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

Michael Swanwick's "The Dog Said Bow-Wow"

At our March 22nd, 2016 Book Discussion meeting, eight of our club members and/or associates discussed the 2007 short story collection, "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" by Michael Swanwick, who will be the Guest of Honor at the 2016 WorldCon in Kansas City this coming August.

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 "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" 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 Dog Said Bow-Wow"?

Join us on April 26th, 2016 in the downtown UNL Student Union (main floor, either North of the food court, or on couches in the center of the floor) for our next genre book discussion: The classic L. Sprague DeCamp novel, "Lest Darkness Fall".


Ratings scores for "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" from this discussion: Tim: 4; Kassie and Mark: 6; Scott, Joyce and Kameron: 7; Mike P.: 7.5; Brian: 8. [Average Score: 6.56]

John Wyndham's "The Chrysalids"

At our February 9th, 2016 Book Discussion meeting, nine of our club members and/or associates discussed the classic 1955 John Wyndham science fiction novel, "The Chrysalids".

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 Chrysalids" 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 Chrysalids"?
  Join us on March 22nd, 2016 at The Learning Commons on the north side inside Love Library on the downtown UNL campus, for our next genre book discussion: The Michael Swanwick short story collection, "The Dog Said Bow-Wow".
  Ratings scores for "The Chrysalids" from this discussion: Kassie: 5.5; Kameron and Tim: 7; Mike P. and Mark: 7.5; Joyce: 8; Scott and Brian: 8.5. [Average Score: 7.31]

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]

Octavia Butler's "Wild Seed"

At our December 1st, 2015 Book Discussion meeting, nine of our club members and/or associates discussed Octavia Butler's 1980 novel, "Wild Seed".

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 "Wild Seed" 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 "Wild Seed"?
 
Join us on January 5th, 2016 at The Downtown Student Union on the UNL campus, on the cluster of couches just NW of the Runza outlet, for our next genre book discussion: Frances Hardinge's recent YA fantasy novel, "Fly by Night".
 
Ratings scores for "Wild Seed" from this discussion: Joyce, Kameron and Tim: 6; Elliot and Kassandra: 8; Brian and Mike K.: 9; Mark: 10. [Average Score: 7.75]

Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves"

At our October 27th, 2015 Book Discussion meeting, several of our club members and/or associates discussed the experimental 2000 genre novel, "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski.

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 "House of Leaves" 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 "House of Leaves"?
Join us on December 1st, 2015 at The Downtown Student Union on the UNL campus, just north of the food court, for our next genre book discussion: Octavia Butler's 1980 novel, "Wild Seed"; part of the Patternist series.
Ratings scores from this discussion: Elliot - 3; Timothy - 4; Kameron - 4.5;  *Amy, Brian - 7; Kassie - 8; *Scott - 9. [Average Score: 6.07]

Harry Harrison's "Make Room, Make Room!"

At our September 15th, 2015 Book Discussion meeting, several of our club members and/or associates discussed the 1966 genre novel, "Make Room, Make Room!" by Harry Harrison.

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 "Make Room, Make Room!" 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 "Make Room, Make Room!"?

Join us on October 27th, 2015 at The Downtown Student Union on the UNL campus, just north of the food court, for our next genre book discussion: the experimental Mark Z. Danielewski novel, "House of Leaves".

Ratings scores from this discussion: Timothy - 4; Mark - 5;  Brian - 6. [Average Score: 5.00]