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Driftwood Public Library October 2021 |
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Driftwood Public Library is delighted to announce the schedule of writers for its 18th annual Dark & Stormy Night series for this October. In light of the continuing COVID situation, this year’s series will be virtual. Live events will take place via Zoom at 4 PM on Thursday afternoons in October, beginning October 7th. Most presentations will be recorded for later viewing as well. To join the live Zoom presentation, please contact the library at librarian@lincolncity.org or call 541-996-2277 prior to the event. Recorded presentations will be available on library’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. |
The luminous dead : a novel
by Caitlin Starling
"When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she'd be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck - enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother - meant she'd get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane. Instead, she got Em. Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre's body with drugs or withholding critical information to "ensure the smooth operation" of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre's falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash - and a lash. And Em has secrets, too . . .As Gyre descends, little inconsistencies - missing supplies, unexpected changes in the route, and, worst of all, shifts in Em's motivations - drive her out of her depths. Lost and disoriented, her control giving way to paranoia and anger, Gyre severs her connection with Em and the outside world. On her own in this mysterious, deadly place, surrounded by darkness and the unknown, Gyre must overcome more than just the dangerous terrain and the Tunneler which calls underground its home if she wants to make it out alive - she must confront the ghosts in her own head. But how come she can't shake the feeling she's being followed?"--Publisher description
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Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin StarlingIn Yellow Jessamine, shipping magnate Evelyn Perdanu controls the dying city of Delphinium with trade deals and secrets. But when mysterious sickness sparks death and obsession, all leading back to her, Evelyn's brittle existence is strained to breaking. She retreats to her estate, amidst paranoia and poisonous secrets, intent on rooting out this plague before it destroys everything she has built.
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The dreamers : a novel
by Karen Thompson Walker
The best-selling author of The Age of Miracles presents the story of a student at an isolated Southern California college town who witnesses a strange sleeping illness that subjects patients to life-altering, heightened dreams
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Captain Marvel : Earth's mightiest hero. Vol. 3
by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Captain Marvel heads into space and unwittingly involves herself in a galactic uprising, and when someone from her past tries to blackmail her and turn the Avengers against her, she seeks revenge
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Superman's pal, Jimmy Olsen : who killed Jimmy Olsen?
by Matt Fraction
"Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen is a weird and wild trip throughout the DC Universe, with Silver Age energy and a distinctly modern sensibility courtesy of writer Matt Fraction and artist Steve Lieber! Jimmy Olsen must die! Wait, we're getting ahead of ourselves. Jimmy Olsen lives! Superman's best friend and Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen tours the bizarre underbelly of the DC Universe in this new series featuring death, destruction, giant turtles, and more! It's a centuries-spanning whirlwind of weird that starts in Metropolis and ends in Gotham City"
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The White Death : An Illusion by Gabriel UrzaThe illusionist Benjamin Vaughn is fourteen years old when he dies under mysterious circumstances at the height of his short career. In the wake of his death, the life of this brilliant yet reclusive prodigy known as "The Great Bendini" is meticulously chronicled by an unnamed narrator who encountered Vaughn when he himself was a boy. Set amidst dusty Northern California towns in the 1990s, the narrator--now an academic and father to a son of his own--unfurls a layered testimony that blurs the line between the observer and the observed; between ambitions that have the potential to transcend, and those with the capacity to destroy.Deployed with immersive detail and haunting observations, Gabriel Urza's novella is a heartbreaking examination of adolescence as it collides with the ephemeral nature of time and mortality.
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Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
At the great Cornwall estate of Manderley, Maxim de Winter and his frightened new wife try to live with the haunting legacy of Maxim's first wife, the beautiful and cold Rebecca, who died in a sailing accident
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Death Cafe Our Virtual Death Cafes will be held the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month at 5 pm. Death Cafes began on December 1, 2020 at 5 pm! This month the first one is October 5th and the next one will be on October 19th. A Death Cafe is a space where people drink tea/coffee/beer, eat cake, and talk about death. The idea originates with the Swiss sociologist and anthropologist Bernard Crettaz, who organized the first Cafe Mortal in 2004. Together we will create community around death, dying, and grief. Our Death Cafe will be facilitated by Crystal Akins a Death Doula who lives in Lincoln City, Oregon.
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Driftwood Public Library 801 SW Hwy 101 @201 Lincoln City, OR 97367 (541) 996-2277 |
Phone: 541-996-2277 Email: Librarian@lincolncity.org Library staff are available by phone Monday through Friday from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM |
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