[nesfa-reading-group] Your three books for January?

[Tracy Marks]

Paperback of Translation State won't be released till May, 
unfortunately.
Hardcover is expensive.
But Minuteman library network has many copies.
Tracy

On 2023-11-01 11:20, Wesley Brodsky wrote:
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> __________________________________
> From: Wesley Brodsky <wesbrodsky at alum.mit.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 5:56 PM
> To: dggrubbs at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: Your three books for January?
> 
> I have two which I think we voted on before, but. if I remember, did 
> not select.
> 
> James Morrow “City of Truth”; I read this several years ago, and liked 
> it. 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 finds an important reason to resist his 
> “brainburn.”
> Available in Kindle & hardcover from Amazon
> 
> Lester Del Ray “Police Your Planet”
> An oldy but goody according to the Wednesday evening NESFA group.
> Bruce Gordon is an ex-fighter, ex-gambler, ex-cop, ex-reporter, and now 
> he is an ex-patriot of Earth. Security ships him to Mars with a yellow 
> card that means no return. A SF novel that would appeal to Mickey 
> Spillane fans, Police Your Planet features lots of hands-on violence, 
> assorted beatings, and blood. But this isn't just a crime novel put 
> into space – this is a hard SF novel, and the terraforming of Mars is 
> central to the story.
> Available in Kindle & hardcover from Amazon
> 
> I was thinking of a third non-fiction book, but it is science fact, not 
> about science fiction.
> 
> My third suggestion:
> 
> Ann Leckie “Translation State”
> We had read the first in the “Imperial Radch” series a while ago, and 
> folks seemed to like it. This is the latest in the series. According to 
> the review I read, you don’t need to have read the previous novels in 
> the series to appreciate this one.
> When Enae's grandmaman passes away, Enae inherits something entirely 
> unexpected: a diplomatic assignment to track down a fugitive who has 
> been missing for over 200 years.
> Reet knows nothing about his biological family. He loves his adoptive 
> parents, but has always secretly yearned to understand his identity. So 
> when a political group approaches him with the claim that he has ties 
> to a genetically mysterious, long-deceased family, Reet is only too 
> eager to believe them.
> Qven was created to be a Presgr translator. They always had a clear 
> path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and 
> serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presgr and the 
> human worlds. The realization that they might want something different 
> isn't "optimal behavior".
> As a Conclave of the various species approaches—and the long-standing 
> treaty between the humans and the Presgr is on the line—the paths of 
> all three will collide in a chain of events that will have ripple 
> effects across galaxies.
> Available in Kindle & hardcover & paperback from Amazon
> 
> -Wes
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 5:41 PM
> To: Wesley Brodsky
> Subject: Your three books for January?
> 
> I have email from Gloria for March books and Richard for February 
> books.
> 
> Did you email the group your three picks for January? If so, I didn't 
> remember/record it, post again.
> 
> 
> 
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