Science Fiction Book Discussion

3:00 pm, third Sunday of each month, Nicola's Books

July 18, 2004: Hominids by Robert Sawyer

August 15, 2004: Singularity Sky by Charles Stross

September 19, 2004: Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon

Westgate Shopping Center, 2513 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan (directions)

Please try to read or re-read the book before each meeting, but feel free to come anyway, if you haven't.

Previous book descriptions...

Nicola's Books has been wonderful, listed our discussion in the Ann Arbor papers, and in their publications, including their new web page, which gained us a couple of new people.

Past discussions:

• Med Ship by Murray Leinster
• Trouble and her Friends by Melissa Scott
• The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh
• Time Traders by Andre Norton
• The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman
• Glory Road by Robert Heinlein
• Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
• Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
• 2001: A Space Odessey by Arthur C. Clarke - classic
• Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
• The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• 2001: A Space Odessey by Arthur C. Clarke
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
• Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
• Mote In God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner - classic
• Dune by Frank Herbert
• Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
• Three Men in a Boat, to say nothing of the dog by Jerome K. Jerome - highly recommended
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• Revolt in 2100 by Robert A. Heinlein
• Gypsy by Stephen Brust
• Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - recommended
• Playing God by Sarah Zettel
• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh - disturbing, interesting discussion
• Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak
• Alice/Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll - classic
• Venus on the Half Shell by Kilgore Trout
• Monument by Lloyd Biggle - great discussion
• Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut - classic
• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - a real winner
• Replay by Ken Grimwood
• Strata by Terry Pratchett
• The Truth Machine by James Halperin
• Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore
• Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Menachem's Seed by Carl Djerassi - very unusual
• Destiny's Road by Larry Niven
• Saturn Rukh by Robert Forward
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - highly recommended
• Moving Mars by Greg Bear
• Fool's War by Sarah Zettel - recommended
• Forever War by Joe Haldeman
• The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
• Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
• Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein - recommended
• Hyperion by Dan Simmons - memorable
• Bellweather by Connie Willis
• The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson - highly recommended
• Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - armageddon, fun discussion
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - classic
• "Even the Queen" from Impossible Things by Connie Willis
• Reclamation by Sarah Zettel
• Expiration Date by Tim Powers - confusing read, but good discussion
• Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin
• Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly
• A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge - hard SF, recommended
• Lanark by Alasdair Gray - Dantesque wierdness!
• Doomsday Book by Connie Willis - time travel, recommended
• Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
• Forge of God by Greg Bear
• Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut - classic
• Gate to Women's Country by Sherri Tepper - great discussion
• The Snow Queen by Joan Vinge - recommended
• Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress - great discussion
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein - classic
• Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers
• A Plague of Change by L. Warren Douglas
• Last Call by Tim Powers - great discussion
• True Names by Vernor Vinge - pre-cyberpunk, recommended
• The Quiet Pools by Michael Kube-McDowell - great discussion
• Earth by David Brin
• Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny - classic
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein - classic, great discussion

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