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

[Gloria Lucia Albasi]

The NY Public Library has several circulating copies of “Translation State”. 

“Police Your Planet” is unavailable unless I purchase it or sit in the NYPL Research Rose Reading Room & read it there. It’s short therefore certainly doable 

“City of Truth” is an ebook at NYPL. But I could buy it? Maybe. 

Good list. 

Gloria 

> On Nov 1, 2023, at 1:39 PM, Tracy Marks <tracy at windweaver.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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>> 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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