Speculative fiction book club - titles range from across the genre. Book picks for Feb - Dec, with Jan off. 2018 Chill / Elizabeth Bear A Wrinkle in Time / Madeleine L'Engle The Sheep Look Up / John Brunner Islands in the Net / Bruce Sterling The Shore of Women / Pamela Sargent The Forever War /Joe Haldeman The very best of Kate Elliott / Kate Elliott Infomocracy / Malka Older Lovecraft Country / Mike Ruff Autonomous / Annalee Newitz The Gate...
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Last post: I have a couple of library books due back -- then I plan on starting this one.
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Last post: I'm not going to re-read this one, but looking forward to the duscussions and posts. An excellent book, well-written -- and absolutely an horrific but believable future.
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Last post: The Gate to Women's Country - Sheri S. Tepper Reading start: 2018-12-01 Reading finish: 2018-12-31
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Last post: Lovecraft Country: A Novel - Matt Ruff Reading start: 2018-10-01 Reading finish: 2018-10-31
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Last post: The Very Best of Kate Elliott - Kate Elliott Reading start: 2018-08-01 Reading finish: 2018-08-31
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Last post: The Shore of Women - Pamela Sargent Reading start: 2018-06-01 Reading finish: 2018-06-30
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Last post: Islands in the Net - Bruce Sterling Reading start: 2018-05-01 Reading finish: 2018-05-31
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Last post: A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle Reading start: 2018-03-01 Reading finish: 2018-03-31
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Last post: I promise I read it too. I just read it in the first three days of the month then took 3 weeks to actually write my review. I'm actually posting my review in a sec.
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Last post: Might be a bit less spec fic than I was hoping, but the sci-fi story within the book is kind of interesting.
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Last post: We - Yevgeny Zamyatin, Евгений Замятин, Clarence Brown Reading start: 2017-12-01 Reading finish: 2017-12-31
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Last post: A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr. Reading start: 2017-08-01 Reading finish: 2017-08-31
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Last post: The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi Reading start: 2017-05-01 Reading finish: 2017-05-31
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Last post: The Core of the Sun - Johanna Sinisalo Reading start: 2017-04-01 Reading finish: 2017-04-30
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Last post: This Alien Shore - C.S. Friedman Reading start: 2017-03-01 Reading finish: 2017-03-31
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Last post: I completely forgot to 1. add this to the reading list and 2. request this through ILL. Hopefully my copy will be arriving in a few days.
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Last post: The Emperor's Soul - Brandon Sanderson Reading start: 2016-12-01 Reading finish: 2016-12-31
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Last post: kirkus starred review for this one: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/daniel-jose-older/shadowshaper/
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Last post: But as I went on I began to realize that Haden’s wasn’t some life sentence. It was just another way to live. I began to see the beauty of the world we Hadens were creating, ...
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Last post: Review & Discussion Fodder Gibbon's Decline and Fall starts in 1959 and ends in a then 'near future' (the year 2000, now 15 years past). What do you think about the changes...
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Last post: Review & discussion guide Did Shira's actions actually hurt Josh? Was the downfall of their marriage an interpersonal issue, or was their relationship guided all along by Y-...
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Last post: Review & Discussion Fodder This book is filled with plays on words, but rarely in a playful or comedic manner. Puns are "joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a...
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Last post: disclosure - this is one of my favorite books, hands down review & discussion fodder What preconceptions or ideas did you form as you started the book? How accurate were th...
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Last post: review & discussion fodder What do you think of Rottfield's requests for his golem's personality? Could The Golem and the Jinni be considered a sort of "Adam & Eve" story? ...
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Last post: He was at Readercon which is where I met him. Guest of honor a couple years ago, and he signed my program as I only had his books on Kindle.
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Last post: Review & discussion fodder Manfred patents concepts and permutations of concepts, an activity that raises alarm and derision when a corporation attempts (such as patenting p...
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Last post: Review & discussion fodder What do you think about the science of shape-changing, the need to understand the mind and making of the body you occupy in order to become it? ...
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Last post: I really like books where the singularity is us, stories that look at the blurring line of exactly what is "human" Discussion Fodder & Review "Kade had never asked anyone th...
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Last post: Gorgeous bit of prose. Review & Discussion Fodder Themes to discuss: identity, humanity, reality, mortality, morality. What makes it a time for unicorns? What are unicorns...
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Last post: Review & Discussion Fodder A deliberate decision was made to not inform the Ares 3 crew of Watney's survival. Do you think this was the right thing to do? How would have ke...
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Last post: Review & Discussion Fodder This book is extremely heavy on symbolism, what stood out to you, and what do you think about it's meaning? (Examples: The Pit, the cherry bomb, t...
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Last post: Book Review & Discussion Fodder Did the characters make a Faustian bargain (regardless of the lottery involvement or not)? Who's the devil in this story? Who and what in th...
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Last post: Review & Discussion Guide Did you have any expectations going into this book? Were they confirmed, were you surprised? What do you think of the setting and world building? ...
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Last post: Review & Discussion Guide Destruction of nature (deforestation during the Cultural Revolution, pesticides in Silent Spring, harvesting of the replanted forest, extinction of...
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Last post: Review & Discussion Guide Did the Ilmartarans' treatment of Henri Kerlerec surprise you? Did it seem alien or strangely familiar? Should Rob Freeman done more? Whether to...
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Last post: Review & Discussion Guide Siri Keeton underwent a partial lobotomy as a child to treat severe epilepsy, afterwards he needs to relearn how to be, and his best friend believes...
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Last post: Discussion Guide How have the characters created shields around themselves in the wake of their trauma? How are they dealing or not dealing? What do you think of their obse...
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