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message 1: by Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin' (new)

Maggie K | 1287 comments Mod
I guess I wasn't thinking long-term when we voted our last series----Butler's Parable series-that it is only a duology, and we would need another series quick!
Short term, I picked another duology to tide us over (willis' Blackout and All Clear) and we will do nominations here to fill out the rest of the year.

Please nominate a series you think would be fun to read with the group....


message 2: by Mickey (new)

Mickey | 623 comments I appreciate your short sightedness :)
As the two "All Clear" books has been on my TBR list for years.


message 3: by Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin' (new)

Maggie K | 1287 comments Mod
Mickey wrote: "I appreciate your short sightedness :)
As the two "All Clear" books has been on my TBR list for years."


thanks Mickey---I had too much guilt over the whole thing....lol


message 5: by Tad (last edited Mar 25, 2017 09:06AM) (new)

Tad (tottman) | 54 comments I'll nominate Shawn Kupfer's 47 Echo series: 47 Echo, Supercritical, Fear and Anger. It's short, but fun.


message 6: by Katy (last edited Mar 25, 2017 09:53AM) (new)

Katy (kathy_h) Maggie wrote: "I guess I wasn't thinking long-term when we voted our last series----Butler's Parable series-that it is only a duology, and we would need another series quick!
Short term, I picked another duology ..."


Those are a great set of books. I loved them!

I'll nominate the Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov, starting with Foundation


message 7: by Adrian (new)

Adrian | 53 comments Kathy, you are a woman with amazing taste, can I second Asimov's Foundation, I really don't mind how far we go, even to the non Asimovs ??


message 8: by Katy (new)

Katy (kathy_h) :)


message 9: by mark, personal space invader (new)

mark monday (majestic-plural) | 1287 comments Mod
I will nominate Philip K. Dick's VALIS trilogy (again). it's worth another shot!


message 10: by Robert (new)

Robert Corbett (robcrowe00) Connie Willis' time travel books would be fun. The two about WWII are on my shelves, but she will never surpass "To Say Nothing About the Dog".


message 11: by Dan (last edited Apr 22, 2017 06:47PM) (new)

Dan | 381 comments Stemming from the Five Women Authors of Space Opera discussion currently ongoing here, I'd like to nominate Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon. This is the first in the Vatta's War series of five books written from 2003-2008. From the description of the book, the plot reads a lot to me like Gordon R. Dickson's Dorsai! (winner of the June 2017 poll) only something has gone horribly wrong instead. Here, the protagonist comes home in shame, booted out of The Academy.

I must admit to an ulterior motive in nominating this book. I really want to read the just-published-two-weeks-ago Cold Welcome, Moon's first science fiction since 2008. This book has been generating excitement and might be up for awards. It kicks off what is going to become the Vatta's Peace series. I figure since the same character that featured in Vatta's War is returning to be in this series, it's best to read the old series first.


message 12: by Steve (new)

Steve (steve_) | 1 comments I'll nominate the Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker.


Mike (the Paladin) (thepaladin) | 372 comments How about The Lost Fleet series? The first being Dauntless.


message 14: by Anthony (new)

Anthony (froissant) | 29 comments It has visited the polls a few times, how about the Poseidon's Children series?


message 15: by Rafael (new)

Rafael da Silva (morfindel) | 60 comments Where's the thread for Foundation?


message 16: by mark, personal space invader (new)

mark monday (majestic-plural) | 1287 comments Mod
I'm putting it up now! Sorry for the delay.


message 17: by Laz (new)

Laz the Sailor (laz7) I second Trading in Danger - Vatta's War by E Moon.


message 18: by mark, personal space invader (new)

mark monday (majestic-plural) | 1287 comments Mod
sorry Laz, I forgot to close this thread! the next Series Read has already been chosen: Foundation series by Isaac Asimov.


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