Geek Bookclub: Of Monsters and Mainframes

Welcome to our Chicago Geek Women Bookclub!! Please join us whether you hate or love the book. If you don't finish it, you are still welcome but expect to be spoiled. The bookclub will meet once a month to discuss the book of that month over dinner.

The book we'll be reading this month is Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove. This month we will be meeting at Jerry's in Lincoln Square.

Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans.

To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team: A werewolf. An engineer built from the dead. A pharaoh with otherworldly powers. A vampire with a grudge. A fleet of cheerful spider drones. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil—Dracula.

The queer love child of pulp horror and ​classic ​sci-fi, Of Monsters and ​Mainframes ​is a dazzling, heartfelt odyssey that probes what it means to be one of society’s monsters—and explores the many types of friendship that make us human.