Utopian Book Collective

For April's film night, by popular demand we will be watching the made-for-TV adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven. Expect very low production standards and picture quality, which only adds to the charm. This is a film adaptation that Le Guin was eminently happy with (unlike Studio Ghibli's efforts with Tales from Earthsea).

We're at Spike Island, bring your own drinks and snacks, be outside at 7pm for me to let you in. For security reasons I'm only allowed to admit people I know to the building so please don't come to this as your first UBC event.

Spike Island Associates and Studio Holders are welcome, please use your own access to enter the building and come to the Associate Space.

Hi folks, the winner for May's book club choice is... Dawn by Octavia Butler!

Lillith awakes in the care of the Oankali, aliens who have swooped in to salvage what they can of humanity after it has nearly extinguished itself in a nuclear war.

Lillith is tasked with awakening her choice of fellow humans from suspended animation to make a new community on Earth, which the Oankali are restoring. However, the Oankali are not benevolent and want to 'trade' for genetic material with the humans, planning that the next generation born on Earth should be human-Oankali hybrids.

Covers oddly similar themes to our previous book around the human condition, the societies we form and what of our behaviour is or isn't inevitable, but does it through disturbing and fascinating dystopian fiction.

Themes: dystopia, the human condition, aliens, body horror, sex, reproduction

Join us for drinks and to discuss this remarkable book.