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

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Izzy@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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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

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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 :)

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But...

They're all worth reading!

[–] 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. 🙂

[–] brcl@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Well my arachnophobia rules out children of time for me…

[–] Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Nutteman@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

HYPERIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

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[–] Thedogspaw@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Project hail Mary is probably the best book on that list

[–] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Currently reading. It is quite good indeed, but I haven't read the other ones so I don't feel I should vote.
E: Oh, I got the intent of the vote wrong.

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Right, you would probably want to pick the one you are most interested in reading, but it doesn't really matter if you pick your favorite that you have read and want others to read.

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[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Project Hail Mary is probably the best book I've ever read, lol.

[–] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"Consider Phlebas" is the ultimate 80's Space Adventure. I say I'm a fantasy guy, but that's my favorite book currently.

[–] Sim 2 points 2 years ago

Great story, you've reminded me how much I enjoyed it. Thanks!

[–] shua_too@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you read the rest of the Culture series? I’ve got them all on my Kobo but haven’t started.

[–] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Only "The Use of Weapons" which is hard to follow because of the unconventional structure.

[–] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Really? Because that’s like, the worst one of the entire series.

[–] munter@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Weir's characters are always so 'alive' somehow!

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It was a revelation when I found out he wrote "the egg". That was my favorite internet story. He's my favorite living author (RIP Adams and Pratchett)

[–] BongRipsMcGee420@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Same! Haven't stayed up late reading like that in ages, if ever.

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[–] athos77@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ooh, Children of Time, please!

[–] glorious_albus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 (1 children)

The final architecture series is a hoot too.

[–] glorious_albus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh yeah. Reading book 3 right now. Love these characters. I'll miss them when I finish.

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

Honestly I feel like there needs to be multiple video game series based around the factions. I'll take a Partheni fps any day of the week.

[–] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Both are a prequel to 1963-11-22.

[–] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

oh shit it’s a trilogy??

[–] TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] _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.

[–] ACatNamedBunny@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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. 🙂

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 4 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!

[–] tiny_parking@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 (1 children)

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 (1 children)

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.

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

Children of Tiiiiiiime

[–] 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.

[–] munter@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Weir! Though I am currently reading Martine myself.

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] 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.

[–] 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.

[–] 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Sounds super fun!

[–] 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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