Showing posts with label space opera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space opera. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

SBA: Book Discussion: Elizabeth Moon's "Hunting Party"

At our October 27th, 2020, Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion meeting on Zoom, four of our club members and/or associates discussed Elizabeth Moon's 1993 science fiction novel, "Hunting Party". 

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 "Hunting Party" 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 "
Hunting Party"?

Rating scores for "Hunting Party" from this discussion: Mike: 7; Mark, Scott: 5. [Average Score: 5.67]

COMING NEXT: 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, "Caves of Steel".

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Vernor Vinge's "A Fire Upon the Deep"

At our January 31st, 2017 Book Discussion meeting, nine of our club members and/or associates discussed Vernor Vinge's 1992 Hugo-winning science fiction novel "A Fire Upon the Deep".

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 "A Fire Upon the Deep
" 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 "A Fire Upon the Deep
"?
 
Join us on March 7th at the UNL Student Union (near the food court) in downtown Lincoln for our next genre book discussion: Michael Crichton's classic 1969 science fiction novel "The Andromeda Strain".

Ratings scores for "A Fire Upon the Deep" from this discussion: Marj: 8; Joyce: 8.5*; Mark, Tim: 9; Brian, Mike P.: 9.5*. [Average Score: 8.92] [* - review score submitted some time after the meeting]