[Cialug] SciFi Movie Night!

[Andrew Denner]

I recommend that we follow shotgun rules. (styled off of
http://bad.debian.net/shotgun_rules.txt)

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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