<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Pinsker's Nebula winning <i>A Song for a New D</i>ay is the first example that comes to mind. I suppose the question is whether the recommended book leaves the reader hanging, or simply leaves room for more stories.<br></div><div><br></div><div>/CHip<br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Book suggestion<br>
From: Wesley Brodsky via reading-group <<a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a>><br>
Date: Wed, August 26, 2020 5:19 pm<br>
To: NESFA Reading Group <<a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a>><br>
Cc: Wesley Brodsky <<a href="mailto:wesbrodsky@me.com">wesbrodsky@me.com</a>>, NESFA Reading Group<br>
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<div>Are there any Sci-Fi novels published nowadays which are not part of a series??</div><div><br>On August 25, 2020 at 7:58 PM, "David G. Grubbs" <<a href="mailto:dggrubbs@gmail.com">dggrubbs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div class="msg-quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;">Well, since a quick lookup on the web shows the book along with "Venus Ascendant #1", I'd say it is a series.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;">And even more evocative, one of the sites says: "<span style="color: #3c4043; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" data-mce-style="color: #3c4043; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The first in a ground breaking new science fiction series from the best-selling author of The Quantum Magician"</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3c4043; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" data-mce-style="color: #3c4043; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 7:32 PM Anthony LEWIS <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:pussywillows@comcast.net" data-mce-onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=pussywillows%40comcast.net');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=pussywillows%40comcast.net');}; return false;">pussywillows@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;"><u></u><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">I've read it; it's quite good. Be aware that it feels like the first book of a series.</span> <br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Tony<br></span></div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div>On 08/25/2020 4:10 PM Wesley Brodsky via reading-group <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org" data-mce-onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=reading-group%40lists.nesfa.org');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=reading-group%40lists.nesfa.org');}; return false;">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>In case I forget; a suggestion for one of our next series of books to read: <br> <br> <em>The House of Styx</em> by Derek Künsken <br> <br>Although this was serialized in <em>Analog</em>, I have not read it. It just seems interesting from the description: <br>“In the swirling clouds of Venus, the families of <em>la colonie</em> live on floating plant-like trawlers, salvaging what they can in the fierce acid rain and crackling storms. Outside is dangerous, but humankind’s hold on the planet is fragile and they spend most of their days simply surviving. <br>But Venus carries its own secrets, too. In the depths, there is a wind that shouldn’t exist. <br>And the House of Styx wants to harness it. ” <br> <br>-Wes <br>“Ornithology is not a bird.”</div>_______________________________________________ <br>reading-group mailing list <br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org" data-mce-onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=reading-group%40lists.nesfa.org');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=reading-group%40lists.nesfa.org');}; return false;">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a> <br><a target="_blank" href="https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group" data-mce-href="https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group">https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a> <br></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br> reading-group mailing list<br> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org" data-mce-onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=reading-group%40lists.nesfa.org');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=reading-group%40lists.nesfa.org');}; return false;">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br> <a target="_blank" href="https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group" data-mce-href="https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group">https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a><br></blockquote></div><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content">_______________________________________________<br>reading-group mailing list<br><a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br><a href="https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group">https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a><br></span></div></div></blockquote></div><hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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