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Film Group Starting up

Dan Wojcik — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:25:51 +0000

Are you interested in movies? Mindbridge is starting a film group! Any film with a fantastic element would be fair game. We'll meet to pick films a wide range of films that we can Netflix, lend, or rent, and then set a meeting time to discuss those films over coffee after we've viewed them on our own. Break out your beret or your Blue Ray, and let's talk movies. If you're interested, contact Bryon Stump at stumpb@netins.net

Book Discussion Group: Valor’s Choice

Webmaster — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:59:11 +0000

The Mindbridge Book Discussion Group met on September 15th at the Coffee Talk Cafe in Cedar Rapids to discuss "Valor's Choice" by ICON's Author Guest of Honor for 2008, Tanya Huff. Our regular note-taker had one wing in a sling, but still managed to get the highlights of the discussion posted over at Writer Tamago. If you've read Valor's Choice but didn't have a chance to make the Book Group's discussion, we are working with ICON to arrange a Q&A session with Tanya Huff to discuss "Valor's Choice".

REMINDER: Cath has arranged for next month's author, Mark Henry to answer any questions we come up with by reading Happy Hour of the Damned. In order for this to work, you'll need to submit your questions by October 10th!

Book Discussion Group: The Accidental Time Machine

Webmaster — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:38:52 +0000

The Mindbridge Book Discussion Group met on August 11th at the Coffee Talk Cafe in Cedar Rapids to discuss Joe Haldeman's "The Accidental Time Machine". As usual Cath kept notes and posted them to Writer Tamago, interested in what people thought? Go give her notes read!

As noted in the sidebar of this page, our next book for discussion is Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff. Ms. Huff is ICON's Author Guest of Honor for 2008.

Book Discussion Group: The Magic Thief

Webmaster — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:16:50 +0000

The Mindbridge Book Discussion Group met back on July 14th at the Coffee Talk Cafe in Cedar Rapids to discuss The Magic Thief. The nimble-fingered Writer Tamago posted the notes she took over at her blog. And as an extra bonus, since our book discussion Sarah Prineas has had another piece of short fiction featured over at Pod Castle. It's called The Illuminated Dragon and is well worth a listen!

Book Discussion Group: The Dead Zone

Webmaster — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:05:15 +0000

The Mindbridge Book Discussion Group met this evening at the Coffee Talk Cafe in Cedar Rapids to discuss The Yiddish Policeman's Union. Our general consensus was the book was good but in spite of winning the Nebula Award, it was not a Science-Fiction novel. Once again Cath took notes of the discussion and posted them over at Writer Tamago. Did anybody else out there read the book? If so, what were your thoughts?

And don't forget to mark your calendars, as we'll be meeting next month to discuss The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas on July 14th. Don't forget the author will be joining us that day, so bring your questions for her!

Book Discussion Group: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union

Webmaster — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:58:45 +0000

The Mindbridge Book Discussion Group met this evening at the Coffee Talk Cafe in Cedar Rapids to discuss The Yiddish Policeman's Union. Our general consensus was the book was good but in spite of winning the Nebula Award, it was not a Science-Fiction novel. Cath took notes of the discussion and posted them over at Writer Tamago. Did anybody else out there read the book? If so, what were your thoughts?

And don't forget to mark your calendars, as we'll be meeting next month to discuss The Dead Zone by Stephen King on June 9th.

Book Discussion Group Reading List

Webmaster — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:33:05 +0000

Below is a list of the books our discussion group is planning to read for the foreseeable future.

2008

May: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
June: Dead Zone by Stephen King
July: The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas and a possible discussion with the author.
August: Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
September: Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff
October: Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry
November: Old Man's War by John Scalzi
December: Goblin Quest by Jim Hines

2009

January: Body Bags by Christopher Golden
February: Short Story Night
March: Ghosts in the Snow by Tamara Siler Jones and a possible discussion with the author.
April: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
May: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
June: Flex month. The group decided to deliberately leave this month open to allow the addition of some new masterwork of sci-fi/fantasy that may come out between now and then.
July: Devices and Desires by K. J. Parker
August: The Eyre Affair by Jaspar Fforde
September: Mort by Terry Pratchett
October: The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
November: The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
December: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union

Webmaster — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:07:39 +0000

The Mindbridge Book Discussion Group met last Friday at the Coffee Talk Cafe. We discussed what we were looking to get out of starting this group as well as what books we were planning on reading for the group. Our first selection is The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon (winner of the 2007 Nebula Best Novel award.)

If you would care to read the book and join us, our next meeting is scheduled for 6:00 PM on Monday, May 19, 2008 at the Coffee Talk Cafe in Cedar Rapids.