This event will be mainly conducted in Mandarin. For English descriptions, please scroll down or jump to the next heading.
东西联学社热情邀请您参加秋日科幻阅读聚餐会！在金黄的落叶与寒风渐起之际，与志同道合的朋友们一同探索几本引人入胜的科幻小说。这个秋天，让我们一同踏上科技与人性交织的思考之旅，追寻秋夜星空下的无限可能！
自助聚餐+线上线下读书分享
时间： 北美东部时间2023年9月30日(周六)下午6:00（Zoom会议厅7:00打开）
线下活动地点：当天下午5:30可入场。
Party Room, 30 Greenfield Ave, North York
请发邮件至info@eawlc.org报名，并告知参会人数、所带菜肴名称。
线上参与，请点击如下Zoom链接注册：
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcOmsrD0rEtO7ZEFOciuoYz6HgH_p3pvU#/registration
Zoom将在东部时间7:00打开。
无论您选择在线参与还是亲临现场，如欲分享一本自己所爱之书，请填写如下报名表，或发送邮件至info@eawlc.org，附上预计分享的书目和您的姓名。
https://forms.gle/GRCc9SgGejoSyy397
- 参与分享的朋友有机会赢取精美礼品。请注意，分享的内容并不局限于我们推荐的读书清单，您可以自由选择任何您感兴趣的科幻题材进行分享。活动中还将有神秘嘉宾参与。
读书清单
《AI 2041》 – Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan: 十个故事探索人工智能技术对未来社会的影响，引发对伦理和变革的关注。
《呼吸》 – Ted Chiang: 九篇深度思考人性、科技、宇宙与命运的短篇，引领我们进入独特的思想领域。
《列维的圣歌》 – Walter Miller Jr.: 后末日视角，围绕列维科技秩序修道会，探讨人类知识与科技的循环与重生。
《未来部》 – Kim Stanley Robinson: 描绘国际组织“未来部”应对气候危机的奇幻未来，引发我们对地球与人类的深入思考。
《流浪苍穹》 – 郝景芳: 火星独立百年后，代表火星的年轻代表在地球与火星之间迷失，探讨两个世界的文化冲突与融合。
活动日期：2023年9月30日
我们期待与您相聚，共庆中秋佳节和加拿大感恩节，并一起探索科技与人性的美妙交汇！
EAWLC Sci-Fi Pot Luck Evening: The Intersection of Technology and Humanity
EAST AND WEST LEARNING CONNECTIONS warmly invites you to the Sci-Fi Book Sharing and Gathering! In between the Chinese traditional Moon Festival and Canadian Thanksgiving, let’s enjoy each other’s home-made food, company, explore captivating science fiction novels, and embark on a journey interwoven with technology and humanity!
Event details
You are welcome to present a book either online or in person. Or, just relax, listen and/or participate in the discussion.
If you are coming in person, please kindly bring a dish to share. Please RSVP at info@eawlc.org and tell us how many people are coming with you, and what dishes you are bringing.
Time: Saturday, September 30, 2023 @6 P.M. (Zoom meeting starts at 7 P.M.) Eastern Time
In-person Venue: Doors open at 5:30 P.M. Eastern Time
Party Room, 30 Greenfield Ave, North York
Please kindly bring a dish to share. Dinner will start at 6 o’clock.
Online Zoom meeting registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcOmsrD0rEtO7ZEFOciuoYz6HgH_p3pvU#/registration
Zoom will open at 7 P.M. Eastern Time.
For participants who wish to share their reading experience, please fill out below form or send an email to info@eawlc.org, including the title of the book you plan to share and your name.
https://forms.gle/GRCc9SgGejoSyy397
- Participants who present books will have the chance to win a gift! There will also be special guests at the meeting.
Recommended Reading List: ( Feel free to choose otherwise )
AI 2041 by Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan: Ten stories explore the impact of artificial intelligence on future society, prompting attention to ethics and change.
Exhalation by Ted Chiang: Nine short stories deeply consider humanity, technology, the universe, and destiny, leading us into unique realms of thought.
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr.: A post-apocalyptic view centered around the Leibowitz technological order, exploring the cycle and rebirth of human knowledge and technology.
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson: Depicts the fantastical future of the international organization “The Ministry for the Future” in dealing with the climate crisis, prompting deep thoughts about Earth and humanity.
Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang: A hundred years after Mars becomes independent, a young representative from Mars finds herself lost between Earth and Mars, exploring the cultural conflicts and integration between two worlds.
We look forward to meeting you! Let’s explore the wonderful intersection of technology and humanity together.