Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy discussion

A place to plan out how you are going to achieve your BINGO goals. Also handy to get ideas from other people to fill in some of those more difficult spots.

B1: Featuring a Station or Inn - Ender's Game
B2: Prequel - House Atreides
B3: Award Winner - Dune
B4: High Fantasy - Cast in Wisdom
B5: Silkpunk - The Black Tides of Heaven

I1: Based on Fairy Tales or Folklore - Cinder
I2: Features Time Travel - The Time Machine
I3: Dystopian and/or Post-Apocalyptic - Metro 2033
I4: Anthology - Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
I5: Published in 2022 - Frank Herbert's DUNE: Muad’Dib, Book 2

N1: Written by an Indie Author - Blood
N2: Takes Place in the Distant Future - Chapterhouse: Dune
N3: SF/F Book that was Free - The Girl in the Golden Atom
N4: Featuring Telepathy or Psychic Abilities - Children of Dune
N5: Young Adult - Scarlet

G1: Features a Character with a Tail - God Emperor of Dune
G2: Features an Invasion - The War of the Worlds
G3: Protagonist that is a Detective/Cop - The Caves of Steel
G4: Published pre-20th Century - The Invisible Man
G5: Features Bio or Nano Tech - Xenocide

O1: Book with a Beautiful Cover - The Massacre of Mankind
O2: New to You Author - Beyond the Point of Unknown (Space Travel & Alien Contact Novels): Brigands of the Moon, The Fire People, The White Invaders
O3: Features a Clone or Doppelganger - Dune Messiah
O4: Translated from another Language - All You Need Is Kill
O5: Alternate Form - Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1

B1: Featuring a Station or Inn -Mind Changer
B2: Prequel - Fault Lines
B3: Award Winner - The Library of the Dead
B4: High Fantasy -Alphabet of Thorn
B5: Silkpunk - The Tea Master and the Detective

I1: Based on Fairy Tales or Folklore - The Fire Rose
I2: Features Time Travel -Lightning
I3: Dystopian and/or Post-Apocalyptic - A Single Light
I4: Anthology - Heroic Hearts
I5: Published in 2022 - Soul Taken

N1: Written by an Indie Author - Fledgling
N2: Takes Place in the Distant Future - The Spark
N3: SF/F Book that was Free - Crowbones
N4: Featuring Telepathy or Psychic Abilities - The Mage of Trelian
N5: Young Adult - Cinder

G1: Features a Character with a Tail - The Dragon of Trelian
G2: Features an Invasion - Cold Days Skyward
G3: Protagonist that is a Detective/Cop - Midnight Riot
G4: Published pre-20th Century - The Time Machine
G5: Features Bio or Nano Tech - Synapse

O1: Book with a Beautiful Cover - When Women Were Dragons
O2: New to You Author - Servant Mage
O3: Features a Clone or Doppelganger - Old Man's War
O4: Translated from another Language - The Cat Who Saved Books
O5: Alternate Form - Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One

These are my ideas right now.

B1: Featuring a Station or Inn
On a Red Station, Drifting
B2: Prequel
The Children of Húrin
The Crown Tower
B3: Award Winner
Neverwhere
B4: High Fantasy
The Sword of Shannara
B5: Silkpunk
The Grace of Kings

I1: Based on Fairy Tales or Folklore
Speak Easy
I2: Features Time Travel
The Eyre Affair
I3: Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic
The Maze Runner
I4: Anthology
The Draco Tavern
Dreams Underfoot
I5: Published in 2022
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
The Kaiju Preservation Society

N1: Written by an Indie Author
The Road to Farringale
N2: Takes Place in the Distant Future
Dune
N3: SF/F Book that was Free
The Tombs of Atuan
N4: Featuring Telepathy or Psychic Abilities
The Demolished Man
N5: Young Adult
Renegades
Spinning Silver

G1: Features a Character with a Tail
Tailchaser's Song
G2: Features an Invasion
Magician: Apprentice
G3: Protagonist that is a Detective or Cop
The Caves of Steel
G4: Published Pre-20th Century
The War of the Worlds
G5: Features Bio or Nano Tech
Prey

O1: Book with a Beautiful Cover
The Fall of Gondolin
Radiance
O2: New to you Author
Thieftaker
O3: Features a Clone or Doppelganger
Old Man's War
O4: Translated from Another Language
The Last Wish
Return From the Stars
O5: Alternate Form
Fantastic Beasts - The Secrets of Dumbledore: The Original Screenplay

I'm trying the bingo again (I only managed three last year). The plan is to read the things I already have available and I am going to fill some squares with book club books. So far, my list:

B1: Featuring a station or inn: Way Station
B2: Prequel: ???
B3: Award Winner: Neverwhere
B4: High Fantasy: The Way of Kings
B5: Silk Punk: ???

I1: Based on Fairy Tales or Folklore: ???
I2: Features Time Travel: The Corridors of Time
I3: Dystopian and/or Apocalyptic SF/F - Station Eleven (Not filled in 2021)
I4: Anthology: Africanfuturism: An Anthology (Not filled in 2021)
I5: Published in 2022: ???

N1: Written by an Indie Author: ???
N2: Takes Place in the Distant Future: Dune
N3: SF/F Book that was Free - On Basilisk Station(Not filled in 2021)
N4: Featuring Telepathy or Psychic Abilities: ???
N5: Young Adult: Skyward

G1: Features a character with a tail: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
G2: Features an Invasion: Childhood's end
G3: Protagonist that is a detective/cop: Snake Agent
G4: Published pre-20th century: The Blazing World (Not filled in 2021)
G5: Features bio or nano tech: Autonomous

O1: Book with a beautiful cover: A Memory Called Empire (Not filled in 2021)
O2: New to You Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
O3: Featuring a Clone or doppelganger: Old Man's War
O4: Translated from another language: We (Not filled in 2021)
O5: Alternate Form: Illuminae(Not filled in 2021)

Y'all may already know this. I did not until I got a book for another group that says on the cover "Indie book award finalist" Here is the webpage in case you need to find one: https://www.indiebookawards.com/

The ease of self-publishing has certainly increased the number (if not necessarily the quality) of indie authors. The same applies to independent publishers - there a few that have pretty extensive catalogues.

I don't know that it's as easy as all that Tony☺☺

I don't know that it's as easy as all that Tony☺☺

And I don't know why the Goodreads mobile app published that comment twice either LOL☺

And I don't know why the Goodreads mobile app published that comment twice either LOL☺

I will grant you that Kindle Create is a lot more user friendly than older apps and that the world has changed a hell of a lot since the days of vanity publishing though. ☺ Still, quite a lot of work goes into a self published book... I do take your point though and I am (mostly) just messing with you ☺☺

Robin, my comments sometimes post twice in the kindle app, too.

I expect that is because they are so good Michelle, you know, like New York... LOL☺☺

I finished my first book, and added the cover to the bottom of my post. That is how we are doing it in another group I'm in. Is that how we do it here?

So you're free to track as you see fit. I use the thread here for planning and tracking, but also I use the challenge tool itself.

For the challenge tool I see you already put yourself down for the full 25 books. When you configure the challenge, provide it a shelf name to which you'll add your bingo books, it will automatically track the completed ones. For example I have a shelf called sff-2022-bingo-challenge but you can use any name. Only put books on it that will count towards your challenge.

Then if you want you can also add a comment to your challenge when you finish a book just to say which slot you filled, but that really duplicates what we post here so it's not really needed but I usually do both. And you can post here any way you like, so I usually do (plain_text_title) for books I'm planning to read, and when I finish it I turn it to a GR link, but you'll see different options in other people's posts, the way you're doing your post is perfectly fine :)

Finally, the use of the challenge tool or even this thread is totally optional too. They allow other people to see your progress, and maybe get ideas to fill their own slots, but you can totally track on a piece of paper to keep it secret. But I like seeing my little progress bar on the challenge tool, and it reminds me if I'm falling behind.

The only real rule is 1 book per slot, which if you use the challenge tool will be enforced, you won't be able to trick it into counting one book for more than one slot, even if it applies :)

I filled one square by pure luck. I joined a SFF book club and the first read is Who Goes There?, telepathy is mentioned, so I am counting it for N4: Featuring telepathy or psychic abilities.
Lucky me, I had no idea of what book I could read for that one.

Andrea wrote: "So you're free to track as you see fit. I use the thread here for planning and tracking, but also I use the challenge tool itself.

For the challenge tool I see you already put yourself down for t..." Ok, I see, thanks!

Goodreads wants to help out people still needing to fill their cop/detective slot - https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...

There are sections for "In Space" and "Through Time". These are all newer releases, I already went with Asimov's Caves of Steel.

Woot, got my first BINGO! Got all the B column. Only took me 13 books (more than half the card) to get my first one :)

Andrea wrote: "Woot, got my first BINGO! Got all the B column. Only took me 13 books (more than half the card) to get my first one :)"
YAY! WTG!
I did, too, and didn't even realize it until you mentioned it. Mine is all the 1 row. I was stuck on simply filling out the whole card. My last book was When Women Were Dragons What an intensely fabulous book and it IS a beautiful cover!

Sad news: Patricia A. McKillip passed away!

https://www.tor.com/2022/05/11/patric...

Another bingo for me, with the prequel Fault Lines It was SO good and just what I needed to read!!

This is my first time trying this:

[X] B1: Featuring a Station or Inn – The Rose and the Thorn
[X] B2: Prequel – The Death of Dulgath
[X] B3: Award Winner – Binti
[X] B4: High Fantasy – Farilane
[] B5: Silkpunk – The Grace of Kings

[X] I1: Based on Fairy Tales or Folklore – The Witch’s Heart
[X] I2: Features Time Travel - Kindred, Dispel Illusion
[X] I3: Dystopian and/or Post-Apocalyptic – The Mother Code
[X] I4: Anthology – Future Tense
[X] I5: Published in 2022 – The Kaiju Preservation Society

[X] N1: Written by an Indie Author – Light Years From Home
[X] N2: Takes Place in the Distant Future - The Forever War
[] N3: SF/F Book that was Free – see Kindle
[X] N4: Featuring Telepathy or Psychic Abilities – Michael Vey 4
[X] N5: Young Adult – The Last Graduate

[X] G1: Features a Character with a Tail – The Witches, The Last House on Needless Street
[X] G2: Features an Invasion – A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
[] G3: Protagonist that is a Detective/Cop –
[] G4: Published pre-20th Century –
[X] G5: Features Bio or Nano Tech – The Human Division

[X] O1: Book with a Beautiful Cover – Daughter of the Moon Goddess
[X] O2: New to You Author – The Safe Place
[X] O3: Features a Clone or Doppelganger – Tom Stranger
[X] O4: Translated from another Language – Pippi Longstocking, Voices from Chernobyl
[X] O5: Alternate Form – The Empire Striketh Back

Up to 17 books now and got my second BINGO, filled out the second row now.

Late in the year, but I have now filled in the O column. 14 books left to fill out the entire card - it will be tight.

Just added my 2022 book, Soul Taken. I've been waiting for months for this latest in the Mercy Thompson series. It is one of my favorite series, and was worth the wait! I only have 2 slots left to fill.

I still haven't figured out my 2022 book :) Though I did good job up till now, I've been pushing to the next month the books I need to fill slots, so that's going to get me at the end of year, not so far away!

I'm in the same boat - I didn't pay enough attention to Bingo books early in the year and now, with just under 4 months to go, I still have 11 slots to fill - some of which I still haven't chosen books for.

I started off good, I was able to put a Dune book in many of the slots, but then I stopped being able to do that but still had like 10 Dune books to go (similar for Ender's Game series, and Asimov's Robots) so I stopped making progress in the BINGO since I was trying to finish those series too.

I believe there is yet another Dune book slated to be published in November so that might become my 2022 book, as well as the second Dune graphic novel (the first was good actually). Will see who gets the coveted spot!

I have finished the I column in my Bingo card. 10 books remain to finish the card.

Finished my last book and my BINGO card is full. Thanks to whoever put this together. It was a fun goal, and I read outside my usual.

I have finished the B column

Had to change some of my predictions from the start of the year as there's no way I'll get to them.

I filled in the Anthology slot, and I've got 3 targeted for October, which will leave me with 3 more after that...my 2022 one might only get published in November if I go with that plan, by the time I get it and read it, it will really squeak in right at the end :)

Three columns completed - B, I & O (but no rows yet) and I have selections for most of the remaining 7 slots.

Added two more books, got one row BINGO and one column one. 5 more books to go.

Late to the party this year but see how it goes. Will move some of these around later, since some books hit multiple and need to figure out what should go where!

B1: Featuring a Station or Inn - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
B2: Prequel -
B3: Award Winner - The Way of Kings
B4: High Fantasy - Daughter of Ancients
B5: Silkpunk - ?

I1: Based on Fairy Tales or Folklore -
I2: Features Time Travel -
I3: Dystopian and/or Post-Apocalyptic - Who Fears Death
I4: Anthology - Age of Darkness
I5: Published in 2022 - Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader or From Below

N1: Written by an Indie Author -
N2: Takes Place in the Distant Future - The First Heretic
N3: SF/F Book that was Free -
N4: Featuring Telepathy or Psychic Abilities - maybe The Exorcist
N5: Young Adult -

G1: Features a Character with a Tail - Dark Waters or The Haunting of Ashburn House
G2: Features an Invasion - Prospero Burns or Valdor: Birth of the Imperium
G3: Protagonist that is a Detective/Cop - maybe The Exorcist
G4: Published pre-20th Century - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Strange Tales
G5: Features Bio or Nano Tech -

O1: Book with a Beautiful Cover - Valdor: Birth of the Imperium or Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader
O2: New to You Author - The Haunting of Ashburn House or The Other
O3: Features a Clone or Doppelganger -
O4: Translated from another Language -
O5: Alternate Form

NekroRider wrote: "Late to the party this year but see how it goes. Will move some of these around later, since some books hit multiple and need to figure out what should go where!

B1: Featuring a Station or Inn - [..." Best of luck! that's a lot of reading for the next few months. I had a lot of fun with it, and read some books I would not've otherwise.

I have completed my first row - the 1 row. That makes 3 columns and 1 row. 4 books left to complete the card.

WTG, Tony! You've caught up quickly!

I've been stuck at 4 for a while now! I know I will get one done next week, one next month, I probably need to hunt for a replacement for the Indie one since that opens up a whole series and I won't have time for that, and one I'm waiting for it to be published first...

I have completed another row, I have now finished 3 columns (B, I, O) and 2 rows (1, 3). 3 books to go.

Updated my entry a little. Some I'm putting in multiple spots right now and then will decide their official spot later.

Also, for the books that were free space, does reading books one's significant other bought for herself, count? Or do they need to have been gifts/borrowed from outside your own household lol?

Georgann wrote: Best of luck! that's a lot of reading for the next few months. I had a lot of fun with it, and read some books I would not've otherwise.


Thanks! I definitely don't expect to complete the card haha but it's all in good fun!

I think a significant other purchase counts enough :)

Got both a column and a row with the Invisible Man in my pre-20th century slot. That leaves 4 more to go.

Finished another row, so that's 3 columns (B, I, and O) and 3 rows (1, 3, 5). Only 2 slots left - set in the distant future, and written pre-20th century.

Added two more to the list, finally got around to my Fairy Tale/Folklore slot with Cinder, and decided to just stick the Dune vol 2 graphic novel as my published in 2022. Though there was an actual Dune novel published a few days ago it cost nearly $40...don't want it that badly :) I'll wait till something like BookOutlet has a discounted copy but that might only be next year.

Added one more, for the indie author went with something that is categorized as steampunk but it's definitely on the fantasy end of things rather than the SF end, but there's no way I'll have time to read the one I originally planned.

So just one more to go!

The completion of The Time Machine by HG Wells fills the final slot in my Bingo for this year.

BINGO!

Actually finished Scarlet a couple days ago but forgot to update here.

One week left for those still working on their cards :)