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May 2016 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST April 26 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days. The book selection category for May is: Science Fiction. In order for a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third). How Does This Work? The Mobile Read Book Club (MRBC) is an informal club that requires nothing of you. Each month a book is selected by polling. On the last week of that month a discussion thread is started for the book. If you want to participate feel free. There is no need to "join" or sign up. All are welcome. How Does a Book Get Selected? Each book that is nominated will be listed in a poll at the end of the nomination period. The book that polls the most votes will be the official selection. How Many Nominations Can I Make? Each participant has 3 nominations. You can nominate a new book for consideration or nominate (second, third) one that has already been nominated by another person. How Do I Nominate a Book? Please just post a message with your nomination. If you are the FIRST to nominate a book, please try to provide an abstract to the book so others may consider their level of interest. How Do I Know What Has Been Nominated? Just follow the thread. This message will be updated with the status of the nominations as often as I can. If one is missed, please just post a message with a multi-quote of the 3 nominations and it will be added to the list ASAP. When is the Poll? The poll thread will open at the end of the nomination period, or once there have been 10 books with 3 nominations each. At that time a link to the initial poll thread will be posted here and this thread will be closed. The floor is open to nominations. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area. Official choices with three nominations each: (1) The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein Goodreads | Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 288 pages Spoiler:
(2) 1632 by Eric Flint Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Baen Print Length: 612 pages Spoiler:
(3) The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 256 pages Spoiler:
(4) The Giver by Lois Lowry Goodreads | Amazon US / Google Play / Kobo Print Length: 204 pages Spoiler:
(5) A Door Into Summer by Robert A Heinlein Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 304 pages Spoiler:
(6) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 158 pages Spoiler:
(7) The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 338 pages pages Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 04-27-2016 at 12:00 AM. Reason: Through Post #58 |
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Wondering if a particular book is available in your country? The following spoiler contains a list of bookstores outside the United States you can search. If you don't see a bookstore on this list for your country, find one that is, send me the link via PM, and I'll add it to the list. Also, if you find one on the list that is no longer in operation, let me know and I'll remove it from the list.
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** The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross [JSWolf, caleb72] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo UK / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 368 pages Spoiler:
* Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson [szarroug3] Goodreads | Amazon US / Overdrive Print Length: 676 pages Spoiler:
*** The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov [WT Sharpe, Dazrin, issybird] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 256 pages Spoiler:
*** The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein [CRussel, treadlightly, Grey Ram] Goodreads | Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 288 pages Spoiler:
*** 1632 by Eric Flint [CRussel, WT Sharpe, issybird] Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Baen Print Length: 612 pages Spoiler:
** Looking Through Lace by Ruth Nestvold [Dazrin, Grey Ram] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble Print Length: 79 pages Spoiler:
** Heaven by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen [pdurrant, CRussel] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 364 pages Spoiler:
*** The Giver by Lois Lowry [Grey Ram, treadlightly, JSWolf] Goodreads | Amazon US / Google Play / Kobo Print Length: 204 pages Spoiler:
*** Brave New World by Aldous Huxley [drofgnal, issybird, GA Russell] Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 158 pages Spoiler:
*** A Door Into Summer by Robert A Heinlein [fantasyfan, drofgnal, pdurrant] Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 304 pages Spoiler:
** The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells [GA Russell, caleb72] Goodreads | Amazon US / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 130 pages Spoiler:
*** The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. [WT Sharpe, din155, Dazrin] Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 338 pages pages Spoiler:
** Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein [caleb72, GA Russell] Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 452 pages Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 04-27-2016 at 12:00 AM. Reason: Through post #86 |
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I'd like to nominate The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross (368 pages)
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Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Atrocity-Archi.../dp/B000OIZUIA Amazon.co.uk: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Atrocity-Arc...486U23M?ie=UTF Kobo US: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...ity-archives-1 Kobo UK: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-uk/eb...0-47d4b235ff89 Last edited by JSWolf; 04-20-2016 at 11:38 AM. |
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I want to nominate "Mistborn: The Final Empire" by Brandon Sanderson.
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More Fantasy than SF, IMO, and we appear to have split the two categories this year. I admit, I did enjoy the book, read as an Audible book. But apparently not enough to actually read later volumes. And it's 676 pages.
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I agree, I don't think Mistborn is really "science fiction", it is pretty clearly a "fantasy" novel and would be a better fit for either July (Free-For-All) or December (Fantasy). I really enjoyed it, and the rest of the series, but I don't think it fits the category.
My problem has been finding the right science fiction to nominate. Red Mars has me wanting something light-hearted or at least short. Too bad we have already read The Hitchhiker's Guide for the book club. Maybe Dirk Gently instead? I am also hoping to find something that could have a good non-fiction tie-in for June. |
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Well, you could second The Atrocity Archives because it fits your criteria.
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I'm considering it. Although books that refer to Lovecraft's work as much as these do aren't what I would call "light hearted" in general. There is certainly some humor in them to balance it out though.
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Why is Mistborn: The Final Empire in post 2? It's not SF.
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So if I nominated War & Peace or Gone with the Wind you'd allow them even though they have nothing whatsoever to do with the category?
If that is the case, why do we have categories? If that's not the case, then the Sanderson book should go. |
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