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I’m having so much fun reading sci-fi this month that I want to keep going. I want to cram as much into the end of Carl’s Sci-fi Experience as possible, but I can’t decide what to read. I’ve bought too many books and it turns out a whole lot of them are sci-fi.
Would you like to help me choose my next sci-fi book? Right now I’m considering:
‘Shipbreaker’ – Paulo Bacigalupi: This is Bacigallupi’s first YA novel. Carl reviewed it in January and it sounds very tempting right now. Also I said I was going to do a better job of keeping an equal balance of author genders in my reading and right now it’s not exactly going to plan.
‘Behemoth’ – Scott Westerfeld: Also YA and the sequel to ‘Leviathan’. I’m never sure if steam punk is a sub-genre of sci-fi, or a totally different book category. I suck at making distinctions between similar genres, so if anyone wants to advise that would be lovely.
'Dust’ – Elizabeth Bear: My copy has finally arrived and although I’ve missed participating in the main discussion for The Women of Sci-fi readalong I still fancy giving it a go this year.
‘Kraken’ – China Melville: I just don’t see how giant squid sci-fi could go wrong for me, but it is huge. I couldn’t fit it in my work handbag (which is very large itself) so I’d need to put two books into rotation.
‘Cyberabad Days’ – Ian McDonald: Short stories of sci-fi, set in India, which I bought after Carl reviewed it. Does it seem like I should be reading books Carl reviewed during Carl’s Experience?
'To Say Nothing of the Dog' - Connie Willis: Very kindly given to me by Nymeth. For some reason I thought this was fantasy, but I'm not sure why. Time travel and chaos theory are sci-fi right?
Which do you think sounds the funnest?
Perhaps you’re wondering why I’m even considering reading more sci-fi when my resolution to read one non-fiction book a month is clearly floundering. We are being quiet about that people, there are sparkly, fantastical science things to explore ;)
Would you like to help me choose my next sci-fi book? Right now I’m considering:
‘Shipbreaker’ – Paulo Bacigalupi: This is Bacigallupi’s first YA novel. Carl reviewed it in January and it sounds very tempting right now. Also I said I was going to do a better job of keeping an equal balance of author genders in my reading and right now it’s not exactly going to plan.
‘Behemoth’ – Scott Westerfeld: Also YA and the sequel to ‘Leviathan’. I’m never sure if steam punk is a sub-genre of sci-fi, or a totally different book category. I suck at making distinctions between similar genres, so if anyone wants to advise that would be lovely.
'Dust’ – Elizabeth Bear: My copy has finally arrived and although I’ve missed participating in the main discussion for The Women of Sci-fi readalong I still fancy giving it a go this year.
‘Kraken’ – China Melville: I just don’t see how giant squid sci-fi could go wrong for me, but it is huge. I couldn’t fit it in my work handbag (which is very large itself) so I’d need to put two books into rotation.
‘Cyberabad Days’ – Ian McDonald: Short stories of sci-fi, set in India, which I bought after Carl reviewed it. Does it seem like I should be reading books Carl reviewed during Carl’s Experience?
'To Say Nothing of the Dog' - Connie Willis: Very kindly given to me by Nymeth. For some reason I thought this was fantasy, but I'm not sure why. Time travel and chaos theory are sci-fi right?
Which do you think sounds the funnest?
Perhaps you’re wondering why I’m even considering reading more sci-fi when my resolution to read one non-fiction book a month is clearly floundering. We are being quiet about that people, there are sparkly, fantastical science things to explore ;)