Sci-Fi Romance discussion

All right. Let's nominate a few choices for October (quickly, LOL.) We're aiming for shorter novels since this will be a busy month for a lot of us. One nomination per member, and if you don't mind, tell us a little bit about the book or copy/paste the description. ;)

We'll post a poll once we've collected a few suggestions.

1. Kiana (Rea Cheveyo Chronicles, #1) by Rayne Forrest, following an alien woman from a repressed society assigned as an ambassador to humans and the forbidden human starship Captain who is forbidden to her.

2. Contact by Susan Grant. A beautiful co-pilot faces a terrible choice when her plane is hijacked on a late-night flight over the Pacific. Can she trust the dark-eyed stranger who has seized both her plane and her heart?

3. Stardoc (Stardoc, #1) by Lynn Viehl. When she needs a change of pace, Dr. Cherijo Grey Veil leaves earth to treat patients on an alien planet. She faces many challenges adapting to the new culture, chief among them an epidemic that may force her to reveal her secrets.

I nominate Kiana: The Rea Cheveyo Chronicles by Rayne Forrest. It is an erotic SFR and the first in a series.

Here's a link to the excerpt on the author's site and a link to the epress:
http://www.rayneforrest.com/Rea_Cheve...

It's about an alien woman from a fairly repressed society who is a sort of ambassador assigned to humans, and the human starship Captain who is forbidden to her that she falls for.

Thanks, Anna! Couple more and I'll post the poll for a few days.

Contact - because I have that book!

LOL! Great, Carolyn! :)

I will also like to nominate StarDoc by S.L. Viehl, it is the beginning of a 10 book series. Another book to consider is Blade Dancer by the same author. The book is set in the same universe as Stardoc but the story is about an human/alien woman.

It is an interesting look into distant future. One of the things, I found interesting about this book was the human beings were not as nice as I thought we would be in the future.

Oh, good rec, Jo! I think that will be our last one! :)

Okay, I hope everyone voted! Because poll's come to an end. Contact by Susan Grant will be this month's read! But feel free to nominate the same books again next month, if you'd like!

All done! Quick, aren't I? LOL. Seriously though, I read this one and Stardoc years ago. Hopefully I remember enough to participate well in the discussion. Happy Reading you all! I do remember I liked Contact (and Stardoc).

Woo hoo!! I'm planning on reading it next week!

I think I might have Contact. Whether or not I can find it in time is the question. Most of my books are still packed and none are in order.

Mary,

That's how my books are too.

Is this book a romance science fiction book

Yes.

just needed clarification, I will get it today.

Yes, it's SFR and very romantic. I liked the ending.

My copy is in the mail, so I should have plenty of time to read it. I think it is cool that Susan Grant is also a pilot (USAF before 747s). -- Felicia

I couldn't find the book at Barnes and Noble store. I mean I also couldn't remember the authors name either. It was frustrating. Do you guys realize how many books are titled Contact? OMG! It is as bad as Missing and Twilight.

LOL, Jo! That would be frustrating. Her name is a little generic.

Felicia, wow! I had no idea. That should make her flight scenes more realistic then, I imagine.

I got my copy from the library - you might try there.

I finished it last night! It starts out slow but then the action and romance pick up and it ended really sweet. I gave it 3.5 stars.

I enjoyed this book. I liked how she worked in the worldbuilding so well I almost didn't notice it. I liked the warm fuzzy ending too.

Oooh, good to know world-building's in there too. It looked like it might be more light from the cover.

Well, it's not *heavy* worldbuilding but there are nuggets sprinkled throughout, particularly while they're on the spacecraft, that can be extrapolated as hints of a much more complex technological society. To me, an avid sf fan, the bits used were consistent and appropriate enough that I liked them and had a sense of the bigger picture that had to have gone on before the story happened.

I've read some older SFRs with the same general theme in which either there were no bits or no sense at all of a world outside the story. Contact has one to me, though, as is usually the case, I'd love it to have been deeper and more technical.

Yeah, I've come across a few of those.

Just made it in under the wire! I finished Contact, and I really liked it. Very sweet ending.

I thought the same thing about the ending Felicia. :)

What did you all think? Did everyone finish?

I did. I thought it was pretty good. November's already started, but we should have a group read for December maybe.

December's fine with me. Again, either a short or fast book is the one I'll vote for! Life slows down again in January. And by then I should have three feet of snow...but hopefully not. LOL.

Hmm, maybe we could have one for Dec. I didn't get a chance to read this one. I actually have a nomination in mind. It was so great, I think everyone should read it!

What? What? I love new books!

I want everyone to read Song of Scarabaeus! Hehe!

It's on my To Buy list.

Awesome! :D