Showing posts with label hard sf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hard sf. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Robert L. Forward's "Dragon's Egg"

At our January 2nd, 2018, Book Discussion meeting, four of our club members and/or associates discussed Robert L. Forward's 1980 Hard SF novel, "Dragon's Egg".

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 "Dragon's Egg
" 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 "Dragon's Egg
"?

  Ratings scores for "Dragon's Egg" from this discussion: Mark: 5; Brian: 9. [Average Score: 7.00]

COMING NEXT: Join us on January 30th, 2018 at The Coffee House, 1346 "P" St. in downtown Lincoln, for our next genre book discussion: Jeff Vandermeer's 2014 SF/Horror novel, "Annihilation", the first in the Southern Reach trilogy.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Peter Watts' "Blindsight"

At our June 27th, 2017 Book Discussion meeting, eight of our club members and/or associates discussed the 2006 Peter Watts Hard science fiction novel, "Blindsight".

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 "Blindsight
" 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 "Blindsight
"?
 
Join us on July 18th at The Coffee House in downtown Lincoln for our next genre book discussion: Madeleine L'Engle's classic YA science fiction novel "A Wrinkle in Time".
Ratings scores for "Blindsight" from this discussion: Brian: 3; Amy, Mark: 5; Joyce: 8. [Average Score: 5.25]

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Cixin Liu's "The Three-Body Problem"

At our May 31st, 2016 Book Discussion meeting, eleven of our club members and/or associates discussed "The Three-Body Problem" by Cixin Liu, the 2014 English-translation of a 2007 Chinese novel, whose 2014 version won the Hugo Award for Best Novel last year.

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 Three-Body Problem
" 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 Three-Body Problem
"?
 

Join us on July 12th, 2016 at The Coffee House in downtown Lincoln for our next genre book discussion: the classic Roger Zelazny novel "Lord of Light". 

Ratings scores for "The Three-Body Problem" from this discussion: Scott: 5; Tim: 6; Kassie: 6.5; Marg: 7; Brian: 7.5; Amy, Joyce and Mark: 8. [Average Score: 7.00]

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Niven & Pournelle's "The Mote in God's Eye"

At our April 9th, 2013 Book Discussion meeting, 5 of our club members and/or associates discussed Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's classic 1974 first contact novel, "The Mote in God's Eye".

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 Mote in God's Eye" 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 Mote in God's Eye"?

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Hannu Rajaniemi's "The Quantum Thief"

At our February 26th, 2013 Book Discussion meeting, 10 of our club members and/or associates discussed Finnish author Hannu Rajaniemi's 2011 novel, "The Quantum Thief".

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 Quantum Thief" 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 Quantum Thief"?