February 2023: One-Hit Wonders & Alt-History

[Kalin]

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd get us started choosing for February. The themes for this month are One-Hit Wonders (authors with only one nomination on the H/N list) and Alt-History.

The shelves you can choose from are here:
OHWs: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Alt-History: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Nominations open until Dec. 21!

[Oleksandr, a.k.a. Acorn]

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter for OHW
Farthing Alt-History

[Kalin]

For alt-history I'm nominating Way Station by Clifford D. Simak. I don't have one yet for one-hit wonders.

[Oleksandr, a.k.a. Acorn]

Kalin wrote: "For alt-history I'm nominating Way Station by Clifford D. Simak. "

I don't think it is alt-hist, I guess it was miscategorized.

[Kalin]

Oleksandr wrote: "Kalin wrote: "For alt-history I'm nominating Way Station by Clifford D. Simak. "

I don't think it is alt-hist, I guess it was miscategorized."

What should it be recategorized to?

I suppose I'll nominate Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson in that case.

[Oleksandr, a.k.a. Acorn]

Kalin wrote: "What should it be recategorized to?."

A general SF, with a long-lived/immortal protagonist and aliens, not to spoil more :)

[Stephen]

I’ll nominate The Road to Corlay as a One-Hit Wonder.

[Kateblue, 2nd star to the right and straight on til morning]

I think if we miscategorised a book, we should let the person who nominated it have their nomination. Discuss??? Back with noms later

[Oleksandr, a.k.a. Acorn]

Kateblue wrote: "I think if we miscategorised a book, we should let the person who nominated it have their nomination. Discuss??? Back with noms later"

I guess because Kalin hasn't known the category, he hasn't read it and planned for an alt-hist, which it isn't. So, he is to decide whether to keep it

[Kateblue, 2nd star to the right and straight on til morning]

Oleksandr wrote: "So, he is to decide whether to keep it."

Agree that should be the rule.

Also, anybody should be able to take it back if they decide they would prefer something else, I think

[Kalin]

Well in this case I was able to find something else (Darwinia) which is already on my TBR so I'm happy with that. I did want to read Way Station though, since I'm hoping to read all the novels collected in American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 (LOA #321) this coming year.

[Allan]

Kalin wrote: "I'm hoping to read all the novels collected in American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 (LOA #321) this coming year..."

I've read three of them, excepting The High Crusade, and they are all gems.

[Allan]

For OHW, I'd like to submit The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas. It sounds interesting.

For alt-history, my nomination is Hild by Nicola Griffith. The author's most recent short novel is really good & this one seems to be her masterpiece.

[Kateblue, 2nd star to the right and straight on til morning]

For OHW I nominateDonovan's Brain y Curt Siodmak

For Alt-History, Up the Line I guess ? The last Silverberg was pretty good

[Kalin]

Hi folks, here are the links to our polls for February:

One-Hit Wonders: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Alt-History: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

The polls are open until Dec. 29th.

[Kalin]

Results are in:

Alt-History: Up the Line

One-Hit Wonder: The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter