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Here are my comments on the first six chapters of "Cloud-Castles":https://open.substack.com/chat/replie...
We’re starting this novel a bit late. I’ve been running behind due to an illness in January. Here’s the discussion schedule for February and March:
February 18-24: Author’s Note-Chapter 6
February 25-March 2: Chapters 7-13
March 3-9: Chapters 14-20
March 10-16: Chapter 21-Finale
Club Codex is discussing The Extractionist by Kimberly Unger from January 29-February 17. We’re starting this novel a bit late. I’ve been running behind due to an illness in January. Kimberly received the Philip K. Dick Award for her novel last year.
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Club Codex (December 2023): “Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak” by Charlie Jane AndersThe next Club Codex discussion begins December 17. Our selection is Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders. It’s the middle book of her Unstoppable trilogy. We’re starting this book late because the previous discussion ran long. Anders received the Locus Award for Young Adult Novel in June.
From the publisher’s website:
“Rachael Townsend is the first artist ever to leave Earth and journey out into the galaxy — but after an encounter with an alien artifact, she can't make art at all.
Elza Monteiro is determined to be the first human to venture inside the Palace of Scented Tears and compete for the chance to become a princess — except that inside the palace, she finds the last person she ever wanted to see again.
Tina Mains is studying at the Royal Space Academy with her friends, but she's not the badass space hero everyone was expecting.
Soon Rachael is journeying into a dark void, Elza is on a deadly spy mission, and Tina is facing an impossible choice that could change all her friends lives forever.”
Here’s the discussion schedule for the rest of December:
December 17-23: Prologue-Chapter 32
December 24-31: Chapters 33-64
I plan to post my thoughts on our current chapter selection to Club Codex each week. Join me!
This selection is the second book in a trilogy. You may want to read the first novel, Victories Greater Than Death, in advance.
Please restrict posted comments to the chapters we're discussing or have discussed. This will help protect other participants from spoilers. Thank you!
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My thoughts on chapters 17-32:https://open.substack.com/chat/replie...
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Chapters 1-16 are now open for discussion:https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/...
Those of you looking to remain spoiler-free may want to avoid this thread until you've read through chapter 16.
Our Club Codex selection beginning November 26 is "The Mountain in the Sea" by Ray Nayler. We’re starting this novel a bit late because the previous discussion went longer than expected. Nayler received the Locus Award for First Novel in June.From the publisher’s website:
“Rumors begin to spread of a species of hyperintelligent, dangerous octopus that may have developed its own language and culture. Marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen, who has spent her life researching cephalopod intelligence, will do anything for the chance to study them.
The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where the octopuses were discovered, off from the world. Dr. Nguyen joins DIANIMA’s team on the islands: a battle-scarred security agent and the world’s first android.
The octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence. The stakes are high: there are vast fortunes to be made by whoever can take advantage of the octopuses’ advancements, and as Dr. Nguyen struggles to communicate with the newly discovered species, forces larger than DIANIMA close in to seize the octopuses for themselves.
But no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think. And what they might do about it.”
Here’s the discussion schedule for November and December:
November 26-December 2: Chapters 1-16
December 3-December 9: Chapters 17-32
December 10-December 16: Chapter 33-Epilogue
I plan to post my thoughts on our current chapter selection to Club Codex each week. Join me!
Please restrict posted comments to the chapters we are currently discussing or have discussed. This will help protect other participants from spoilers. Thank you!
I look forward to sharing ideas with each of you.
https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/...
My thoughts on chapters 19-28:https://open.substack.com/chat/replie...
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My thoughts on chapters 10-18:https://open.substack.com/chat/replie...
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Join us in Club Codex in October for our online discussion of Rivers Solomon’s “Sorrowland”. This past January, Solomon received the Otherwise Award for “Sorrowland”.https://www.thecosmiccodex.com/p/club...
