Hoyt's Huns discussion

This is a permanent list of used themes. Once they are a year old, they can be renominated.

September 2025 -- Military SF
August 2025 -- sequel
July 2025 -- Appendix N
June 2025 -- History
May 2025 -- a classic work of fantasy
April 2025 -- A humorous work
March 2025 -- A third book in a series
February 2025 -- A second book in a series. Of a series we have already begun.
January 2025 -- classic fantasy work
December 2024 -- retold fairy tales
November 2024 -- space opera
October 2024 -- evil magic
September 2024 -- A youngster learning
August 2024 -- a trip
July 2024 -- Fighting an oppressor
June 2024 -- A work featuring a married couple in a major role
May 2024 -- story with a romance, at least as a subplot
April 2024 -- Comedy
March 2024 -- A book in which a character becomes an adult
February 2024 -- a short work
January 2024 -- an author's first book
December 2023 -- A story with an inheritance
November 2023 -- superheroes
October 2023 -- A work where the main character is old or middle-aged
September 2023 -- A story with a culture derived from a real-world one
August 2023 -- C.S. Lewis
July 2023 -- military SF
June 2023 -- LITRPG
May 2023 -- Tale with a love story
April 2023 -- Monster Hunting
March 2023 -- Adventure
February 2023 --Alternate history
January 2023 -- Trilogy
December 2022 -- Fantasy classics
November 2022 -- Portal fantasy
October 2022 -- non-horror story with Halloween-ish monsters
September 2022 -- Dragons
August 2022 -- A work of Patricia A. McKillip
July 2022 -- History of technology
June 2022 -- 19th century history
May 2022 -- Unusual worlds
April 2022 -- book about writing
March 2022 -- history
February 2022 -- superheroes
January 2022 -- Parallel timelines
December 2021 -- Fairy tales
November 2021 -- Classic SF (pre 1970)
October 2021 -- Light-hearted book on Halloweenish themes
September 2021 -- Earth under alien domination
August 2021 -- Technological change
July 2021 -- history
June 2021 -- fantasy mystery
May 2021 -- classic SF
April 2021 -- Magical Education
March 2021 -- Historical fiction
February 2021 -- Alternate Earth with magic
January 2021 -- Stories centering on a mage or mages...mages, wizards, etc
December 2020 -- Christmas
November 2020 -- manga
October 2020 -- autumnal book
September 2020 -- Fantastic Western
August 2020 -- Alternate history
July 2020 -- Parallel/Alternate Universes
June 2020 -- Light-hearted escapism
May 2020 -- Castaways. In space or something like that
April 2020 -- Sword and sorcery
March 2020 -- First Contact
February 2020 -- superheroes
January 2020 -- knights
December 2019 -- winter
November 2019 -- Groups of unusual, talented or powerful outcasts (could be super-hero, magic based or something else)
October 2019 -- The season of fall
September 2019 -- common person thrown into uncommon situation or world
August 2019 -- Strange and unusual schools
July 2019 -- SF detectives
June 2019 -- Really big artifacts
May 2019 -- Epic Fantasy
April 2019 -- Humor
March 2019 -- Epistolary point of view
February 2019 -- Sword and Sorcery
January 2019 -- Tall ships as a major element. (Either historical fiction or F&SF.)
December 2018 -- Work that uses both SF and fantasy trope
November 2018 -- fantasy with contemporary level technology
October 2018 -- chess
September 2018 -- Horror
August 2018 -- Curses
July 2018 -- Appendix N
June 2018 -- fairy tales
May 2018 -- SF&F involving Rome
April 2018 -- Humor
March 2018 -- Magic weapons
February 2018 -- Coming of age
January 2018 -- King Arthur
December 2017 -- Generation ships
November 2017 -- works by Jerry Pournelle
October 2017 -- SF&F with a detective as the main protagonist
September 2017-Knights
August 2017 -- superheroes
July 2017 -- Golden Age SF
June 2017 -- "Gamelit" as in a fantasy game world becomes a real world or gamer/gamers get pulled into a game world
May 2017 -- Interstellar empires
April 2017 -- Sequels to previous books of the month
March 2017 -- parallel universes.
February 2017 -- Castaways. In space or something like that
January 2017 -- secret societies
December 2016 -- Alternate History
November 2016 -- Libraries
October 2016 -- Jack Vance
September 2016 -- Dinosaurs/RPGs
August 2016 -- Airships
July 2016 -- Implacable Aliens coming to wipe out humanity
June 2016 -- Generation Starships
May 2016 -- Parallel or alternate universe
April 2016 -- Space Opera
March 2016 -- Dragons
February 2016 -- First Contact
January 2016-- High Fantasy
December 2015 -- The Good Folk
November 2015 -- Comic Fantasy
October 2015 -- Works "NO Awarded"
September 2015 - Superheroes
August 2015 -- Fermi's paradox
July 2015 -- Shapeshifters
June 2015 Great escapes
May 2015 -- Siblings
April 2015 -- Doorways to adventure
March 2015 -- FS&F with music as a major theme
February 2015 -- Public Policy
January 2015 -- Nonfiction on Communism
December 2014 -- 19th century authors
November 2014 -- Works of the Evil League of Evil authors
October 2014 -- Works about language
September 2014 -- Military SF
August 2014 -- Children's fantasy
July 2014 -- Steampunk
June 2014 -- Alternate apocalypses
May 2014 -- Works of Theodore Dalrymple
April 2014 -- Comedy
March 2014 -- Historical Fiction
February 2014 -- Space Opera
January 2014 -- Classic Fantasy
December 2013 -- Classic SF