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[Vote] Book of the Month (August 2023) (i.imgur.com)

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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

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[-] TheBest@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Nutteman@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

HYPERIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[-] Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago

Children of time is amazing imo. Love the concept and the characters.

[-] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

But...

They're all worth reading!

[-] brcl@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Well my arachnophobia rules out children of time for me…

[-] Izzy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] harsh3466@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[-] athos77@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Ooh, Children of Time, please!

[-] glorious_albus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's my first suggestion for anyone who wants to try sci-fi. What a legendary book!

Been a Tchaikovsky fan ever since.

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

The final architecture series is a hoot too.

[-] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

22/11/63 - Stephen King

Is this the sequel to 11/22/63? /s

[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Sensible Date Format Edition

[-] _thebrain_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I vote necromancer.

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

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] ACatNamedBunny@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

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 (:

[-] Izzy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for joining us. Perhaps you will some day become a science fiction enthusiast. 🙂

[-] munter@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Weir! Though I am currently reading Martine myself.

[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 years ago

Children of Tiiiiiiime

[-] clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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!

[-] Phanatik@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I'm shocked that I've never read any of these although a bunch are on my list. Voted for Neuromancer because cyberpunk is my main focus for my own work.

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago

Only one I read on this list is Project Hail Mary and it was really good…and everyone I know who has read it (including people who don’t regularly read science fiction) loved it, too.

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Neuromancer is basically the manifesto of the cyberpunk genre. A great novel with an astonishing prophetic look at the technologies of the future.

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Only read a handful of these but now I have a few more to add to my list!

[-] Franzia 2 points 2 years ago

Sounds super fun!

[-] tiny_parking@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Voting for Wool as it makes sense to read the book before checking out how AppleTV have (maybe) destroyed it

[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] tiny_parking@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

I have to vote for Martine.

This is a very good selection of books, but I would like for "classic" sci-fi to have it's own category. I love Hyperion, necromancer and the expanse series, but I think they start to choke out newer/fringe books. Especially if the the plan is to vote on what book is next.

[-] jzefbeio54@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thx you for the poll, I just read Simmons's in this list, I will have a look at the rest of it :)

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