Meeting for Furies of Calderon

On June 25 2009 we met at the Bloomington Barnes & Noble to discuss Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher. The book was suggested by Lisa Bradley.

Here are the votes (in the order they were given):

Lisa 9
Jeff 7
Raja 9
Emily 7
Dru 8
Chris 6

Raja liked it a lot; he said that apart from some clumsiness in the first 20 pages or so, the author did a very skillful job of storytelling. He said Butcher was a professional entertainer, and we could use more of those. The only reason Raja didn't give the book a 10 is that, ultimately, it didn't feel like it was about anything more than solid storytelling.

Chris found the world and vocabulary confusing for a while.

Gregory didn't care for the book until the Trial of Wits, which changed certain things, and made for a very interesting relationship between two of the characters (one of them oblivious).

Heinlein's fan mail answer

Do you wish you could send RAH some fan mail? Well, you can get an answer from him! I'm pretty sure you can figure out which box he would have checked...

Book for June: Tea with the Black Dragon

The members present chose Tea with the Black Dragon as the SFDG book for June 21 2007.

Meeting to discuss The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

All votes:

Alek: 10
Chris: 3
Dru: 5
Jeff: 2
Lisa: 8
Raja: 10
TC: 10

Book for March: Wasp by Eric Frank Russell

Our book for March 29 2007 will be Wasp by Eric Frank Russell. It's currently out of print, but it's what the consensus arrived on. It is available as part of the omnibus Entities, linked below. It's also widely available through http://abebooks.com/ (a search for "Wasp" as the title and "Russell" as the author turns up 92 results). Click the title above to do the ABEBooks search.

If you want to buy the omnibus, here it is:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Is Back: The Complete Joss Whedon Q&A | TVGuide.com | TVGuide.com

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Is Back: The Complete Joss Whedon Q&A | TVGuide.com | TVGuide.com About Buffy, season 8 (in comic book format) with a few pages'preview that reveal what's the deal with Buffy & the Immortal!

Book for February: Bellwether by Connie Willis

Our book for February 22 2007 will be Bellwether by Connie Willis.

Book for January: Spin

Our book for January 18 2007 will be Spin by Robert Charles Wilson.

Book for November: Camouflage

Our book for November 16 2006 will be Camouflage by Joe Haldeman.