Manchester Science Fiction Book Club Google Group

Manchester SciFi Book Club: Our Next Round of Books!

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:51:42 UT

Hi Everybody!
Here are our next round of books:
18th June - Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov (208 pages)
16th July - The Machine Stops - E.M. Forster (96 pages)
20th August - A Sound of Thunder & Other Stories by Ray Bradbury (338 Pages)
17th Sept - Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C Clarke (256 pages)
15th Oct - Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (256 pages)

Vote on Our Next Round of SciFi Books!

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:13:58 UT

Hi Everybody!

Please follow this link [link] to vote on our
next round of SciFi books!

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is the current favourite, but what would
you like to read?

Don't forget we still have two more books in our current list:

- April 16th – Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Suggestions for Future Books

t...@westhawk.co.uk (steelyglint) — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:27:58 UT

Anything by Elizabeth Moon. "trading in danger" or "hunting party" are starts on 2 hard ish scifi series.
Tim.

Suggestions for Future Books

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:28:25 UT

Hi Everybody
Here is a list of future books that were suggested at February's meeting.
If anyone has any comments or more suggestions please leave a reply!
Perhaps we should read all of these in turn?
A Sound of Thunder & Other Stories - Ray Bradbury
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - Alastair Reynolds

Upcoming Omniversity Courses

off...@madlab.org.uk (Natalie Whittaker) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:17:25 UT

Hello,

This is to let you know about our new programme of exciting training
courses for 2013 which will include the following:

*Building the Internet of Things - Arduino and Ethernet<[link]>

Re: [Manchester Sci -Fi] Re: Next Book: Behold the Man

n.jac...@gmail.com (Naomi Jacobs) — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:25:30 UT

I'm afraid I can't make it that night, i'll be on my way back up from London.

Make sure you choose some good books!

Naomi

Re: Next Book: Behold the Man

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:34:45 UT

For (not much) more information, please see the Event post on Madlab's
website:
[link]
We will also be discussing ideas for the next round of scifi books, so
please let us have your suggestions!

Readme - Scifi Discussion - Reamde

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:02:39 UT

Hi Everybody!
Please read Manchester Scifi book club's discussion of Neal Stephenson's
Reamde:
[link]
Our next book is Behold the Man by Michael Moorcook, which we be nattering
about on 19th February, 7-9pm, at the Madlab,
See you next book!

Next Book: Behold the Man

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:05:45 UT

Hi Everybody
Our next book will be Behold the Man by Michael Morcock, which we will be
discussing on February 19th 7-9pm at the Madlab.
See you next book!

New superhero ebook based in Manchester

revp...@googlemail.com (Paul Stevens) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:25:56 UT

Hiya, hope this is is of interest, new superhero book set in Manchester
[link]
Cheers,
Paul
PS I've heard you're reading "Behold The Man" in February, see you then!

SciFi Discussion - The Year of the Flood

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:24:17 UT

Hi Everyone

The Year of the Flood discussion blog post has been published
[link]<[link]>

I hope you enjoy reading it. If you have anything else to add to the
discussion, please leave a comment.

Our next book is Reamde by Neal Stephenson. We'll be meeting on 15th

looking for a science fic.book

alice.m.simm...@gmail.com (alice) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:20:57 UT

Got an old science fiction book from used book store. Story was about a
group of "knights" that kept order over several worlds. The head of the
"council" was from a certain family notable for their bright red hair and
special mental powers. One knight betrays the others at a council meeting,
ambushes them and has them all killed. Only himself (the bad guy) , a

SciFi Discussion: Foundation by Isaac Asimov

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:46:51 UT

Hi Everyone
The Foundation discussion blog post has been published [link]
I hope you enjoy reading it. If you have anything else to add to the
discussion, please leave a comment.
Our next book is The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood. We'll be meeting
on 20th November 7-9pm at the Madlab.

Next Book: The Year of the Flood

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:05:45 UT

Hi Everybody

Our next book is The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood which we will be
discussing on 20th November 7-9pm at the Madlab.

Our following books are:

- January 15th – Reamde by Neal Stephenson
- February 19th – Behold the Man by Michael Morcock
- March 19th – Neverness by David Zindell

SciFi Discussion - Embassytown

mcrsf.mad...@gmail.com (mcrsf madlab) — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:34:54 UT

Hi Everyone
The Embassytown discussion blog post has been published [link]
If you have anything else to add to the discussion, please leave a comment.
See you next book!