Pink Noise - Leonid Korgodski

Phyllis's pen pal

Epic by Conor Kostick

Light by M John Harrison

Lost Worlds by Clarke Ashton Smith

Picked by Luke

Discussing at 6:00p at Friendly Fox.

The Windup Girl

Picked by Judi

Flowers For Algernon

Picked by John

The Algebraist - Ian M. Banks

Chosen by Phyllis

Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton

Big crowd this time! Thanks for coming, Marco!

Welcome, Ben!

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John picks a book next time.

Blasphemy - Douglas Preston

Bill: "I'm trying to take over a very tiny world."
Cat: "Um, meow."

Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein

Welcome, Luke!

The Doomsday Book - Connie Willis

The Mount by Carol Emshwiller

The Unholy Deception by L.A. Marzulli

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

I found that the description of the book (I did not read it) was much like a movie called Blindness with Julianne Moore. John remembered reading that the idea for the movie came from this book.

Bill & Judy are both to bring 3 ideas.

The Road is coming to the theatre November 25. Book club may take a field trip!

John confessed he is twin brothers with the Green River killer. I do have this book and will bring to next book club!

Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear

Please Note...

The discussion for Darwin's Radio has been postponed to next week. This is simply because time snuck up and family came to town, and we had a garage sale, and I had to finish moving my stuff out of my house because it closed...today.

Online book discussion

I have decided to start an online book discussion group, not specifically for sci-fi. You are certainly invited to check it out. It's a private group (not just ANYONE can join *sniff*), so if you are interested, drop me a line at scifi.fw@gmail.com.

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

The Time Traveler's Wife / Blood & Iron

Time Traveler's Wife = good
Blood & Iron = bad

War of the Worlds by HG Wells

A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Picked by: Judi

Bill: Had a real problem making myself read this - only one so far like that. Too long, too wordy for me - 400 pages too long.
General Read: 2 | For Discussion: 4

Phyllis: Interesting concept - parasite aliens, what it means to be human, etc. but the book was about 300 pages too long. Dialogue in the middle meandered. The love triangle and dialogues was too much like Breaking Dawn which makes her books become too cookie cutter.
General Read: 2 | For Discussion: 3

John: Very easy read. The book was slow in the middle; enjoyed the end.
General Read: 4 | For Discussion: 3

Steph: This book captivated me at first and I felt I couldn't put it down. But then, I tired of all the cowering and passivity of Wanderer and almost hoped Kyle was going to do some damage. I was also very annoyed with her actions in the trial of Kyle (hey, that rhymes!). The ending with the excursions and the acquisition of the medicine picked the book back up for me, but I got very tired of the martyr act very fast. With all that being said, I enjoyed it for the most part.
General Read: 4.5 | For Discussion: 4

Judi: Intriguing ideas about the relationship of the soul to the body. Raised lots of discussion about "love" - can it be separated from the body?
General Read: 3 | For Discussion: 3

Discussed at Firefly Coffeeshop.

Hominds by Robert J. Sawyer

Picked by: Steph

Discussion questions taken from the author's website (click here).

Critiques coming soon.

Discussed at Steph's house.

Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card

Picked by: Bill

Judi: Page-turner, well written; excellent character development. More psychological exploration than the average sci-fi book.
General Read: 4 | For Discussion: 4

Phyllis: There seemed to be much more character development in Ender's Shadow than Ender's Game - and the character was quite complex. All of which made it a much more interesting story.
General Read: 5 | For Discussion: 4

Bill: Reviews say it is not necessary to have read Ender's Game, but I think that adds significantly to the enjoyment & understanding of Ender's Shadow. I found the "parallax" view of the same events original and fascinating.
General Read: 5 | For Discussion: 5

John: How Bean evelved from using his intelligence for self perseverance to having feelings and helping his fellow companions was fascinating. I believe there was little differences between this and Ender's Game even thought each was seen through different eyes.
General Read: 5 | For Discussion: 4

Steph: Great character growth. Card married the two novels with expertise. I amused myself by reading the same scene from each book, one after the other, to see how each character felt during the exchanges. We have had livelier discussions on other books.
General Read: 5 | For Discussion: 3

Eric: I've heard a number of people say that Bean's series is their favorite, above Ender's, and yet I cannot compare the two because I cannot read the one without the knowledge of the other. Yet, I can say that Card masterfully changes perspective, voice and varies theme, returning to a story he first published some fourteen years earlier, in a way I doubt few others would be able to accomplish so well. The juxtaposition of survival and compassion, entitlement verses humility, revenge and mercy represented in almost every thread of this story laced with with underlying (and many surface and overt) theological themes make this a very interesting read and a great discussion opportunity regardless of your belief system.
General Read: 4 | For Discussion: 5

Discussed at Firefly Coffee Shop.