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message 1: by Cheryl (last edited May 09, 2021 06:41AM) (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) Timescape by Gregory Benford

Mastodonia
Timequake
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
A Gift of Time
The Company of the Dead by David Kowalski
A Shortcut in Time by Charles Dickinson
The Curiosity
Island in the Sea of Time
The Year of the Quiet Sun
Pirate Freedom
Doing Time & Hard Time


message 2: by Harry (new)

Harry Hyndman | 8 comments Maybe if authors were occasionally allowed to suggest their own work, it may give you broader options rather than always trying to come up with suggestions that often don't appeal to many. However, I do understand why that may be an invitation to disorder on the thread in its own way.


message 3: by Samantha (last edited Jan 20, 2021 06:17AM) (new)

Samantha Glasser | 275 comments Mod
Island in the Sea of Time by S.M. Stirling

Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe


message 4: by Harry (new)

Harry Hyndman | 8 comments Cheryl wrote: "I do read the promotional posts by authors, and have yet to find a book that appeals to me. Sorry."

Haha! Nice retort. But maybe therein lays the problem of finding suggestions. The group is somewhat stunted by the limitations imposed. I haven't seen anything suggested that has made me want to join in for a long time.


message 5: by Jaime (new)

Jaime Batista | 48 comments Have to agree with you Harry..What might not appeal to Cheryl might very well appeal to other readers..Some amateur authors have put some mighty interesting stories out there..Some of us worked hard at them ( I worked at mine on and off for ten years) and we just lack the know how or financial means to put them in the proverbial spotlight...Myself included..


message 6: by Nancy (last edited Jan 20, 2021 04:38PM) (new)

Nancy (paper_addict) Cheryl, maybe in your first post you can add all the suggestions so they are in one place? They’ll be easier to find.


message 7: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) Timequake, mainly because it's by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and I should read more of his work.


message 8: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) Tome Addiction recommended in another thread A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt and it looks promising to me, so I'm adding it.


message 9: by Cheryl (last edited May 09, 2021 06:36AM) (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) It seems likely that Time Traveler's Wife will win the poll for our March read, so I'm adding the probable losers that I nominated to this thread.

Mastodonia by Clifford D. Simak


message 11: by Amy, Queen of Time (new)

Amy | 2208 comments Mod
I started Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore a couple of nights ago, and it's the best thing I've read since Replay. In fact, it reminds me of Replay a lot because of all the musical references. I highly suggest it as a group read. I kind of wish I had someone to talk to about it now actually.


message 12: by Nancy (new)

Nancy (paper_addict) Amy wrote: "I started Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore a couple of nights ago, and it's the best thing I've read since [book:Rep..."

You should nominate it for next month.


message 13: by Dean (new)

Dean Amy wrote: "I started Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore a couple of nights ago, and it's the best thing I've read since [book:Rep..."

Wow, that's some high praise there. Nothing has lived up to Replay for me. I'll check this out.


message 14: by Nancy (new)

Nancy (paper_addict) Don’t forget there is always the Buddy read thread!


message 15: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker because it was a Hugo nominee and because of this review: https://eclectictheist.wordpress.com/....


message 16: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) Just fyi, I gave up on my attempt to read Oona Out of Order. Too fluffy, too NA (New Adult), etc.


message 17: by Nancy (new)

Nancy (paper_addict) I just heard of this new series by Jodi Taylor:

Doing Time
Hard Time

Those are the first two books.


message 18: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) Sorry I accidentally deleted my intro. post.

Added are books nominate for June 2021's group read (even though they are not nominated here).

Keep adding suggestions of books you're keen on reading!


message 19: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) Do we want to include stories about multiverses?
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson looks really interesting.

The reason I suggest we do is that TT often focuses on the result of making a different choice in one's past, creating at that point a different universe (eg, one where the character didn't marry that man, or didn't take that train). Johnson's book lands in the same place, it seems, just skipping the TT gimmick.


message 20: by Jeff (new)

Jeff Rosen | 104 comments Johnson's book is ok, read it last year...more multiverse than time travel


message 21: by Amy Bea (new)

Amy Bea | 17 comments I read Oona out of Order but it was a bit too distracted and uninteresting for me.


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