04-20-2017, 12:44 AM | #1 |
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May 2017 Book Club Nominations
Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for May, 2017.
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. 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) In Times Like These: A Time Travel Adventure by Nathan van Coops Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 384 pages Spoiler:
(2) Balance of Trade (Liaden Universe #3) by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Baen Print Length:464 pages Spoiler:
(3) Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Goodreads | Wikipedia Print Length: 145 pages Spoiler:
(4) The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) by John Scalzi Goodreads | Overdrive Print Length: 334 pages Spoiler:
(5) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Goodreads Print Length: 194 pages Spoiler:
(6) Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick Goodreads Print Length: 306 pages Spoiler:
Nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 04-27-2017 at 01:10 AM. Reason: Through post #42 |
04-20-2017, 12:45 AM | #2 |
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May 2017 Book Club Nominations
Nominations:
*** In Times Like These: A Time Travel Adventure by Nathan van Coops [GA Russell, issybird, Luffy] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 384 pages Spoiler:
* A Fire Upon The Deep (Zones of Thought #1) by Vernor Vinge [bfisher] Goodreads Print Length: 624 pages Spoiler:
* Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement [bfisher] Goodreads Print Length: 176 pages Spoiler:
** The Nightland by William Hope Hodgson [Pajamaman, Dazrin] Goodreads | Project Gutenberg Print Length: 450 pages Spoiler:
*** Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky [Pajamaman, issybird, Dazrin] Goodreads | Wikipedia Print Length: 145 pages Spoiler:
** Consider Phlebas (Culture #1) by Iain M. Banks [Pajamaman, Luffy] Goodreads | Wikipedia Print Length: 545 pages Spoiler:
*** Balance of Trade (Liaden Universe #3) by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller [CRussel, bfisher, Luffy] Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Baen Print Length:464 pages Spoiler:
*** Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick [BenG, WT Sharpe, Dazrin] Goodreads Print Length: 306 pages Spoiler:
*** The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) by John Scalzi [JSWolf, WT Sharpe, obs20] Goodreads | Overdrive Print Length: 334 pages Spoiler:
* Quarter Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #1) by Nathan Lowell [CRussel] Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / podcast Print Length: 250 pages Spoiler:
* The Green-Eyed Monster (The Enigma of Twilight Falls #1) by Mike Robinson [WT Sharpe] Goodreads Print Length: 240 pages Spoiler:
*** Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury [issybird, GA Russell, Hollow Man] Goodreads Print Length: 194 pages Spoiler:
Nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 04-27-2017 at 01:09 AM. Reason: Through post #42 |
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04-20-2017, 01:53 AM | #3 |
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I nominate In Times Like These: A Time Travel Adventure by Nathan van Coops.
854 Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. Amazon - free https://www.amazon.com/Times-Like-Th...dp/B00FCCT6UQ/ Kobo - free https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/in-times-like-these-9 Nook - free http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-t...=2940153512563 |
04-20-2017, 04:15 AM | #4 |
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So, do you need us to nominate *From the Earth to the Moon* ;-)
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04-20-2017, 07:25 AM | #5 |
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I'll second In Times Like These.
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04-20-2017, 08:42 AM | #6 |
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I third In Times Like These.
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04-20-2017, 05:06 PM | #7 |
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04-20-2017, 11:06 PM | #8 |
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I would like to nominate A Fire Upon The Deep (Zones of Thought series Book 1) by Vernor Vinge
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04-20-2017, 11:15 PM | #9 |
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I'd also like to nominate Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement. A classic hard-science sci-fi story.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ion_of_Gravity |
04-21-2017, 09:50 AM | #10 |
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I nominate The Nightland by William Hope Hodgson
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10662 I nominate Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky Brothers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic I nominate Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consider_Phlebas Is three allowed? |
04-21-2017, 04:19 PM | #11 |
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Three is allowed. But it means you now have no seconds or thirds available to use, since your total tickets for nominations, seconds and thirds is three.
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04-22-2017, 01:59 AM | #12 |
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Sigh. So far, nothing is exciting me in this list. And SF is one of my genres.
OK, I'll throw one up. A non-series book in the Liaden Universe. I nominate: Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Goodreads: Assistant Trader Jethri Gobelyn was an honest, hardworking young man who knew a lot about living onboard his family's space-going trade ship; something about trade, finance, and risk-taking; and a little bit about Liadens. It was, oddly enough, the little bit he knew about Liadens that seemed like it might be enough to make his family's fortune, and his own, too. In short order, however, Jethri Gobelyn was about to find out a lot more about Liadens...like how far they might go to protect their name and reputation. Like the myriad of things one might say-intentionally or not-with a single bow. Like what it would take to make a Liaden trade-ship crew trash a bar. Like how hard it is to say "I'm sorry!" in Liaden. Pretty soon it was clear that as little as he knew about Liadens, he knew far less about himself. With his very existence a threat to the balance of trade, Jethri Gobelyn needed to learn fast, or else help destroy all he held dear. 464 Pages Amazon US: $6.99 Baen: $6.99 (all formats!) Audible - 1 Credit or $29.95$14.97 This is a bit of a coming of age book, so YA, and also definitely a 'trader' book, so in that subgenre of space opera. And while it is part of the larger Liaden Universe, it requires no prior knowledge of the rest of the Liaden Universe (really, Jon, I promise!), and the only book that depends on it in any way is its own direct sequel, Trade Secret. |
04-22-2017, 02:52 PM | #13 |
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I'll second Balance of Trade
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04-23-2017, 05:40 AM | #14 |
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I'll third Balance of Trade.
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04-23-2017, 08:16 AM | #15 |
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I nominate Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick.
It was written as a series of short stories and novellas designed to be published as a novel later. The book and its chapters are among the most honored in science fiction history with 67 awards and nominations including two Hugo awards. Kirinyaga tells the story of Koriba, a well intentioned Kikuyu man from Kenya who sets about to lead his people to set up their own traditional Utopia, a planet named Kirinyaga (Mt. Kenya) after the holy mountain of their god, Ngai, in Kenya. The goal of the settlers is to live the way their ancient ancestors lived with no European influence or niceties. They will hunt and farm for their food, live off the land in traditional bomas (huts) and rule their society with the traditional councils of Elders advised by the mundumugu (wise man, witch doctor), Koriba. Spoiler:
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