, philosophers, and artists all agree: it feels like something to be us. Yet the fact that we have subjective experience of the world remains one of nature’s greatest mysteries. How is it that our mental operations are accompanied by feelings, thoughts, and a sense of self? What would a scientific investigation of our inner life look like, when we have as little distance and perspective on it as fish do of the sea? In A World Appears, Michael Pollan traces the unmapped continent that is consciousness, bringing radically different perspectives—scientific, philosophical, literary, spiritual and psychedelic—to see what each can teach us about this central fact of life.When neuroscientists began studying consciousness in the early 1990s, they sought to explain how and why three pounds of spongy gray matter could generate a subjective point of view—assuming that the brain is the source of our perceived reality. Pollan takes us to the cutting edge of the field, where scientists are entertaining more radical (and less materialist) theories of consciousness. He introduces us to “plant neurobiologists” searching for the first flicker of consciousness in plants, scientists striving to engineer feelings into AI, and psychologists and novelists seeking to capture the felt experience of our slippery stream of consciousness.In Pollan’s dazzling exploration of consciousness, he discovers a world far deeper and stranger than our everyday reality. Eye-opening and mind-expanding, A World Appears takes us into the laboratories of our own minds, ultimately showing us how we might make better use of the gift of awareness to more meaningfully connect with the world and our deepest selves.People, Planet, & Ideas Book ClubWe’ll meet quarterly and explore some of the best non-fiction out there. We give a 20% discount on book club books and 15% off on cafe drinks during the meeting. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/aspen/people-planet-and-ideas-book-club-a-world-appears/100001984477596913 - **Event Categories**: meetups, art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Aspen - **state**: CO - **country**: United States - **location**: Explore Books and Coffee - **lat**: 39.1907955 - **long**: -106.8211299 - **full address**: Explore Books and Coffee, 221 East Main Street, Aspen, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: People, Planet, & Ideas Book Club: A World Appears - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/4356afe31a105eb0cb7a545a8cf3b1efe33c263df7603d130277a510cc3b8144-rimg-w260-h395-dc2a324d-gmir.jpg?v=1773092053 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is People, Planet, & Ideas Book Club: A World Appears being held? - **A:** People, Planet, & Ideas Book Club: A World Appears takes place on Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 04:30 pm at Explore Books and Coffee, 221 East Main Street, Aspen, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing People, Planet, & Ideas Book Club: A World Appears? - **A:** People, Planet, & Ideas Book Club: A World Appears is organized by Explore Books. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "People, Planet, & Ideas Book Club: A World Appears", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/4356afe31a105eb0cb7a545a8cf3b1efe33c263df7603d130277a510cc3b8144-rimg-w260-h395-dc2a324d-gmir.jpg?v=1773092053", "startDate": "2026-06-13T15:00:00-06:00", "endDate": "2026-06-13T16:30:00-06:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/aspen/people-planet-and-ideas-book-club-a-world-appears/100001984477596913", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Explore Books and Coffee", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "221 East Main Street", "postalCode": "81611", "addressLocality": "Aspen", "addressRegion": "CO", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "39.1907955", "longitude": "-106.8211299" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join Explore Books for our non-fiction book club meeting", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-09", "availabilityEnds": "2026-06-13T16:30:00-06:00", "validFrom": "2026-03-09", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/aspen/people-planet-and-ideas-book-club-a-world-appears/100001984477596913" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-09", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-09", "url": "https://allevents.in/aspen/people-planet-and-ideas-book-club-a-world-appears/100001984477596913", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Explore Books", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/explore-books/27162268", "description": "Explore Books, a favorite destination for visitors and locals alike, has been an institution in the Aspen community for 50 years. More than a bookstore, Explore is an intellectual gathering place that embodies the Aspen spirit - where books, ideas and the free-flowing conversation they initiate are part of the environment.We curate a large collection of books that reflect the Body, Mind, and Spirit ethos that makes Aspen so special, including robust literature, biography, history and politics, nature and science, and self-help sections. We also offer a wide array of regional books, books by local authors, an entire room dedicated to children’s literature, and a fantastic array of other items such as cards, journals, and gifts." } ] } ] ```