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X-WR-CALNAME:Book Discussion: The World Without Us in Washington DC at
	 Postal code 20001\, United States - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Book Discussion: The World Without Us
DESCRIPTION:  Discuss Alan Weisman's "The World Without Us" with the V
	SDC Book Club. The New Yorker says: "Teasing out the consequences of a
	 simple thought experiment--what would happen if the human species wer
	e suddenly extinguished--Weisman has written a sort of pop-science gho
	st story\, in which the whole earth is the haunted house. Among the hi
	ghlights: with pumps not working\, the New York City subways would fil
	l with water within days\, while weeds and then trees would retake the
	 buckled streets and wild predators would ravage the domesticated dogs
	....After thousands of years\, the Chunnel\, rubber tires\, and more t
	han a billion tons of plastic might remain\, but eventually a polymer-
	eating microbe could evolve\, and\, with the spectacular return of fis
	h and bird populations\, the earth might revert to Eden." Special Sund
	ay afternoon meeting to avoid conflict with Thanksgiving holiday. At t
	his meeting we also vote for two upcoming books. To participate just r
	ead at least half the book -- and RSVP at least two days before the me
	eting. We'll meet at a vegetarian restaurant in DC. People who RSVP "y
	es" will get the location information\, or use the form at www.vsdc.or
	g/book.html to get more details.\n
LOCATION:Postal code 20001\, United States @ Washington, District of C
	olumbia 20001 United States
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