<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4039">Hi all,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4252">I'd like to suggest that our focus for this group should be Hugo nominated (or winning) novels; authors who may attend Boskone; books published by NESFA Press, and more recent raves. There's a ton of sf/f out there (literally!) to read, and only so much time to read it each month. The best of the best is a good goal to shoot for, IMHO.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_5656">As we've been alternating between female and male authors, the book for July should be by a female author.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_6027">I'd like to suggest reading Game of Thrones by G.R.R. Martin for our long summer book, but Ihave no suggestions at present for the July book. Any other suggestions? </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040">Upcoming titles:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040" dir="ltr">May: Barrayar by L.McMaster Bujold</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040" dir="ltr">June: Old Man's War by J. Scalzi</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430309840290_4040" dir="ltr">Mike S. </div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 3:09 PM, R. Luoma <malkin8244@pobox.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>I probably will not be able to attend<br>the May NESFA book club meeting,<br>but I wanted to offer several suggestions.<br><br>Since I am interested in books<br>that I have not read,<br>I have no feeling for how good<br>or bad the following books<br>might be. Also, I have chosen<br>relatively old books<br>because I attend two other<br>science-fiction&fantasy book clubs<br>whose selections skew strongly<br>to recent publications.<br><br> Anderson, Poul -- Tau Zero<br> Baxter, Stephen -- Raft<br> Disch, Thomas -- 334<br> Farmer, Philip Jose -- Unreasoning Mask<br> Forward, Robert -- Dragon's Egg<br> Griffith, Nicola -- Ammonite<br> Harrison, M John -- The Centauri Device<br> Holland, Cecelia -- Floating Worlds<br> May, Julian -- The Many-Colored Land<br> Russell, Mary -- The Sparrow<br> Shaw, Bob -- Orbitsville<br> Silverberg, Robert -- Dying Inside<br> Stapledon, Olaf -- Star Maker<br> Sturgeon, Theodore -- Venus Plus X<br> Tucker, Wilson -- The Year of the Quiet Sun<br> Wilhelm, Kate -- Juniper Time<br>_______________________________________________<br>reading-group mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org" href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br><a href="http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group" target="_blank">http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>