Dragons & Jetpacks discussion

Time for nominations for August

- Nominations will be open for 24 hours and during that time we will take in as many nominations as possible.
- After 24-48 hours, 8 books from each genre will be chosen at random from the selection.
- Only ONE nomination per person (EITHER sci-fi OR fantasy)
- No books nominated last month may be re-nominated for August, instead you must wait until September to nominate them again. A book counts as "nominated" when it made it to the polls. If it was suggested, but not picked for the polls, it can be entered again.
- If books are part of a series, they must be the first, unless the group has already read the previous book(s)
- No authors nominating their own works
- No self-published or ebook only books
- Book nominations may be seconded in place of a suggestion, but this will count as your choice for the month. Seconded books will receive an additional chance of being selected in the randomisation process.

SCIENCE FICTION:
All Systems Red (x2)
The Power (x2)
Amped
Valor's Choice (x2)
Children of Time
The Stars Are Legion
Forsaken Skies
The Prey of Gods
Foreigner (x2)
Revelation Space
Roadside Picnic

FANTASY:
The Rook (x3)
The Captive Flame
Knight's Shadow (x2)
Akata Witch
Transformation
In Calabria
Age of Swords (x3)
The Mirror Empire (x3)
The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Season One

The Rook for fantasy. It was nominated last year but didn't get up...maybe it'll have better luck this time.

The Captive Flame (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...). It is the book being read by the Tome Show Book Club, a podcast which I'm one of the hosts. We plan to record at the end of August.

Knight's shadow (Greatcoats 2) for the fantasy.

All Systems Red for Sci-Fi

I second All Systems Red!

Hi

I'll nominate The Power by Naomi Alderman, about which I've been hearing very good things.


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Oh, it's SF btw.

I'll second The Rook.

Have we read The Name of the Wind? If not, I'd love to nominate that for Fantasy!

I will nominate Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor for fantasy. It is amazing book that I've read recently that I know people in this group will love too.

Can I nominate Amped for sci fi please

I second The Power by Naomi Alderman.

I'd like to nominate Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh for scifi.

I nominet Transformation for fantasy!

The Spaceship Next Door for sci-fi please

I nominate In Calabria byPeter S. Beagle for fantasy.

Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff for SF.

I'd like to nominate Children of Time for SF.

I nominate The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson for Fantasy.

For Science Fiction I am nominating The Stars Are Legion

Id like to nominate Age of Swords for fantasy please

Milou wrote: "Id like to nominate Age of Swords for fantasy please"

I'll second Age of Swords!

Steven wrote: "I'd like to nominate Children of Time for SF."

There's a buddy read of this one in progress at the moment:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

By no means does that stop it from being nominated/picked as BoTM, just thought you might like to join us if it doesn't make it :-)

I'll second The Spaceship Next Door

Dawn wrote: "The Spaceship Next Door for sci-fi please"

This is self-published it seems, so can't be nominated.

I would like to nominate The Mirror Empire for fantasy.

Rinn wrote: "Dawn wrote: "The Spaceship Next Door for sci-fi please"

This is self-published it seems, so can't be nominated.

I would like to nominate The Mirror Empire for fant..."

I second this nomination. And I'm hoping this month I get to do some reading that's not comics. Man, having two kids is really difficult.

Joshua wrote: "Have we read The Name of the Wind? If not, I'd love to nominate that for Fantasy!"

This was ready in July of 2013.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Steve wrote: "I nominate The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson for Fantasy."

This was read in July 2014 as a group

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

List should reflect the latest nominations as of this post, please let me know if there are any issues.

I second Foreigner by Cherryh.

If it hasn't already been seconded, I second Knight's Shadow.

Heaven's Devils by William C. Dietz for Sci-Fi.

Second (or third) for Age of Swords

Forsaken Skies by D. Nolan Clark for SF

Ryan wrote: "I'll second The Rook."

id like The Rookie for sf

I'd like to add my vote to The Mirror Empire's tally please.

Spacecrow wrote: "Ryan wrote: "I'll second The Rook."

id like The Rookie for sf"


This looks to be a self-published book, the publishing company was created by the writer so I don't think we can use this. Your thoughts Rinn?

3rd The Rook

Science Fiction noms:


Old Man's War by John Scalzi


Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood (Author of Handmaid's Tale. I keep getting told this book is even better than that one).


Artemis by Andy Weir (Author of The Martian)

Science Fiction Nomination
The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Read this after hearing about it on Tor.com and it was wild and weird and wonderful and I want to talk to people about it!

Rinn wrote: "Dawn wrote: "The Spaceship Next Door for sci-fi please"

This is self-published it seems, so can't be nominated...."

In that case canI nominate Redemption Ark for sci-fi please

Kirby wrote: "Science Fiction noms:


Old Man's War by John Scalzi


Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood (Author of Handmai..."

Hey Kirby, nice book selection there, but each person can only nominate one book each month for the polls to keep it fair. There's a brief set of guidelines in the first post in this thread.

I think that both Oryx and Crake and Old Man's War have already been books of the month:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

It doesn't look like the Andy Weir book is out until November unless I'm missing something? The Martian was really popular so I'm sure this will get a few votes if it's nominated later in the year :-)

V

Roadside Picnic for SF,
Monster Hunter International for Fantasy.

What about 'The Witch Who Came In From the Cold' by Lindsay Smith and Max Gladstone. This one is fantasy. Please add this one for AUG poll :)

Thanks!

Vinca wrote: "Kirby wrote: "Science Fiction noms:

Old Man's War by John Scalzi


Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood (Aut..."

That sums it up nicely, please pick one book.

Oğuz wrote: "Roadside Picnic for SF,
Monster Hunter International for Fantasy."

Oguz, please only pick one book.

Dawn wrote: "Rinn wrote: "Dawn wrote: "The Spaceship Next Door for sci-fi please"

This is self-published it seems, so can't be nominated...."

In that case canI nominate [book:Redemption Ark|8..."

This is book 2 of a series, we don't read the second book until the first book has been read.

Roger, Foreigner belongs in the SciFi bucket. Can you fix please?

Roger wrote: "This is book 2 of a series, we don't read the second book until the first book has been read..."

Sorry Roger, I'm getting my books mixed up. I meant Revelation Space

Dawn wrote: "Roger wrote: "This is book 2 of a series, we don't read the second book until the first book has been read..."

Sorry Roger, I'm getting my books mixed up. I meant Revelation Space"

Ooh that's on my shelf :)