[Cialug] SciFi Movie Night!

[kristau]

I object. . . damn, too late.

Sounds like an excellent excuse to get out and have some good food
with good company. Or at least one of those two.

Felix and Oscars? 7 PM? August 12th?

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:05 AM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, there's really only one proper thing to be done with this kind of
> talk:  Foster it
>
> I would like a scifi night--focus leaning towards the written and less of
> the film'd--with beer & edibles available
>
> Any objections?  ...  good, no objections.
>
> I propose such a meeting, location TBD, to be held one week prior to the
> next regularly scheduled LUG meeting
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Aaron Staker <Aaron.Staker at meredith.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ready Player One is "ok", his new work Armada is pretty terrible an homage
>> to the Last Star Fighter and I'd avoid it like the plague (as much as I
>> love the 80's). Maybe I just couldn't accept it was supposed to be clichéd
>> for a reason...
>>
>> If you really want to get into something this year a couple
>> recommendations:
>>
>> Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson, Seveneves by Neal Stephenson and of course
>> The Martian by Andy Weir, if you haven't touched any of these I'd recommend
>> all of them without a second thought.  The Martian being the easiest to
>> tackle and perhaps the best love letter to Mars I've ever read.  Aurora and
>> Seveneves are much deeper and worth the effort.  The reviews on all of
>> these out there should be more than motivating...
>>
>> Cheers...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
>> Behalf Of Todd Walton
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 10:01 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] SciFi Movie Night!
>>
>> Wow. I am totally now interested in this book, based on what you guys have
>> said.
>>
>> --
>> Todd
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Nicolai <nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 10:59:56AM -0500, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>> >
>> > > By the way, on the topic of SciFi: If you remember the 80's you
>> > > should check out the book or audio book "Ready Player One" by Ernest
>> > > Cline. I picked up the audio book which is read by Wil Wheaton who
>> > > really does a fabulous job (and who also has a cameo in the book,
>> > > along with Cory Doctorow).
>> >
>> > Ready Player One is a GREAT book.  Love the characters, love the
>> > story, love the sci-fi.  It's a fast read that's hard to put down.
>> > Cline has another book out now too.
>> >
>> > > I just Googled it and it appears Steven Spielburg will be making the
>> > movie
>> > > version of it soon. While the main storyline of this book I think
>> > > lends well to a movie, it will be impossible to capture it all, if
>> > > for no other reason than too many licensing hurdles. So read it
>> > > before the movie comes out. It is packed full of retro geek humor and
>> nostalgia.
>> >
>> > Yeah, I think Ready Player One (the movie) needs a bit more than
>> > Steven Speilberg.  Terry Gilliam would be up to it, or Zack Snyder.
>> > Or even Richard Linklater, who has proven himself with "double life"
>> > stories like A Scanner Darkly.  It's a bit like Snow Crash -- hard to
>> > make into a movie that faithfully tells the story while being
>> > understandable to people who haven't read the book.  (I wonder if the
>> > film will reference Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
>> > Skull).
>> >
>> > Nicolai
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