SBA: Book Discussion: John Scalzi's "Old Man's War"

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 John Scalzi's 2005 science fiction novel, "Old Man's War". 

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 as a comment with the rest of SBA and anyone else who drops in. As part of your comments, please give "Old Man's War" 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 "Old Man's War"?

Rating scores for "Old Man's War" from this discussion: Scott: 9; Mike P.: 8; Marj: 6.5; Mark: 6. [Average Score: 7.38]

COMING NEXT: Join us on Zoom on October 6th, 2020, for our next genre book discussion: Andre Norton's classic 1955 science fiction novel, "Sargasso of Space".

"Redshirts" by John Scalzi

At our September 24th, 2013 Book Discussion meeting, 11 of our club members and/or associates discussed author John Scalzi's humorous 2012 science fiction novel, "Redshirts"., which won the 2013 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel less than a month ago.

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 "Redshirts" 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 "Redshirts"?

Join us on October 29th for our next discussion: Aldous Huxley's classic novel "Brave New World".