At our December 16th, 2014 Book Discussion meeting, 11 of our club members and/or
associates discussed the classic scifi masterpiece, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", by Robert A. Heinlein.
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 Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
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 Moon is a Harsh Mistress"?
Join us on January 20th, 2015 for our next genre book discussion: the short-story collection "Beaker's Dozen" by Nancy Kress.
Ratings scores from this discussion: Joyce - 6; Tim, Wesley and Amy - 7; Kassie - 7.5; Mike P. and Mike K. - 8; Mark and Brian - 10. [Average Score: 7.83]
Subsequent ratings scores after this discussion: Ken - 7.5. [adjusted Average Score: 7.80]
At our November 11th, 2014 Book Discussion meeting, 10 of our club members and/or
associates discussed the recent critically-acclaimed fantasy novel, "The Magicians", by Lev Grossman.
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 Magicians"
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 Magicians"?
Join us on December 16th, 2014 for our next genre book discussion: the classic science fiction masterpiece "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein.
Scores from this discussion: Mike K. - 2; Mark - 3; Kassie - 4; Tim and Brian - both 4.5. [Average Score: 3.60]
Subsequent review scores after the discussion: Scott - 6; Clif - 8.5 [adjusted Average Score: 4.64]
At our October 7th, 2014 Book Discussion meeting, 10 of our club members and/or
associates discussed Wilson "Bob" Tucker's Hugo and Nebula nominated 1970 novel, "Year of the Quiet Sun".
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 "Year of the Quiet Sun"
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 "Year of the Quiet Sun"?
Join us on November 11th, 2014 for our next genre book discussion: Lev Grossman's recent fantasy novel "The Magicians".
At our September 2nd, 2014 Book Discussion meeting, 11 of our club members and/or
associates discussed Ann Leckie's Nebula Award winning, Hugo Award winning, Locus Award Winning and BSFA Award winning novel, "Ancillary Justice".
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 "Ancillary Justice"
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 "Ancillary Justice"?
Join us on October 7th, 2014 for our next genre book discussion: Wilson "Bob" Tucker's classic science fiction novel "The Year of the Quiet Sun".
At our July 29th, 2014 Book Discussion meeting, 10 of our club members and/or
associates discussed the classic Arthur C. Clarke novel, "2001: A Space Odyssey", particularly in comparison the film by Stanley Kubrick.
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 "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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 "2001: A Space Odyssey"?
Join us on September 2nd, 2014 for our next genre book discussion: Nebula Winner and Hugo Nominee Ann Leckie's 2013 novel "Ancillary Justice".
At our June 17th, 2014 Book Discussion meeting, several of our club members and/or
associates discussed author author Kazuo Ishiguro's recent science fiction-flavored mainstream novel, "Never Let Me Go".
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 "Never Let Me Go"
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 "Never Let Me Go"?
Join us on July 29th, 2014 for our next genre book discussion: Arthur C. Clarke's classic science fiction novel "2001: A Space Odyssey".
At our May 13th, 2014 Book Discussion meeting, we were scheduled to discuss author Norman Spinrad's classic social science fiction novel, "Bug Jack Barron". Not enough members had read it, and we decided to put this discussion off, after a few more weeks, no one else had finished the book or wished to discuss it, and so the two members who had read it (Mark and Joyce) offered up their review scores and we decided to abandon a full group discussion of this title.
If you're a Star Base Andromeda
member who has read this novel and would still 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 "Buck Jack Barron"
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 "Buck Jack Barron"?
Join us on June 17th, 2014 for our next genre book discussion: Kazuo Ishiguro's recent genre-flavored mainstream novel "Never Let Me Go".
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