[nesfa-reading-group] A vote for Braking Day

Sat Oct 15 11:43:58 EDT 2022

I also cast a vote for Braking Day.

Liz

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> Wes?I vote for?Morrow, James; ?City of Truth?RichardOn Oct 14, 2022, at
> 9:27 PM, Wesley Brodsky <wesbrodsky at alum.mit.edu> wrote:My three belated
> suggestions:Oyebanji, Adam; ?Braking Day?Morrow, James; ?City of
> Truth?Gomel, Elana; ?The Cryptids?Oyebanji, Adam; ?Braking Day?; I have not
> read this, but a review in Analog interested me because it seemed good
> ?hard science fiction?. On a generation ship bound for a distant star, one
> engineer-in-training must discover the secrets at the heart of the voyage.
> It's been over a century since three generation ships escaped an Earth
> dominated by artificial intelligence in pursuit of a life on a distant
> planet orbiting Tau Ceti. Now, it's nearly Braking Day, when the ships will
> begin their long-awaited descent to their new home.Morrow, James; ?City of
> Truth?; I read this several years ago, and liked it, but I was not sure it
> really counted as science fiction because any ?science? was really
> psychology, if anything. However, it won a 1992 Nebula A
>  ward. Truth reigns supreme in the city-state of Veritas. Not even
> politicians lie, and weirdly frank notices abound?such as warning: this
> elevator maintained by people who hate their jobs: ride at your own risk.
> In this dystopia of mandatory candor, every preadolescent citizen is
> ruthlessly conditioned, through a Skinnerian ordeal called a ?brainburn,?
> to speak truthfully under all circumstances. That is, until the main
> character find an important reason to resist his ?brainburn.?Gomel, Elana;
> ?The Cryptids?; This was another I have not read, but read a review for in
> Analog. It captured my interest because the reviewer wrote, ?It has some of
> the most viscerally terrifying body horror and disturbing imagery I?ve seen
> in a book in one time??; and that one description, ?twisted my guts into
> knots.? An invasion like no other is threatening the Silicon Valley. A
> cutting-edge quantum communication technology has unleashed a flood of
> cryptid sightings. From headless Mothmen to dog-faced ca
>  ts, strange beasts are prowling the streets and emerging from the woods,
> spreading a deadly epidemic of mind-blindness. Cryptozoologist Sharon
> Manley, a stranger in a strange land, thinks she knows what is going on.
> But who is going to believe her if her information comes to her in
> dreams?Wes Brodsky?"It is of the utmost importance that Concepts not
> trouble you with silliness or complications, unless you are searching for
> really difficult work."; Giordano Bruno
> (1582)________________________________________From: reading-group <
> reading-group-bounces at lists.nesfa.org> on behalf of Richard Schwartz via
> reading-group <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>Sent: Saturday, October 8,
> 2022 4:21 PMTo: NESFA GroupCc: Richard SchwartzSubject:
> [nesfa-reading-group] Books to select in November NESFA Book Club?-John
> Crowley - Engine Summer (1979)China Mieville - Perdido Street Station
> (2000)John Gwynne - The Shadow of the Gods (2021)1979 -Engine Summerby John
> CrowleyBorn into the community of Truthful Sp
>  eakers one thousand years after the Storm, he was raised on stories of
> the old days -- a world filled with saints, a world in which all things
> were possible, a world which finally destroyed itself. In love with a
> beautiful woman, Rush journeys far and learns much. Taken into the society
> of Dr. Boots's List, attached to the old mysteries, Rush grows closer to a
> sainthood he could never have imagined.2000 -Perdido Street Stationby China
> MievilleBeneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies
> the city of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no
> one--not even to Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a
> lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird,
> half-human creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is
> faced with challenges he has never before encountered. Though the Garuda's
> request is scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity
> and an uncanny reverence for this curious strange
>  r. Soon an eerie metamorphosis will occur that will permeate every fiber
> of New Crobuzon--and not even the Ambassador of Hell will challenge the
> malignant terror it evokes2021 -The Shadow of the Godsby John GwynneSet in
> a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and bloody
> vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga from
> bestselling author John Gwynne.After the gods warred and drove themselves
> to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigri?.Now
> a new world is rising, where power-hungry jarls feud and monsters stalk the
> woods and mountains. A world where the bones of the dead gods still hold
> great power for those brave - or desperate - enough to seek them out.Now,
> as whispers of war echo across the mountains and fjords, fate follows in
> the footsteps of three people: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a
> noblewoman who has rejected privilege in pursuit of battle fame, and a
> thrall who seeks vengeance among the famed mercen
>  aries known as the Bloodsworn.All three will shape the fate of the world
> as it once more falls under the shadow of the gods . .
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> +1 City of Truth
> best.
> ?
> Alek
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> W dniu 2022-10-15 17:14:55 u?ytkownik Richard Schwartz via reading-group <
> reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> napisa?:
> Wes?
> ?
> I vote for?Morrow, James; ?City of Truth?
> ?
> Richard
> ?
> On Oct 14, 2022, at 9:27 PM, Wesley Brodsky <wesbrodsky at alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
> ?
> ?
> My three belated suggestions:
> Oyebanji, Adam; ?Braking Day?
> Morrow, James; ?City of Truth?
> Gomel, Elana; ?The Cryptids?
> ?
> Oyebanji, Adam; ?Braking Day?; I have not read this, but a review in
> Analog interested me because it seemed good ?hard science fiction?.
> On a generation ship bound for a distant star, one engineer-in-training
> must discover the secrets at the heart of the voyage. It's been over a
> century since three generation ships escaped an Earth dominated by
> artificial intelligence in pursuit of a life on a distant planet orbiting
> Tau Ceti. Now, it's nearly Braking Day, when the ships will begin their
> long-awaited descent to their new home.
> ?
> Morrow, James; ?City of Truth?; I read this several years ago, and liked
> it, but I was not sure it really counted as science fiction because any
> ?science? was really psychology, if anything. However, it won a 1992 Nebula
> Award.
> Truth reigns supreme in the city-state of Veritas. Not even politicians
> lie, and weirdly frank notices abound?such as warning: this elevator
> maintained by people who hate their jobs: ride at your own risk. In this
> dystopia of mandatory candor, every preadolescent citizen is ruthlessly
> conditioned, through a Skinnerian ordeal called a ?brainburn,? to speak
> truthfully under all circumstances. That is, until the main character find
> an important reason to resist his ?brainburn.?
> ?
> Gomel, Elana; ?The Cryptids?; This was another I have not read, but read a
> review for in Analog. It captured my interest because the reviewer wrote,
> ?It has some of the most viscerally terrifying body horror and disturbing
> imagery I?ve seen in a book in one time??; and that one description,
> ?twisted my guts into knots.?
> An invasion like no other is threatening the Silicon Valley. A
> cutting-edge quantum communication technology has unleashed a flood of
> cryptid sightings. From headless Mothmen to dog-faced cats, strange beasts
> are prowling the streets and emerging from the woods, spreading a deadly
> epidemic of mind-blindness.
> Cryptozoologist Sharon Manley, a stranger in a strange land, thinks she
> knows what is going on. But who is going to believe her if her information
> comes to her in dreams?
> ?
> Wes Brodsky?
> "It is of the utmost importance that Concepts not trouble you with
> silliness or complications, unless you are searching for really difficult
> work."; Giordano Bruno (1582)
> ?
> ________________________________________
> From: reading-group <reading-group-bounces at lists.nesfa.org> on behalf of
> Richard Schwartz via reading-group <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2022 4:21 PM
> To: NESFA Group
> Cc: Richard Schwartz
> Subject: [nesfa-reading-group] Books to select in November NESFA Book Club
> ?
> ?-
> ?
> John Crowley - Engine Summer (1979)
> China Mieville - Perdido Street Station (2000)
> John Gwynne - The Shadow of the Gods (2021)
> ?
> 1979 -
> Engine Summer
> by John Crowley
> ?
> Born into the community of Truthful Speakers one thousand years after the
> Storm, he was raised on stories of the old days -- a world filled with
> saints, a world in which all things were possible, a world which finally
> destroyed itself. In love with a beautiful woman, Rush journeys far and
> learns much. Taken into the society of Dr. Boots's List, attached to the
> old mysteries, Rush grows closer to a sainthood he could never have
> imagined.
> ?
> 2000 -
> Perdido Street Station
> by China Mieville
> ?
> Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city
> of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no one--not even to
> Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a lifetime quietly
> carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird, half-human creature
> known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is faced with challenges
> he has never before encountered. Though the Garuda's request is
> scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity and an
> uncanny reverence for this curious stranger. Soon an eerie metamorphosis
> will occur that will permeate every fiber of New Crobuzon--and not even the
> Ambassador of Hell will challenge the malignant terror it evokes
> ?
> 2021 -
> The Shadow of the Gods
> by John Gwynne
> ?
> Set in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and
> bloody vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga
> from bestselling author John Gwynne.
> ?
> After the gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of
> their fall shattered the land of Vigri?.
> ?
> Now a new world is rising, where power-hungry jarls feud and monsters
> stalk the woods and mountains. A world where the bones of the dead gods
> still hold great power for those brave - or desperate - enough to seek them
> out.
> ?
> Now, as whispers of war echo across the mountains and fjords, fate follows
> in the footsteps of three people: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a
> noblewoman who has rejected privilege in pursuit of battle fame, and a
> thrall who seeks vengeance among the famed mercenaries known as the
> Bloodsworn.
> ?
> All three will shape the fate of the world as it once more falls under the
> shadow of the gods . . .
> ?
> ?
> Richard
> ?
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