27. A book set on a different planet

[Mo]

Does anyone know if Carve the Mark would work for this prompt?

[Surra]

Definitely going to read Iron Gold for this one! I loved the first three Red Rising books so much and met Pierce Brown twice. Amazing all around

[Lindsey]

Does under a never sky fit this prompt?

[Nadine in NY]

Lindsey wrote: "Does under a never sky fit this prompt?"

No, Under a Never Sky is a dystopian set on Earth.


Mo wrote: "Does anyone know if Carve the Mark would work for this prompt?"

Yes, Carve the Mark is set on another planet.

[Grace]

Would fantasy work for this category? I've been wanting to read Tad William's newest book

[David]

Anathem

[Marianne]

I still don't know what i'm planning to read for this prompt, but I may highly recommande, as some of you did, Ursula Le Guin's book from the Earthsea series or the Hainish Cycle.
My favourite Le Guin's novel are :
The Dispossessed, the Left Hand of Darkness and A Wizard of Earthsea.

[Cornerofmadness]

Grace wrote: "Would fantasy work for this category? I've been wanting to read Tad William's newest book"

Personally I'd say yes.

[Stacy]

Chloe wrote: "I'm planning to read The Female Man by Joanna Russ

Railhead by Philip Reeve would also work, as would The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. [..."

I actually got on here to recommend The Knife of Never Letting Go (and the rest of the Chaos Walking series). Patrick Ness is one of my very favorite authors, and this series is perfect for the category!

[Rebecca]

Ronni wrote: "I'm a big sci-fi fan, so I won't have trouble checking off this category. I often recommend Remnant Population to people who don't read science fiction though and are interested in giv..."

Thanks for this, I'm not a fan of Sci-Fi and was trying to find something understable.

[Nadine in NY]

Chloe wrote: "I'm planning to read The Female Man by Joanna Russ ..."

It's been a long time since I read The Female Man, but I remember it being set on Earth, just different versions of Earth (future earth, alternate-history Earth, etc)? I'm pretty sure "Whileaway" is Earth.

[Cornerofmadness]

Rebecca wrote: "Ronni wrote: "I'm a big sci-fi fan, so I won't have trouble checking off this category. I often recommend Remnant Population to people who don't read science fiction though and are int..."

There are plenty of Star Trek and Star Wars ones that would count toward this and are pretty much space opera, more action and pretty easy to relate to if that helps.

[Storm]

I read The Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet for this. It's not a real planet per se but it is a different world where she visits Earth sometimes so I'm counting it

[Liz]

Would Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" count for this? I've never read them but I've bought the first one.

[Chinook]

Yes, absolutely. He described the world of the series in great detail.

[~~*Julie]

just finished Artemis by Andy Weir

[Agnès]

Kristy wrote: "Isn’t there an Octavia Butler book on a different planet? Dawn maybe??

Red Rising is a great book!!"

I think you're referring to the Xenogenesis trilogy or Lilith's Brood .

No, it doesn't work for this prompt: they are re-populating Earth.

[Agnès]

Carol wrote: "I don’t like sci-fi at all, but I’m determined to complete the prompts does anyone have a suggestion for me? Thanks"

Any part of the Vorkosigan Saga. They can be read more or less independently. You might miss some of the fun in watching a character grow up, but otherwise, the stories are pretty much self-contained.

She does romance pretty well, and her characters are very lively.

[Jake]

Rocannon's World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness Amzing book with interesting discussions about gender...in spaaaace!

[Agnès]

Jake wrote: "Rocannon's World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness Amzing book with interesting discussions about gender...in spaaaace!"

Seconded like WHOA!

[Amanda]

The Sparrow

I read The Sparrow and although it came to me highly recommended, it wasn't one of my favorite books. It was about a group of Jesuits that travel to the Planet they have named Rakhat to find the source of singing they picked up at a listening post in Puerto Rico for extraterrestrial life.

[Cyndy]

I so wanted to read a book set on Pluto... Oh well. :-)
I had sort of penciled in Red Rising for this category, but found a free book on Amazon kindle - probably only today 2/1.
The Shadow Order: A Space Opera by Michael Robertson

[Nadine in NY]

Michelle wrote: "Any suggestions for someone who is not particularly a fan of sci-fi or fantasy? :\"

The Martian was great and seems to appeal to everyone, both sci-fi and non-sci-fi fans alike.

[Johanne]

@Michelle, Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy takes place in space and different planets, and is comedy/ humour more than anything else. So if you haven't read that I'd recommend it.

[Monica]

A Wrinkle in Time

[Kim]

The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery

[Candice]

I read Children of Time for this prompt. It is probably the best sci-if book I’ve ever read!

[Jessica]

I just finished reading Semiosis and really enjoyed this character-driven novel.

[Cyndy]

I read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for this prompt. Interesting book. I can't say I think it would be good for kids, but it is a picture book of outer space with the prince bigger than the planet he lives on.
I may still read The Shadow Order: A Space Opera by Michael Robertson

[Nadine in NY]

I'm reading Isaac Asimov's The Robots of Dawn. I had planned to re-read all of his Robots/Empire/Foundation books in "order," and this is book #3, and set on another planet, so voila! category will be fulfilled. Book #4 was a best-seller the year I graduated high school, so I've got that covered too.

But I'm becoming increasingly disgusted w/ Asimov's sexist attitude. I was willing to look past it in the earlier books, since he was young, and it was "a different time" (standard excuse), but Robots of Dawn was published in 1983, and Asimov was a full-grown adult, and he was well old enough to know better at that time. This sort of thing didn't jump out at me when I was a teenager, but now I'm feeling very crushed that one of my childhood heroes was actually a bigoted old creep, and I'm not sure if I can continue with my original plan to work my way through the full connected R/E/F series of novels.

I'm actually afraid to re-read the first three Foundation books. Teen-me gave them 5 stars. Am I going to hate them now????

[Casey]

For this prompt I went with Dragon Ball Super Vol. 01 it definitely takes place in another world, plus it's great to dive back into the world of DBZ. It's been over 20 years since any new volumes have been released and I'm excited!

[Fannie]

Cyndy wrote: "I read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for this prompt. Interesting book. I can't say I think it would be good for kids, but it is a picture book of outer space with the..."

I beg to differ about the kids part. I always have the feling that this was a story to be read at any ages, but that you learn from it different things as you grow up. It's a great allegory about life.

[Cyndy]

Fannie wrote: "I beg to differ about the kids part. I always have the feling that this was a story to be read at any ages, but that you learn from it different things as you grow up. It's a great allegory about life. "

I'm sure lots of people will disagree with me. The reason I think so is (view spoiler)[ the death of the prince. (hide spoiler)]

[jbgbookgirl]

Would The Giver fit in this category?

[Christine]

Hmm would 172 Hours on the Moon work for this? It tarts out on Earth but part of the setting includes the Moon.

[Carolina]

I’m doing “Artemis” in audiobook version and it’s a lot do fun 😊

[Mike]

Christine wrote: "Hmm would 172 Hours on the Moon work for this? It tarts out on Earth but part of the setting includes the Moon."

It's been pointed out before that the moon is not a planet. However, there are those who are stretching this prompt to include other celestial bodies. So it's up to you.

[Patricia]

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - read this in preparation for seeing the movie. Fast read, and made me sad that I hadn't read this when I was younger. My kids didn't read this in school either.

[Cornerofmadness]

I just finished Skythane by J. Scott Coatsworth. It was very good, more space opera than hardcore SF (for those who might be leery of SF). Also it would count as LGBT.

[Linda]

I read Artemis as my book about a heist.

It, and other books about the moon will only fulfill this category if you decide to change the wording of it like JoAnna did.

As I just finished teaching my second grade students, the moon is NOT a planet.

Even a book set on Earth would make more sense... Then you'd just be discussing how one would define the word "different". The word "planet" has a very clear definition.

[Ian]

I read the Hugo-award winning novella Binti by Nnidi Okorafor. This was great and I can't wait to finish the trilogy when I get done with this year's challenge.

[Therese]

I hope someone will tell me that The Martian get better. I started it yesterday, but all the science and space stuff is over my head. (I am more at home in medieval England or any place for historical fiction takes place.) This is definitely not my category, but at least I will watch the movie when I have finished.

[Abbie]

Does anyone know if Space Opera would work for this category? I can't tell if any of it actually takes place on another planet, although I'm assuming yes.

[Liz]

Dan wrote: "Mary-jo wrote: "Would Game of Thrones; A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin count for this prompt?"

Are you sure? I think you could say Lord of the Rings is set on Earth, but I always assu..."

My husband and I were having this discussion today. He is a huge GoT fan and sent me this quote he found:

Author George R.R. Martin has stated that his fictional universe is meant to be a completely alternate and separate world not linked to our own in any way,

[Kim]

I think I’m using Artemis for this. I know a lot of you are in the moon doesn’t qualify for this prompt camp but I just finished reading the book and it doesn’t qualify technically as a heist either as a robbery was never part of the plot.

[Dani]

So that is an awesome quote as I am on book 4 just this year! And was wondering what I was going to do for a book set on another planet, but I can just use the next in the series I suppose - it does seem surreal sometimes the way they speak and we obviously know those lands do not exist anywhere here..... thanks Liz!

[Teri]

Any of the books in Brandon Mull's "The Five Kingdoms" series works well for this category and is a fantasy middle-school read. I used the final book Time Jumpers for this category. The series is about some middle school age children that are kidnapped from Earth and taken to another planet as slaves and how they survive and thrive in a magical land.

[Jess]

My choice for this challenge has changed since finding a very old edition of A Princess of Mars in a holiday cottage I am staying in. This edition was printed in 1920, 8 years after original publication.

[Cornerofmadness]

Jess wrote: "My choice for this challenge has changed since finding a very old edition of A Princess of Mars in a holiday cottage I am staying in. This edition was printed in 1920, 8 years after or..."

That is so cool.

[Kimberly]

Would Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves count?