So then what shall we read first? have you read any neal stephenson?

I've read Snow Crash, Zodiac, Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon. Quite fancied Quicksilver actually. But to be honest I miss understood the aim behind the book groups :-) I thought it was a way of grouping books, not a group for discussing books. Maybe we should change the title from 'The best of scifi' ? ?

Yeah we probably need to add more info on what makes up a book group - its designed to emulate a real life reading circle, someone picks a book for people to read.

We also need email notifications if someone posts a message in a topic your interested in ... otherwise you can't keep up!

I agree with your points. How about adding to the book group the option to group books as well. I think that its would be nice to discuss a whole set of books rather than a single book. I wonder if I would feel limited having to discuss one book, but the idea of grouping all of the Dune series together and having a good old geeky discussion would be great. Just a thought!

Maybe you need a feedback form too, haha. :-)

You HAVE to start with classic Asimov if you are going to kick off something on Sci Fi. No question about it.

Never read any asimov ... shocking isn't it!

feedback form is a great idea, and i also like the idea of being able to read multiple books in your book group ... will add it to the list :)

its a great introduction to Asimov and is quite an easy read as its a set of short stories based around Asimovs 'three laws of robotics'.