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We read Science Fiction from all ages, rotating group reads from Proto SF to the latest, & all authors from Abbott to Zelazny.
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Librarything or other service versus Goodreads
By Jim · 27 posts · 320 views
By Jim · 27 posts · 320 views
last updated Nov 10, 2023 11:11AM
best hard sci-fi published since 2022
By Denis · 3 posts · 30 views
By Denis · 3 posts · 30 views
last updated Mar 13, 2025 10:46PM
In what language(s) do you read? US or UK English, or....?
By Cheryl · 82 posts · 82 views
By Cheryl · 82 posts · 82 views
last updated Oct 27, 2023 12:49AM
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July 2026 BofM: 1980-1999, "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons
By Natalie · 29 posts · 37 views
By Natalie · 29 posts · 37 views
last updated Jul 27, 2026 02:34PM
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Nominations September 2026 BofM: 2015 & Up
By Natalie · 6 posts · 22 views
By Natalie · 6 posts · 22 views
last updated Jul 15, 2026 06:52PM
Nominations August 2026: 2000-2014
By Natalie · 9 posts · 33 views
By Natalie · 9 posts · 33 views
last updated Jul 07, 2026 10:54AM
August 2026 BofM: 2000-14, "Blindsight" by Peter Watts
By Natalie · 1 post · 10 views
last updated Jul 07, 2026 10:52AM
June 2026 BofM: 1960-1979, "Dying Inside" by Robert Silverberg
By Natalie · 13 posts · 43 views
By Natalie · 13 posts · 43 views
last updated Jun 23, 2026 05:32PM
May 2026 BofM: 1940-1959, The Golden Age, "The Chrysalids" by John Wyndham
By Natalie · 29 posts · 45 views
By Natalie · 29 posts · 45 views
last updated May 31, 2026 09:37PM
November 2025 Short Story: "Signals in the Deep" by Greg Mellor
By Natalie · 4 posts · 17 views
By Natalie · 4 posts · 17 views
last updated Jan 02, 2026 07:11PM
December 2025 Short story: "Those Brighter Stars" by Mercurio D. Rivera
By Natalie · 1 post · 10 views
By Natalie · 1 post · 10 views
last updated Dec 01, 2025 09:31AM
October 2025 Short story: "My Name is Cybernetic Model XR389F" by Monica Valentinielli
By Natalie · 3 posts · 18 views
By Natalie · 3 posts · 18 views
last updated Nov 16, 2025 09:03AM
September 2025 Short Story: "White Charles" by Sarah Monette
By Natalie · 3 posts · 18 views
By Natalie · 3 posts · 18 views
last updated Sep 11, 2025 10:49PM
June 2025 Short story: "The Beasts We Want to Be" by Sam J Miller
By Natalie · 3 posts · 18 views
By Natalie · 3 posts · 18 views
last updated Aug 26, 2025 07:43PM
What are you reading now, Pre 1940?
By Natalie · 10 posts · 33 views
By Natalie · 10 posts · 33 views
last updated Sep 17, 2025 11:43AM
What are you reading now, pre 1920?
By Jim · 256 posts · 162 views
By Jim · 256 posts · 162 views
last updated Dec 29, 2025 01:28PM
Some Old school recommendations
By Wreade1872 · 34 posts · 160 views
By Wreade1872 · 34 posts · 160 views
last updated Jul 22, 2025 02:07AM
What people in 1900 thought 2000 would look like
By Paul · 9 posts · 87 views
By Paul · 9 posts · 87 views
last updated Nov 10, 2017 03:28PM
Original drawings for War of the Worlds
By Pickle · 1 post · 31 views
By Pickle · 1 post · 31 views
last updated May 04, 2015 09:39AM
What are you reading now, 1920-1939?
By Jim · 80 posts · 108 views
By Jim · 80 posts · 108 views
last updated May 31, 2026 04:23PM
What are you reading now, 1940-1959?
By Jim · 305 posts · 161 views
By Jim · 305 posts · 161 views
last updated Apr 09, 2026 09:53PM
Asimov's Foundation Series & others that tie-in
By Jim · 24 posts · 117 views
By Jim · 24 posts · 117 views
last updated Aug 26, 2025 08:30AM
A question about Asimov's Foundation trilogy
By Buck · 10 posts · 81 views
By Buck · 10 posts · 81 views
last updated Jan 25, 2023 04:22PM
article about 1950s science fiction movies
By Paul · 5 posts · 32 views
By Paul · 5 posts · 32 views
last updated Oct 04, 2015 10:00AM
What are you reading now, 1960-1979?
By Jim · 527 posts · 198 views
By Jim · 527 posts · 198 views
last updated Mar 27, 2026 07:42AM
The Foundation Series: Recommended Reading Order?
By Holly · 23 posts · 391 views
By Holly · 23 posts · 391 views
last updated Aug 28, 2025 05:49PM
What are you reading now, 1980-1999?
By Jim · 309 posts · 157 views
By Jim · 309 posts · 157 views
last updated Oct 31, 2025 11:34AM
HELP! - Cyberpunk Suggestions
By Lit Bug (Fora… · 19 posts · 129 views
By Lit Bug (Fora… · 19 posts · 129 views
last updated Feb 25, 2023 08:52AM
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What SF are you reading now, 2000-2014?
By Jim · 648 posts · 303 views
By Jim · 648 posts · 303 views
last updated Oct 23, 2025 12:57PM
Top 25 guest articles about Science Fiction in SF Signal 2013
By Paul · 3 posts · 34 views
By Paul · 3 posts · 34 views
last updated Jan 03, 2014 11:46AM
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Jim's SF &/or Influential Authors List
By Jim · 29 posts · 80 views
last updated Mar 06, 2019 07:54AM
Best Non English Language Sci-Fi Authors
By Jo · 58 posts · 343 views
By Jo · 58 posts · 343 views
last updated Jul 29, 2020 01:53PM
Translations of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(s)
By Ed · 11 posts · 169 views
By Ed · 11 posts · 169 views
last updated Sep 26, 2019 11:00AM
The Original First Contact Soundtrack!
By Scott · 1 post · 6 views
By Scott · 1 post · 6 views
last updated Jul 21, 2026 01:30AM
The Wishing Shelf Book Awards is delighted to recommend...
By Billy · 1 post · 13 views
By Billy · 1 post · 13 views
last updated Dec 09, 2025 01:07PM
Do you prefer fantasy that feels like a story… or fantasy that feels like a myth?
By Allyson · 1 post · 10 views
By Allyson · 1 post · 10 views
last updated May 07, 2026 08:07PM
Self Destruction - Post & Apocalyptic Novels
By Jim · 32 posts · 53 views
By Jim · 32 posts · 53 views
last updated Jun 24, 2020 03:32PM
What sci-fi films have you seen recently?
By Jo · 691 posts · 248 views
By Jo · 691 posts · 248 views
last updated Mar 15, 2026 09:44AM
What sci-fi tv shows have you seen recently?
By Jo · 337 posts · 190 views
By Jo · 337 posts · 190 views
last updated Sep 13, 2025 11:11AM
Snow Crash, Ringworld and Lazarus to hit Amazon Prime
By Marc-André · 9 posts · 50 views
By Marc-André · 9 posts · 50 views
last updated Jan 25, 2021 08:00AM
I'm giving away 100 copies of my science fiction book!
By Scott · 1 post · 10 views
By Scott · 1 post · 10 views
last updated Jun 10, 2026 09:53PM
Beta read a dystopian thriller - first of a series
By Malcolm · 1 post · 9 views
By Malcolm · 1 post · 9 views
last updated May 29, 2026 03:19AM
December 2024 BofM: 1960-1979, The New Wave, "Ringworld" by Larry Niven
By Natalie · 17 posts · 42 views
By Natalie · 17 posts · 42 views
last updated Dec 15, 2024 01:54PM
November 2024 BofM: 1940-1959, The Golden Age, "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke
By Natalie · 15 posts · 47 views
By Natalie · 15 posts · 47 views
last updated Dec 11, 2024 06:45AM
October 2024 BofM: Pre-1940, the Proto and Pulp Eras, "The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle
By Natalie · 28 posts · 42 views
By Natalie · 28 posts · 42 views
last updated Nov 28, 2024 10:07PM
Nominations December BofM: 1960-1979, The New Wave
By Natalie · 11 posts · 31 views
By Natalie · 11 posts · 31 views
last updated Nov 07, 2024 01:26PM
Nominations November BofM: 1940-1959, The Golden Age
By Natalie · 12 posts · 33 views
By Natalie · 12 posts · 33 views
last updated Oct 07, 2024 01:29PM
September 2024 BofM: 2015 & Up, "The Ferryman" by Justin Cronin
By Natalie · 16 posts · 49 views
By Natalie · 16 posts · 49 views
last updated Sep 26, 2024 06:32AM
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What this folder is for & Nomination Rules
By Jim · 2 posts · 35 views
last updated Dec 31, 2021 03:16PM
April 2022 BotM - "The Heads of Cerberus" by Francis Stevens
By Jim · 25 posts · 39 views
By Jim · 25 posts · 39 views
last updated Sep 30, 2024 09:27AM
December BofM: 1940-1959, "The Golden Age": "The Dreaming Jewels" by Theodore Sturgeon
By Natalie · 38 posts · 42 views
By Natalie · 38 posts · 42 views
last updated Dec 28, 2022 05:00PM
November BofM, 1920-1939, The Pulp Era: "The Gap in the Curtain" by John Buchan
By Natalie · 29 posts · 39 views
By Natalie · 29 posts · 39 views
last updated Dec 01, 2022 12:03PM
September 2022 BofM "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson
By Natalie · 20 posts · 58 views
By Natalie · 20 posts · 58 views
last updated Nov 27, 2022 05:49PM
Nominations December 2022 BofM: 1940-1959, Golden Age
By Natalie · 16 posts · 23 views
By Natalie · 16 posts · 23 views
last updated Nov 07, 2022 05:01PM
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Dec 2021 BotM - "The City and the Stars" by Arthur C. Clarke
By Jim · 45 posts · 48 views
By Jim · 45 posts · 48 views
last updated Dec 29, 2021 04:49PM
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What this folder is for & Nomination Rules
By Jim · 2 posts · 20 views
last updated Dec 01, 2020 04:35AM
Nov2021 BotM - "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin
By Jim · 58 posts · 53 views
By Jim · 58 posts · 53 views
last updated Dec 12, 2021 09:48AM
Aug 2021 Group Read - "Dawn" by Octavia E. Butler
By Jim · 40 posts · 47 views
By Jim · 40 posts · 47 views
last updated Dec 11, 2021 11:45AM
Nominations for Dec2021 BotM - 1940-1959, the Golden Age
By Jim · 19 posts · 27 views
By Jim · 19 posts · 27 views
last updated Nov 07, 2021 04:22AM
Oct 2021 BotM - "The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London
By Jim · 33 posts · 31 views
By Jim · 33 posts · 31 views
last updated Nov 01, 2021 12:26PM
Nominations for November 2021 BotM: 1920-39, The Pulp Era
By Jim · 27 posts · 30 views
By Jim · 27 posts · 30 views
last updated Oct 10, 2021 01:47PM
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What this folder is for & Nomination Rules
By Jim · 5 posts · 21 views
By Jim · 5 posts · 21 views
last updated Dec 16, 2019 04:41PM
Dec2020 BotM - "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson
By Jim · 90 posts · 43 views
By Jim · 90 posts · 43 views
last updated Dec 24, 2020 02:13AM
Nov 2020 BotM - "The Shadow Out of Time" by HP Lovecraft
By Jim · 20 posts · 28 views
By Jim · 20 posts · 28 views
last updated Nov 16, 2020 08:31PM
Nominations for BotM Dec2020 - Golden Era 1940-1959
By Jim · 22 posts · 36 views
By Jim · 22 posts · 36 views
last updated Nov 10, 2020 02:25PM
Oct2020 BotM - "Erewhon" by Samuel Butler
By Jim · 33 posts · 30 views
By Jim · 33 posts · 30 views
last updated Oct 30, 2020 11:45PM
Nominations for BotM Nov2020 - Pulp Era (1920-39)
By Jim · 22 posts · 32 views
By Jim · 22 posts · 32 views
last updated Oct 17, 2020 06:08AM
Sep 2020 BotM - "Red Moon" by Kim Stanley Robinson
By Jim · 31 posts · 28 views
By Jim · 31 posts · 28 views
last updated Sep 23, 2020 04:37AM
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December 2019 Group Read 1/2 Alas, Babylon
By Cheryl · 47 posts · 29 views
By Cheryl · 47 posts · 29 views
last updated Dec 31, 2019 01:26PM
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December 2019 Group Read 2/2 1984
By Cheryl · 89 posts · 37 views
By Cheryl · 89 posts · 37 views
last updated Dec 23, 2019 08:50AM
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What this folder is for & Nomination Rules
By Dan · 6 posts · 179 views
last updated May 01, 2019 05:00PM
Sept. 2019: We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor
By Cheryl · 46 posts · 50 views
By Cheryl · 46 posts · 50 views
last updated Nov 30, 2020 05:26PM
May 2019 - At the Mountains of Madness
By Jim · 77 posts · 53 views
By Jim · 77 posts · 53 views
last updated Feb 05, 2020 12:22PM
November 2019 Group Read 2/2 The Whisperer in Darkness
By Cheryl · 79 posts · 28 views
By Cheryl · 79 posts · 28 views
last updated Nov 25, 2019 07:20PM
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