Book of the Month Vote Here

Hello /c/sciencefiction, it is that time of the month. Time to vote for the book of the month. The options are loosely collected from the most voted and discussed books in the “What are you Reading” thread for August.

At the end of the month the poll will be closed and the winner will be the book of the month for August 2023. Myself and hopefully some others will read this book over the following month and then near the end of the month a discussion post will be made to talk about it. Feel free to participate or not at your leisure.

Once the book is chosen it will be set to “Reading” status on the community BookWyrm account here. https://bookwyrm.social/user/ScienceFiction Feel free to follow this account with your own BookWyrm account so other members can find you. This can help people find book recommendations of like minded science fiction readers.

Here are this months selection

  • TheBest@midwest.social
    15·
    1 year ago

    Neat! First time seeing this community. Going to check it out, commenting so hopefully others do to :)

    • Gutless2615@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      The trilogy is amazing. The last book in the series Children of Memory is maybe my favorite. Some real heady hard sci fi.

    • Izzy@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m sure some of them will show up in future votes. Maybe some day we will get to everything. 🙂

    • positiveWHAT@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      Currently reading. It is quite good indeed, but I haven’t read the other ones so I don’t feel I should vote.
      E: Oh, I got the intent of the vote wrong.

      • Izzy@lemmy.worldOP
        5·
        1 year ago

        Right, you would probably want to pick the one you are most interested in reading, but it doesn’t really matter if you pick your favorite that you have read and want others to read.

    • Gutless2615@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Bold. To me it seems like Andy Weir telling the exact same engineer survivorporn story over again. It’s The Martian, but in an only slightly different locale.

    • Lord_ToRA@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      I absolutely love Hyperion, but the second book is almost necessary for these stories to end properly. Fall of Hyperion is my favorite of the series (…that I’ve read so far).

      • Nutteman@lemmy.world
        41·
        1 year ago

        This may be a hot take cause I know most people don’t like the latter 2 books but I’d argue you need to read them too to get the full picture. Also fuck em cause those books were awesome too.

    • glorious_albus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      That’s my first suggestion for anyone who wants to try sci-fi. What a legendary book!

      Been a Tchaikovsky fan ever since.

  • TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca
    7·
    1 year ago

    Not enough sci fi fans seem to read neuromancer, it’s what got me into it and I recommend to anyone who likes fast paced cyberpunk. Such a vivid book to me.

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      1 year ago

      It’s good but I can understand why many people don’t read it, the way it uses language can make it difficult to decipher what is going on and it doesn’t really hold your hand.

      • harsh3466@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’ve had one go at Neuromancer and the language definitely made it a more difficult read for me. I want to read it again (I voted for it in the poll), and I think on my second go it’ll be more enjoyable.

        • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
          1·
          1 year ago

          Try a short story anthology called “Mirrorshades.” It’s edited by Bruce Sterling, another early cyberpunk pioneer. The stories are amazing and more accessible than neuromancer, but I bet you’ll be more primed to read it afterwards.

          Also look up anything by Pat cadigan. She writes great cyberpunk and also edited a few good anthologies.

  • _thebrain_@lemmy.world
    71·
    1 year ago

    I vote necromancer.

    I’ll have to read children of time next tho as I haven’t read it yet. Currently reading through anathem.

  • ACatNamedBunny@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 year ago

    Just subscribed! I have read more fantasy than science fiction, but I’ll vote for children of time based on some of these comments! I’ll join the collective read next month, that sounds like a healthy change for me (:

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’ve read five on the list (Martine, Tchaikovsky, Corey, Howey, and Weir) and I’d put them all on the same (excellent) tier. But if I had to rank them, that’s the order I’d put them in.

    • essteeyou@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve read 4, and I would probably order them: Weir, Howey, Tchaikovsky, King.

      It’s a very close call though. If asked to rank them again next week I’d probably have a different answer.

    • essteeyou@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Apple’s series is very enjoyable. I loved the books, and it does a good job of translating them to screen. Howey is an executive producer on the show.

      • tiny_parking@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Sounds good, still not forgiven them for foundation, although if you forget the books it is quite an enjoyable story in its own right

        • essteeyou@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          I read Foundation quite a while back, so I just enjoyed the TV show. There weren’t that many bits that sounded familiar, but I wasn’t sure if I’d just forgotten parts of it.

  • Phanatik@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m shocked that I’ve never read any of these although a bunch are on my list. Voted for Neuromancer because cyberpunk is my main focus for my own work.

    • ekZepp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Neuromancer is basically the manifesto of the cyberpunk genre. A great novel with an astonishing prophetic look at the technologies of the future.

    • jasondj@ttrpg.network
      1·
      1 year ago

      Only one I read on this list is Project Hail Mary and it was really good…and everyone I know who has read it (including people who don’t regularly read science fiction) loved it, too.