What do you want to read in July?

[Pouria]

Revelation Space would work also, but only so I could spew how much I disliked the book in the discussions :D

[Bethany]

I vote for the new Robert Sawyer book Red Planet Blues (or anything by him really). It would also be cool to do a Jules Verne (I saw 20 000 leagues under the sea on the list) My third choice would be Uglies by Scott Westerfield since that's been on my to-read list for a long time.

[Tamahome]

Uglies is YA but it does have hoverboards.

[Kevin]

I would vote for Red Mars because it is Kim's best known book.

[Tamahome]

Red Mars was looong. At least it seemed that way in audio.

[Michael]

Tamahome wrote: "Red Mars was looong. At least it seemed that way in audio."
I lemmed Red Mars, but I want to give it a second chance.

[Tamahome]

On Coode St they say Antarctica has the same themes but does it in one book instead of 3 mars books.

[Katie]

I'm all for Ringworld since I've been meaning to read it forever and my Dad is so horrified that I haven't he's about to mail me his copy (my podunk library has ZERO Niven). I have read Niven's Fallen Angels and that is fun and stand alone, has to do with SF fans. :)

[T. Scott]

Ringworld by Larry Niven is my vote again. Wool was a stellar pick by the way!

[Phil]

+1 for Great North Road

[D. H.]

I vote for 2312.

[Sean]

There's lots of support for an Alastair Reynolds novel but no consensus on what it should be. Maybe Tom should put him on the poll and select the book he most wants to read.

[Casey]

Me too for 2312...have heard so much hype about this book

[Kevin]

If the group wants to read a book by Peter F. Hamilton, I would suggest his first book: Mindstar Rising, which I think is underrated, and no one ever discuss anything about it. Plus it is one of his shorter works.

[Leesa]

Orion, Ben Bova
Altered Carbon, Richard K. Morgan
Shards of Honour, Lois McMaster Bujold

[Phil]

Good suggestion Kevin, The Mindstar Rising trilogy is one of my favourites and how I first found Peter Hamilton.

Kevin wrote: "If the group wants to read a book by Peter F. Hamilton, I would suggest his first book: Mindstar Rising, which I think is underrated, and no one ever discuss anything about it. Plus it is one of hi..."

[John]

I added Swarm by B.V. Larson ,space scifi but not so hardcore as to dissuade average readers from reading it,

"Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there...."

[Tom, Supreme Laser]

I am about to make the poll. The first three books from the Listopia will go on and then three books selected from this thread. They may not have been mentioned mathematically the most times but nothing really had overwhelming support so I just made them stuff that looked interesting to me and sounded interesting to you.

That said, if you don't think we should read from an author we've read before then don't vote for that one but DO vote for another one. Whole point of voting you see, is you get to affect the outcome. Watch for poll shortly!

[Rob, Roberator]

Tom wrote: "I am about to make the poll. The first three books from the Listopia will go on and then three books selected from this thread. They may not have been mentioned mathematically the most times but ..."


I was hoping for a frequency chart. :-(

[Tom, Supreme Laser]

Rob wrote: "Tom wrote: "I am about to make the poll. The first three books from the Listopia will go on and then three books selected from this thread. They may not have been mentioned mathematically the mos..."

Not a sufficient sample size.

[Rob, Roberator]

Tom wrote: "Not a sufficient sample size."

Heh. Well played!

[Ryan]

I originally voted for Snow Crash but I changed to Do Androids Dream when I saw it losing to Redshirts (we already read a John Scalzi book this year). All look good though.