August Group Read Nominations Thread

[Anna]

Greetings Space Opera Fans!

It's that time of the month to nominate what space opera books we'd like to read as a group in August. Up this month we have the following categories:

READER PICK: Dead trees is where it's at for the Reader Pick, which should be widely available in both paperback and ebook at most chain bookstores and public libraries. Books can't be exclusive to Kindle Unlimited since we're a global community.

INDIE PICK: This is for those newer, edgier books where the author has to do it all. Books that have been published by a micropress that helps you upload the thing, but YOU otherwise do the work and marking are okay, or if you got your backlist back, still qualify.

YOUNG ADULT FRIENDLY PICK: This is where YOU guys help me indoctrinate set a good example for my teenagers and hook them up with good books that won't make them roll their eyes. That means: Must be written FOR a young adult and STAR a young adult protagonist (age 17 or less) and not have been published any earlier than the year 2000 AD (yeah, I know you all think Heinlein is young adult, but the Y2K kids think he's sooooo 1966).


(Now -here's- a vintage cover that might still appeal to a 2016 teen ... but I digress...)

Since it's hard to find purely space opera YA books, any sci-fi book that has a strong space or space-yearning element will probably be acceptable. Gotta still have spaceships and aliens.

Drop your nomination into the thread below and, on the first of the month (or so), we'll spin it through Random.org to pick three brand new group reads.

Be epic!

Anna Erishkigal
SOF Borg Queen

P.S. - drive-by spam nominations not allowed, so if you're not an active member, we reserve the right to disqualify anything fishy.

[R.]

Since it's both my birthday and Neil Armstrong's on the 5th, can I nominate myself again in the indie category?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

BTW I suffer from character insubordination. Jane took one look at that pic and went, "You've not got the seals properly closed up, your hair is going to get in both the neck ring of the helmet and your life support return. I told you that nobody ever makes two mistakes with a spacesuit because the first one kills them. So leave that bloody alien alone, get back to the airlock and sort your damned suit out while you're still alive."

[Leonie]

Indie pick: by Patty Jansen

YA pick: by Rick Yancey

[Steph]

That picture is hilarious. My nominations:

Reader pick:

Indie pick:

YA pick:

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Reader pick: The Agent Gambit by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. IMO this is likely the best entry point to the Liaden Universe books for those who like space opera.

(And I'm going to keep nominating it until it gets picked)

Indy:
YA:

[Conal]

I nominate

Armor for Reader pick

Remanence for Indie pick

[E.J.]

I'll second Remanence for Indie pick and nominate Beyond the Red for YA.

[Anna]

@ Leonie - we read The 5th Wave some time back, so I put in the second book in that series in as your nomination. Got them both! My teen loved them :-)

@ Steph - that YA book looks like fun, might grab it even if it doesn't win for my girls :-)

@ Teresa - yup ... keep on nominating them :-) I met them at BOSKONE last year and snapped up their entire collection so I've got them ALL, only had a chance to read a couple.

Okay ... this thread is now closed for Randomization :-)