Sci-Fi Fantasy Book Club (September), 24 September | Event in Mason City | AllEvents

Sci-Fi Fantasy Book Club (September)

Three Bells Books

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Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 at 05:30 pm

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14 S. Commercial Alley, Mason City, IA, United States, Iowa 50401

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Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm (CDT)

14 S. Commercial Alley, Iowa 50401

Three Bells Books, 14 S Commercial Aly, Mason City, IA 50401, United States

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Sci-Fi Fantasy Book Club (September)
Join us for the Sci-Fi Fantasy Book Club! This club will meet once a month, on the 4th Wednesday at 5:30 pm. Our September book is Redshirts by John Scalzi. Meetings last about an hour and discussions are led by one of our staff bookworms. This is a casual, no-commitment book club. There is no fee but we'd appreciate you buying the book club book from us or making another purchase of your choice while you're here. This will help us keep events like this going. Copies of the book are available for purchase now in the store. You can also reserve your copy online here if you like: https://threebellsbooks.com/item/mvAe9UD8MdrIJRkrzNEYSQ

About the book:

Redshirts is John Scalzi’s Hugo Award-winning novel of the starship ensigns who were expendable...until they started comparing notes.

Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on "Away Missions" alongside the starship’s famous senior officers.

Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to realize that (1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien forces, (2) the ship’s senior officers always survive these confrontations, and (3) sadly, at least one low-ranking crew member is invariably killed. Unsurprisingly, the savvier crew members belowdecks avoid Away Missions at all costs. Then Andrew stumbles on information that transforms his and his colleagues’ understanding of what the starship Intrepid really is…and offers them a crazy, high-risk chance to save their own lives.

With a new introduction by Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the Hugo-winning The Calculating Stars.


AWARDS
• 2013 Locus Awards - Winner winner
• 2013 Hugo Award - Winner winner
• 2013 Hugo Award - Nominee
• 2013 Locus Awards - Nominee
• 2012 Romantic Times Book Award long-listed


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Sci-Fi Fantasy Book Club (September), 24 September | Event in Mason City | AllEvents
Sci-Fi Fantasy Book Club (September)
Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 at 05:30 pm