Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Frances Hardinge's "Fly by Night"

At our January 5th, 2016 Book Discussion meeting, nine of our club members and/or associates discussed Frances Hardinge's 2005 youth fantasy novel, "Fly by Night".

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 "Fly by Night
" 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 "Fly by Night
"?
 
Join us on February 9th, 2016 at Learning Commons inside Love Library on the downtown UNL campus, for our next genre book discussion: John Wyndham's classic science fiction novel, "The Chrysalids".
 
Ratings scores for "Fly by Night" from this discussion: Kassie and Tim: 3; Brian: 4; Marj and Mark: 7; Joyce: 8; Amy and Elliot: 9. [Average Score: 6.13]

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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]

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

"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".

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising"

At our November 6th, 2012 Book Discussion meeting, 8 of our club members and/or associates discussed Susan Cooper's classic youth fantasy novel, "The Dark is Rising".

If you're a Star Base Andromeda member who has read this novella 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 Dark is Rising" 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 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 Dark is Rising"?

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Philip Jose Farmer's "To Your Scattered Bodies Go"

At our January 24th, 2012 Book Discussion meeting, we discussed Philip Jose Farmer's first Riverworld novel, "To Your Scattered Bodies Go".

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 "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" 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 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!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz"

At our November 15th, 2011 Book Discussion meeting, we discussed the classic post-apocalyptic SF novel, "A Canticle for Leibowitz", by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

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 "A Canticle for Leibowitz" 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 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!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Martin/Dozois/Abraham's "Hunter's Run"

At our May 12, 2009 Book Discussion meeting, we discussed the 2006 George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois and Daniel Abraham collaborative novel "Hunter's Run".

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 "Hunter's Run" a score, from 1 to 10 (10 best) and identify yourself in your comments. Although we 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!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Kurt Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan"

At our March 31 2009 Book Discussion meeting, we discussed the classic Kurt Vonnegut novel "The Sirens of Titan".

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 Sirens of Titan" a score, from 1 to 10 (10 best) and identify yourself in your comments.

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!