[nesfa-reading-group] Book suggestion
John Donovan
jdonov1975 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 7 10:47:03 EST 2020
I am not seeing "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown so would like to put that up
for future consideration.
On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 8:10 AM David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> =========================================================
> [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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