Dragons & Jetpacks discussion

Hello, friends! Time (past time) to nominate our reads for August.

– Nominations will be open for 24-48 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, using a random generator online.
– Only ONE nomination per person (EITHER sci-fi OR fantasy).
– No books nominated last month may be re-nominated for this month; instead you must wait until next month to nominate them again. A book counts as “nominated” when it makes 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). (you can see our previous group reads on the group book shelf)
– No authors nominating their own works.
– No self-published or ebook-only books — we want our BotM to be accessible to as many members as possible!
– 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.

FANTASY
The Eyre Affair x 2
A Crucible of Souls
Tigana x 2
Middlegame
Battle Mage
Clockwork Boys
The Dragons of Dorcastle
Age of Swords


SCIENCE FICTION
Aurora Rising
Solaris
Empress of Forever
The Gods Themselves x 4
This Is How You Lose the Time War
The Stars My Destination x 2
The Sol Majestic
Children of Ruin
Spare and Found Parts

Fantasy
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. It looks quirky but in a fun way.

A Crucible of Souls for Fantasy

The Stars My Destination for sci fi

Aurora Rising for sci-fi please

Tigana for fantasy!

Can I nominate Solaris for sci fi please

'Empress of Forever' by Max Gladstone for sci-fi!

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire for fantasy, please. :)

Second for eyre affair!! I love that series (as far as I read it) and was planning to do a reread of it next month anyway.

The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov for Sci-fi

, Peter A. Flannery Peter A Flannery

I second The Stars My Destination for sci-fi

This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone for Sci Fi

Clockwork Boys, T. Kingfisher, for fantasy please. :)

The Dragons of Dorcastle by Jack Campbell Fantasy

The Sol Majestic for Sci-Fi

I'd like to nominate Age of Swords for fantasy please.

Wayland wrote: “The Stars My Destination for sci fi”

This is showing up in our bookshelf, but I can’t tell which shelf. Help me out?

I think I got it – looks like an Ultimate Challenge book.

I'd like to second The Gods Themselves please.

I'll second Tigana please. I've still not read anything by Guy Gavriel Kay and keep meaning to.

I'll add another second for The Gods Themselves

So far there’re 8 fantasy and 7 sci fi, so all are going to the polls with another slot open for sci fi.

The Gods Themselves, because I really want to read Aurora Rising when I don't have to wait years for sequels.

how about Spare & Found Parts for SF to make it a round 8. (sorry can't link on mobile!)

I would nominate Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky for SciFi!

I will set up polls tomorrow. Any last-minute nominations?