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SUMMARY:SciFi & Fantasy Book Club
DESCRIPTION:SciFi & Fantasy Book Club takes a trip to an alternate timeli
 ne with Nisi Shawl's novel about a different future for colonial Africa 
 Everfair. Copies are available in a variety of formats from the library.
  \n\n \n\nFrom the publisher:\n\n"From acclaimed short fiction writer Ni
 si Shawl comes a thought-provoking alternate history set in the Congo\, 
 where heroes strive for a Utopia and endeavor to live together despite t
 heir differences. In this reimagining of Belgium's disastrous colonizati
 on of the Congo\, African American missionaries join forces with British
  socialists to purchase land from the Congo Free State's "owner\," King 
 Leopold II. This land\, which they name Everfair\, is set aside as a saf
 e haven for native populations of the Congo as well as settlers from aro
 und the world\, including dream-eyed Europeans attempting to create a be
 tter society\, formerly enslaved people returning from America\, and Chi
 nese railroad builders escaping hard labor. Using the combined knowledge
  of four continents\, Everfair becomes a land of spying cats and gulls\,
  nuclear dirigibles buoyed by barkcloth balloons\, and silent pistols th
 at shoot poison knives. With this technology\, Everfair will attempt to 
 defeat the Belgian tyrant Leopold II. But even if they can defeat their 
 great enemy\, a looming world war and political infighting may threaten 
 to destroy everything they have built."\n\nSource: Durham County Library
 \nhttps://durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/calendar
LOCATION:Innovation Lab\, Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)\, Innovation L
 ab\, Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)
URL:https://durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/calendar
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