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The official list of the books competing in the 5th annual Self Published Science Fiction Competition.
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124 books · 29 voters · list created November 22nd, 2025 by Nancy Foster (votes) .
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message 1: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Foster M. wrote: "Thanks for this list! Isn't there 120 entries tho? Were 17 disqualified?"

Sadly, I can't add more than 100 books to the list. So, if anyone can vote for the remaining ones, we could have a full list.


message 2: by J. (new)

J. Cornelius Hi all :-) Just out of curiosity... what's the vote about??


message 3: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Foster Well, since I have been on this website a good almost 10 years ago, goodreads has always had lists you can make about a random thing like 'Books with ghosts' 'Books with carrots on the cover' and everyone can vote for books with these themes to the list.
It helps authors get new eyes into their books that love specific tropes of themes. This list is for the 5th annual SPSFC indie Sci Fi Book Competition. All these books are competing.

In the past there wasn't a limit to how many books you can add to a list, but they have gotten stricter and I couldn't add all 122 books, so glad to see some people lending a hand. I notice a Robb Hobb book was added to this list by accident. None of her books are competing in the contest.


message 4: by J. (new)

J. Cornelius Nancy wrote: "Well, since I have been on this website a good almost 10 years ago, goodreads has always had lists you can make about a random thing like 'Books with ghosts' 'Books with carrots on the cover' and e..."

Thank you Nancy, I thought maybe the voting itself was somehow involved in determining the SPSFC competition:) Thanks for clarifying.


message 5: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Foster Sure! Good luck in the competition!


message 6: by J. (new)

J. Cornelius Nancy wrote: "Sure! Good luck in the competition!"

thanks:)


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