Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels discussion

2020

January 2020 - Hard SF vs Fantasy
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
February 2020 - Apocalyptic and Humorous
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
March 2020 - Women's History Month
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
April 2020 - AI and Aliens
Up the Walls of the World by James Tiptree Jr. (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
May 2020 - Cyberpunk and Steampunk
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
June 2020 - 1970s and 1990s
Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Bellwether by Connie Willis (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
July 2020 - Alt-History & Time Travel
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
August 2020 - Eco-Fiction & Retro Hugo
Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
September 2020 - "30s - 70s" vs "80s -10s"
The Byworlder by Poul Anderson (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
October 2020 - Scary Reads
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Blindsight by Peter Watts (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
November 2020 - Hugo Winners vs Nebula Winners
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
December
Healer's War
Man Who Folded Himself

I think it is better to get Challenges as a separate post here

Great job Art

2019

December 2019 - Short Reads
Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
November 2019 - Space Opera
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (No Spoiler / Spoilers)
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
October 2019 - Books That Scary Us!
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
September 2019 - Close Calls and Big Losers
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Synners by Pat Cadigan (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
August 2019 - Very Long Read
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
July 2019 - SF & Fantasy
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman(No Spoilers / Spoilers)
June 2019 - Hugo Nominee & Nebula Nominee
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
May 2019 - Book I've been Dreading & Book I've been Looking Forward To
Nova Express by William S. Burroughs(No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin(No Spoilers / Spoilers)
April 2019 - Humorous & Light Sci-Fi
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut(No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Redshirts by John Scalzi(No Spoilers /) Spoilers)
March 2019 - Mistresses of Sci-fi and Fantasy:
Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh(No Spoilers / Spoilers)
God's War by Kameron Hurley(No Spoilers / Spoilers)
February 2019 - Time Travel & Retro:
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon (No spoilers / Spoilers)
Timescape by Gregory Benford (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
January 2019 - Long Reads:
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Tea with the Black Dragon by R.A. MacAvoy (No Spoilers / Spoilers)

2018

December 2018 - Double Winners:
The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
November 2018 - Horror & First Contact:
Blackout by Mira Grant (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
October 2018 - Horror:
Feed by Mira Grant (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Deadline by Mira Grant (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
September 2018 - Dystopia & Space Opera:
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Kallocain by Karin Boye (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
August 2018 - History & 2000s:
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
July 2018 - "Series" Business:
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
June 2018 - 1970's & Space Opera:
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Postman by David Brin (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Tau Zero by Poul Anderson (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
May 2018 - New Release & Dystopia:
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
April 2018 - Fantasy & Steampunk:
The Difference Engine by William Gibson (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
March 2018 - Test Drive:
Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (No Spoilers / Spoilers)

Challenges

June 1st - August 31st
Completionist Challenge

Group Challenges

April 1st - May 31st
Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie Total pages: 1,072 (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
April 22nd - May 31st
Earth Day Challenge (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
May 15th - September 31st 2018:
Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin Total Pages: 1,145 (No Spoilers / Spoilers)
October 1st - December 31st 2018:
Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Total Pages: 617(No Spoilers / Spoilers)
January 1st - March 31st 2019:
Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert Total Pages: 1,796 (No Spoilers / Spoilers)

Ran out of room trying to update our read titles from the last year, will take a little while to figure it all out.
Bear with me!

Thanks for all the info, Art!

I was thinking I might read a book from of Bryan's Author's Birthday challenges in January 2021 for the rereads challenge. I really liked the beginning but that was a far as I got. No time to finish.

It was about people who lived on the edge of an alien city in a diplomatic area, and some kids who get in trouble by trespassing. Something about the atmosphere being different and making them sick, maybe?

anyone got a name and an author? I was thinking it might have been in the fall a couple of years ago? Or even 2019, not sure.

Embassytown by China Miéville.

Art, do you think we should list all the Vorkosigan Challenge books on this page? I can do it if you want, as a 2020 challenge.

(I scanned the bookshelf and it appears they are all listed as read already, so it may not be a problem in nominations)

2021
I hope I haven't made any mistakes...

December - Short Books

November - Biggest Losers
The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer

October, Scary Reads !
The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad spoilers ok/no spoilerse
The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan spoilers ok/no spoilers

September - The 70's
A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson spoilers ok/no spoilers
Mindbridge by Joe Haldeman spoilers ok/no spoilers

August - Long Reads
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan spoilers ok/no spoilers

July Anticipating / Dreading
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm spoilers ok/no spoilers
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson spoilers ok/no spoilers

June Hard SF / Retro Hugo
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov spoilers ok/no spoilers
The Dying Earthby Jack Vance spoilers ok/no spoilers

May - Miniseries
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
The Witch in the Wood spoilers ok/no spoilers
The Sword in the Stone spoilers ok/no spoilers
The Ill-Made Knight spoilers ok/no spoilers

April - 1990's/Fantasy
The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson no spoilers
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein spoilers ok/no spoilers

March - Women Writers
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh spoilers ok/no spoilers
Among Others by Jo Walton spoilers ok/no spoilers

February - Series Business
Freyaverse by Charles Stross
Saturn's Children spoilers ok/no spoilers
Neptune's Brood spoilers ok/no spoilers

January,
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow spoilers ok/no spoilers
Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny spoilers ok/no spoilers

Appreciate it a lot, Harmony!!

Nice work, Harmony, thank you! The December books are posted under that monthly thread.

I turned this thread into a google doc that lives in the group's Google Drive folder:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W...#

I also updated it to August 2022, but the new ones I added don't have the title/author/forum links like Art's old lists do.

Kalin wrote: "I turned this thread into a google doc that lives in the group's Google Drive folder:."

Thanks for all your work, Kalin!

This list is GREAT!!!