Fellowship in a Ring: A Guide for Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Groups - Softcover

"The tips are helpful; everything from how to organize the meetings to how to break the monotony if things start becoming staid. The lists are comprehensive, and it's hard to imagine anyone not finding something of interest within these pages." - School Library Journal "While book groups are an excellent means of outreach, these idiosyncrasies pose a particular challenge to librarians seeking to facilitate successful groups for fans of these genres. Fortunately, this comprehensive guide comes to the rescue. It is an excellent resource for both novices looking to initiate groups, and veterans seeking to breathe new life into existing factions....Although the book is not specifically aimed toward those who work with teenagers, young adult librarians (and educators that are so inclined) will have no difficulty adapting the suggestions and themes to young adults as needed for a book group, as well as utilizing it as a general collection-development tool. Particularly in these genres, where there is a lack of functional ideas of how to appeal to fans, this manual is indispensable." - VOYA "Intended for discussion-group leaders, this will also be of use to librarians as a collection-development tool and readers'-advisory tool. Recommended." - Booklist

This comprehensive, spirited, and often laugh-out-loud funny handbook will help you start, maintain, or enhance a science fiction and fantasy book group. * Provides discussion questions for 50 specific fantasy and science fiction titles and materials and booklists for 40 different themes of fantasy and science fiction * Offers 100 additional recommended books for discussion * Includes a chronology of science fiction and fantasy history * Presents a glossary of science fiction and fantasy discussion terms * Provides a bibliography of print and online resources for further studies of book groups and the science fiction and fantasy genres