Space Opera Fans discussion

This thread is for nominations for READER category for September 2024.

READER books need to be
* currently in print in either hardback or paperback (or both). Requiring a special order from a store or website counts, but not if the book is only available used.
* currently available in multiple ebook formats, from multiple vendors
* Space Opera, which means a spaceship has to be involved in the story somewhere.
* If it is part of a series, it needs to be suitable to being read without having read other books in the series.
* Please no blatantly erotic books, as some of our members are not full adults yet.

RULES:
* you may nominate one book on this thread.
* you may second as many nominations as you like on this thread.
* it is okay to nominate the same book on more than one nomination thread, as long as it meets the criteria
* books we already have on our bookshelf will be disqualified if they were added less than two years ago
* If a book you nominate or second is selected, you are expected to post at least one comment about it on the thread about the book.
* On the 22nd I will draw a book randomly, with each second being one raffle ticket for the book. That is, a book with three seconds (so four of us want it) will get three chances in the pool.

It is likely helpful if you know something about a book that has been nominated if you mention it in this thread, whether it is for or against the book.

No nominations? If we don’t get a book both nominated and seconded by the 22nd, this thread will go into sudden death. You don’t have to promise to reread the book, just that you will discuss it.

I nominate Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey.

From the Amazon blurb -

From the international bestselling M. R. Carey comes a thrilling tale set in the multiverse - the tale of humanity's expansion across millions of dimensions, and the AI technology that might see it all come to an end...

Infinity is only the beginning.

The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds - except that they're really just the one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary, no matter the cost to human life.

Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel. It could save everyone on her dying planet, but now she's walked into the middle of a war on a scale she never dreamed of.

And she needs to choose a side before it kills her.

Discover the start of the thrillingly original, mind-bending SF duology The Pandominion, from the author of the million-copy bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts. Perfect for fans of The Space Between Worlds, The Long Earth and Children of Time.

This thread is now in sudden death.

Thanks Teresa.

Would anyone like to second Infinity Gate so that we have a group READER option for September?

I will nominate Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It was nominated last month, but didn't get picked. I read and enjoyed it.

I second infinity gate.

Robin wrote: "I second infinity gate."

Excellent! thank you Robin. I've just bought Infinity Gate, and I'm looking forward to reading it in September (but only after I've read Halcyon.

Nominations are now closed. Since it’s just one day late we will just a standard September month for Infinity Gate.