Space Opera Fans discussion

Greetings Space Opera Fans!

It's that time of the month to nominate what great books YOU all want to read during the Merry Month of May!

[*Tra-la, it's May, the Merry month of may...*]

Ah-hem ... sorry ... wrong musical. Anyways, up for nomination this month we have the following categories:

READER PICK: this is for a dead tree you can pick up at your local bookstore or for free at your local library. Ebook version must be on at least three different distribution platforms.

INDIE PICK: this is for the newer, edgy stuff written by the little guy who doesn't have a big publishing house budget behind him.

YOUNG ADULT FRIENDLY PICK: this is for a book which is both written for and starring a 12-17 year old protagonist which has been published within the last 15 years. Must be space opera -or- science fiction with a space component (i.e., no dystopia or kid-joins-the-military-at-18 stuff, and no old-geezer stuff written in the way-back-when that makes my 13-year-old's eyes roll).

And for our SERIES PICK we'll be continuing on with the Spectras Arise trilogy by Tammy Salyer, Contract of Betrayal.



So drop your nominations in the thread below and I'll come back periodically to post all the pretty little book covers.

Be epic!

Anna Erishkigal
SOF Borg Queen

I've kept going in the Culture series and am loving The Player of Games so I'll nominate that for reader pick.

READER'S PICK: Pushing Ice by Allistair Reynolds

Fortune's Pawn for Reader Pick

The Settlers for Indie. Not sure if that one has been done before though.

I'm currently on Endymion, the third book in the Hyperion Cantos. I'll go with that.

Oh wow! So many good ones already.

For Reader pick:

For Indie pick:

Personally I can't wait!

How about the #1 and #2 best selling SF of all time, Dune or Ender's Game for a readers pick? Both a winner of the Hugo and Nebula.

I will second Endymion as its my favorite book of the four.

Reader: Def. 2nd Pushing Ice
Indie: Well I loved Android Hunters so Ill nominate it.
Young: Hollow Moon

WOO!

Reader pick:

Indie pick:

I may be back later with a YA nomination

Nomination for Indie Pick:
Overload Flux (A Central Galactic Concordance Novel)

Overload Flux
by Carol Van Natta

Not sure if these have been read in previous months but...

For the Reader Pick I would suggest Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan. Altered Carbon

For the Indie Pick I would suggest Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell. Quarter Share This is available through both Kobo and Kindle.

Reader pick - Orbitsville - an oldie but with some interesting ideas.
Indie pick - Belarus - I've nominated this before and now reading it. It's rather good...
YA pick - I'll nominate my own - Hollow Moon - before Anna nags me to do so again.

Okay ... here's what I have so far:

@Kevin - I went with the last book you nominated for Reader Pick.

READER PICK:




INDIE PICK:




YOUNG ADULT FRIENDLY PICK:




Okay ... keep them coming!

[*and yes, Steph, I was about to bug you 3:-) *]

For Indie Pick by Patty Jansen I think I'll keep nominating this one until it gets in - it's really good.

The Exile Empire for Indie Pick.

Reader Pick: Fortune's Pawn

Indie Pick: Fluency

Just nominating books I already own.

I nominate Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

READER PICK:
just bought it Space Opera with Steampunk (i hope that alright)
YOUNG ADULT FRIENDLY PICK
only YOUNG ADULT that i listened to, it ok has good moment and not so good

INDIE PICK:

I'll go for The Player of Games for my Readers pick and

Overload Flux as my Indie.

Both look interesting !!

Reader Pick


Indie Pick


YA Pick

Anna wrote: "...[*and yes, Steph, I was about to bug you 3:-) *]"

Am I seeing double, or is the second one a sympathy vote?

Not a sympathy vote! I downloaded the sample and me likey! Gonna buy it on payday. XD

READER PICK: The Eternity Brigade: Final Edition
INDIE PICK: Scavenger Hunt
YA PICK: Galactic Derelict

Okay ... tomorrow is the big day ... just realized there's only 30 days in April.

@Betsy ... there's nothing wrong with nominating books you already own :-)

Okay ... here's the latest cover bling:

READER PICK:




INDIE PICK:




YOUNG ADULT FRIENDLY PICK:



So tomorrow is the big day! Got an outside work thingy tomorrow morning, so don't get anxious everyone if I don't get the posts up until later in the evening.