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[Vote] Book of the Month (August 2023) (i.imgur.com)
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Book of the Month Vote Here

Hello /c/sciencefiction, it is that time of the month. Time to vote for the book of the month. The options are loosely collected from the most voted and discussed books in the "What are you Reading" thread for August.

At the end of the month the poll will be closed and the winner will be the book of the month for August 2023. Myself and hopefully some others will read this book over the following month and then near the end of the month a discussion post will be made to talk about it. Feel free to participate or not at your leisure.

Once the book is chosen it will be set to "Reading" status on the community BookWyrm account here. https://bookwyrm.social/user/ScienceFiction Feel free to follow this account with your own BookWyrm account so other members can find you. This can help people find book recommendations of like minded science fiction readers.

Here are this months selection

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[–] TheBest@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago

Neat! First time seeing this community. Going to check it out, commenting so hopefully others do to :)

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But...

They're all worth reading!

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sure some of them will show up in future votes. Maybe some day we will get to everything. 🙂

[–] brcl@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Well my arachnophobia rules out children of time for me…

[–] Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Children of time is amazing imo. Love the concept and the characters.

[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 year ago

The trilogy is amazing. The last book in the series Children of Memory is maybe my favorite. Some real heady hard sci fi.

[–] Nutteman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HYPERIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I absolutely love Hyperion, but the second book is almost necessary for these stories to end properly. Fall of Hyperion is my favorite of the series (...that I've read so far).

[–] Nutteman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This may be a hot take cause I know most people don't like the latter 2 books but I'd argue you need to read them too to get the full picture. Also fuck em cause those books were awesome too.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ooh, Children of Time, please!

[–] glorious_albus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's my first suggestion for anyone who wants to try sci-fi. What a legendary book!

Been a Tchaikovsky fan ever since.

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[–] TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not enough sci fi fans seem to read neuromancer, it's what got me into it and I recommend to anyone who likes fast paced cyberpunk. Such a vivid book to me.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

It's good but I can understand why many people don't read it, the way it uses language can make it difficult to decipher what is going on and it doesn't really hold your hand.

[–] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

22/11/63 - Stephen King

Is this the sequel to 11/22/63? /s

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Sensible Date Format Edition

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both are a prequel to 1963-11-22.

[–] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

oh shit it’s a trilogy??

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve read five on the list (Martine, Tchaikovsky, Corey, Howey, and Weir) and I’d put them all on the same (excellent) tier. But if I had to rank them, that’s the order I’d put them in.

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've read 4, and I would probably order them: Weir, Howey, Tchaikovsky, King.

It's a very close call though. If asked to rank them again next week I'd probably have a different answer.

[–] ACatNamedBunny@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just subscribed! I have read more fantasy than science fiction, but I'll vote for children of time based on some of these comments! I'll join the collective read next month, that sounds like a healthy change for me (:

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for joining us. Perhaps you will some day become a science fiction enthusiast. 🙂

[–] _thebrain_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I vote necromancer.

I'll have to read children of time next tho as I haven't read it yet. Currently reading through anathem.

[–] clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Voting for Leviathan Wakes as it’s the only one I’ve read so far. That being said, the majority of these titles are on my list of books to read, and the ones that aren’t, I’m looking into now!

[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

Children of Tiiiiiiime

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I vote for Leviathan Wakes because it's the only one I haven't read but have heard of the author.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds super fun!

[–] tiny_parking@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Voting for Wool as it makes sense to read the book before checking out how AppleTV have (maybe) destroyed it

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apple's series is very enjoyable. I loved the books, and it does a good job of translating them to screen. Howey is an executive producer on the show.

[–] tiny_parking@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds good, still not forgiven them for foundation, although if you forget the books it is quite an enjoyable story in its own right

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I read Foundation quite a while back, so I just enjoyed the TV show. There weren't that many bits that sounded familiar, but I wasn't sure if I'd just forgotten parts of it.

[–] jzefbeio54@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thx you for the poll, I just read Simmons's in this list, I will have a look at the rest of it :)

[–] ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

I have to vote for Martine.

This is a very good selection of books, but I would like for "classic" sci-fi to have it's own category. I love Hyperion, necromancer and the expanse series, but I think they start to choke out newer/fringe books. Especially if the the plan is to vote on what book is next.