BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.12//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1273@bethelsudbury.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261123T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261123T210000 DTSTAMP:20261028T171729Z URL:https://www.bethelsudbury.org/events/scifi-fantasy-book-club-infomacra cy-by-malka-older-2/ SUMMARY:Scifi/Fantasy Book Club: Infomacracy by Malka Older DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to our book club as we discuss Infomacracy by M alka Older!\n\nRead \;Infomocracy\, the first book in Campbell Award f inalist Malka Older’s groundbreaking cyberpunk political thriller series The Centenal Cycle\, a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series\, and the novel \;NPR \;called “Kinetic and gripping.”\n\nIt’s bee n twenty years and two election cycles since Information\, a powerful sear ch engine monopoly\, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to gl obal micro-democracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the l ast two elections. With another election on the horizon\, the Supermajorit y is in tight contention\, and everything’s on the line.\n\nWith power c omes corruption. For Ken\, this is his chance to do right by the idealisti c Policy1st party and get a steady job in the big leagues. For Domaine\, t he election represents another staging ground in his ongoing struggle agai nst the \;pax democratica. For Mishima\, a dangerous Information opera tive\, the whole situation is a puzzle: how do you keep the wheels running on the biggest political experiment of all time\, when so many have so mu ch to gain?\n\n\nThis meeting will be on Zoom only. \;\n\nJoin the Jew ish Fantasy &\; Scifi Email List\n\n \;\n\n\nReceive updates on boo k group and other Jewish scifi/fantasy events!\n\n\nEmail (required) *\n\n \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bethelsudbury.org/wp-content/uploads /2026/08/Web-Graphics-2026-2.png CATEGORIES:fantasy and scifi,Home page END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR