Book Club Discussion

"Permutation City: A Novel" by Greg Egan

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

6:00pm - Webinar via Zoom

Please join us for our next book club session on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025 at 6:00pm, according to our regular cadence on the third Tuesday of each month.

There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Registration deadline Monday, Jan 20 @ 5:00 pm. We welcome members from any Harvard Club to join us.

We look forward to you joining us for meaningful conversation, great company, and new experiences! To participate in the book club, please sign up via the button below to register for the event, order the book on your own, and read it in time for our group discussion.

Many thanks to our Book Club Steering Committee for their efforts in establishing this new Harvard Club of Miami activity: Jason Wong AB'10, Lynda Richards, PMD'81, Rob Rosen AB '74, JD '79 and Judith Rood Traum AB'62.

ABOUT OUR BOOK

The good news is that you have just awakened into Eternal Life. You are going to live forever. Immortality is a reality. A medical miracle? Not exactly.

The bad news is that you are a scrap of electronic code. The world you see around you, the you that is seeing it, has been digitized, scanned, and downloaded into a virtual reality program. You are a Copy that knows it is a copy.

The good news is that there is a way out. By law, every Copy has the option of terminating itself, and waking up to normal flesh-and-blood life again. The bail-out is on the utilities menu. You pull it down...The bad news is that it doesn't work. Someone has blocked the bail-out option. And you know who did it. You did. The other you. The real you. The one that wants to keep you here forever.

When ordering books, we encourage our members to support local business if convenient. Thanks to Rob Rosen (AB ’74, JD ’79), we have secured a 20% discount on book club readings with Books & Books by utilizing the "HARVARD" promo code. You can order the hardcover or eBook editions from Books and Books HERE.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please reach out directly to our committee chair Jason Wong AB'10

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