Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Brandon Sanderson's "The Rithmatist"

At our January 21st, 2014 Book Discussion meeting, 9 of our club members and/or associates discussed author Brandon Sanderson's young adult fantasy novel, "The Rithmatist". Sanderson, a recent Hugo-award winner, grew up in Lincoln, NE and was the short-story contest winner at Andromeda One, as well as the Author Guest of Honor at the first ConStellation NE, both Lincoln-based conventions.

If you're a Star Base Andromeda member who has read this novel but were not able to attend our discussion, and you would like to offer up your opinion, please share your thoughts here with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your comments, please give "The Rithmatist
" a score, from 1 to 10 (10 best) and identify yourself by name in your comments. Although we currently only add rating scores to our website for local members and associates who participated in the original discussion or were unable to attend the discussion due to scheduling issues, we would be curious to see how your opinion compares to ours!

If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to share your opinion here, too.

Thank you for participating! What did you think of "
The Rithmatist"?

Join us on February 25th, 2014 for our next genre book discussion: Anne McCaffrey's classic novel "The Ship Who Sang".

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: 1929-1964

At our December 10th, 2013 Book Discussion meeting, 8 of our club members and/or associates discussed the legendary anthology, "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1: 1929-1964", one of the best known collections of science fiction short stories of all time.

If you're a Star Base Andromeda member who has read this anthology but were not able to attend our discussion, and you would like to offer up your opinion, please share your thoughts here with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your comments, please give "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1: 1929-1964
" a score, from 1 to 10 (10 best) and identify yourself by name in your comments. Although we currently only add rating scores to our website for local members and associates who participated in the original discussion or were unable to attend the discussion due to scheduling issues, we would be curious to see how your opinion compares to ours!

If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to share your opinion here, too.

Thank you for participating! What did you think of "
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1: 1929-1964"?

Join us on January 21st, 2014 for our next genre book discussion: Brandon Sanderson's Young Adult fantasy novel "The Rithmatist".