Top 3 sci-fi books I read in 2022

[Søren]

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[Isabel (kittiwake)]

sounds like my sort of book. I’ve looked at Ned Beauman books in the bookshop before as they always look interesting, but I’ve not got round to reading any. I’ll add it to my list.

[Isabel (kittiwake)]

My top 3 is going to have to be a top 1 as I’ve hardly ready any science fiction this year, although I’ve listened to a lot of short stories on podcasts.

[Claesbj]

Managed to read just 3 books within a very broad definition of science fiction in 2022, the two just in December.

3rd place was a little disappointing Peter Clines "14", a steam-punk novel. To me it had no moral or eureka purpose - no points the author tried to make.

Much better on 2nd place Danish author Maren Uthaug "11%" , the intertwined stories of 5 characters in a dystopian future Denmark where the premise is that all men (in total just 11% of the population) are kept locked up, medicated, in facilities for women to visit if they want to have sex or mate with. Witchcraft, Christianity with a female origin, crumbling cities, and true freedom for women tells this rather grotesque story in a great way.

1st place is a re-read og Alan Dean Foster "Midworld". Rediscovering this story maybe 20 years after my last read was really wonderful. The thoughts and points behind the book is found only in a handful of pages and is delivered in the very beginning and very end. The rest of the book is almost boring. As a whole though it still makes it quite far up my all time favorite science fiction book list. And with Avatar the movie in mind it's makes it even more fun to read now.

[Zivan]

Looking back at 2022 these are three books that left an impression on me:

The Spear Cuts Through Water

The Gone World

Ammonite

[Jeff]

My three:

Sea of Tranquility

The Thousand Earths

UnHappenings

Love the podcast. I especially like hearing the reviews of books I've read and getting different points of view. A great example of this was my 2021 favorite - Project Hail Mary. Yikes!