2024 Bookshelf Rereads

[Anna]

Unfortunately rereads voting is only on Google Forms. There is still time to set up a new Google account, or sort out the old one!

[Olga]

If it's just the one book, I can add it to my selection, if nobody minds.

[Bonnie]

Olga wrote: "If it's just the one book, I can add it to my selection, if nobody minds."

Good idea

[Olga]

Done

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Vote here: https://goo.gl/forms/joASo8yDfm9oGvDm2
Live results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Voting ends: February 25th / GR links to all books here

[Kirsten]

a.g.e. montagner wrote: "Wow, I'd like to read all the current top six...

Nevertheless I'm campaigning for The Obelisk Gate, which is the second book in the Broken Earth trilogy, for anybody who's plannin..."

I absolutely loved The Dispossessed! Although I had heard great things about Le Guin for years, this was the first of hers I ever read.

[a.g.e. montagner]

Since the vote is closingin a week or so, would anybody like to (re)read anything in particular?
I'd ask to secure the Imperial Radch trilogy, so it can become my saga for the spring!

[CBRetriever]

Babel-17 is part of the Kindle Daily deal on amazon.com for $2.99 today 2/21/2024

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Vote here: https://goo.gl/forms/joASo8yDfm9oGvDm2
Live results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Voting ends: February 25th

Top 6 will become our April-June rereads

12 The Dispossessed (387 pgs)
11 Dune (604 pgs)
10 Babel-17 (192 pgs)
10 Parable of the Sower (345 pgs)
10 A Scanner Darkly (219 pgs)
10 The Steerswoman (336 pgs)

9 The Caves of Steel (206 pgs)

8 Ancillary Mercy (330 pgs)
8 Ancillary Sword (356 pgs)
8 Childhood's End (224 pgs)
8 Guards! Guards! (376 pgs)
8 The Last Unicorn (294 pgs)

[Olga]

I would be so disappointed if Dune doesn't make the cut (

[a.g.e. montagner]

Looks like it will!
I can add a vote for it, anyway.

[Cheryl L]

wow! So many of the books with the top votes are on my list. I'm not going to be in any way disappointed by whatever rereads we get.

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

List above updated!

[a.g.e. montagner]

Cheryl, if this is the final list I'll be in for most of it: Butler, Delany, Dick, Le Guin...

[Michelle]

Olga wrote: "I would be so disappointed if Dune doesn't make the cut ("

I just voted for it.

[Tesseract]

I voted for Dune too. Especially with the second movie coming out soon, I’m excited to hopefully read it with everyone :)

[Cheryl L]

This is exciting. 7 of the top 10 are already on my TBR.

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

OK, let's figure out when we want to read these! Pairings are kinda random this time, I'm expecting rescheduling requests :)


Option A

April
The Steerswoman (336 pgs)
Babel-17 (192 pgs)

May
The Dispossessed (387 pgs)
A Scanner Darkly (219 pgs)

June
Dune (604 pgs)
Parable of the Sower (345 pgs)

[a.g.e. montagner]

I won't be picky this time.
If anything, I'd ask to have The Dispossessed in April, to tie-in with the other UKLGs from Q1 (besides, it's book of the month for March in another group).

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

I switched Steerswoman with Dispossessed.


Option B

April
The Dispossessed (387 pgs)
Babel-17 (192 pgs)

May
The Steerswoman (336 pgs)
A Scanner Darkly (219 pgs)

June
Dune (604 pgs)
Parable of the Sower (345 pgs)

[Cheryl L]

Either of these works fine for me. I have 4 of these on my bookshelf just waiting to be read. :-)

[Olga]

Yay! Dune made it! Thanks!
As there’s the second film coming up, maybe it would be better to have it a bit earlier than June (just suggesting, I’m already happy)?

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Option C

April
The Dispossessed (387 pgs)
Dune (604 pgs)

May
The Steerswoman (336 pgs)
A Scanner Darkly (219 pgs)

June
Parable of the Sower (345 pgs)
Babel-17 (192 pgs)

[Tesseract]

I agree with Olga, option C looks great

[Cheryl L]

Yay! I am liking April's books. My spouse and I recently watched the first Dune movie again, and I thought to myself, "I need to reread Dune and savor it this time around.

[CBRetriever]

Cheryl L wrote: "Yay! I am liking April's books. My spouse and I recently watched the first Dune movie again, and I thought to myself, "I need to reread Dune and savor it this time around."

I've lost track of how many times I've read Dune.

[DivaDiane]

I am looking forward to reading the graphic novel of Dune we both for our son. This is the perfect excuse. I also wanted to reread the Dispossessed, but I don’t think I can do both of those in the same month. I also really need to eye-read A Scanner Darkly. I soft-DNFed it when listening to the audio book. I just couldn’t follow and couldn’t care.

Don’t change anything for me, though if most people are happy with option c.

[Economondos]

Option C looks like a good choice to me.

[Kaia]

Option C works for me, too. I'm excited to read The Steerswoman, which my library finally has in its ebook collection.

[Michelle]

DivaDiane wrote: "I am looking forward to reading the graphic novel of Dune we both for our son. This is the perfect excuse. I also wanted to reread the Dispossessed, but I don’t think I can do both of those in the ..."

The graphic novel would be cool, Diane!

[Melanie, the neutral party]

option c works

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

I'm content with option C. There's a book in each month that I'm happy to discuss in VBC (Dispossessed, Steerswoman, and Parable).

[Aga]

Option C looks good.

[Tamara]

Olga wrote: "Done"

Thanks, Olga ☺️

[Bonnie]

vote for Option C

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Here we go!


April 15th
Dune >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More
The Dispossessed >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More & Series

May 15th
A Scanner Darkly >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More
The Steerswoman >> First impressions | Final thoughts & Q&A & Series

June 15th
Parable of the Sower >> First impressions | Final thoughts & Series
Babel-17 >> First impressions | Final thoughts

[a.g.e. montagner]

Can I ask the mods to keep for the time being the old rereads (for February in particular) in the Current Events page?
In view of a general discussion of the Hainish novels, it may be useful to have within easy reach the discussion pages for each of the books.

[Anna]

They're listed in msg #2 of this thread!

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

March rereads starting soon!


March 15th
The Left Hand of Darkness >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More & Series
Piranesi >> First impressions | Final thoughts

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Dune is this month's Virtual Book Club book!


April 15th
Dune >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More
The Dispossessed >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More & Series

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Vote here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cDcE...
Live results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Voting ends: May 25th

Voting is open for July-September 2024 rereads!

Links to all books on the form (A-H):

(view spoiler)[1Q84 (925 pgs)
The Accidental Time Machine (278 pgs)
Across the Nightingale Floor (305 pgs)
The Actual Star (624 pgs)
The Aeronaut's Windlass (630 pgs)
Against the Tide of Years (454 pgs)
The Algebraist (434 pgs)
Alif the Unseen (433 pgs)
All the Birds in the Sky (320 pgs)
All You Need Is Kill (200 pgs)
Alphabet of Thorn (291 pgs)
Altered Carbon (526 pgs)
Amatka (216 pgs)
American Gods (480 pgs)
Among Others (304 pgs)
Anansi Boys (384 pgs)
Ancillary Mercy (330 pgs)
Ancillary Sword (356 pgs)
Annihilation (195 pgs)
Arcadia (608 pgs)
Ariadne (308 pgs)
Armada (349 pgs)
Artemis (305 pgs)
The Best of All Possible Worlds (308 pgs)
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (480 pgs)
The Black Company (319 pgs)
The Black Prism (629 pgs)
Black Sun (454 pgs)
Blackfish City (336 pgs)
Blackout (610 pgs)
The Blade Itself (517 pgs)
Blindsight (384 pgs)
Blood Song (591 pgs)
The Bone Witch (432 pgs)
Boneshaker (416 pgs)
The Book Eaters (298 pgs)
The Book of Koli (416 pgs)
The Book of Phoenix (232 pgs)
Brave New World (268 pgs)
The Briar King (553 pgs)
Broken Monsters (464 pgs)
Cage of Souls (560 pgs)
The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
Caliban's War (595 pgs)
The Carpet Makers (297 pgs)
Cat's Cradle (179 pgs)
Catfishing on CatNet (288 pgs)
Catseye (224 pgs)
The Caves of Steel (206 pgs)
The Changeling (431 pgs)
Charmed Life (252 pgs)
Childhood's End (224 pgs)
China Mountain Zhang (313 pgs)
The City & the City (312 pgs)
City of Bones (488 pgs)
The City of Dreaming Books (461 pgs)
City of Stairs (452 pgs)
The City We Became (437 pgs)
A Clash of Kings (761 pgs)
A Closed and Common Orbit (365 pgs)
Cloud Atlas (509 pgs)
Cold Magic (528 pgs)
The Collapsing Empire (336 pgs)
The Color of Magic (228 pgs)
Compass Rose (375 pgs)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (500 pgs)
Contact (434 pgs)
A Darker Shade of Magic (398 pgs)
Daughter of the Forest (554 pgs)
Daughter of the Moon Goddess (512 pgs)
Dawn (248 pgs)
The Dawnhounds (259 pgs)
The Day of the Triffids (228 pgs)
Deathless (352 pgs)
Deeplight (416 pgs)
The Diamond Age (499 pgs)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (306 pgs)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (256 pgs)
Doctor Who The Coming of the Terraphiles (343 pgs)
Doomsday Book (578 pgs)
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (208 pgs)
The Dragon's Path (555 pgs)
Dragonbone Chair (672 pgs)
Dragonflight (299 pgs)
Dreamsnake (312 pgs)
Early Riser (403 pgs)
The Echo Wife (256 pgs)
Elatsoe (362 pgs)
Elysium (199 pgs)
Embassytown (345 pgs)
Ender's Game (324 pgs)
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (531 pgs)
Everfair (381 pgs)
The Eye of the World (814 pgs)
The Eyre Affair (374 pgs)
Fahrenheit 451 (238 pgs)
The Farthest Shore (259 pgs)
Fate of the Fallen (400 pgs)
The Fellowship of the Ring (398 pgs)
The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) (541 pgs)
A Fire Upon the Deep (613 pgs)
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (417 pgs)
Flowers for Algernon (311 pgs)
The Forever War (278 pgs)
Forty Thousand in Gehenna (445 pgs)
Frankenstein (273 pgs)
Furies of Calderon (503 pgs)
Fuzzy Nation (303 pgs)
A Game of Thrones (835 pgs)
Gardens of the Moon (666 pgs)
The Gate to Women's Country (315 pgs)
The Ghost Bride (368 pgs)
The Girl with All the Gifts (460 pgs)
Gods of Jade and Shadow (338 pgs)
The Golem and the Jinni (486 pgs)
Good Omens (430 pgs)
The Gospel of Loki (302 pgs)
The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
Grass (544 pgs)
The Graveyard Book (312 pgs)
Guards! Guards! (376 pgs)
Gun, with Occasional Music (271 pgs)
The Gunslinger (231 pgs)
A Half-Built Garden (340 pgs)
The Handmaid's Tale (311 pgs)
Haze (352 pgs)
Hench (416 pgs)
Here and Now and Then (336 pgs)
His Majesty's Dragon (353 pgs)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (216 pgs)
The Hobbit (366 pgs)
Hollow Kingdom (308 pgs)
Homeland (343 pgs)
Hounded (292 pgs)
The House in the Cerulean Sea (394 pgs)
The House of the Spirits (448 pgs)
Howl's Moving Castle (329 pgs)
The Humans (285 pgs)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (427 pgs)
Hyperion (483 pgs)
(hide spoiler)]

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Links to all books on the form (I-P):
(view spoiler)[
I Am Legend (160 pgs)
I, Robot (225 pgs)
In the Night Garden (483 pgs)
Infernal Devices (384 pgs)
Into the Drowning Deep (440 pgs)
The Invisible Library (329 pgs)
Island in the Sea of Time (608 pgs)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (160 pgs)
John Dies at the End (469 pgs)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (1006 pgs)
The Just City (368 pgs)
Karen Memory (350 pgs)
The Killing Moon (418 pgs)
Kindred (264 pgs)
Klara and the Sun (303 pgs)
Kushiel's Dart (1015 pgs)
The Last Policeman (322 pgs)
The Last Unicorn (294 pgs)
The Last Wish (384 pgs)
Legend (345 pgs)
Legends & Lattes (318 pgs)
Leviathan (440 pgs)
The Library at Mount Char (388 pgs)
The Library of the Unwritten (384 pgs)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (722 pgs)
Light From Uncommon Stars (372 pgs)
Lions of Al-Rassan (528 pgs)
Little, Big (538 pgs)
Lock In (336 pgs)
The Long Earth (336 pgs)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (512 pgs)
Lord of Light (296 pgs)
Machine Man (185 pgs)
The Magic of Recluce (501 pgs)
Magician (Riftwar Saga) (681 pgs)
The Man in the High Castle (259 pgs)
The Many-Colored Land (415 pgs)
The Marrow Thieves (234 pgs)
The Martian Chronicles (182 pgs)
The Master and Margarita (407 pgs)
A Master of Djinn (396 pgs)
A Memory Called Empire (462 pgs)
Memory of Water (263 pgs)
Moon of the Crusted Snow (213 pgs)
More Than Human (186 pgs)
Mort (243 pgs)
The Mote in God's Eye (596 pgs)
The Name of the Wind (662 pgs)
The Native Star (387 pgs)
A Natural History of Dragons (334 pgs)
Nettle & Bone (245 pgs)
Neuromancer (271 pgs)
The Neverending Story (396 pgs)
Neverwhere (370 pgs)
Nexus (460 pgs)
The Night Circus (400 pgs)
A Night in the Lonesome October (280 pgs)
Night Watch (455 pgs)
Nimona (272 pgs)
Nine Princes in Amber (175 pgs)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (178 pgs)
Old Man's War (362 pgs)
On the Oceans of Eternity (630 pgs)
The Once and Future King (639 pgs)
Opening Atlantis (440 pgs)
Oryx and Crake (400 pgs)
The Outside (401 pgs)
Pandora's Star (988 pgs)
The Passage (766 pgs)
Pawn of Prophecy (304 pgs)
Perdido Street Station (623 pgs)
Persephone Station (512 pgs)
Planetfall (336 pgs)
The Player of Games (320 pgs)
The Poppy War (544 pgs)
The Power (341 pgs)
Preludes & Nocturnes (Sandman Vol. 1) (233 pgs)
Prince of Thorns (384 pgs)
Promise of Blood (545 pgs)
Pump Six and Other Stories (239 pgs)
Pushing Ice (458 pgs)
(hide spoiler)]

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Links to all books on the form (Q-Z):
(view spoiler)[
The Quantum Magician (478 pgs)
The Quantum Thief (336 pgs)
The Raven and the Reindeer (226 pgs)
The Raven Tower (416 pgs)
Ready Player One (374 pgs)
Reap the Wild Wind (454 pgs)
Recursion (336 pgs)
Red Country (469 pgs)
Red Sister (469 pgs)
Regarding Ducks and Universes (344 pgs)
Remnant Population (336 pgs)
Rendezvous with Rama (252 pgs)
The Road (241 pgs)
The Rook (486 pgs)
Sabriel (491 pgs)
Sea of Rust (416 pgs)
Semiosis (336 pgs)
Servant of the Underworld (432 pgs)
Seveneves (881 pgs)
The Shadow of the Torturer (262 pgs)
Shadow's Son (278 pgs)
Shadowshaper (297 pgs)
She Who Became the Sun (416 pgs)
The Sheep Look Up (388 pgs)
Ship of Magic (880 pgs)
The Silent Tower (369 pgs)
Six of Crows (462 pgs)
Six Wakes (364 pgs)
Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (350 pgs)
Slaughterhouse-Five (215 pgs)
Snow Crash (470 pgs)
Solaris (204 pgs)
The Song of Achilles (352 pgs)
The Songs of Distant Earth (256 pgs)
Sorrowland (355 pgs)
Soulless (365 pgs)
The Sparrow (431 pgs)
Spear (184 pgs)
The Spear Cuts Through Water (525 pgs)
The Speed of Dark (369 pgs)
Sphere (371 pgs)
Spin (458 pgs)
Spinning Silver (480 pgs)
Spirits Abroad (352 pgs)
The Stand (1153 pgs)
The Stars Are Legion (400 pgs)
The Stars My Destination (258 pgs)
Starship Troopers (335 pgs)
Station Eleven (336 pgs)
Stories of Your Life and Others (281 pgs)
Storm Front (355 pgs)
The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack (510 pgs)
Stranger in a Strange Land (528 pgs)
The Suicide Collectors (304 pgs)
The Summer Tree (383 pgs)
Sunshine (405 pgs)
The Sword-Edged Blonde (256 pgs)
Swords and Deviltry (224 pgs)
Terra Nullius (294 pgs)
The Terror (769 pgs)
This Alien Shore (564 pgs)
Those Who Hunt the Night (350 pgs)
The Thousand Names (513 pgs)
Three Parts Dead (336 pgs)
Tigana (771 pgs)
The Time Machine (118 pgs)
To Say Nothing of the Dog (493 pgs)
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (878 pgs)
The Tombs of Atuan (180 pgs)
Too Like the Lightning (432 pgs)
Touch (426 pgs)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (399 pgs)
Ubik (288 pgs)
Under Heaven (573 pgs)
The Underground Railroad (306 pgs)
An Unkindness of Ghosts (351 pgs)
Velocity Weapon (544 pgs)
Vita Nostra (416 pgs)
War for the Oaks (336 pgs)
The War of the Worlds (192 pgs)
Warbreaker (688 pgs)
Warchild (451 pgs)
The Warded Man (416 pgs)
The Warrior's Apprentice (372 pgs)
Watchmen (416 pgs)
Watership Down (478 pgs)
The Way of Shadows (645 pgs)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (383 pgs)
We Are Satellites (378 pgs)
Weaveworld (721 pgs)
The Well of Ascension (590 pgs)
When Gravity Fails (288 pgs)
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (251 pgs)
White Cat (310 pgs)
The Windup Girl (359 pgs)
Winter Tide (366 pgs)
Winter's Orbit (432 pgs)
The Wise Man's Fear (994 pgs)
The Witch's Heart (359 pgs)
Witchmark (318 pgs)
A Wizard of Earthsea (183 pgs)
Wizard's First Rule (836 pgs)
The Wolf in the Whale (544 pgs)
Wool (509 pgs)
World War Z (342 pgs)
The Yiddish Policeman's Union (414 pgs)
Zodiac (308 pgs)
Zoo City (416 pgs)
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[Olga]

SFFBC wrote: "Vote here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cDcE...
Live results: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cDcE...
Voting ends: May..."

Live results link is the same as voting link. Is this supposed to be like this?

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

Yes, it was. :)

(I was fiddling with things and couldn't remember where the right link was so I put the voting link in before then changing it to 'Coming Soon')

[a.g.e. montagner]

Olga, are you perhaps on the app?

[Olga]

a.g.e. montagner wrote: "Olga, are you perhaps on the app?"

No, I'm on Mac and URLs were literally the same.

It's all fine now. Thanks, Ryan.

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

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[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Vote here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cDcE...
Live results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Voting ends: May 25th

Current Standings:

7 American Gods (480 pgs)

6 Ancillary Mercy (330 pgs)
6 Ancillary Sword (356 pgs)
6 His Majesty's Dragon (353 pgs)
6 Infernal Devices (384 pgs)
6 The Ocean at the End of the Lane (178 pgs)
6 Perdido Street Station (623 pgs)
6 The Raven Tower (416 pgs)

5 Alif the Unseen (433 pgs)
5 Anansi Boys (384 pgs)
5 The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (417 pgs)
5 Frankenstein (273 pgs)
5 The Neverending Story (396 pgs)
5 The Quantum Thief (336 pgs)
5 Solaris (204 pgs)
5 The Warrior's Apprentice (372 pgs)

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

Rereads voting closes in 24 hours. Break the ties please!