SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
20 000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Accelerando by Charles Stross
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A World Without Divide - The Night Sarah Came Home by William Joseph
The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
Alas Babylon by Pat Frank
The Algebraist by Iain M Banks
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
The Architects of Hyperspace by Thomas R. McDonough
Armor by John Steakley
The Artifact by W. Michael Gear
Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn Mccrumb
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Body of Glass by Marge Piercy
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller
A Case of Conscience by James Blish
Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
City by Clifford Simak
Code of Conduct by Kristine Smith
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Constellation Chronicles: The Lost Civilization of Aries by Vincent Lowry
Cordelia's Honor by Lois Bujord
Count Zero by William Gibson
Crossover by Joel Shepherd
Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell
Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison
Dark Matter by S.W. Ahmed
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward
Dream Park by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
Dusk by Tim Lebbon
Emergence by David Palmer
Engine Summer by John Crowley
Fallen Angels by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Michael Flynn
The Fall of the Towers Out of the Dead City the Towers of Toran City of a Thousand suns by Samuel R. Delany
The Female Man by Joanna Russ
Far-seer by Robert Sawyer
Fe Fi FOE Comes by William C. Samples
Fool's War by Sarah Zettel
Footfall by Niven and Pournelle
Foreigner by C. J. Cherryh
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Fraxilly Fracas by Douglas Hill
Gateway by Federick Pohl
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
The Golden Age by John C. Wright
Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
Hammered by Elizabeth Bear
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
He She and It by Marge Piercy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Her Smoke Rose Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
House of Doors by Brian Lumley
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Illuminati-2012 by Nishan Kumaraperu
Inferno by Larry Niven
Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan
Jem by Frederik Pohl
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz
Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Long Run by Daniel Moran
Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Make Room! Make Room by Harry Harrison
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold
Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith
Off Armaggeddon Reef by David Weber
On Basilisk Station by David Weber
Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Pavane by Keith Roberts
Perfect Circle by Carlos J Cortes
The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh
The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
The Resqueth Revolution by Mark H. Phillips
Ringworld by Larry Niven
River of Gods by Ian McDonald
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
The Skinner by Neal Asher
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Spin State by Chris Moriarty
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Sundiver by David Brin
Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder
The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster
Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
This Perfect Day by Ira Levin
Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott
The Two Faces of Tomorrow by James P. Hogan
The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
Way Station by Clifford Simak
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
West of January by Dave Duncan
Woken Furies by Richard Morgan
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
World War Z by Max Brooks
Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper
Uplift War by David Brin
Vurt by Jeff Noon

Hello,

I am starting a new way of having books suggested to the group and selecting books to vote on for each month. First, you will notice the books above are numbered. Second, they are in alphabetical order (I hope, for the most part!). Each month I will go to this site:

http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/p...

and tell it to select 10 numbers, randomly, between 1 to X (being the number of books here) and no duplicate numbers. Those ten numbers will select the ten books we will pick from. Two weeks before the first of the month I will do this, post the books and allow members here to explain why they would suggest or not suggest certain books among them in a topic in this folder. On the first day of each month I will post the poll and a week or so later we will have 3 new books!

Also, I am asking everyone to now suggest books in this way:

Book by Author

THEY MUST HAVE BOTH and BE IN THIS FORMAT! It takes a long time to search down books just threw in here by title or, Lord forbid, "that alien book from Heinlein". Those I ignore :-p Being in college, I need some help in getting these lined up. The format above is easy to add to the list and I ask suggestions in this Monthly Book Suggestions folder be in this way. I have also created a Member's Suggestion Folder so we can suggest books not necessarily to read together or discuss our suggestions more. If you wish to suggest something here and discuss it I ask that you do the discussion in that folder so I can easily add entries and not miss any!

Also, once I add an entry to the list I will delete that post from the thread to keep it orderly. Please also check the list and not post entries already suggested.

Thanks!
Nick

This list has been updated! All suggestions except those not following the guidelines have been added.

Second Paradigm by Peter J Wacks

Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
In The Garden of Iden by Kage Baker (start of series)


maybes...
Manta's Gift by Timothy Zahn
Jaran by Kate Elliott

Don't Mess With Earth
Out of Time

Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
Red Mars by Kim Robinson
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

The First Migration by Daniel Logan

Dimensions of Sheckley by Robert Sheckley (this is a collection of 5 novel, Minotaur Maze is probably my favorite).

Cities in Flight by James Blish (this is also a compilation of 4 novels).

Roma Eterna by Robert Silverberg (I also like the novel adaptation he did of Azimov's Nightfall story).

- Caryatids by Bruce Sterling, Distraction by Bruce Sterling, Tomorrow Now by Bruce Sterling, Schismatrix PLus by Bruce Sterling
- Singularity Sky by Charles Stross, Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross, Halting State by Charles Stross
- Ventus b y Karl Schroeder, Sun of suns b y Karl Schroeder, Queen of Candensceb y Karl Schroeder, Pirate Sun b y Karl Schroede

Kiln People by David Brin

..... First and Last Men by Olaf Stapledon....
................ StarMaker by Olaf Stapledon......

Kirinyaga A Fable of Utopia by Mike Resnick.

Resonance by A.J. Scudiere

Hominids, by Robert J. Sawyer
Calculating God, by Robert J. Sawyer
Earth, by David Brin
Macroscope, by Poul Anderson

Air: Or, Have Not Have by Geoff Ryman
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nova Swing by M. John Harrison

MB wrote: "Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card"

This book has already been picked, back in May 2008.

Mike wrote: "Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge"

This book has already been picked, back in January 2009.

The Practice Effect by David Brin

Artifact by Gregory Benford

You forgot [book:Dune}

The SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent, edited by James Morrow and Kathryn Morrow

What-Rough-Beast wrote: "You forgot [book:Dune}"

No, he didn't.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

When Worlds Collide, by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer

Also, fwiw, The Accidental Time Machine, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Martian Chronicles are still on the master list.

WWW Wake by Robert J. Sawyer

The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May

Helm by Steven Gould

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Child of the Hive by Jessica Meats (i.e. me)

The Gender Wars by Thomas C. Stone

Houses of Time by Jamil Nasir

It would be good if someone would review The Phoenix Rising.

If you guys like sci-fi books.. check out my bookPost-Human
or my book trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4lSYR...
or check out my website as well, http://post-humannovel.com/
let me know what you think

Under the Amoral Bridge A Cyberpunk Novel by Gary A. Ballard

This is my self-published debut cyberpunk novel. You can find the book trailer on YouTube as well.

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman should be added to this list.

Ted wrote: "The Forever War by Joe Haldeman should be added to this list."

I agree, Ted...Great book!!

Stewart wrote: "Ted wrote: "The Forever War by Joe Haldeman should be added to this list."

I agree, Ted...Great book!!

"

It is a great book, and rightfully on the list. To be found between "Foreigner" and "Foundation".

Take a deep breath, and

As She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan Lethem
The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica by John Calvin Batchelor
The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan
Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
Colony by Rob Grant
Cosmic Encounter by A. E. Van Vogt
Cosmonaut Keep by Ken Macleod
Critical Threshold by Brian Stableford
Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny
Destination: Universe! by A. E. Van Vogt
Diamond Dogs by Alastair Reynolds
The Dreaming Jewels by Theodore Sturgeon
Engine City by Ken Macleod
The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
The Furies by Keith Roberts
Fuzzy Dice by Paul Di Filippo
Golem 100 by Alfred Bester
The Great Escape by Ian Watson
Grey by Jon Armstrong
Humpty Dumpty: An Oval by Damon Knight
The Ice People by Maggie Gee
Idoru by William Gibson
The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad
The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delaney
The Jonah kit by Ian Watson
Kiteworld by Keith Roberts
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
Legacies by Alison Sinclair
Light by M. John Harrison
The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke
Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
The Men Inside by Barry N. Malzberg
Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan
Now Wait for Last Year by Philip K. Dick,
Nymphomation by Jeff Noon
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
Remix by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
The Reproductive System by John Thomas Sladek
Salt by Adam Roberts
The Seedling Stars by James Blish
Shiva 3000 by Jan Lars Jensen
The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson
The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
Stamping Butterflies by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R.Delany
Stone by Adam Roberts
The Stone Canal by Ken MacLeod
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon
Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg
V.A.O. by Geoff Ryman
VALIS by Philip K. Dick
A Wreath Of Stars by Bob Shaw

Hope I haven't duplicated any already on the list, if I have, oops sorry.

Suggesting...

KITE

A novel in Earth orbit. Humorous sci-fi. See a two-chapter excerpt at the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/kitethenovel

The Understanding aka The Jump-Clones by Dennis Pennefather http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.c...

Has been favourably compared to John Wyndham's 'Midwich Cuckoos' and Adolphus Huxley's 'Brave New World' A New Zealand journalist
has said that 'The Understanding'has the potential to
become a cult classic.

My paranormal sci-fi/detective novel, "Sunrise Destiny", has been nominated for a 21010 EPIC Award. (Winners to be announce in March 2010.) And it's already receiving rave reviews.

"Sunrise Destiny" is available from both Amazon.com and Fictionwise.com. It's currently only available in ebook form; but that includes PDF, which is readable on any PC--no expensive ebook reader needed. (Print is coming, but I don't have a date yet.) Best of all, it's on sale at Fictionwise for only $3.00 (half-price) at the moment.

You can read a 4,000-word excerpt on my website: http://markterencechapman.com

Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville

Beth A. wrote: "Kirinyaga A Fable of Utopia by Mike Resnick."

I second this choice!!!

I would like to recommend the "The shadow of the torturer " from The book of the new sun " by Gene Wolfe. This book has a lot of hints, symbols, writers tributes, and I thimk is ideal for a discussion

If I can be narcissistic enough to suggest my book:
THE SEVEN
It's a sci-fi tale of seven teenagers subjected to genetic experimentation to turn them into superheroes. If you like Patterson's "Maximum Ride" series or Marvel Comics' "Runaways"--you'll dig on this book.
www.seanpatricklittle.com for more info.

I think you have to include the first two books of the "river world series by Philip Jose Farmer. The first book is excellent and the second I would rate as good.

I second that recommendation. "Shadow of the Torturer" is incredibly literate, and as you said rich in signs and symbols. Gene Wolfe creates a fantastic, plausible future world.

Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Secret Passages by Paul Preuss

Somebody please second this... it's a great book, sadly overlooked. Although it's not your typical SF-type novel, I do believe there's enough SF-ness in it to qualify for this club.

Here's a review webpage:
http://www.sfsite.com/11a/sec20.htm

Post-Human by David Simpson is excellent.

China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh has won just about every award out there, yet it's woefully underappreciated. It's near-future sci-fi with both bite and social relevance. I have only read a bit of it, yet I'm quite impressed, and I've heard nothing but positive input from others.