SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

This is my personal challenge thread.

2025 Read All the Books
2025 TBR Cleanup
2025 Science Fiction and Fantasy Booklover's Combat

Chat Thread for Team Sci-Fi

Team Sci-Fi Prompts:

Science Fiction Challenges

Aliens
1. Area 51: Read a book with an alien character.
2. Starry Night: Read a book with at least one star on the cover.

Alt History
1. Back in the Day: Read a book set 20+ years ago.
2. Historicity: Read a book with a time machine or historical figure on the cover.

Clones
1. DNA: Read a book with clones or twins in it.
2. Palindrome: Read a book with a mirrored cover (cover features a graphic that reads the same on both sides).

Dimensional Travel
1. AltDimension: Read a book set in more than 1 dimension.
2. Portal: Read a book with any kind of portal on the cover.

Space Travel
1. The Black: Read a book set in outer space.
2. Nebula: Read a book with a space scene on the cover.

Terraforming
1. Oxygen: Read a book that features terraforming.
2. Foliage: Read a book with any kind of flora on the cover.

Biological Engineering
1. Lab: Read a book with a character that is a biologist and/or engineer.
2. DNA: Read a book with a helix on the cover.

LitRPG
1. Game: Read any book classified as LitRPG or a novelized version of a video game.
2. Console: Read a book with any gaming console or DND dice on the cover.

Big Data
1. Arithmetic: Read a book with an accountant or mathematician as a main character.
2. Data: Read a book with numbers on the cover.

Mad Science
1. Scientist: Read a book with a scientist as a main character.
2. Gear: Read a book with anyone in a lab coat or lab beakers on the cover.

Artificial Intelligence
1. Intelligence: Read a book where AI is an important character or important to the plot.
2. Robot: Read a book with a computer or code on the cover.

Time Travel
1. Time Machine: Read a book where time travel is part of the plot.
2. Clock: Read a book with any kind of time keeping device on the cover.

Dimensional Travel.

Alt Dimension: read a book with at least one dimension.

Merry Christmas and a Happy End of the World: A Fun Festive Adventure for Human Children of All Ages

Book: Merry Christmas and a Happy End of the World by Iestyn Long.

Hi Melanie!
Have you checked our buddy read plans for some of the promts? You're welcome to join if you want.

Hello! I will have a look at those, thank you. I'm looking forward to The Poppy War one this month, even though that's not for a prompt.

Melanie wrote: "Hello! I will have a look at those, thank you. I'm looking forward to The Poppy War one this month, even though that's not for a prompt."

We can see if we can shoehorn it in one of the prompts )) Who knows...

Clones
1. DNA: Read a book with clones or twins in it.

A Memory Called Empire

Terraforming
1. Oxygen: Read a book that features terraforming.
2. Foliage: Read a book with any kind of flora on the cover.

Oxygen - The Terraformers

I also have Terraformers lined up for this prompt :)
How did you like it?

It's really good. My copy had tiny print, but it was well worth it. It's kind of slow, but the world is amazing. :)

(view spoiler)[Artificial Intelligence
1. Intelligence: Read a book where AI is an important character or important to the plot.

Neuromancer (hide spoiler)]

Aliens
1. Area 51: Read a book with an alien character.
2. Starry Night: Read a book with at least one star on the cover. Space Unicorn Blues

Terraforming

2. Foliage: Read a book with any kind of flora on the cover. Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky



6/24

What did you think of Alien Clay? It has been recommended to me numerous times because of the weird biology.

It is really good. It was a slow start for me, but well worth it in the end. The weird biology is good! The ending really got me; I'm glad I read it.

Ooooo, I'll have to make sure I get to that this summer!