[nesfa-reading-group] Book suggestion
David G. Grubbs
dggrubbs at gmail.com
Sat Nov 7 08:09:13 EST 2020
Year # [Short] Long Description
==== - [NRG-Read] Was chosen by the NESFA Reading Group
201412 Williams,Walter Jon 1995 Metropolitan
2015 1 Stross,Charles 2013 Neptune's Brood
2 !(********) 0 Boskone 52
3 Leckie,Ann 2013 Ancillary Justice
4 Pratchett,Terry 2013 Raising Steam
5 Bujold,Lois McMaster 1991 Barrayar
6 Scalzi,John 2005 Old Man's War
7 Bear,Elizabeth^Lynch,S 2014 Karen Memory
8 !(********) 0 Worldcon 73 / Spokane, WA [Sasquan]
9 Stephenson,Neal 2015 Seveneves
10 Weir,Andy 2011 The Martian
11 Nix,Garth 2003 Mister Monday
12 Martinez,A. Lee 2012 Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
2016 1 Scalzi,John 2005 Agent to the Stars
2 !(********) 0 Boskone 53
3 Chu,Wesley 2015 Time Salvager
4 Valente,Catherynne M. 2015 Radiance
5 Stross,Charles 2004 The Atrocity Archives
6 Silverberg,Robert 1969 Up the Line
7 Novik,Naomi 2015 Uprooted
8 !(********) 0 Worldcon 74 / Kansas City, MO
[MidAmeriCon II]
9 Asimov,Isaac 1950 I, Robot
9 Ellison,Harlan+Asimov, 1994 I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay
10 Zelazny,Roger 1993 A Night in the Lonesome October
11 Baxter,Stephen+Reynold 2016 The Medusa Chronicles
12 Addison,Katherine^Mone 2014 The Goblin Emperor
2017 1 Heinlein,Robert A. 1957 Citizen of the Galaxy
2 !(********) 0 Boskone 54
3 Scalzi,John 2012 Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
4 Norton,Andre 1960 Storm Over Warlock
4 Norton,Andre 1958 The Time Traders
5 Steele,Allen 2016 Arkwright
6 Liu,Cixin 2006 The Three-Body Problem
7 Kowal,Mary Robinette 2016 Ghost Talkers
8 !(********) 0 Worldcon 75 / Helsinki, FI
9 Clarke,Susanna 2004 Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
10 Kowal,Mary Robinette 2010 For Want of a Nail
10 Zelazny,Roger 1971 Jack of Shadows
11 Naam,Ramez 2013 Nexus
12 Gaiman,Neil 2017 Norse Mythology
2018 1 Clarke,Arthur C. 1973 Rendezvous With Rama
2 Brust,Steven+White,Sky 2013 The Incrementalists
3 Ellsworth,Spencer 2017 Starfire: A Red Peace
3 L'Engle,Madeleine 1962 A Wrinkle in Time
4 Taylor,Dennis 2016 We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
5 Stapledon,Olaf 1930 Last and First Men
6 Crichton,Michael 1990 Jurassic Park
7 Le Guin,Ursula K. 1969 The Left Hand of Darkness
8 Scalzi,John 2018 Head On
9 Morgan,Richard K. 2002 Altered Carbon
10 Pohl,Frederik 1977 Gateway
11 Shelley,Mary Wollstone 1818 Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
12 Asimov,Isaac 1951 Foundation
2019 1 Vinge,Vernor 1992 A Fire Upon the Deep
2 Mastai,Elan 2017 All Our Wrong Todays
3 Kowal,Mary Robinette 2018 The Calculating Stars
4 Goss,Theodora 2017 The Strange Case of the Alchemist's
Daughter
5 Priest,Cherie 2009 Boneshaker
6 de Bodard,Aliette 2010 Servant of the Underworld
7 Bacigalupi,Paolo 2009 The Windup Girl
8 Leiber,Fritz 1943 Conjure Wife
9 Gladstone,Max 2019 Empress of Forever
10 Robinson,Kim Stanley 2018 Red Moon
11 Banks,Iain M. 1988 The Player of Games
12 Cherryh,C. J. 1982 The Pride of Chanur
2020 1 Dick,Philip K. 1969 Ubik
2 Chakraborty,S. A. 2017 The City of Brass
3 Heinlein,Robert A. 1956 Double Star
4 !(********) 0 Meeting Canceled due to Corona virus
5 Hurley,Kameron 2019 The Light Brigade
6 Vonnegut Jr.,Kurt 1963 Cat's Cradle
7 Khaw,Cassandra 2016 Hammers on Bone
8 Martine,Arkady 2019 A Memory Called Empire
9 Pratchett,Terry 1976 The Dark Side of the Sun
10 Bear,Elizabeth^Lynch,S 2019 Ancestral Night
11 Frame,Janet 1963 Scented Gardens for the Blind
12 Ogawa,Yoko 1994 The Memory Police
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[76] Authors, [77] Works selected.
On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 12:18 AM John Donovan <jdonov1975 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a complete list of all books that have been read?
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020, 1:15 PM Wesley Brodsky via reading-group <
> reading-group at lists.nesfa.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello;
>>
>> I still suggest The House of Styx by Derek Künsken; especially since it
>> concerns Venus, where the possibility of life has been discovered. Sort of
>> like reading Rendezvous with Rama while that long asteroid was around. Tony
>> says it is "quite good".
>>
>> Wes Brodsky
>> "It’s of the utmost importance that Shadows not trouble you with
>> silliness or complications, unless you are searching for really difficult
>> work."; Giordano Bruno (1582)
>>
>>
>> On August 25, 2020 at 5:58 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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