[nesfa-reading-group] Book picks for June, July

[Boogalouis]

All, 

I’m recommending 'All the Birds in the Sky', by Charlie Jane Anders and 'Ninefox Gambit', by Yoon Ha Lee as books for the group to read. 

Both of them are ’17 Hugo novel finalists. Of the finalists, these two aren’t part of a series (yet?) so we wouldn’t be stepping into the middle of a larger arch reading them.  

Another book, 'Too Like the Lightning’, by Ada Palmer, is the first book in a series and might be easy to step into, but book's page count is a bit higher than the other two and book length has been brought up as a concern. 

The ’17 novel nominees are below. 

I got the list of nominees off of https://io9.gizmodo.com/here-are-the-2017-hugo-awards-finalists-1793991378 and the page counts and series status from the minuteman library database. 

All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Books / Titan Books) - 316 pages - Not part of a series (yet?) 
A Closed and Common Orbit, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager US) - 367 pages - book 2 or series. 
Death’s End by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu (Tor Books / Head of Zeus) - 604 pages - part 3 of series (3 body problem series)
Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris Books) - 317 pages - Not part of series (yet?)
The Obelisk Gate, by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit Books) - 433 pages Book 2 of series. 
Too Like the Lightning, by Ada Palmer (Tor Books) - 432 pages Book 1 of series. 

Louis

> On Mar 24, 2017, at 8:05 AM, Rebecca DeVendra <rebecca.devendra at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I vote yes to both. Sounds good.
> 
> On Mar 23, 2017 10:16 PM, "M M via reading-group" <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org <mailto:reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> for now, I'm going to nominate The Three Body Problem, by Cixin Liu, for our book for June.  I'm also nominating Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell for the September book, with a possible special media viewing of the BBC miniseries, too. Please weigh in on these choices soon as possible. If I do not hear any alternative choices with a significant number of votes by Monday, I will assume that the above two books will be our group selections. 
> 
> If there is no real consensus on a book for July, we will have to discuss this at the April Reading Group meeting.
> 
> Happy reading!
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 12:27 PM, M M via reading-group <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org <mailto:reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>> wrote:
> 
> 
> I, for one, wouldn't mind reading an anthology now and again. This would allow me the luxury of skipping some stories, if I ran out of time to read, yet still participate in the conversation a bit. 
> 
> A somewhat more reasonable compromise might be to read an anthology one month, then a longer book of, say, 500 pgs or so the next, to allow time to get all the reading done. 
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 10:26 AM, R. Luoma <malkin8244 at pobox.com <mailto:malkin8244 at pobox.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Even though I proposed "The Three Body Problem" to this very group
> in a posting on Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:19:39,
> I do have mixed feelings about the book (I have read the whole trilogy).
> 
> I wish to propose a few anthologies as possible candidates -
> 
>   _Bridging Infinity_ edited by Jonathan Strahan
>   _Invisible Planets_ edited by Ken Liu
>   _The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu_ edited by Paula Guran
> 
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> -- 
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