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Our Lady of the Artilects https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...Link to an article on the emerging subgenre of Incensepunk and this book:
http://www.incensepunk.com/2024/06/ou...
I second this. Have read. It's a unique take on "techno thriller" with a deep metaphysical take, and not dystopian for a change.
Thirding Our Lady of the Artilects. It's a book unlike anything I've read, a hopeful take on cyberpunk that I think is the future of the genre as the real world becomes increasingly like the dystopian visions that founded the genre
Citrus BravoChristopher George Quick
2024
I didn't see a rule against nominating your own work. But there isn't a rule saying a dog can't play basketball, so if this is inappropriate, just let me know and I'll take it down. Independent promotion of an unpublished work is the most depressing, humiliating, and fruitless thing I've had to do.
As a long time lurker here, figured it wouldn't kill me to post and try. It is very uncomfortable to try to justify WHY you should pick my bottom shelf drivel over these established authors so I'll just post the blurb my wife wrote for me and run away:
A tongue-in-cheek space adventure that plays to the lighter side of the genre. Take a break from hard-core Sci-Fi with Citrus Bravo!
Embark on a cosmic odyssey with Arthur Bartlebee, a humble plumber aboard an aging space station named Citrus Bravo. Although Arthur would love more than anything to live out his simple days managing the pipes and drains of the station, he is quickly ripped away by a whirlwind of absurd events that place him smack dab in the center of an otherwordly conspiracy. Flanked by odd aliens and carefree cyborgs, Arthur is bewildered to find humanity's destiny lies in his less-than-capable hands.
Christopher wrote: "Citrus Bravo."I'm not a mod, but I think nominating one's own works is okay. I'll even second it
We read within a range of time periods, lesser known works, and more popular ones. Reading outside of traditional publishing is fine.As usual though, members choose what we read by voting in the poll after the nomination period. Authors are welcome to nominate their works.
It was brought to my attention that Jim, our former moderator, had set out rules for nominating your own book, found here:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(you may need to scroll down a bit)
I think the section saying authors must provide a copy to everyone in the group if it is selected isn't required with the advent of ebooks, Kindle Unlimited, and free audiobooks.
I do ask that you let us know you are promoting your own book and to be respectful of the nominating and voting process. Thanks!
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, 2023. Dystopia. I enjoyed being submerged in his Passage series and expect this stand-alone to be equally impressive.
Natalie wrote: "It was brought to my attention that Jim, our former moderator, had set out rules for nominating your own book, found here:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(you may need to scroll down..."
Well, as we have rules, seconding above doesn't comply to:
- They & anyone voting for their book must have been a member of this group for 3 months & made at least 1 comment.
I think that particular rule is to guard against spam. Since I have not updated and reposted the rules recently, I will add a revised list of rules in the next few days.For consistency, let's keep the seconding process in place.
I know most probably have kindle unlimited, but if not, and if somehow it gets selected, I can make it free e-book for a few days on Amazon.
Leo wrote: "The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, 2023. Dystopia. I enjoyed being submerged in his Passage series and expect this stand-alone to be equally impressive."I will second "The Ferryman"
The September poll is up. You can vote here until August 6, 2024: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...
Our winner for the September BofM is The Ferryman by Justin Cronin. You may join the discussion here after September 1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...If you would like to read one of the other books nominated this month, you can post your comments in the thread, "What current SF are you reading, 2015 & Up?"
SF novels or short story collections/anthologies that have not previously been read by the group in the last 5 years are eligible. Please check the bookshelf & the nomination rules for further clarification before nominating a book.
Previously nominated books are on this bookshelf. More qualifying authors and books can be found here.
Please add your nominated book title as a clickable link directly to the Goodreads' book page, with author and year, so it looks like this:
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015
(If you can't create links, please include the URL to the book)
Tell us why you chose the book that you're nominating. Remember that books require seconding now. We'll close this nomination thread on the 15th of July 2024 in order to have plenty of time for poll(s) and then for acquisitions of the winner(s).
Nominated:
Nominated and Seconded:
Our Lady of the Artilects by Andrew Gillsmith
Citrus Bravo by Christopher George Quick
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin