[nesfa-reading-group] January 2018 book choices

[Rebecca DeVendra]

Really good list David-

The Incrementalists looks fun. That's my vote.

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 9:35 AM, M M via reading-group <
reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> wrote:

> I'd be interested in reading The Incrementalists, as I've heard a lot of
> chatter about it. I'd also be up for From Here To Timbuku by Milton Davis,
> as it sounds like fun from the reviews I've read, although there were
> numerous notes on the need for a re-edited version, due to grammar & other
> errors.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Sunday, October 1, 2017 9:52 PM, David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Some ideas:
>
>    - 2312 - Kim Stanley Robinson
>
>    This is a Nebula Award winner and it is big and complex. The reviews
>    are mostly positive, though the positive reviews are of the "Masterpiece"
>    or "magnificient achievement" variety and the negative reviews are of the
>    "too difficult to finish" and "bewildering" variety.
>
>    - This Is Not a Game - Walter Jon Williams
>
>    I have liked everything I've ever read (quite a bit) by Williams. This
>    one seems to be getting good reviews as a novel, though it is described as
>    like a Michael Crichton techno-thriller with a dash of cyberpunk.
>
>    - The Incrementalists - Steven Brust & Skyler White
>
>    John Scalzi says he loves this.  There's a sequel out already.
>
>    - Clockwork Rocket - Greg Egan
>
>    Really hard SF. First of a trilogy
>
>    - From Here to Timbuktu - Milton J. Davis
>
>    One of our GOHs from last year. Genre: Steamfunk, something I hadn't
>    heard of before.
>
>    - Blue Remembered Earth - Alastair Reynolds
>
>    I really like Reynolds' ideas and writing. This is the first of a
>    sort-of trilogy.(That is, they follow on, but are each stand-alone.) The
>    reviews I read are all positive.
>
>
> I have another bunch of books on my "read next" list, but I looked up the
> reviews on all of them and the above were deemed the best of the lot.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 3:18 PM, M M via reading-group <
> reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> it's that time again, to pick another book to read for January. So, let's
> see some proposals, and we'll vote on them at the next Reading Group
> meeting on October 6th. See you soon!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Michael S.
>
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