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

[Rebecca DeVendra]

Oh shoot! I'd love to read The Three Body Problem too! My suggestion would
be N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season  since she won the Hugo for it and I've
never read anything by her.

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 9:38 PM, Boogalouis <boogalouis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another recommendation I got was 'Use of Weapons' by Iain M. Banks.
>
> Louis
>
> On Mar 19, 2017, at 7:24 PM, David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I tried to keep track of what we've read in the NESFA Reading Group, but I
> seem to have failed to write them all down, especially at the beginning.
> My notes turned into this. Can anyone fill in the gaps?  We have taken off
> February for Boskone each year and August for Worldcon. This year fewer
> people will go to Worldcon, so we should think about August.
>
> 2014 Dec      Williams,Walter Jon    1995:Metropolitan
>
> 2015 Jan Stross,Charles 2013  Neptune's Brood
>      Feb [[Boskone]]
>      Mar [[What?]]
>      Apr [[What?]]
>      May Bujold,Lois McMaster 1991  Barrayar
>      Jun Scalzi,John 2005  Old Man's War
>      Jul [[What?]]
>      Aug [[Worldcon]]
>      Sep Stephenson,Neal 2015  Seveneves
>      Oct Weir,Andy 2011  The Martian
>      Nov Nix,Garth 2003  Mister Monday
>      Dec Martinez,A. Lee 2012  Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
>
> 2016 Jan Scalzi,John 2005  Agent to the Stars
>      Feb [[Boskone]]
>      Mar Chu,Wesley 2015  Time Salvager
>      Apr Valente,Catherynne M. 2015  Radiance
>      May Stross,Charles 2004  The Atrocity Archives
>      Jun Silverberg,Robert 1969  Up the Line
>      Jul Novik,Naomi 2015  Uprooted
>      Aug [[Worldcon]]
>     !Sep Asimov,Isaac 1950  I, Robot  (Intentionally two books)
>     !Sep Ellison & Asimov 1994  I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay
>      Oct Zelazny,Roger 1993  A Night in the Lonesome October
>      Nov Baxter & Reynolds 2016  The Medusa Chronicles
>      Dec Addison,Katherine 2014  The Goblin Emperor
>
> 2017 Jan Heinlein,Robert A. 1957  Citizen of the Galaxy
>      Feb [[Boskone]]
>      Mar Scalzi,John 2012  Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
>      !Apr Norton,Andre 1960  Storm Over Warlock (Intentionally two books)
>      !Apr Norton,Andre 1958  The Time Traders
>      May Steele,Allen 2016  Arkwright
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Wes Brodsky <wesbrodsky at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> It was for the “other” (old book-store) reading group that ‘The Three
>> Body Problem' was read for; not the NESFA group. I think it would be a good
>> choice for the NESFA group.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* reading-group [mailto:reading-group-bounces at lists.nesfa.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *David G. Grubbs
>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 19, 2017 2:10 PM
>> *To:* NESFA Reading Group
>> *Subject:* Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Book picks for June, July
>>
>>
>>
>> We read the Three Body Problem for the reading group last May.  It is
>> definitely worth reading.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Boogalouis <boogalouis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My name is Louis and I’m new to this group.
>>
>>
>>
>> The book I’ve been told I have to read it ‘The Three Body Problem' by Liu
>> Cixin. I don’t know what books the group has read and so I don’t know if
>> this book has been read or suggested before.
>>
>>
>>
>> Louis
>>
>> On Mar 19, 2017, at 11:56 AM, M M via reading-group <
>> reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi fellow 'bookies',
>>
>>
>>
>> it's that time again, when we look for new book selections to read &
>> discuss. So, be sure to pass on your suggestions for the group via email
>> soon as you can. If there are no suggestions by Wednesday, I'll put up a
>> few of my own.
>>
>>
>>
>> For your consideration, for September's choice, we could read Jonathan
>> Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. There is also an excellent BBC
>> miniseries based on the book that we could watch at the clubhouse. It
>> consists of 7 episodes, of about an hour's length each. One idea would be
>> to watch the entire miniseries at a special media day held at the
>> clubhouse. Another possibility is to break this up into two viewing
>> sessions; either way, an open discussion group about the miniseries after
>> viewing would be most welcome, if people are interested.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, pass on your your book suggestions and we'll choose something to
>> read.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael S.
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