04-20-2016, 04:46 PM | #16 |
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I'll nominate The Steerswoman, by Rosemary Kirstein. 288 pages according to Amazon. Price, $2.99 on Amazon.com.
This book is not fantasy, though you might think so initially. More than that would be a spoiler. Amazon description: Spoiler:
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04-20-2016, 04:48 PM | #17 |
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I will second The End of Eternity.
Similar concept to The Adjustment Bureau movie based on Philip K. Dick's Adjustment Team story that I have been wanting to try. |
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As for allowed, I'm with Tom on this. But I'll vote on Mistborn by NOT seconding it. (But if szarroug3 or anyone else nominates it for July or December, I will second it. With the warning that it's LONG.)
As for Azimov, I'm considering a second there, but holding off a bit to see what other options are put forward. It's been 50 years since I read The End of Eternity, so I will not remember any of it, but I'd also hoped for something a bit newer. Have we ever nominated or read any of the 1632 series? I'd happily nominate that if we haven't. |
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Yes, it's long. But it goes quickly. And I need a good excuse to get back into this series.
So, I nominate 1632, by Eric Flint. 612 pages, FREE from Baen directly, or Amazon directly. And we get SF, History, and fun, all in one. Amazon: Spoiler:
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I did this last month and forgot this month but here are the last couple nomination threads for Science Fiction:
August 2015 August 2014 August 2013 Here are a couple awards specifically for science fiction (and fantasy): Hugo Awards - Novels, Novellas, Novellettes - Best science fiction according to the World Science Fiction Society Nebula Awards - Novels, Novellas, Novellettes - best science fiction according to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America It looks like CRussell's current nomination of The Steerswoman was nominated last year (and had only 3 less votes than our eventual winner). Rendezvous with Rama has been a finalist each of the last three years (I enjoyed it a lot) so maybe it is time to finally read it, it is only 256 pages. |
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I second The Steerswoman.
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04-20-2016, 06:26 PM | #23 |
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I third The Steerswoman, I've been meaning to read it for some time now
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I'll third 1632.
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We need something different to consider, so I will nominate Looking Through Lace by Ruth Nestvold.
Goodreads | Amazon US / Amazon UK / Barnes & Noble Length: 79 Pages Quote:
Disclosure: This is in Kindle Unlimited which generally means the e-book is only available on Amazon but it should be easy to convert to another format in Calibre. It is available to purchase (rather than borrow thru KU) at $2.99 right now. There is a paper edition available at B&N. |
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So far, I would like to read (or have already read) all of the nominated works. I like to see that.
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I'd like to nominate Heaven by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. But it seems to be one of those books that has fallen in the crack between new publications that automatically have ebooks, and older publications that have been reissued as ebooks.
I bought it from Fictionwise. Perhaps it's still available as an ebook in the US. It was my first 10/10 read of 2010, an unexpected gem. "Wonderful aliens, an interesting scenario" "Most readers won't be surprised by Cosmic Unity's bloody-minded missionary zeal, but Heaven offers some great surprises in its big ideas and its richly imagined alien races. Reminiscent of Hal Clement and Bruce Sterling, Heaven is a fun, thought-provoking, impressive example of classic sense-of-wonder science fiction." --Cynthia Ward Last edited by pdurrant; 04-25-2016 at 07:32 AM. |
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