Dragons & Jetpacks discussion

Happy New Year everyone!

Our picks for January have just been posted (a little late, apologies) and it's time to nominate some books for February!

– 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 here)
– 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 Goblin Emperor (x4)
- A Queen in Hiding
- Angel Mage (x4)
- Blood Heir
- The Lightning Thief
- Gods of Jade and Shadow (x2)
- Norse Mythology
- Highfire (x2)
- A Conspiracy of Truths
- The Boneless Mercies
- The Bands of Mourning

SCI-FI:
- LIFEL1K3 (x2)
- Solaris
- God's War
- Starsight (x3)
- Pushing Ice (x2)
- Rosewater
- The Stars My Destination
- To Be Taught, If Fortunate
- Dragonflight (x5)
- Limited Wish

Let's try to get Dragonflight voted for Fantasy, pls. :)

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (fantasy)

Emmeline wrote: "Let's try to get Dragonflight voted for Fantasy, pls. :)"

Dragonflight here's the link for Emmeline

I nominate A Queen in Hiding by Sarah Kozloff, 1 book comes out each month for 4 months to complete the series and this kind of intrigues me

I'd like to nominate LIFEL1K3 for sci-fi please. Ta :)

Can I nominate Solaris for sci fi please

Angel Mage by Garth Nix for fantasy please

I will second Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey for Sci Fi!

(view spoiler)[The Dragons are a product of Genetic Engineering so it belongs in Sci Fi! :D (hide spoiler)]

I second “Angel Mage”

I'll second LIFEL1K3

I nominate God’s War by Kameron Hurley for Scfi.

Christopher wrote: "I will second Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey for Sci Fi!

[spoilers removed]"

agreed that it should be sci-fi v. fantasy, but I've seen either classification for it.

Starsight for sci fi please

Blood Heir by Amelie Wen Zhao for fantasy please :)

Second for Starsight.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan for fantasy.

Gods of Jade and Shadow

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

I'll second dragonflight.

I'd really like to nominate a litRPG book but there are almost none that are not self-published, at least I couldn't find any so instead I'd like to nominate Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman for fantasy.

For fantasy, Highfire by Eoin Colfer. (Will be released January 28 in US. Same in UK?)

Nominating The Pandora Experiment Book 1- “Thrive” for sci-fi

@Ed, I see two editions both released on the 28th.

Angel Mage by Garth Nix

I'd like to nominate Pushing Ice by Alistair Reynolds (for SF).

I love that it's a stand-alone, and Reynolds wrote the best book I read in 2019, so I really want to read more by this author.

I'll nominate Tade Thompson's Rosewater for SciFi

2001: A Space Odyssey for sci fi please.

Could I nominate A Conspiracy of Truths for fantasy, please? (:

Wayland, I think 2001 is the mod pick for January, so not sure if you want to change your choice?

Freya wrote: "Wayland, I think 2001 is the mod pick for January, so not sure if you want to change your choice?"

Alright then, The Stars My Destination sci fi

Seconding The Goblin Emperor!

I nominate The Boneless Merciesfor Fantasy!

To Be Taught, If Fortunate for Sci Fi please.

Dragonflight

I’ll second Pushing Ice, been in my TBR pile for ages

I'll second Highfire for fantasy

I will second Goblin Emperor!

second Gods of Jade & Shadow

Bands of mourning by Sanderson for fantasy please

Second Angel Mage!

Second for The Goblin Emperor, thanks

I recommend The Fisherman by John Langan. A realistic fantasy/horror along the lines of HP Lovecraft.

I'll second Starsight!

So many good nominations and with lots of seconds I almost feel bad for nominating a book against this tidal wave, but...

Please can I nominate Limited Wish by Mark Lawrence for sci-fi

I'll add my support for the Goblin Emperor for Fantasy.

Lynne wrote: "So many good nominations and with lots of seconds I almost feel bad for nominating a book against this tidal wave, but...

Please can I nominate Limited Wish




Would it not make sense to start with One Word Kill?

Paul wrote: "Would it not make sense to start with One Word Kill?

We read that as a group last year 🙂

Vinca wrote: "Paul wrote: "Would it not make sense to start with One Word Kill?

We read that as a group last year 🙂"

I'd missed that! Still, they're quite short; I'd be able to catch up if it is chosen :)

When will polls go up?

Polls are up!