Science Fiction Aficionados discussion

Dang-I cant beleive how the year is moving by so quickly!

We Moderators put a lot of work into trying to lead these discussions, and sometimes it REALLY gets in the way of our own reading list, so...
My innovative idea for this months theme is.....

Mark's Choice!

and he chooses...Stand on Zanzibar!

That will be our themed read, but we wnat to still have a poll and voting on the random read...so please place your nominations for August read here

also, i'm not too proud to beg people to read this book. just ask me! i will beg, beg, beg people to enjoy this classic novel.

Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith

'Cos I am SO looking for a reason to re-read this fantastic, creepy, clever, thrilling, thoughtful, surprising and all round damn good book.

How about another Mark book, Footfall by Larry Niven.

outstanding nomination, Kevin!

mark wrote: "outstanding nomination, Kevin!"

Thanks, I know you been wanting to read this for a while since you kept on nominating it. I'm just trying to keep up with theme of the month.

Why not Roadside Picnic?

Farmer's To Your Scattered Bodies Go. I need to read that this year, and then I can narrow down my choices for when it gets to be my turn!

by Larry Niven. A fantastic read.

I second Roadside Picnic

Hi Maggie,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this question, but......
I've been a Science Fiction reader since the late 1960s, early 1970s, I really enjoy Cliff Simak, Arthur C. Clark, and (more recently) Greg Bear. I've often relied on the reviews in LOCUS magazine. (Is LOCUS still being "published" ?) But, I've strayed a bit (focusing more on Fantasy and Horror.. really enjoy Matheson, Wilson and King and the Pendergast novels by Preston and Child)) over the past 15 years or so. Would you have any sugeestions that would help "re-ignite" my passion for Science Fiction, both classic and and more recent?
Thanks,
Bob

I really love the cyberpunk genre and need a lame excuse to re-read Vurt by Jeff Noon

Richards nomination sounds great too, so I second Only Forward

I second Vurt.

Just too much to read right now already and the only science fiction I'm ready for are later parts of series... so I won't nominate this time.

Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison

Voyage of the Dead
It's an indie adventure that brings some classic sci-fi themes into a contemporary zombie apocalypse. It's more sci-fi than horror and more about using your brains than eating them. Think Star Trek/Battlestar Galactica meets the Walking Dead. It will be free to download on May 22. I think it's a good read, but I'm a bit biased.
David P. Forsyth

http://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Dead-Sov...

If not, then you can't go wrong with Lucifer's Hammer

Hi, I'm new here so please forgive me if you've already done this one but I'd recommend Thirteen. After Altered Carbon, Morgan's books (while still being great fun) were a bit too similar to each other for my taste. Until Thirteen (which sold here in Australia as "Black Man" - no surprise the name was changed in the US). While still a bash-em-up action story, this took Morgan to a whole new (much deeper) level: social commentary which the reader can choose to ignore or to ponder at length. I love book like that.

Some good ones in there! Sorry DAvid, cant nominate yourself....so I will add Lucifer's hammer.

and Bob- there is so MUCH to love in Sci-Fi! Check out some of different lists we have on the site.
This one:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...
is a list of everuones favorites that we each added to. Feel free to add your favorite if it isnt on there!