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·
    10 months ago

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

    • Izzy@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      10 months ago

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

    • brcl
      2·
      10 months ago

      Well my arachnophobia rules out children of time for me…

    • Gutless2615@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

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

    • positiveWHAT@lemmy.world
      5·
      10 months 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·
        10 months 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.

      • The dogspaw @midwest.socialEnglish
        22·
        10 months ago

        Thats why I said probably because other than leviathan wakes I haven’t gotten to the other ones yet

    • Gutless2615@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      12·
      10 months 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·
      10 months 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·
        10 months 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.

  • TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca
    6·
    10 months 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·
      10 months 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·
        10 months 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
          1·
          10 months 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
    61·
    10 months 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.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 months 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·
      10 months 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.

  • ACatNamedBunny
    5·
    10 months 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 (:

    • Izzy@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      10 months ago

      Thanks for joining us. Perhaps you will some day become a science fiction enthusiast. 🙂

  • clockwork_octopus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    Voting for Leviathan Wakes as it’s the only one I’ve read so far. That being said, the majority of these titles are on my list of books to read, and the ones that aren’t, I’m looking into now!

  • essteeyou@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 months ago

    I vote for Leviathan Wakes because it’s the only one I haven’t read but have heard of the author.