Sacramento Public Library discussion

Well one of my fave sci fi books is by Gini Koch -- She does the Touched by an Alien . I love that it reminds me of x files and burned notice

http://www.ginikoch.com/bookstore.htm

I mentioned it over in the "What are you reading" thread, but I'm currently reading Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. I'm not usually big on the military history style of sci-fi, and this one is both slow and dense, but I'm over halfway through and I'm really starting to appreciate the epic scale of the story.

I love sci-fi/fantasy. One of recent favorites is Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. I have been meaning to read Enders game so I might have to pick that up this month.

I'm also a big fan of genre fiction, whether it is sci-fi, fantasy, or mystery. I'm going to read the sequel to Pure, which is Fuse, by Julianna Baggott. It's a great dystopic future series that is particularly well-written.

I enjoy both science fiction and fantasy. One of my favorite authors on the technological side of science fiction is Neal Stephenson. His novels are dense with ideas, often dealing with the philosophy of science and the history of technology.

My favorite of Stephenson's recent novels is Anathem. Set on a world much like Earth, this is the story of Fraa Erasmas, a young man cloistered in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sort of monastery for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers. Concents like Saunt Edhar have preserved knowledge through the rise and fall of civilizations. Now Fraa Erasmas must go into the outside world to help avert a global disaster.

Stephenson was inspired to write Anathem when he learned about the work of The Long Now Foundation (http://longnow.org) to foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.

I found a list of sci-fi and fantasy books that have been nominated or chosen for awards in 2012. Not all of them are sci-fi but there are a lot of good books to choose from there. Embassytown was a favorite of mine in particular.

https://www.worldswithoutend.com/book...

As far as Ender's Game goes, it's one of those books that I really enjoyed when I was younger but have since grown away from, if that makes any sense? It's a fun read, though :)

Chelsea, if you like Bean, you'll want to read Ender's Shadow, a parallel novel to Ender's Game told from Bean's point of view during the same time period.

I did indeed manage to finish my sci-fi read before the end of the month. It was slow going, but very interesting if you can get past all of the military-nerd details. I posted my review here:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I didn’t read “Ender’s Game,” but I recently listened to “Robopocalypse,” by Daniel Wilson, on audio. The idea of a network of intelligent computerized devices taking over the world certainly isn’t new, but author Wilson does present a few new takes on the concept, such as the computers in cars turning the Chevy in the driveway into a murdering monster. Told from the points of view of several different characters as a series of recorded vignettes, the story can be downright chilling, especially the very first scenes.
However…in the latter half of the book I felt the narrative began to drag. I also didn’t really empathize with any of the characters, though the teenage hacker Lurker is an interesting fellow. The plot is also somewhat predictable and the final scenes lacked some of the smash-bang that the narrative deserved. Still, it was interesting enough that it’s prompted me to place Wilson’s latest book, “Amped,” on my to-read list.

Yay :) Rancho Cordova, please!