Book of the Month Vote Here

Hello /c/sciencefiction, it is that time of the month. Time to vote for the book of the month. The options are loosely collected from the most voted and discussed books in the “What are you Reading” thread for August.

At the end of the month the poll will be closed and the winner will be the book of the month for August 2023. Myself and hopefully some others will read this book over the following month and then near the end of the month a discussion post will be made to talk about it. Feel free to participate or not at your leisure.

Once the book is chosen it will be set to “Reading” status on the community BookWyrm account here. https://bookwyrm.social/user/ScienceFiction Feel free to follow this account with your own BookWyrm account so other members can find you. This can help people find book recommendations of like minded science fiction readers.

Here are this months selection

    • Izzy@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I’m sure some of them will show up in future votes. Maybe some day we will get to everything. 🙂

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      The trilogy is amazing. The last book in the series Children of Memory is maybe my favorite. Some real heady hard sci fi.

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      Bold. To me it seems like Andy Weir telling the exact same engineer survivorporn story over again. It’s The Martian, but in an only slightly different locale.

  • TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca
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    Not enough sci fi fans seem to read neuromancer, it’s what got me into it and I recommend to anyone who likes fast paced cyberpunk. Such a vivid book to me.

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      It’s good but I can understand why many people don’t read it, the way it uses language can make it difficult to decipher what is going on and it doesn’t really hold your hand.

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        I’ve had one go at Neuromancer and the language definitely made it a more difficult read for me. I want to read it again (I voted for it in the poll), and I think on my second go it’ll be more enjoyable.

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          Try a short story anthology called “Mirrorshades.” It’s edited by Bruce Sterling, another early cyberpunk pioneer. The stories are amazing and more accessible than neuromancer, but I bet you’ll be more primed to read it afterwards.

          Also look up anything by Pat cadigan. She writes great cyberpunk and also edited a few good anthologies.

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    I vote necromancer.

    I’ll have to read children of time next tho as I haven’t read it yet. Currently reading through anathem.

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    Neat! First time seeing this community. Going to check it out, commenting so hopefully others do to :)

  • ACatNamedBunny@lemm.ee
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    Just subscribed! I have read more fantasy than science fiction, but I’ll vote for children of time based on some of these comments! I’ll join the collective read next month, that sounds like a healthy change for me (:

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    I’ve read five on the list (Martine, Tchaikovsky, Corey, Howey, and Weir) and I’d put them all on the same (excellent) tier. But if I had to rank them, that’s the order I’d put them in.

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      I’ve read 4, and I would probably order them: Weir, Howey, Tchaikovsky, King.

      It’s a very close call though. If asked to rank them again next week I’d probably have a different answer.

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    I vote for Leviathan Wakes because it’s the only one I haven’t read but have heard of the author.

    • essteeyou@lemmy.world
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      Apple’s series is very enjoyable. I loved the books, and it does a good job of translating them to screen. Howey is an executive producer on the show.

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        Sounds good, still not forgiven them for foundation, although if you forget the books it is quite an enjoyable story in its own right

        • essteeyou@lemmy.world
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          I read Foundation quite a while back, so I just enjoyed the TV show. There weren’t that many bits that sounded familiar, but I wasn’t sure if I’d just forgotten parts of it.

  • clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world
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    Voting for Leviathan Wakes as it’s the only one I’ve read so far. That being said, the majority of these titles are on my list of books to read, and the ones that aren’t, I’m looking into now!