Welcome to October 2014!

[Candiss]

Hello everyone,

It’s a brand new month, so we have two new books to discuss. For October , you selected:

--- October Science Fiction: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
--- October Fantasy: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente *

There are a couple of starter topics up for each book, but please feel free to start more. If anyone wishes to volunteer to lead the discussion for either of these books, please let one of the mods know ASAP.

*I had to shorten the folder name for The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making in a bit of a weird way. Goodreads only allows 32 characters in folder titles, and this seemed like the most intelligible abbreviation. I doubt it will cause any confusion, but let me know if it does.

We also have our schedule set for the next couple of months:

--- November Science Fiction: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
--- November Fantasy: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

--- December Science Fiction: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
--- December Fantasy: The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley


Also: Don't forget to drop by the What are you reading in October? thread to share your picks, pans and progress for the month!


Happy October and Happy Reading!

Candiss, for the Moderators of Beyond Reality