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

    • brcl
      2•2 years ago

      Well my arachnophobia rules out children of time for me…

    • IzzyOP
      2•2 years ago

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

  • Phanatik
    3•2 years 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.

    • ekZeppEnglish
      1•2 years ago

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

        • @Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
          2•2 years ago

          It was a revelation when I found out he wrote “the egg”. That was my favorite internet story. He’s my favorite living author (RIP Adams and Pratchett)

      • @positiveWHAT@lemmy.world
        6•2 years ago

        “Consider Phlebas” is the ultimate 80’s Space Adventure. I say I’m a fantasy guy, but that’s my favorite book currently.

          • @positiveWHAT@lemmy.world
            1•2 years ago

            The only other one I’ve read [Use of Weapons] felt overly goofy. I dig the bits it added, but “Consider Phlebas” had some special feel.

            • @Cruxifux@lemmy.world
              2•2 years ago

              I liked use of weapons personally, but it’s one of the ones I liked the least. I enjoyed the character of Charedenine Zakalwe or however the fuck you spell it. But stuff like The Hydrogen Sonata and Player of Games and Surface Detail and Excession really rocked.

        • shua_tooEnglish
          1•2 years ago

          Have you read the rest of the Culture series? I’ve got them all on my Kobo but haven’t started.

    • @Gutless2615@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      -2•2 years 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.

    • @positiveWHAT@lemmy.world
      5•2 years 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.

      • IzzyOP
        5•2 years 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 English
        0•2 years ago

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

  • @ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.website
    1•2 years ago

    I have to vote for Martine.

    This is a very good selection of books, but I would like for “classic” sci-fi to have it’s own category. I love Hyperion, necromancer and the expanse series, but I think they start to choke out newer/fringe books. Especially if the the plan is to vote on what book is next.

  • @TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca
    7•2 years 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•2 years 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•2 years 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•2 years 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
    6•2 years 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.

      • @Nutteman@lemmy.world
        3•2 years 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.

  • @ACatNamedBunny@lemm.ee
    5•2 years 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 (:

    • IzzyOP
      2•2 years ago

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

  • @clockwork_octopus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4•2 years 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!