Beyond Reality discussion

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, summer is here! I hope you each have some lovely plans to enjoy these special months. BUT—we at Beyond Reality are looking ahead to autumn, so nominations are now open for our Books of the Month for September 2023.

Each group member can make 1 science fiction and/or 1 fantasy nomination. A couple of suggestions to keep in mind:

1. Telling us a little about the book and why you think it would be a good group read can help get other members interested in reading (and voting for) your nomination. If possible, please use a link to the book and author in your nomination post. Click on “add book/author" for an easy way to do that.

2. To see if your nomination has already been read by the group, you can check:

a. The Beyond Reality Google spreadsheet of Previous Books of the Month, available at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...". To search for a specific title, use the "Find and Replace" option under the EDIT menu. Don't worry, you will be able to find a title but you will not be able to replace it since the spreadsheet is in "View Only" mode.

b. the group's bookshelf for Previous Books of the Month

c. the topic threads on this page: Previous BotM Master Lists

Books the group has read in the past 2 years are not eligible for current consideration. Being chosen as a past BotM prior to that time is not an automatic disqualification, but be aware that it may hinder your nomination’s chances at the polls.

General guidelines:
• Feel free to re-nominate a book that didn’t win in the polls in previous months!
• For questions regarding specifics such as book formats, books in series, self-nomination, and various rules for nominations, please see the group FAQ.
• Seconding is NOT necessary in this group.
• Friendly discussion & debate is strongly encouraged, but please keep things civil.

Because I am leaving for a trip to the United Kingdom and Ireland this week, one of my fellow moderators, Chris, has agreed to handle the list of nominations and the polls for our September 2023 BotM. Chris will also set the schedule.

Let’s hear what you want to read and discuss this fall!

The Bees and The Stars Uncharted again. You all know why. ;)

I am traveling this week, so I’ll post a summary of the nominees and start the polls when I’m back home. Nominations are open through Sunday the 18th.

For Fantasy- I'll nominate The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence.

For Scifi- I'll nominate I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane.

We need some more nominations! I’ll add Hands of the Emperor for Fantasy, and we Shall Sing a Song Unto the Deep for SciFi.

Here are a couple more ideas.

Fantasy: The Legend of Charlie Fish by Josh Rountree

SF: Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds

This topic continues on a different thread, due to a change in moderator (see Nominations for September part 2).