SBA: Book Discussion: Mary Robinette Kowal's "The Calcuating Stars"

At our August 13th, 2019, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting, four of our club members and/or associates discussed Mary Robinette Kowal's 2018 Hugo-, Nebula- and Locus-Award winning novel, "The Calculating Stars".

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 "The Calculating Stars" 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 Calculating Stars"?

Rating scores for "The Calculating Stars" from this discussion: Mike, Scott: 7; Duane, Mark: 5. [Average Score: 6.00]

COMING NEXT: Join us on October 29th, 2019, for our next genre book discussion: Vonda McIntyre's 1979 Hugo-, Nebula- and Locus-Award winning novel, "Dreamsnake".

L. Sprague de Camp's "Lest Darkness Fall"

At our May 3rd, 2016 Book Discussion meeting, eight of our club members and/or associates discussed the 1939 time travel/alternate history classic, "Lest Darkness Fall" by L. Sprague de Camp.

If you're a Star Base Andromeda member who has read this collection 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 "Lest Darkness Fall" 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 "Lest Darkness Fall"?
 
Join us on May 31st, 2016 at The Coffee House in downtown Lincoln for our next genre book discussion: the winner of the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel, Cixin Liu's "The Three Body Problem". 

Ratings scores for "Lest Darkness Fall" from this discussion: Kassie: 1; Brian and Mark: 3; Amy: 4.5; Tim: 5; Scott: 6.5; Mike P.: 7; *Clif: 9. [Average Score: 4.29]

* - score submitted after the group discussion - Clif did not participate in the discussion

Philip K. Dick's "The Man in the High Castle"

At our April 28th, 2015 Book Discussion meeting, 11 of our club members and/or associates discussed the classic 1962 alternate history novel by Philip K. Dick, "The Man in the High Castle", winner of the Hugo Award for best novel.

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 Man in the High Castle" 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 Man in the High Castle"?

Join us on June 2nd, 2015 for our next genre book discussion: A volume in Terry Pratchett's long-running Discworld series, "Mort".

Ratings scores from this discussion: Kassie - 3; Tim - 4; Kameron - 7; Mark - 8; Brian, Frank and Scott - 9 . [Average Score: 7.00]

Michael Chabon's "The Yiddish Policemen's Union"

At our May 18, 2010 Book Discussion meeting, we discussed the Michael Chabon's 2007 Hugo, Nebula and Locus Poll Award-winning novel "The Yiddish Policemen's Union".

If you're a Star Base Andromeda member who has read this novel and 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 Yiddish Policemen's Union" a score, from 1 to 10 (10 best) and identify yourself in your comments. Although we currently only add rating scores to our website for members and associates who were able to participate in the original discussion, 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!