Category Archives: Sci-fi

2015 Sleepover

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2014 Sleepover

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SciFan Universes Everyone Should Know

BOOKS & AUTHORS — although many of these have inspired TV/MOVIES Harry Potter series Philip K. Dick SciFi stories Tolkien-verse Arthurian Legends Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones Outstanding Online Comic Outstanding Graphic Novel series Wheel of Time Dune … Continue reading

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SciFan Sleepover 2013 – Encounters with the Otherworldly

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Ender’s Game (the Book): What SciFan Members think…

Recently, SciFan members answered the following questions and the outcomes are recorded here: Average Age of SciFan Members first reading Ender’s Game: 12.2 75% have re-read the book since. Average rating of the book by SciFan Members: 9.0733333333 Some of … Continue reading

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First Meeting Team Trivia

On Friday, September 13, 2013, new and old SciFan members came together and had some fun at Team Trivia.   The teams are: House Lannister, The Browncoats, District 12, The Rohirrim, and Time Lords. Here are the questions — answers are … Continue reading

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The Maze Runner by James Dashner

All books have two vital elements: plotline and writing quality; and The Maze Runner is a trade-off between the two. On the one hand, you get a great story. Thomas wakes up in an elevator, unable to remember anything specific … Continue reading

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Minority Report

This past December Garratt Gallagher, a researcher at MIT, used the Xbox Kinect to create an interface – a gadget that allows people to communicate with computers. But unlike your keyboard, this interface projects computer files onto a screen and … Continue reading

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Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro This Science Fiction reads like a lulling memoir, from a young woman’s view point, who had an almost idyllic boarding school / well-run orphanage experience growing up. The book is full of anecdotes about her friendships with … Continue reading

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The Green Hornet

Based on the radio show set in the 1930s and 40s about the formerly-sleazy newspaper editor Britt Reid who started a life of crime after his father’s death, The Green Hornet remains true to its source material but also remains … Continue reading

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