Five Bubble Book Club discussion

OK, we got a super late start. But I will start:

January: Soft-boiled detective. (you know, as opposed to the other way)

I will come up with some ideas this weekend.

baseline: https://best-sci-fi-books.com/28-best...

These made my cut so far:
Lock in
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

The Automatic Detective
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

A Philosophical Investigation
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Gun, With Occasional Music
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The idea is to jump out of the box that is the regular police work.

Another list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

The Icarus Hunt looks interesting
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

For February, I'm thinking about doing a Mythical Creature again.
We did that years ago and the choice was Eyes of Dragon, not much dragon in that one.

Mythical Creatures:
The Last Unicorn -- a classic; sadly, no audiobook.
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower -- a very twisted fairy tale!
Farmer Giles of Ham -- This awesome Tolkien novella appears in many collections (esp. Tales from the Perilous Realm: "Farmer Giles of Ham", "Leaf by Niggle", "Adventures of Tom Bombadil" and "Smith of Wootton Major") and has audiobook editions (both separately and for that same collection).

Enjoy!

Thanks Rob! I will try to get a copy of each.

Found this list for the year of tiger
https://bookriot.com/tiger-fantasy-bo...

For March, I'm thinking about world building.
Specifically the kind of world that has multiple entrances. For example, this map of disc world:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discwor...

Starters:
Rincewind novels: The Colour of Magic
Industrial Revolution: Moving Pictures
Watch novels: Guards! Guards!
Ancient civilizations: Pyramids
Witches novels: Equal Rites

For May, let's do a novelette month.
Hugo finalists are out https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-hi...
Let's do as many novelettes as we can in a month, then do a poll just for fun, see who got the winner right.

For June, I'm thinking about the theme of Commerce.
It's relevant, thinking our globalized world being torn apart right now. It can also go either scifi or fantasy.

from reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comm...