Action/Adventure Aficionados discussion

Time for some interspace/inter-dimensional travel!
March's group read theme is Off-Planet Earth setting. So that means Space or another planet. Let's nominate some AA books set off Planet Earth!

Here are some other things to consider when you make your nomination:


1. One nomination per group member. The books must be nominated with a Goodreads link by clicking on 'add book/author'. If a book does not have a Goodreads link, it will not be added to the poll.
2. Books need to be readily available, ie, in print (able to buy new or in ebook format).
3. Books should have some degree of action/adventure content.
4. Past group reads are not eligible to be nominated again. The past group discussions remain open for members to comment. You can view the list of past reads here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. Books must be either standalone or first in a series (or they may be later in a series if constructed to be read as a standalone).
6. Authors are asked not to nominate their own books or solicit nominations from members.

The poll will go up on February 23rd..

I'm nominating Zero World by Jason M, Hough.
Technologically enhanced superspy Peter Caswell has been dispatched on a top-secret assignment unlike any he’s ever faced. A spaceship that vanished years ago has been found, along with the bodies of its murdered crew—save one. Peter’s mission is to find the missing crew member, who fled through what appears to be a tear in the fabric of space. Beyond this mysterious doorway lies an even more confounding reality: a world that seems to be Earth’s twin.

Peter discovers that this mirrored world is indeed different from his home, and far more dangerous. Cut off from all support, and with only days to complete his operation, Peter must track his quarry alone on an alien world. But he’s unprepared for what awaits on the planet’s surface, where his skills will be put to the ultimate test—and everything he knows about the universe will be challenged in ways he never could have imagined.

This is first in a Series, setting is an Asteroid, then Space, then an "undiscovered" planet. f
First of a Trilogy.
Amphitrite: The Black Planet: Hard Science Fiction

I like the Undying Mercenary books I've read most but the first is Steel World I'll nominate it.

Three good nominations & there's even a copy of Zero World in audio at my library. I'll add to the mix & nominate Today We Choose Faces by Roger Zelazny.

Angelo Di Negri died an unusual death. Transported several hundred years into the future, he became his Family's telepathic leader. Could he destroy the gang of renegade clones that threatened the earth? Or had he arrived too late to battle an enemy whose mind alone was a lethal weapon?

Typical of Zelazny, the story unfolds in a rather strange way.

I nominate The Rookie. I'm not entirely certain if it takes place off Earth (I haven't read it), but it definitely has a ton of aliens. More importantly, the Kindle is free at U.S. Amazon. The premise reminded me of Mutant League, so I'm definitely giving it a shot.

I will nominate We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.

Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he'll be switched off, and they'll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty.

The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. Or so he thinks. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad - very mad.

Lisa P wrote: "I will nominate We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leis..."

That was a great series. A ton of pop culture references too.

The poll is up. It closes on February 28th before midnight.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...