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[MadProfessah]

Awesome!!

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

St. Legier by Blaze Ward was good. Looks like several more books planned following it, although Jessica doesn’t appear nearly as often as in the first several books.

I had returned to rereading more books from The Silver Ships series, but LOOK a new Nathan Lowell book!!!! So I’m switching to By Darkness Forged. It doesn’t appear to be in the Goodreads index yet, but I found it on Amazon.

[Betsy]

Oh, wow. I just started The Consuming Fire, the second in Scalzi's Interdependency series, but if Nathan Lowell has a new book out, I may reconsider.

[Betsy]

Teresa, I added By Darkness Forged to the GR database, so you can add it to your books, if you want.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Thanks Betsy! I figured that by tomorrow the Amazon database would have added it automatically to Goodreads, since Amazon owns Goodreads. It’s nice to not have to either wait or add it manually myself.

[L J]

Putting together a list of classic SF I want to read next year but for now I've been reading holiday stories, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. There aren't many science fiction and most of those are SF romance not traditional SF.
Other than A Christmas Carol I am mostly doing paranormal romance because I find bear, dragon, reindeer, etc. celebrations fun. I've fixed so many holiday meals I could almost do them on automatic but I don't think I want to have to fix enough turkey to feed a lion, tiger or bear. Holiday cozy mysteries can be fun and I have a few of them, too.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

I loved By Darkness Forged by Nathan Lowell. After that I reread several other books, mostly by S.H. Jucha and Mackey Chandler. I’m currently rereading Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey, which was the first of her Pern books published I think.

Trying to hold off on reading/discussing January’s BOTM books until January. Not sure that will work....

[MadProfessah]

I’m reading THIN AIR by Richard Morgan but intend to get to SALVATION soon afterwards.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

I enjoyed my reread of Temporary Duty by Ric Locke, which is our Indie Pick this month.

Now I’m reading an anthology Release the Virgins edited by Michael A Ventrella. It has a Liaden story by Steve Miller, and a story by Sharon Lee that is likely in her Archers Beach universe. Mix of fantasy and SF, with some just plain silliness as well.

[Jemima]

Just finished reading Tourist Trap which is not as space opera as its predecessor Homecoming but just as good. Sue Ann Bowling's world-building is superb, and epic in scale.

I think the next space opera I'm reading will be our BOTM Children in Time

[Kirsten]

I recently finished The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

[Patrick]

Since my last post, I finished Scalzi's The Collapsing Empire, A World Out of Time by Larry Niven, and I just finished Our Dried Voices by Greg Hickey. Different, but interesting and good.

Now I have picked back up with Larry Niven and his The Integral Trees

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Since my post above I’ve mostly been reading fantasy.

Earlier today I started a new space opera/military SF story: Two Bottles of Wine with a War God by Blaze Ward. This is set in the same universe as Auberon which was one of our group reads a while back. So far it seems to be a stand-alone story, with the only mention of Jessica Keller being pretty much a throw away line about something she had said. It is not marked as being part of the series.

[Betsy]

I'm still working on The Consuming Fire. I'm about half through and finding it slow going. Not so much because of the quality of the book, but because I've got so many distractions right now -- new, other books, TV, sports. But I also figure if the book was really pulling me in, those distractions wouldn't have any impact.

[L J]

So far this month:
Love Bites by Angela Knight - all read like Knight's old erotica unfortunately including the Mageverse story
Dana Marie Bell Halle books - hope she gets back to this and the story arc about coming shifter war this year
Predatory stories good way to try out series had me adding the series not already on my list
Prisoner of Night by J.R. Ward Black Dagger world not connected to Brothers - might be good way to try series if familiar with genre and know a bit about series
Great Space Opera story Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews - read again when finished edition comes out

[C. John]

Continuing the Perry Rhodan series with The Thrall Of Hypno.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Due to a very strange error, the book I just finished wasn’t Two Bottles of Wine with a War God but rather Queen Anne's Revenge which is due out next month. Excellent space opera, lots of action and also lots of giggles. Good entry point into his books too. I look forward to reading the official version of it and the forthcoming two books in the same story arc.

[Debrac2014]

Teresa wrote: "Due to a very strange error, the book I just finished wasn’t Two Bottles of Wine with a War God but rather Queen Anne's Revenge which is due out next month. Excellen..."

Lucky you!

[Ally]

I'm having a hard time finishing .
Everything that have been said on the author appears clearly here: misogyny, sexism, ...
Too bad.

[L J]

Dragons of Preor series is back on Kindle Unlimited so I'm reading what I missed, Argan. Celia Kyle SF has more of a SFRomance feel than Space Opera but I find them fun to read.
Speaking of fun, this was a Bing poll question:
You're new to space. Who would you rather catch a ride with?
Captain Kirk or Han Solo
My question: Am I wearing a red shirt?

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

I’m currently rereading Take the Star Road by Peter Grant and will likely binge down the full series. The first book is weaker than the rest but still readable. A bit cheesy, too many exclamation marks, but a lot of action and a main character trying hard to learn the ropes in space. I’m looking forward to the part where they get boarded by pirates.

[Raggedy Girl]

Starting reading The expanse series. So far I loved it! Saw the show on tv.

[Patrick]

Just started reading Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds

[MadProfessah]

That’s book 2 in his YA series that starts with REVENGER right?

[Carlos]

In this month I'm reading the book called The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales. I know that this group is for hard sci-fi, but, when I finish that book, for sure I will start to read Foundation and Empire. If someone could recommend me a book, I'll apreciate.

[Deb]

I have just started The Skinner, by Neal Asher (which I cannot link to as GR is off having a small lie down or something).

I am thoroughly enjoying it so far and have high hopes that all the good things I have heard about Asher are finally coming true.

[Kirsten]

Just started Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente. Great start!!

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Continuing my binge reread, currently on Stand Against The Storm by Peter Grant, which is the fourth book in the Maxwell Saga. Starting with the second book it’s military SF, there’s a bit of romance in the third. Main character is a Senior Lieutenant in the fleet in this book, but most of the time he’s acting like a Marine. Previous books had him in space most of the time he wasn’t in a training program.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Finished my binge on the Maxwell Saga. Enjoyable, but it would have been better if I had waited a full two years between rereads. I remembered far too many of the details, which spoiled a few of the scenes.

It isn’t February yet, so I’m trying to wait before rereading Scout's Progress. There are three or four books due out in early February that I’m looking forward to reading. But what do I read NOW? Hmmmm.....

[Phillip]

Drift Wars was a lot different than I expected it to be, but overall a fun military sci-fi.

[Karl]

H.G. Wells The First Men in the Moon

[Trike]

Finally read Fahrenheit 451, which is as good as everyone says. The predictions he makes are eerily prescient, especially the ones about TV and the anti-intellectual beliefs infecting society. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brandon]

I'm glad you liked Fahrenheit 451, Trike! If you want more Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles is the one I'd recommend. Just be aware that the stories are not to be taken entirely literally. The beauty is how he talks about the relationships between two groups who consider each other as Other.

[Trike]

Brandon wrote: "I'm glad you liked Fahrenheit 451, Trike! If you want more Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles is the one I'd recommend. Just be aware that the stories are not to be taken entirely literally. The beau..."

I read Martian Chronicles years ago and didn’t like it at all, which is why I’ve avoided F451 all these decades. Just goes to show how different boooks by the same author can have completely different effects.

[Karl]

Actually, same here. Was looking for sci-fi at the time, which MC didn't seem interesting as, despite the Mars thing.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

The SAME book can have completely different effects on me several years later. Lots of books that I loved back in the 80s and reread several times back then, I can’t bear to reread now. I’m a different person, and what I bring to the book creates at least half the experience of reading it.

[Brandon]

That is true, Teresa. I was gaga over the Voyager: String Theory trilogy when it was released, but 10 years later, I am not finding them quite as engaging.

[Trike]

Teresa wrote: "The SAME book can have completely different effects on me several years later. Lots of books that I loved back in the 80s and reread several times back then, I can’t bear to reread now. I’m a diffe..."

That underscores the old saying, “A book is different each time we read it, not because it has changed, but because we have.”

[Audrey]

I just finished The Queen's Pardon by J.A. Sutherland. I liked it a lot more than the previous book in the series Privateer by the same author. I will also note that the main character, Alexis Carew, seems more in control of herself in the most recent book.

[Deb]

I just finished by Neal Asher
Wow! it blew my mind how good this book was. I finally get why everyone raves about his work. Loved every bit of it except the dingles. The dingles drove me insane for about 400 pages.

Review;https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

I greatly enjoyed rereading Scout's Progress by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. I’m not nearly as fond of the direct sequel Mouse and Dragon; it’s readable but doesn’t suck me in. I’m about halfway through rereading it for the first time in several years. Got distracted yesterday by the latest Honor Raconteur book Charms and Death and Explosions (oh my!) and tomorrow Endgames should be released and that will distract me again.

[Trike]

Currently reading Triplanetary by E.E. "Doc" Smith and it’s amazing how many Space Opera tropes we still employ today from his writing - and this book was published in 1934!

[L J]

Just finished Connections in Death and found notes still not updating.
For anyone who uses notes field: Updates to notes are not saving whether you post in column or on My Activity. Thought others needed to know this if, like me, you use the notes field for important information like due dates. This bug has been reported.
Update: Fixed. Now to re-enter information that didn't save earlier.

[Patrick]

Just finished Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds. And now I'm back to Larry Niven to finish up The State series with The Smoke Ring.

[MadProfessah]

How is the REVENGER series? I love Reynolds but YA is a bridge too far for me.

[Patrick]

MadProfessah wrote: "How is the REVENGER series? I love Reynolds but YA is a bridge too far for me." The first book is definitely YA, but the second book moves more towards the "normal" space opera. If you never read the first, but read the second, you'd have a hard time labeling it YA I think.

[Ally]

I've finished reading and the second one .
First of all: it's STEAMPUNK !!!
A bit YA for the first one but you get over it.
The worldbuilding is great as usual. But I still have a problem with the author's main characters. I can't connect with them, none of them. There is always this distance with the story, it's difficult to finish a book (I'm stuck in the middle of Absolution Gap).
I won't read the rest of the series (not published yet).

[Audrey]

In the past couple of days, I finished Scout's Progress and The Dragon Seller (the second book took me a couple of months to slog through, mainly because it contained far too many distracting errors). Next up is UnArcana Stars by Glynn Stewart.

[Ally]

I've (finally) finished Sapiens by Hariri which is an essay about the story of Humanity as a species (culture, society, ...) and the last chapter talks about the future.
Then I read Existence by David Brin and there was an echo regarding the topic of the future of Humanity. It's half a novel, half an essay about Humanity and the Fermi paradox.
I've really enjoyed this book and I strongly suggest you read it !

[Kirsten]

I'm reading a steampunk space opera. Very cool. It's Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente. It's also a mystery novel. I highly recommend it.