Last year, we had three books that got a lot of response and interest, but in the end we couldn't find a place for them in our reading schedule.
We decided to punt them and strongly consider them for 2011. Those books are:
The City & the City by China Mievelle
Steal Across the Sky by Nancy Kress
Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
Monday, October 18, 2010
Previous Reads (Updated for 2010)
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe by Douglas Adams
Gateway by Frederick Pohl
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri Tepper
A Canticle for Leibowitz by William Miller
Dragonflight by Ann McCafferty
The Mote in God's Eye by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Star Man's Son by Andre Norton
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
Orphanage by Robert Buettner
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
Farnham’s Freehold by Robert Heinlein
Children of Men by P.D. James
Red Mars by Kim S. Robinson
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Way Station by Clifford Simak
Dune by Frank Herbert
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clark
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
There will be Dragons by John Ringo
Lucifer’s Hammer by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Time Slave by John Norman
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois M. Bujold
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dorsai by Gordon Dickson
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Santiago by Mike Resnick
The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Someplace to be Flying by Charles De Lint
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
The Caves of Steel & The Naked Sun by Issac Asimov
Soulless by Gail Carringer
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
Acacia by David Anthony Durham
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Hyperion & Fall of Hyperion by Dam Simmons
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawkes
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Archangel by Sharon Shinn
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe by Douglas Adams
Gateway by Frederick Pohl
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri Tepper
A Canticle for Leibowitz by William Miller
Dragonflight by Ann McCafferty
The Mote in God's Eye by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Star Man's Son by Andre Norton
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
Orphanage by Robert Buettner
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
Farnham’s Freehold by Robert Heinlein
Children of Men by P.D. James
Red Mars by Kim S. Robinson
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Way Station by Clifford Simak
Dune by Frank Herbert
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clark
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
There will be Dragons by John Ringo
Lucifer’s Hammer by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Time Slave by John Norman
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois M. Bujold
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dorsai by Gordon Dickson
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Santiago by Mike Resnick
The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Someplace to be Flying by Charles De Lint
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
The Caves of Steel & The Naked Sun by Issac Asimov
Soulless by Gail Carringer
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
Acacia by David Anthony Durham
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Hyperion & Fall of Hyperion by Dam Simmons
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawkes
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Archangel by Sharon Shinn
Nominations Guidelines
It's that time again! Time for nominations. Here's the guidelines.
Here are the guidelines we follow for book nominations:
1. Each person can nominate up to four books--three non-Heinlein books and one classic sci-fi or fantasy novel (classic is defined as published before 1970).
2. Please help ensure that we can find the books by making sure they're easily available and at an affordable cost. (If it's out of print and goes for $50 on Amazon's market place, that may exclude some people or lead to mud wrestling for the book at the circulation desk.).
3. We can have nominations for a theme or a series that go together--provided we aren't required to read the entire Wheel of Time series in a month. For example, last year we did the entire C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy one month and we had nominations of 1984 and Brave New World last year because they're thematically similar.
For new members, each person can nominate up to four books as detailed above. For our December meeting, we get together and put together the list of books for next year. We also slot the books into the calendar for next year.
January was traditionally a month when we read a novel by Heinlein. However, we've opened it up to now be classic sf/fantasy month. Classic is being defined at a novel or work published before 1970. We've opened up the field a bit but if you love Heinlein you can still nominate him here or for one of our other monthly openings.
Similar to last year, I'll be happy to keep up with a spreadsheet of info on the availability of books, whether they're in print and the various editions (hardcover, paperback, etc). We would like to have the nominees finalized BEFORE we have our holiday festivities in December, so I'll ask that all nominees be to on or before the November meeting.
Here are the guidelines we follow for book nominations:
1. Each person can nominate up to four books--three non-Heinlein books and one classic sci-fi or fantasy novel (classic is defined as published before 1970).
2. Please help ensure that we can find the books by making sure they're easily available and at an affordable cost. (If it's out of print and goes for $50 on Amazon's market place, that may exclude some people or lead to mud wrestling for the book at the circulation desk.).
3. We can have nominations for a theme or a series that go together--provided we aren't required to read the entire Wheel of Time series in a month. For example, last year we did the entire C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy one month and we had nominations of 1984 and Brave New World last year because they're thematically similar.
For new members, each person can nominate up to four books as detailed above. For our December meeting, we get together and put together the list of books for next year. We also slot the books into the calendar for next year.
January was traditionally a month when we read a novel by Heinlein. However, we've opened it up to now be classic sf/fantasy month. Classic is being defined at a novel or work published before 1970. We've opened up the field a bit but if you love Heinlein you can still nominate him here or for one of our other monthly openings.
Similar to last year, I'll be happy to keep up with a spreadsheet of info on the availability of books, whether they're in print and the various editions (hardcover, paperback, etc). We would like to have the nominees finalized BEFORE we have our holiday festivities in December, so I'll ask that all nominees be to on or before the November meeting.
Previous Nominations
| 1984 & Brave New World | George, Aldous | Orwell, Huxley |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Jules | Verne |
| A Brother's Price | Wen | Spencer |
| A Call to Arms | Alan Dean | Foster |
| A Clockwork Orange | Anthony | Burgess |
| A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor | Vinge |
| Acacia | David Anthony | Durham |
| Accelerando | Charles | Stross |
| Any title | Kurt | Vonnegut |
| Armor | John | Steakley |
| Babel 17 | Samuel | Delany |
| Berzeker series | Frederick | Saberhagen |
| Bio of a Space Pirate: Refugee | Piers | Anthony |
| Bridge of Birds | Barry | Hughart |
| Child of Fire | Harry | Connolly |
| Cities in Flight | James | Blish |
| City and the City | China | Mieville |
| Complete McAndrews, The | Charles | Sheffield |
| Conquistador | S.M. | Sterling |
| Conrad Starguard | Leo | Frankowski |
| Crystal Singer, The | Anne | McCaffery |
| Cyteen | C.J. | Cherryh |
| Darwin's Radio | Greg | Bear |
| Dawn for a Distant Earth | L.E. | Modesitt |
| Decision at Doona | Anne | McCafferey |
| Dispossed, The | Urusula | LeGuin |
| Dog Warrior | Wen | Spencer |
| Domination, The | S.M. | Sterling |
| Dragon and the George, The | Gordon | Dickson |
| Dragon and Thief | Timothy | Zach |
| Dreammaster | Roger | Zelazny |
| Ecolitan Operation | L.E. | Modesitt |
| Fantasies of Robert Heinlein | Robert A. | Heinlein |
| Faraday's Orphans | N. Lee | Wood |
| Fire Upon the Deep | Vernor | Vinge |
| Flatland | Edwin | Abbott |
| Flowers for Algernon | Daniel | Keyes |
| Golden Compass | Phillip | Pullman |
| Good Omens | Terry, Neil | Pratchett, Gaiman |
| Gravity's Rainbow | Thomas | Pynchon |
| Gridlinked | Neal | Asher |
| Have Spacesuit, Will Travel | Robert A. | Heinlein |
| Heart Shaped Box | Joe | Hill |
| Heritage of Hastur | Marion Zimmer | Bradley |
| Host, The | Stephenie | Meyer |
| Hyperion | Dan | Simmons |
| Ill Wind | Rachel | Caine |
| In the Garden of Iden | Kage | Baker |
| Job | Robert A. | Heinlein |
| Jupiter | Ben | Bova |
| Kiln People | David | Brin |
| Left Hand of Darkness, The | Urusula | LeGuin |
| Legacies | L.E. | Modesitt |
| Looking for Madhi | N. Lee | Wood |
| Macrolife | George | Zebrowski |
| March Upcountry | John | Ringo |
| Mutineer's Moon | David | Weber |
| Nekropolis | Maureen | McHugh |
| Neverwhere | Neil | Gaiman |
| Nueromancer | William | Gibson |
| Postman, The | David | Brin |
| Privateer | Ben | Bova |
| Protector's War (or The Fire Dies) | S.M. | Sterling |
| Road, The | Cormac | McCarthy |
| Scar, The | China | Mieville |
| Seeker | Jack | McDevitt |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ray | Bradbury |
| Spin | Robert Charles | Wilson |
| Stardust | Neil | Gaiman |
| Steal Across the Sky | Nancy | Kress |
| Sword of Shanara | Terry | Brooks |
| The Alexandrian Ring (Gamestar Wars, Book 1) | W.R. | Forsctchen |
| The Child Garden | Geoff | Ryman |
| The Ecolotian Envoy | L.E. | Modesitt, Jr. |
| The Green Hills of Earth | Robert A. | Heinlein |
| Through the Looking Glass | Lewis | Carol |
| Time Traveller's Wife, The | Audrey | Niffinegger |
| Time's Eye | Arthur C, Stephen | Clarke and Baxter |
| Timescape | Greg | Benford |
| To Your Scattered Bodies Go | Phillip Jose | Farmer |
| Use of Weapons | Ian | Banks |
| Variable Star | Robert A., Spider | Heinlein, Robinsin |
| Way of the Pilgrim | Gordon R. | Dick |
| Yiddish Policemen's Union | Michael | Chabon |
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