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I would like to nominate Ancient Treasure. It is my book and it's a self nomination as I'm one of the little guys. Thanks!!Jim
Ancient Treasure
READER'S PICK:
A Tale of Two Clocks by James H. SchmitzINDIE PICK:
Scavenger Hunt by Stephen Goldin (me)
I would like to nominate the the following trilogy by James S. A. Corey:Leviathan wakes : Book one of the Expanse
Caliban's war : book two of the Expanse
Abbedons Gate - Book 3 of the Expanse
My book for INDIE category is primarily a character study that has been called a space opera, and it does have elements of it: Ship of Storms
I will also nominate
for Indie pick and
for Readers pick.
I wonder if you need to read Sundiver first (which seems to be not that great, for all I've read), or can you read Startide Rising as a stand alone?
Though Startide Rising is listed as book two of the Uplift Trilogy, each of the books (Sundiver, Startide Rising and Uplift War) are standalone in terms of story. They are only tied together in terms of the shared universe. Sundiver (at least to me) was actually interesting but more of a detective in space story rather than space opera.
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Mutineer for Readers pick. This is the first of the Kris Longknife series, which I've been wanting to try.
I would like to nominate the the following 5-logy "Star Carrier" by Ian Douglas
James wrote: "I would like to nominate Ancient Treasure. It is my book and it's a self nomination as I'm one of the little guys. Thanks!!Jim
Sounds fascinating. All the best with this.
I would like to nominate "Gateway" by Brian Dorsey. It rocks -- I wholeheartedly second Joshua's comment.
Les wrote: "James wrote: "I would like to nominate Ancient Treasure. It is my book and it's a self nomination as I'm one of the little guys. Thanks!!Jim
Sounds fascinating. All the best with this."
Thank you Les. So far so good. Just gotta get it out there!
For the reader pick, I still haven't got round to reading Iain M Bank's The Hydrogen Sonata, which is sitting on my shelf waiting for me, so I'll nominate that. I'll leave the indie picks for this month.
I nominate for Reader Pick The Adventures of Deacon Coombs: The Case of the Vanishing Vesper by Ambit Welder.
I saw it advertised on the back of Analog magazine recently, and it does sound interesting.
Okay ... here's what I've got so far! Been tied up at work lately (that boring stuff that pays the bills ... yes ... I do have a day job) so I've been lax about re-posting the pretty roll-call of book covers I like so much. FIRST: Community member Frank PM'd me and asked me to add Deepsix by Jack McDevitt so I've added it to the spreadsheet and cover-call below. However, PLEASE list your nominations HERE (instead of PM'ing me) as I tend to lose your nominations if it isn't put in the thread. Thanks.
Okay ... the pretty colorful cover rollcall:
READER PICK:
INDIE PICK:
Okay ... that's what I've got so far. Keep 'em coming!
Indie Pick: Gateway by Brian Dorsey.
Packi ...even as small as it is, I'm really appreciating my fan base right now :)
Indie Pick: Gateway By Brian Dorsey!!!!!!!!
Gateway by Brian Dorsey is an amazing scifi thriller and I can't wait for the sequel!
Do we know what we're up for in October?
They have to do the random.org thing. It usually goes up later in the day I think.
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It's that time of the month where we start thinking about what great Space Opera books we will read as a group in October. Up for nomination this month we have the following categories:
READER PICK: This category is for a traditionally published mass-market book that most people can walk into most any bookstore or library and be able to get it in both paperback and ebook. The book must also be available on at least three (3) digital platforms. KU and KDP-exclusive books are not eligible because we are a global community and that would exclude a lot of people.
INDIE PICK: This category is for an independently or micro-press published book that does not have a marketing budget behind it. This is for the newer, edgier books and ones who have gotten their rights back and are striving like a maverick where no man has gone before. This is for the little guy going it alone.
Also coming up in October:
SERIES PICK: We will continue with Book 5 of the Old Man's War series by John Scalzi, The Human Division. Put that puppy on hold at your local library!
MOD PICK: This will be a book that catches your Borg Queen's eye, usually picked to balance out the other selections to provide variety.
Drop you nomination in the thread below. Each community member can nominate ONE book in EACH category (i.e., one Reader Pick and one Indie Pick). If somebody else nominated a book and you really want to read it, go ahead and nominate it again ... it will increase that book's chances of winning but is no guarantee. On the 1st of October we'll use Random.org to pick winners in each category. Because we choose randomly, authors are allowed to nominate their own books.
Happy nominating!