tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24056500092160563672024-03-05T04:44:28.151-08:00Star Base Andromeda Book DiscussionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-57357771821318621292021-12-14T21:10:00.001-08:002021-12-14T21:10:00.197-08:00SBA: Book Discussion: Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's "This is How You Lose the Time War"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ5TT_ck3AoJB9tVf6pheMZ8Z2l7dNxyVR5QAbH2ssKx6R5XriBjTLAnLwLot9ifFdZ6pOYz1ODuP1Sxl51hq6yn61j1stGGoBQTjxN_vFeEy2EZe7fO7Evx0J8_aUBf-_IV45Ma-nLlzCrYxkcIReUZH3BcIkHx7QNDDPLEhjim6X3N5FefrCLc3-5Q=s227" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="150" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ5TT_ck3AoJB9tVf6pheMZ8Z2l7dNxyVR5QAbH2ssKx6R5XriBjTLAnLwLot9ifFdZ6pOYz1ODuP1Sxl51hq6yn61j1stGGoBQTjxN_vFeEy2EZe7fO7Evx0J8_aUBf-_IV45Ma-nLlzCrYxkcIReUZH3BcIkHx7QNDDPLEhjim6X3N5FefrCLc3-5Q" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our December 29th,
2020, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting on Zoom, five of our
club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's Hugo-, Nebula- and BSFA-Award winning 2019 science fiction novella, <b>"This is How You Lose the Time War"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>This is How You Lose the Time War</b></span>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!</span><br /></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>This is How You Lose the Time War</b></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>This is How You Lose the Time War</b></span>" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Brian, Mike P., Scott: 5; Mark: 4. [Average Score: 4.75]</span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">:
Join
us on Zoom on January 26, 2021, for our next
genre book discussion: Larry Niven's classic xxxx science fiction short-story collection, <b>"Tales of Known Space"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-88503907311856184082021-12-14T21:05:00.002-08:002021-12-14T21:07:49.697-08:00SBA: Book Discussion: Isaac Asimov's "The Caves of Steel"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5yoHoelLJNEHn23ng_-zws9OjeidCNKS-w3_LkBUXGoOap_929b90pNfCacXBexgERmE-DNztEPu6DM0OfAhawcHfven6BtfL3zBkg4Yjce5Rtq-wmq6Ni_9LzNsCk-8BDuvv6vqntbpnQCVE80PR3Nzw_3PqZ_uS7LVJ7gFws3s1VqcJ6jZ9Kqq9XQ=s250" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="150" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5yoHoelLJNEHn23ng_-zws9OjeidCNKS-w3_LkBUXGoOap_929b90pNfCacXBexgERmE-DNztEPu6DM0OfAhawcHfven6BtfL3zBkg4Yjce5Rtq-wmq6Ni_9LzNsCk-8BDuvv6vqntbpnQCVE80PR3Nzw_3PqZ_uS7LVJ7gFws3s1VqcJ6jZ9Kqq9XQ" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our November 24th,
2020, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting on Zoom, five of our
club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Isaac Asimov's classic 1953 R. Daneel Olivaw and Elijah Bailey science fiction/mystery novel, <b>"The Caves of Steel"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> <br /></span><p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>The Caves of Steel</b></span>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!</span><br /></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>The Caves of Steel</b></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>The Caves of Steel</b></span>" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Brian, Mike P., Scott: 5; Mark: 4. [Average Score: 4.75]</span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">:
Join
us on Zoom on December 29th, 2020, for our next
genre book discussion: Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's Hugo-, Nebula- and BSFA-Award winning 2019 science fiction novella, <b>"This is How You Lose the Time War"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-91852735951709424792021-12-14T21:00:00.001-08:002021-12-14T21:00:00.200-08:00SBA: Book Discussion: Elizabeth Moon's "Hunting Party"<p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOhTpoO3FO1lfo8o8OdIISDEVcsFfkYG2PAKQo4Bp0jf6niIioYmiifMj3zg4n44Nv82cIzlNzWl-TEBashBAuAgcAmZ7QL557HO-Utg3LiXC3XUhxMAWz3qfTHf0Q9B4AQF9JhlGO_GqHKWlTUjYwwQeF7rhMKiXLTG9a5ryBkidCGlVSBFapeQsdEA=s240" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="150" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOhTpoO3FO1lfo8o8OdIISDEVcsFfkYG2PAKQo4Bp0jf6niIioYmiifMj3zg4n44Nv82cIzlNzWl-TEBashBAuAgcAmZ7QL557HO-Utg3LiXC3XUhxMAWz3qfTHf0Q9B4AQF9JhlGO_GqHKWlTUjYwwQeF7rhMKiXLTG9a5ryBkidCGlVSBFapeQsdEA" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our October 27th,
2020, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting on Zoom, four of our
club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Elizabeth Moon's 1993 science fiction novel, <b>"Hunting Party"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Hunting Party</b></span>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!</span><br /></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Hunting Party</b></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Hunting Party</b></span>" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mike: 7; Mark, Scott: 5. [Average Score: 5.67]</span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">:
Join
us on Zoom on November 24th, 2020, for our next
genre book discussion: Isaac Asimov's classic 1953 R. Daneel Olivaw and Elijah Bailey science fiction/mystery novel, <b>"Caves of Steel"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-22736412775104481872021-12-14T20:46:00.006-08:002021-12-14T20:47:18.788-08:00SBA: Book Discussion: Andre Norton's "Sargasso of Space"<p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY_dXb2N29-NKQPktWK1rJN3Gzx8vYIcuIu0crsF-hriMDxiNQ3JFd5uQiUkv-k9Q81JPXX4QVVQSZehdsuerTieyAP9Y3WdfQcS0raCw-JpmLrQ_GuU58_Dochr4mMjmHvTVw8IJUCyQnEiqZmbGhV-e3YElnnG6zyIIpgUjx8JogLa8Wz-8My1kpQA=s246" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="150" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY_dXb2N29-NKQPktWK1rJN3Gzx8vYIcuIu0crsF-hriMDxiNQ3JFd5uQiUkv-k9Q81JPXX4QVVQSZehdsuerTieyAP9Y3WdfQcS0raCw-JpmLrQ_GuU58_Dochr4mMjmHvTVw8IJUCyQnEiqZmbGhV-e3YElnnG6zyIIpgUjx8JogLa8Wz-8My1kpQA" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our October 6th,
2020, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting on Zoom, four of our
club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Andre Norton's 1955 science fiction novel, <b>"Sargasso of Space"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Sargasso of Space</b></span>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!</span><br /></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Sargasso of Space</b></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Sargasso of Space</b></span>" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mike: 7; Mark, Scott: 5. [Average Score: 5.67]</span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">:
Join
us on Zoom on October 27th, 2020, for our next
genre book discussion: Elizabeth Moon's 1993 science fiction novel, <b>"Hunting Party"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-55645583236777613902021-12-14T20:45:00.001-08:002021-12-14T20:45:00.213-08:00SBA: Book Discussion: John Scalzi's "Old Man's War"<p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSdBBGig6ykdsvF8m9kY8gyoiX6h5vze8U8Zy5ljeF8l9ZWcFUcZMoJ5bpPKFcScfo03oTFOd_pIdXOqick5TD6Bqg6qPj_Lf5KZC8fur6LQ5jU-P6R-6xIjQiX6fuGlEzPW3CNiJeyovD_7hP2INCLlTsXHpLlNAbIgFNrHTppj356oBBw7DG6Ltlsw=s242" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="150" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSdBBGig6ykdsvF8m9kY8gyoiX6h5vze8U8Zy5ljeF8l9ZWcFUcZMoJ5bpPKFcScfo03oTFOd_pIdXOqick5TD6Bqg6qPj_Lf5KZC8fur6LQ5jU-P6R-6xIjQiX6fuGlEzPW3CNiJeyovD_7hP2INCLlTsXHpLlNAbIgFNrHTppj356oBBw7DG6Ltlsw" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">After taking five months of, during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Star Base Andromeda members decided to resume our Book Discussion meetings on Zoom, starting with this one. At our August 18th, 2020, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting on Zoom, five of our club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">John Scalzi's 2005 science fiction novel, <b>"Old Man's War"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Old Man's War</b></span>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!</span><br /></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Old Man's War</b></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Old Man's War</b></span>" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Scott: 9; Mike P.: 8; Marj: 6.5; Mark: 6. [Average Score: 7.38]</span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">:
Join
us on Zoom on October 6th, 2020, for our next
genre book discussion: Andre Norton's classic 1955 science fiction novel, <b>"Sargasso of Space"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-11444723721529526702021-12-14T20:32:00.001-08:002021-12-14T20:32:00.206-08:00SBA: Book Discussion: Gordon R. Dickson's "The Best of Gordon R. Dickson, Vol. 1"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjonlwWlQckVPfHNiIzBJmePPrHaP8o6EIhfH6DxHio4e9MLI2SgofwF9WuxSPXghYBlAly8e6TUJ5TMqXL9lhyDEwQKM20S2BKy3pCcA9D06_9SBPW_KdrcJkLEhWGVjWiUVkXzOzoson_uQaqdHlE4RhB3k-RSBTkyPaymPAFixuLgK-ff5PIRS9Dw=s225" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="150" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjonlwWlQckVPfHNiIzBJmePPrHaP8o6EIhfH6DxHio4e9MLI2SgofwF9WuxSPXghYBlAly8e6TUJ5TMqXL9lhyDEwQKM20S2BKy3pCcA9D06_9SBPW_KdrcJkLEhWGVjWiUVkXzOzoson_uQaqdHlE4RhB3k-RSBTkyPaymPAFixuLgK-ff5PIRS9Dw" width="150" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our February 25th, 2020, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, four of our club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Gordon R. Dickson's 2017 short story collection, <b>"The Best of Gordon R. Dickson, Vol. 1"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></p><p></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">
If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>The Best of Gordon R. Dickson, Vol. 1</b></span>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>The Best of Gordon R. Dickson, Vol. 1</b></span>"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>The Best of Gordon R. Dickson, Vol. 1</b></span>" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Duane, Mike P., Scott: 6; Mark: 5. [Average Score: 5.75]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: This was the last in-person book discussion for Star Base Andromeda for several months, as everything shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. SBA will return in August 2020 on Zoom to resume book discussions. Join us on August 18th, 2020, for our next
genre book discussion: John Scalzi's 2005 science fiction novel, <b>"The Old Man's War"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-82932578589456950902021-12-14T20:31:00.001-08:002021-12-14T20:31:00.199-08:00SBA: Book Discussion: Pat Murphy's "The City, Not Long After"<p><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7iaBmeWL_cVgYsXhjh4QCLOkXWmnx4FI0lCNRnTVLKYg3AMQNz1-PEyzlVSbP2DyU2a0D4XPiZH1r_zG3zJfPkUMJ8z8ZYzGEro1pRwAKPk-EKDGQPobrVR7BCRrWc2Zq56cIHoFz_U5PiNQhFsuD1V5Khzl8dltKG38VCc_8pxmRAHkVlBjtF1Y7Ug=s232" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="150" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7iaBmeWL_cVgYsXhjh4QCLOkXWmnx4FI0lCNRnTVLKYg3AMQNz1-PEyzlVSbP2DyU2a0D4XPiZH1r_zG3zJfPkUMJ8z8ZYzGEro1pRwAKPk-EKDGQPobrVR7BCRrWc2Zq56cIHoFz_U5PiNQhFsuD1V5Khzl8dltKG38VCc_8pxmRAHkVlBjtF1Y7Ug" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our December 3rd,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, four of our club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Pat Murphy's 1989 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, <b>"The City, Not Long After"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><br /><p></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">
If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"The City, Not Long After"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"The City, Not Long After"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "The City, Not Long After" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mark: 8; Amy, Mike P., and Scott: 7. [Average Score: 7.25]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on February 25, 2020, for our next
genre book discussion: The 2017 collection, <b>"The Best of Gordon R. Dickson, Vol. 1"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-33863614901660827032021-12-14T20:30:00.000-08:002021-12-14T20:30:00.196-08:00SBA: Book Discussion: Vonda N. McIntyre's "Dreamsnake"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihdEBBBfzEZXNmy1Wj8ahzme8QczYmtBcJWQlOdYg-RC5AyEDb-rWhXyRnkyYn4u70D1h2KCGPGFQX3YZBB5EwaRh6-EV_POhcbXmh3oMV5hZ6nqkbCNwRwx9yPBSQDHVsrTsdQxxOsogTNL4XIrTMeuk0qcPHnjeNctoL3mSqZlfMxTthPibUjDp-eQ=s232" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="150" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihdEBBBfzEZXNmy1Wj8ahzme8QczYmtBcJWQlOdYg-RC5AyEDb-rWhXyRnkyYn4u70D1h2KCGPGFQX3YZBB5EwaRh6-EV_POhcbXmh3oMV5hZ6nqkbCNwRwx9yPBSQDHVsrTsdQxxOsogTNL4XIrTMeuk0qcPHnjeNctoL3mSqZlfMxTthPibUjDp-eQ" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our October 29th,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, four of our club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Vonda N. McIntyre's 1978 Hugo-, Nebula- and Locus-Award winning novel, <b>"Dreamsnake"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">. (This was an expansion of her 1973 Nebula Award-winning novelette, "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand".)</span><br />
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"Dreamsnake"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Dreamsnake"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "Dreamsnake" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Scott: 9.5; Mark: 9; Mike P.: 7.5; Amy: 7. [Average Score: 8.25]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on December 3rd, 2019, for our next
genre book discussion: Pat Murphy's 1989 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, <b>"The City, Not Long After"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-69347068766614045782019-09-24T23:02:00.000-07:002019-10-11T23:04:08.475-07:00SBA: Book Discussion: Mary Robinette Kowal's "The Calcuating Stars"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our August 13th,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, four of our club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Mary Robinette Kowal's 2018 Hugo-, Nebula- and Locus-Award winning novel, <b>"The Calculating Stars"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><br />
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"The Calculating Stars"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"The Calculating Stars"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "The Calculating Stars" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mike, Scott: 7; Duane, Mark: 5. [Average Score: 6.00]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on October 29th, 2019, for our next
genre book discussion: Vonda McIntyre's 1979 Hugo-, Nebula- and Locus-Award winning novel, <b>"Dreamsnake"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-35549870988420594762019-08-13T22:44:00.000-07:002019-10-11T22:45:55.866-07:00SBA Book Discussion: Frederik Pohl's "Jem"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our August 13th,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, four of our club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Frederik Pohl's 1979 National Book Award-winning novel, <b>"Jem"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><br />
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"Jem"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Jem"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "Jem" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mike: 6.5; Scott: 5, Mark: 4.5. [Average Score: 5.33]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on September 24th, 2019, for our next
genre book discussion: Mary Robinette Kowal's 2018 Hugo-, Nebula- and Locus-Award winning novel, <b>"The Calculating Stars"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-52905015236238317732019-07-09T22:38:00.000-07:002019-10-11T22:45:38.521-07:00SBA Book Discussion: Martha Wells' "All Systems Red"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our July 9th,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, three of our club members and/or
associates discussed Martha Wells' 2017 Hugo and Nebula-winning novella, <b>"All Systems Red"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><br />
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"All Systems Red"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"All Systems Red"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "All Systems Red" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Scott: 10; Mike: 9.5, Mark: 8. [Average Score: 9.17]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on August 13th, 2019, for our next
genre book discussion: Frederik Pohl's 1979 National Book Award-winning novel, <b>"Jem"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-87777865763051702752019-06-04T22:31:00.000-07:002019-10-11T22:34:42.344-07:00SBA Book Discussion: Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our June 4th,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, five of our club members and/or
associates discussed SF author Alfred Bester's classic 1956 Prometheus Hall of Fame-winning novel, <b>"The Stars My Destination"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><br />
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"The Stars My Destination"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"The Stars My Destination"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "The Stars My Destination" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mark: 9; Scott: 8.5, John: 8; Mike: 6. [Average Score: 7.88]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on July 9th, 2019, for our next
genre book discussion: Martha Wells' Hugo-winning and Nebula-winning 2017 novella, <b>"All Systems Red"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-37558024486327327302019-04-30T23:30:00.000-07:002019-09-29T19:08:50.327-07:00SBA Book Discussion: David Brin's "Existence"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our April 30th,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, not enough of our club members and/or
associates had completed reading SF author David Brin's 2012 novel, <b>"Existence"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">, so we decided to put off the discussion for a later time (as yet undetermined).</span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><div class="MsoNormal">
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"Existence"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Existence"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "Existence" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> None. [Average Score: x.xx]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on June 4th, 2019, for our next
genre book discussion: Alfred Bester's classic Prometheus Hall of Fame Award-winning SF novel, <b>"The Stars My Destination"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-14287315560729998582019-03-19T23:30:00.000-07:002019-09-29T19:09:22.051-07:00SBA Book Discussion: James White's "The Escape Orbit"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt46Gzz0_iivlH7NpcEU120uyXwIqrDCCHReQ22JZQk5ER8dXB_fzNdL8eBfZ4kgLmol6KwzdsS3h5Klv2DC9UX4SILXfwe8BddoZgJjtw6n5xcp6PQJPKuri_7rQyKHhK7e2QyD1Jxvp/s1600/EscapeOrbit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt46Gzz0_iivlH7NpcEU120uyXwIqrDCCHReQ22JZQk5ER8dXB_fzNdL8eBfZ4kgLmol6KwzdsS3h5Klv2DC9UX4SILXfwe8BddoZgJjtw6n5xcp6PQJPKuri_7rQyKHhK7e2QyD1Jxvp/s1600/EscapeOrbit.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our March 19th,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, 7 of our club members and/or
associates discussed classic SF author James White's 1964 novel, <b>"The Escape Orbit"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
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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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"The Escape Orbit"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
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Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"The Escape Orbit"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "The Escape Orbit" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mike: 6; Scott: 5; Mark: 4. [Average Score: 5.00]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on April 30th, 2019, for our next
genre book discussion: David Brin's 2012 SF novel, <b>"Existence"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-24562634452142451522019-02-12T23:30:00.000-08:002019-09-29T18:44:16.160-07:00SBA Book Discussion: Ken MacLeod's "Learning the World"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our February 12th,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, 6 of our club members and/or
associates discussed science fiction author Ken MacLeod's 2005 Prometheus Award-winning novel, <b>"Learning the World"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><div class="MsoNormal">
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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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"Learning the World"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
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If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
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Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Learning the World"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "Learning the World" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mike: 8; Mark: 7. [Average Score: 7.50]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on March 19th, 2019, for our next
genre book discussion: James White's 1964 SF novel, <b>"The Escape Orbit"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-39625643233146445872019-01-08T23:30:00.000-08:002019-09-29T18:39:00.508-07:00SBA Book Discussion #150: "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol IIB"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our January 8th,
2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, to celebrate the 150 consecutive Book Discussion meeting for our club, 6 of our club members and/or
associates discussed the classic novella collection, <b>"The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">. (We had discussed the short story collection "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume I" for our 100th discussion.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><div class="MsoNormal">
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mike: 7; Mark, Amy: 5. [Average Score: 5.67]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on February 12th, 2019, for our next
genre book discussion: Ken MacLeod's 2005 Prometheus Award-winning SF novel, <b>"Learning the World"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-26924703802199540822018-11-13T23:30:00.000-08:002019-09-29T18:30:14.169-07:00SBA Book Discussion: Yoon Ha Lee's "Ninefox Gambit"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our November 13th,
2018, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, 6 of our club members and/or
associates discussed hot contemporary SF author Yoon Ha Lee's 2016 Locus Award-winning novel, <b>"Ninefox Gambit"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">., first volume in his Machineries of Empire series.</span><br />
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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you would like to offer up your opinion, please share your thoughts here as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"Ninefox Gambit"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Ninefox Gambit"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "Ninefox Gambit" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mark: 8; Marj: 7.5; Amy: 7. [Average Score: 7.50]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on January 8th, 2019, for our 150th
genre book discussion: the classic novella collection, <b>"Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-54183983516255030912018-10-02T23:30:00.000-07:002019-09-29T18:20:53.985-07:00SBA Book Discussion: Olaf Stapledon's "Star Maker"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our October 2nd,
2018, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, 3 of our club members and/or
associates discussed classic SF author Olaf Stapledon's 1937 novel, <b>"Star Maker"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><div class="MsoNormal">
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"Star Maker"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Star Maker"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "Star Maker" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Mark: 2 [Average Score: 2.00]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on November 13th, 2018, for our next
genre book discussion: Yoon Ha Lee's Locus Award-winning SF novel, <b>"Ninefox Gambit"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-53524303531403689642018-08-28T23:30:00.000-07:002019-09-29T18:14:24.154-07:00SBA Book Discussion: Julie Czerneda's "Ties of Power"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our August 28th,
2018, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, 3 of our club members and/or
associates discussed next year's ConStellation convention guest, Julie Czerneda's, 1999 novel, <b>"Ties of Power"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">., part of her Trade Pact Universe series.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span><div class="MsoNormal">
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If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"Ties of Power"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Ties of Power"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "Ties of Power" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Marj: 7; Mark: 6. [Average Score: 6.50]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on October 2nd, 2018, for our next
genre book discussion: Olaf Stapledon's classic 1937 SF novel, <b>"Star Maker"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-62742019642734984532018-07-11T00:30:00.000-07:002019-09-29T18:14:43.056-07:00SBA Book Discussion: Clifford Simak's "Way Station"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our July 10th,
2018, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, 7 of our club members and/or associates
discussed classic SF author Clifford Simak's 1963 novel, <b>"Way Station"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span><br />
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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 as a
comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your
comments, please give <b>"Way Station"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> 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!<br />
<br />
If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to
share your opinion here, too.<br />
<br />
Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Way Station"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Rating scores for "Way Station" from this discussion:</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> Frank, Mike, Scott: 8.5; Nick: 8; Mark: 7.5; Brian: 7; Amy: 6.5, Marj: 5. [Average Score: 7.44]</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b><u>COMING NEXT</u></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">: Join us on August 28th, 2018, for our next
genre book discussion: Julie Czerneda's 1999 SF novel, <b>"Ties of Power"</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-55664483532226388532018-06-05T21:44:00.001-07:002018-06-05T21:45:48.708-07:00Mercedes Lackey's "Unnatural Issue"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our June 5th, 2018, Book Discussion meeting, 7 of our club members and/or
associates discussed prolific fantasy author Mercedes Lackey's 2011 novel</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">, <b>"Unnatural Issue"</b></span>.<br /><br />If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a comment with the rest of SBA and
anyone else who drops in. As part of your comments, please give <b>"Unnatural Issue</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>
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!<br /><br />If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to share your opinion here, too.<br /><br />Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Unnatural Issue</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>?</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Ratings
scores for "Unnatural Issue" from this discussion:</b> Brian: 7; Mike: 7.5; Mark: 8; Marj: 9. [Average Score: 7.88]</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><u><b>COMING NEXT</b></u>: Join
us on July 10th, 2018, for
our next genre book discussion: Clifford Simak's classic Hugo-winning SF novel, <b>"Way Station"</b>.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-27050900717064778362018-06-05T21:39:00.000-07:002018-06-05T21:39:30.003-07:00Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our May 1st, 2018, Book Discussion meeting, 7 of our club members and/or
associates discussed the classic dystopian novel</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">, <b>"A Clockwork Orange"</b></span>.<br /><br />If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a comment with the rest of SBA and
anyone else who drops in. As part of your comments, please give <b>"A Clockwork Orange</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>
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!<br /><br />If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to share your opinion here, too.<br /><br />Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"A Clockwork Orange</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>?</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span><span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Ratings
scores for "A Clockwork Orange" from this discussion:</b> Mark: 6.5; Scott: 7; Amy, Mike: 8; Brian: 9.5. [Average Score: 7.80]</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><u><b>COMING NEXT</b></u>: Join
us on June 5th, 2018 at The Mill in the Haymarket, for
our next genre book discussion: Mercedes Lackey's 2011 fantasy novel, <b>"Unnatural Issue"</b>.</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-28715957277807326672018-04-03T21:24:00.000-07:002019-06-14T13:42:37.989-07:00Charles Burns' "Black Hole"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxXs-J0dNlnTC878AgJ2eIY-_Z8-URo32ARTigWlID73q-uxsHgLXfL6AcFAaAFvq02Z-Chb4xtAGka0_e53-C7hwRvEv5zictG_Kj6nhiskkohXbbaXlcS4x2lKskwh8hcpDB-7VNGOU/s1600/blackholegn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxXs-J0dNlnTC878AgJ2eIY-_Z8-URo32ARTigWlID73q-uxsHgLXfL6AcFAaAFvq02Z-Chb4xtAGka0_e53-C7hwRvEv5zictG_Kj6nhiskkohXbbaXlcS4x2lKskwh8hcpDB-7VNGOU/s1600/blackholegn.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our April 3rd, 2018, Book Discussion meeting, 6 of our club members and/or
associates discussed Charles Burns'</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> contemporary b&w graphic novel, <b>"Black Hole"</b></span>.<br /><br />If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a comment with the rest of SBA and
anyone else who drops in. As part of your comments, please give <b>"Black Hole</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>
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!<br /><br />If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to share your opinion here, too.<br /><br />Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Black Hole</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Ratings
scores for "Black Hole" from this discussion:</b> Marj, Mike, Scott: 3; *Clif: 4; Mark: 6; Frank: 7.5; Brian: 9.00. [Average Score: 5.07] (* - score added following the discussion)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><u><b>COMING NEXT</b></u>: Join
us on May 1st, 2018 at the UNL Student Union on the downtown campus, for
our next genre book discussion: Anthony Burgess' classic dystopian novel, <b>"A Clockwork Orange"</b>.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-13532723855717474082018-04-03T21:20:00.001-07:002018-04-03T21:20:48.919-07:00Richard Matheson's "The Shrinking Man"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBBwC4zjohFFUvuRC88V6Pyi6VT-3gdyFiESUpH7NrplpUh83S549k7AlTr3_Si9BXPa7wFAZb91jpZ87zDjZucczMHgnmOKrqYmGZ1UIX7P6cXDQe_LEkDPpTqrknxCtxlkRuxoVaaAj/s1600/shrinkingman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBBwC4zjohFFUvuRC88V6Pyi6VT-3gdyFiESUpH7NrplpUh83S549k7AlTr3_Si9BXPa7wFAZb91jpZ87zDjZucczMHgnmOKrqYmGZ1UIX7P6cXDQe_LEkDPpTqrknxCtxlkRuxoVaaAj/s1600/shrinkingman.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our February 27th, 2018, Book Discussion meeting, tonight, 3 of our club members and/or
associates discussed Richard Matheson</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">'s classic SF/horror novel, <b>"The Shrinking Man"</b></span>.<br /><br />If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a comment with the rest of SBA and
anyone else who drops in. As part of your comments, please give <b>"The Shrinking Man</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>
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!<br /><br />If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to share your opinion here, too.<br /><br />Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"The Shrinking Man</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>?</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Ratings
scores for "The Shrinking Man" from this discussion:</b> Brian: 6; Mark: 6.5; Scott: 8.5. [Average Score: 7.00]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><u><b>COMING NEXT</b></u>: Join
us on April 3rd, 2018 at the UNL Student Union on the downtown campus, for
our next genre book discussion: Charles Burns' b&w graphic novel, <b>"Black Hole"</b>.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405650009216056367.post-15652341506084384362018-01-30T21:47:00.002-08:002018-01-30T21:47:40.506-08:00Jeff Vandermeer's "Annihilation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">At our January 30th, 2018, Book Discussion meeting, tonight, six of our club members and/or
associates discussed </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Jeff Vandermeer's 2014 SF/horror novel, <b>"Annihilation"</b></span>.<br /><br />If you're a <a href="http://www.starbaseandromeda.com/">Star Base Andromeda</a>
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 as a comment with the rest of SBA and
anyone else who drops in. As part of your comments, please give <b>"Annihilation</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>
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!<br /><br />If you're one of those visitors who just stumbled across us, you're welcome to share your opinion here, too.<br /><br />Thank you for participating! What did you think of <b>"Annihilation</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>"</b>?</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><b>Ratings
scores for "Annihilation" from this discussion:</b> Scott: 5; Marj: 6; Brian, Joyce: 7; Mark: 8.5. [Average Score: 6.70]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><u><b>COMING NEXT</b></u>: Join
us on February 27th, 2018 at the UNL Student Union on the downtown campus, for
our next genre book discussion: Richard Matheson's classic SF/Horror novel, <b>"The Shrinking Man"</b>.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0