http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/forums/2 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:11:40 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/forums/2 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1921/t/October-November-Group-Book-Reads.html feeds@yuku.com (Custer1) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1921 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:06:59 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1879/t/Author-August-2009-.html Science Fiction Message Board the results are in for our 2009 "Author August" post-a-thon extravaganza!

The regular members, along with some visitors lured by news of the upcoming event, have nominated a wildly diverse range of authors. From SF's earliest days to the latest hot new talent, this 5th annual event has as wide-ranging a list of writers as anyone could wish to see:


8/1 Alfred Bester
8/2 William Tenn... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Custer1) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1879 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:22:21 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1873/t/Author-August-2009-Nominations-Now-Open-.html At the Science Fiction Message Board, it is our ambition to have a thread for every notable science fiction author, bar none! We would particularly welcome your book reviews, links to relevant websites, personal reminiscences, cover scans, recommendations, and anything else that seems relevant.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1873 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:47:08 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1856/t/Summer-2009-Group-Book-Read-New-Amsterdam-by-Elizabeth-Bear.html Science Fiction Message Board June Book Read

At the Science Fiction Message Board we're preparing for another of our semi-regular "Group Book Reads", which is due to start in just a few days now. For a little bit of fun, we're deviating from the harder SF this time for a bit of alternate history.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1856 Mon, 25 May 2009 16:54:24 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1816/t/Spring-2009-Group-Book-Read-Lloyd-Biggle-Jr-39-s-quot---Colo.html Science Fiction Message Board Spring Group Read

The results are in now, and the author who topped our poll was Lloyd Biggle Jr.! The book we will be focusing on starting March 1st is his novel All The Colours of Darkness.

"It... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Custer1) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1816 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:57:06 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1808/t/Vote-for-Our-April-2009-Group-Movie-Discussion-.html Our Star Movie Reviewer Aramis has requested that the board show a little love to the cinema with a group discussion in April of a science fiction movie! Because watching a movie goes quite a bit quicker than reading a book, we're going to center our discussion on the first week of April, starting with the 1st and running through the 7th (though of course we'll take additional comments after that too). Aramis will lead the discussion, asking relevant questions if the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1808 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:14:37 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1791/t/Vote-for-Our-SPRING-Group-Book-Read-Author-.html As shocking (and relieving!) as it might seem, Spring is really just around the corner.

After our highly participated-inWinter read of Alan Moore's Watchmen we decided to give all of the runner up authors a 2nd chance at being our next Group Book Read. So this poll is comprised of all of the authors who received two... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1791 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:14:00 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1779/t/STOP-THE-INVASION-.html We don't want advertisements on the Science Fiction Message Board any more than you do. What classless ads they are throwing our way too! The easiest way to get rid of them is to CONTRIBUTE!

Thanks, for doing whatever you can!
]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1779 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:55:22 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1773/t/Winter-2009-Group-Book-Read-Alan-Moore-s-Watchmen-.html After much discussion and a poll of our members, the Winter Group Book Read at the Science Fiction Message Board can now be announced - it will be the graphic novel Watchmen, by http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1773 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:10:21 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1754/t/Help-Pick-Our-Winter-Group-Book-Read-.html Sometime soon after the first of the new year, we'll be holding the first Group Book Read for 2009! The Galactic Administrators of the Science Fiction Message Board have decided to use a open poll to determine which of the authors we've been considering to pick a book by. Once we've... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1754 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:18:41 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1747/t/New-Forum-THE-WRITER-S-DEN-.html For a long time this board has attracted not only those that read science fiction, but those who write it as well. In fact, we've had a lengthy tradition of people showing up who wanted to share about their own published book or short story or article.

What we haven't had, until now, is a decent place for them to post about their work. Some have posted in SPAM, but that seems rather harsh for people just wanting to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1747 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:41:38 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1713/t/Autumn-Group-Book-Read-Fools-by-Pat-Cadigan-.html Join us at the Science Fiction Message Board in the month of October, 2008 for a Group Book Read featuring the novel feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1713 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:47:58 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1654/t/Author-August-2008-.html We are now less than a month away from our 4th Annual celebration of the people who write the science fiction we love! This event has proven in the last three years to be an exciting time of developing our community by posting about our very favorite SF authors in true Wiki style. Author August 2008 is upon us!

Each day of the month of August we feature a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1654 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:11:15 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1635/t/Summer-Group-Book-Read-Neal-Stephenson-s-Snow-Crash-.html The Science Fiction Message Board will be participating in the Alternate Reality Web Zine Summer Group Book Read of Neal Stephenson's classic 1st novel Snow Crash!

Whether you've already read this highly influential post-cyberpunk romp or have always been meaning to, this is a great... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/1635 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:24:32 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/380/t/Spring-Group-Book-Read-Singularity-Sky-by-Charles-Stross-.html Science Fiction Message Board we'll be having a Group Book Read and discussion of the critically acclaimed 2004 Nebula Award nominated novel feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/380 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:53:22 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/381/t/Moving-to-Yuku.html
Judging by Black Iron Prison, which has just been transplanted, the Yuku-monkeys will probably manage to lose four or five days of posts when they do this, so if you are posting anything... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Custer1) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/381 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:44:45 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/382/t/12-07-Group-Read-Down-and-Out-in-the-Magic-Kingdom.html Science Fiction Message Board for December, 2007 will be the 2004 nominee for the Nebula award Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/382 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:41:07 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/383/t/Science-Fiction-Unleashed-Our-New-Flickr-Group-.html Sci-Fi Buffs Unleashed group with an existing membership of 550+ Not being a fan of the "Sci-Fi" tag, I changed the name of the group to Science Fiction Unleashed. In addition, I linked this message board as the official site of the group.

This is obviously a very good... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/383 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:25:53 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/384/t/October-07-Group-Read-Tanith-Lee-s-Birthgrave.html The Birthgrave a classic early Tanith Lee novel, acclaimed by Marion Zimmer Bradley as "A big delightful feast of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/384 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:44:11 GMT http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/385/t/Author-August-2007-.html The Science Fiction Message Board for our third annual Author August:

A month long posting festival in celebration of the exciting men and women who bring us the speculative fiction we crave!

As the result of a thrilling open nomination... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) http://sciencefiction.yuku.com/topic/385 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:36:35 GMT