Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

January - The Iron Heel by Jack London
February - Rocannon’s World by Ursula K. Le Guin
March - The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
April - City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin
May - The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs
June - Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin
July - BookTrek (read any of the original series novelizations: Star Trek)
August - Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick
September - The Inverted World by Christopher Priest
October - Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
November - Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space (link 2) by Harry Martinson
December - The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

And we'll read a Robert Heinlein juvenile novel about every month. There are 13 of them(most people don't count Starship Troopers) so it's problematic.

Looks good!

I like the addition of the Heinlein reads!

Aniara
Harry Martinson

Perhaps use these more informative links in the schedule to better encourage interest?

Good list! Looking forward to a few of them!

Good list! I definitely want to read The Hearing Trumpet and will look for the Star Trek series. We have a used/new bookstore that carries a good selection of SF including lots of Star Trek books. I’ve never looked through them before.

Jen wrote: "Aniara
Harry Martinson

Perhaps use these more informative links in the schedule to better encourage interest?"
Thanks. The book link didn't have a description but the author link is better.

Michelle wrote: "Good list! Looking forward to a few of them!"
Pam wrote: "Good list! I definitely want to read The Hearing Trumpet and will look for the Star Trek series. We have a used/new bookstore that carries a good selection of SF including lots of Star Trek books. I’ve never looked through them before."
Glad you like it.
Star Trek books can be fun but they're almost all stand alones, not canon to the shows. But the only ones that are fifty years old are the novelizations of the episodes.

Book Nerd wrote: "Jen wrote: "Aniara
Harry Martinson

Perhaps use these more informative links in the schedule to better encourage interest?"
Thanks. The book link didn't have a descri..."

Ah yea. The book link I shared has almost 300 user reviews and almost 3000 ratings, proper publication year and award history, and links to several other editions, whereas the one you're using has 1 review, 4 ratings, and most of the book description is quotes from reviewers, no other editions linked to it.
I looked at various other editions linked to the English language one I linked. they seem to have descriptions and all the other info but not in English.

Jen wrote: "Ah yea. The book link I shared has almost 300 user reviews and almost 3000 ratings, proper publication year and award history, and links to several other editions, whereas the one you're using has 1 review, 4 ratings, and most of the book description is quotes from reviewers, no other editions linked to it.
I looked at various other editions linked to the English language one I linked. they seem to have descriptions and all the other info but not in English."
Oh okay. I added it.

I found The Iron Heel on SimplyE (free app). It has a lot of SF, including short stories that are hard to find outside of a collection.

That's good to know, Pam.

Pam wrote: "I found The Iron Heel on SimplyE (free app). It has a lot of SF, including short stories that are hard to find outside of a collection."
Good find.

The Iron Heel is also available free from Project Gutenberg.

Thanks