Book of the Month Vote Here

Hello /c/sciencefiction, it is that time of the month. Time to vote for the book of the month. The options are loosely collected from the most voted and discussed books in the “What are you Reading” thread for August.

At the end of the month the poll will be closed and the winner will be the book of the month for August 2023. Myself and hopefully some others will read this book over the following month and then near the end of the month a discussion post will be made to talk about it. Feel free to participate or not at your leisure.

Once the book is chosen it will be set to “Reading” status on the community BookWyrm account here. https://bookwyrm.social/user/ScienceFiction Feel free to follow this account with your own BookWyrm account so other members can find you. This can help people find book recommendations of like minded science fiction readers.

Here are this months selection

    • positiveWHAT@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      “Consider Phlebas” is the ultimate 80’s Space Adventure. I say I’m a fantasy guy, but that’s my favorite book currently.

      • Sim@lemmy.nz
        2·
        1 year ago

        Great story, you’ve reminded me how much I enjoyed it. Thanks!

      • shua_too@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Have you read the rest of the Culture series? I’ve got them all on my Kobo but haven’t started.

        • positiveWHAT@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          The only other one I’ve read [Use of Weapons] felt overly goofy. I dig the bits it added, but “Consider Phlebas” had some special feel.

          • Cruxifux@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            I liked use of weapons personally, but it’s one of the ones I liked the least. I enjoyed the character of Charedenine Zakalwe or however the fuck you spell it. But stuff like The Hydrogen Sonata and Player of Games and Surface Detail and Excession really rocked.

      • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        It was a revelation when I found out he wrote “the egg”. That was my favorite internet story. He’s my favorite living author (RIP Adams and Pratchett)