[nesfa-reading-group] Book suggestion

David G. Grubbs dggrubbs at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 19:57:39 EDT 2020


Well, since a quick lookup on the web shows the book along with "Venus
Ascendant #1", I'd say it is a series.

And even more evocative, one of the sites says: "The first in a ground
breaking new science fiction series from the best-selling author of The
Quantum Magician"


On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 7:32 PM Anthony LEWIS <pussywillows at comcast.net>
wrote:

> I've read it; it's quite good. Be aware that it feels like the first book
> of a series.
>
> Tony
>
> On 08/25/2020 4:10 PM Wesley Brodsky via reading-group <
> reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> wrote:
>
>
> In case I forget; a suggestion for one of our next series of books to
> read:
>
> *The House of Styx* by Derek Künsken
>
> Although this was serialized in *Analog*, I have not read it. It just
> seems interesting from the description:
> “In the swirling clouds of Venus, the families of  *la colonie* 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.
> But Venus carries its own secrets, too. In the depths, there is a wind
> that shouldn’t exist.
> And the House of Styx wants to harness it. ”
>
> -Wes
> “Ornithology is not a bird.”
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