Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students,
REMINDER: The Clarkson University Libraries Golden Knights Novel Chat will kick off the semester with A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan tomorrow at 6 pm via Zoom.
The novel chat group meets roughly once per month to discuss a book chosen by the group. We’re very casual; no advance commitment or expectation that you will attend every month! Come when the book interests you.
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From Amazon:
Marie Brennan begins a thrilling new fantasy series in A Natural History of Dragons, combining adventure with the inquisitive spirit of the Victorian Age.
You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the study of dragons itself. But such study offers rewards beyond compare: to stand in a dragon’s presence, even for the briefest of moments—even at the risk of one’s life—is a delight that, once experienced, can never be forgotten. . . .
All the world, from Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, know Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world’s preeminent dragon naturalist. She is the remarkable woman who brought the study of dragons out of the misty shadows of myth and misunderstanding into the clear light of modern science. But before she became the illustrious figure we know today, there was a bookish young woman whose passion for learning, natural history, and, yes, dragons defied the stifling conventions of her day.
Here at last, in her own words, is the true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, her prospects, and her fragile flesh and bone to satisfy her scientific curiosity; of how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable eccentricities; and of her thrilling expedition to the perilous mountains of Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic discoveries that would change the world forever.
Past reads have included The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, Circe by Madeline Miller, and New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson. For a full list of what we read last year, click here.
If you cannot make it to this meeting, but want to be included in future meetings, email Public Services Librarian Lisa Hoover at lhoover@clarkson.edu.
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