Nominations for Sep2021 BotM - 2000 & up period

[Jim]

Nominations for the September 2021 read are for books published from 2000 & up.

SF novels or short story collection/anthologies that have not previously been read by the group are eligible. Please check the bookshelf & the nomination rules for further clarification before nominating a book.

Previously nominated books are on this bookshelf. More qualifying authors & books can be found here.

Please add your nominated book title as a clickable link directly to the goodreads' book page, with author and year, so it looks like this:
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
2015
(If you can't create book links, please include the URL to the book.)

Tell us why you chose the book that you're nominating. Remember that books require seconding now. We'll close this nomination thread on the 15th of July in order to have plenty of time for poll(s) and then for acquisitions of the winner(s).

[Jim]

Nominated
The Swarm by Frank Schätzing, nom by Rouven
The Berlin Project by Gregory Benford, nom by Ronald

Nominated & Seconded
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey, nom by Leo, 2d by RJ
Lexicon by Max Barry, nom by Ed, 2d by Ronald
Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod, nom by Oleksandr, 2d by Ed

[Oleksandr]

Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod, the first volume of Engines of Light trilogy, first published in 2000, nominated for Hugo and Clarke in 2001 and 2002

[Leo]

Wool Omnibus (2012) by Hugh Howey.

[Cato]

I nominate The Swarm (2004) by Frank Schätzing. In this thriller humankind is threatened by intelligent, maritime lifeforms.
According to Wikipedia The Swarm was lauded by many critics and readers for its accurate representation of marine biology, geology, and geophysics. Also the book was a bestseller, but that doesn't have to be a good thing.

Besides I'm not going to second Wool, because I've already read it, but I can recommend it.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Leo wrote: "Wool Omnibus (2012) by Hugh Howey."

Second.

[Ed]

I nominate Lexicon by Max Barry, 2013.

It is about a secret organization using the science of persuasion to control society with words. What a silly concept! Nothing like that could ever really happen!

[Jim]

All are noted in msg #2.

Of all these nominations, I've only read Wool Omnibus & that was 8 years ago, so I don't remember it too well, but I gave it a 4 star review. I see there is now another trilogy called Shift that is also packed into one volume.

[Ronald]

I nominate The Berlin Project by Gregory Benford.

I haven't read the book. From what I understand, the method to create the first atomic bomb was not the most efficient. In this alternate history novel by Gregory Benford, who is a physics professor, the atomic bomb is created earlier in World War II than in our timeline.

[Ronald]

I second Lexicon by Max Barry.

The book sounds more like science fact than science fiction.

Dr. Robert Epstein is a research psychologist who wrote a scientific paper, which I read online, which holds that Google search can sway millions of voters.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

So only two choices this month?

[Ed]

I'll second Cosmonaut Keep.

Any other seconds? Get them in today.

[Jim]

The poll is up here:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

[Jim]

Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey won the poll for our September read.