[Cialug] SciFi Movie Night!

[jim kraai]

Put in your favorite character's name instead of your own
Pick a night Mon-Thu, 9/7-9/10
Pick a time: 5, 6, or 7PM
http://doodle.com/6b4suyu833bbqxvr

I'll publish the winner Monday.

Location suggestions are welcome--I default to F&O's on MHR

Possible Topics:
Asimov and/or Foundation Series
Dark Tower
The Dinosaur Lords
Name of the Wind
Philosophy in science fiction
Uncredited inventors
Government models
Good works that aged badly
Write a short story in one meeting
(or reply w/ another topic)

--jim
On Aug 5, 2015 10:58 AM, "Andrew Denner" <linux-list at upeke.com> wrote:

> 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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