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BotM Nominations - December 2021
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Can't link it, Goodreads search is down.
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I believe it's supposed to be one nomination per person at this point.
Wayland wrote: "Christine wrote: "The Slynx (sci-fi); Wild Seed (fantasy/sci-fi/speculative)"I believe it's supposed to be one nomination per person at this point."
Oh, no, my sincerest apologies! This is my very first time participating in BotM nominations and clearly, in my enthusiasm, I didn't read the rules closely/slowly enough. Please forgive me. 🙏🏻
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Audrey wrote: "It's fine! Which one do you want to go with?"Thanks, Audrey. I think I'll go with Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler. It gets described as Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction, but for this purpose seems most like Sci-Fi to me. Thanks again!
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Can't link it, Goodreads search is down."
It was just Vorrh which is why it wasn't showing up :)
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Looking into this one, it seems as if it might be a self-pub...
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Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb was my suggestion and reading the comment above... it is absolutely a stand alone trilogy. It has no reference at all to the farseer trilogy, has no characters in common, is not even in the same part of the world. It even has a different magic system from the farseer books, although she may link them all in the final trilogy, I do not know, have not read the last one yet :)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... Ray Bradbury Martian Chronicles for Sci Fi. An oldie but goodie :)
She links them in the third trilogy, but you can read Ship of Magic before Farseer. You'll just get some hints in a different order, but it doesn't spoil anything.
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(Therefore don't worry about your SF suggestion)
hi. Bit confused what "published the first of the month" means? Otherwise I can suggest some sci fi.
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Hope that helps!
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hi. Sorry, still bewildered. Does it mean we can only pick books published from this year, or any book published, like, ever? thanks
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You can't pick a book that is published the month you're nominating it for. So, for example, if you want to read a book that comes out in December of 2021, you can't nominate it for that month.
Also, audio/e book only are not allowed.
And Andrew: books published before that is fine, no matter the year.
Has this group already read Dune? I am fairly new to this group so I wouldn’t know if you have, but I know I’m planning on reading that as a Sci-fi prompt soon.
Abigail wrote: "Has this group already read Dune? I am fairly new to this group so I wouldn’t know if you have, but I know I’m planning on reading that as a Sci-fi prompt soon."According to the group shelf (https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...), it was read in December 2013. Only the first one of the series.
For SciFi I nominate The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky ChambersTechnically part of a series, but I believe the group has read the earlier books.
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One damned thing after another (St Mary’s chronicles book 1)By Jodie Taylor.
Alternative future Time Travel series
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By Jodie Taylor.
Alternative future Time Travel series"
We've done that one.
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A reminder of the BotM nomination rules:
– Books must be published by the first of the month, be available internationally, and available in print form.
– After 24-48 hours, 8 books from each genre will be chosen at random from the selection, using a random generator online.
– Only ONE nomination per person (EITHER sci-fi OR fantasy).
– If books are part of a series, they must be the first, unless the group has already read the previous book(s). (you can see our previous group reads HERE)
– No authors nominating their own works.
– No self-published or ebook-only books — we want our BotM to be accessible to as many members as possible!
SCI-FI:
1. The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
2. The Massacre of Mankind by Stephen Baxter
3. Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman
4. Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
5. Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks
6. Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
7. The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw
8. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
9. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
10. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
FANTASY:
1. Made Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
2. Black Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman
3. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
4. Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb (I'm allowing this based on precedent set with e.g. Raymond E. Feist, but this is technically the first of a sub-series within the wider Elderlings series, however I think you can get away with reading it without having finished the Farseer trilogy)
5. Vorrh by Brian Catling
6. Master Assassins by Robert V.S. Redick
7. The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
9. Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft