[Cialug] SciFi Movie Night!

[jim kraai]

I'll get us a bigger table by 5:30

Drop in as you can--no hard begin or end time

Bring stuff to swap if you wish


On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:51 AM, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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