The Science Fiction & Fantasy book group will continue virtually using Zoom, an audiovideo conferencing software platform. Please email PRoss@TorranceCA.gov for the invitation and link.

Anthem by Ayn Rand
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM on Zoom

First published in England in 1938, this dystopian novella anticipates the author’s later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In a future dark age of the great “We,” individuals have no name, no independence, no values; they exist only to serve the state. One man alone dares to seek, think, and love—to rediscover the lost word “I.”

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM on Zoom

Cassie, a mild-mannered bookseller in New York City, inherits a book with the magical ability to transport her to any place she envisions. She and her spirited roommate Izzy find themselves entangled with an enigmatic man known as the Librarian, who protects a collection of similarly magical books. Will they succumb to malevolent forces pursuing them?

The Girl With All the Gifts by M. A. Carey
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM on Zoom

In post-apocalyptic England, Melanie, restrained in a wheelchair and heavily guarded by the military, is zombified like other children, yet specially gifted, possessing kindness and a capacity for love which will either save humanity or wipe it out.

Semiosis by Sue Burke
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM on Zoom

“Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but they'll have to survive on the one they found. They don't realize another life form watches...and waits...Only mutual communication can forge an alliance with the planet's sentient species and prove that humans are more than tools."-- Provided by publisher.

A list of previously discussed books may be found here.