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Category Archive: SciFiMonth

Board an Escape Pod: giveaway

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Do you need an Escape Pod in your life? Sure you do. Escape Pod is the Hugo-nominated podcast for the very best SF audio fiction in the universe – but to celebrate its 15th birthday, Escape Pod is crossing the streams and entering print for the first time. And thanks to Titan Books, I’ve got a copy to give away!

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October 18, 2020 Giveaways, SciFiMonth 2020, Special Features

SciFiMonth Classic Read-along: Golden Witchbreed

SciFiMonth Read-Along: Golden Witchbreed
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One of the joys of SciFiMonth is a big buddy read. For our classic read-along, I’d like to introduce you to Golden Witchbreed, an epic of knife-edge (and knifepoint) diplomacy, beguiling world-building and cultural tension as humanity tries to persuade the post-apocalyptic world of Orthe to open its doors to the galaxy.

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September 27, 2020 Read-Alongs, SciFiMonth 2020

SciFiMonth 2020: hailing all channels

#SciFiMonth: 1-30 November 2020
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The engines are warming and the leisurely countdown has begun (we like plenty of time to be sure we don’t forget any books): the good ship SciFiMonth has booked its launch slot and is welcoming crew aboard. Time to talk crew’s quarters, navigation charts and the gorgeous 2020 design kit!

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September 13, 2020 Giveaways, SciFiMonth, SciFiMonth 2020

SciFiMonth 2020: the future is calling

#SciFiMonth: 1-30 November 2020
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2020 may have lasted forever, but it’s time to set our sights on the future. SciFiMonth will be back this November for a month of exploring the coolest genre on or off-planet. Sign up is now open – if you’re interested in joining the finest crew of geeks as we discuss all things science fictional, jump aboard!

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September 1, 2020 Giveaways, SciFiMonth, SciFiMonth 2020

The Sparrow Read-along: week four

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Better late than never, I’m tackling the final week of The Sparrow read-along. When the wheels come off on Rakhat, they take everyone out. At last we know exactly what happened – but how do we feel about it?

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December 11, 2019 Read-Alongs, SciFiMonth 2019

#SciFiMonth: Mission Complete

#SciFiMonth 2019: 1-30 November (background image of a spaceship soaring away from a planet or moon, a distant star gleaming)
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Welcome to final SciFiMonth Mission Status for this year. What a month it’s been: over 330 blog posts plus a treasure trove of tweets, pictures and comments! Thank you all so much for making it our most epic SciFiMonth yet.

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December 2, 2019 Giveaways, SciFiMonth, SciFiMonth 2018

Six Degrees of SFnal Separation: revisited

SciFiMonth 2019: Adventure works in any strand (background image of a distant star gleaming past the curve of a planet)
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Kate over at Books Are My Favourite And Best took over the bookish Six Degrees of Separation meme in 2016: she nominates a book and participants see where it leads them. For SciFiMonth, I ignored Kate’s prompt and issued a SciFiMonth challenge to start at Frankenstein and see how far we could go…

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November 30, 2019 SciFiMonth 2019, Special Features

Current SF authors I really want to read

SciFiMonth 2019: Adventure works in any strand
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Last week, I took a look at backlist SF authors I’m yet to read, focusing on women published before 2000. Today, I’m looking at authors that I’m dying to read publishing SF in the last few years.

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November 26, 2019 SciFiMonth 2019, Top Ten Tuesday

#SciFiMonth Mission Status: week four

#SciFiMonth 2019: 1-30 November (background image of a spaceship soaring away from a planet or moon, a distant star gleaming)
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Welcome to half of the weekly SciFiMonth Mission Status log! I’ll be covering the week’s reviews and read-alongs again this week – hop over to Dear Geek Place for a round-up of the week’s discussions and other comms chatter.

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November 25, 2019 Giveaways, SciFiMonth, SciFiMonth 2018

Book Tag: the SF TV Shows tag

Decorative text: The Sci-Fi TV Shows Book Tag
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Annemieke is on a roll this year! First she created an epic genre reading challenge and for SciFiMonth she has created the SF TV Shows Book Tag. I’ve only seen two of these shows, but I’ve read a lot of books… I can do this, right? Let’s find out…

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November 24, 2019 Book Tags, SciFiMonth 2019

Read-along: Record of a Spaceborn Few – week three

SciFiMonth Read-along: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
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Being part of the Galactic Commons is bringing changes to the Exodan Fleet, and change can be a scary thing. Sometimes you need a bit of perspective to know what’s good for you…

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November 23, 2019 Read-Alongs, SciFiMonth 2019, Wayfarers

The Sparrow Read-along: week three

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On Rakhat, Emilio dances God, transported by the beauty of the alien world and the challenge of learning to communicate with the Runa. On Earth, Vincenzo Giuliani is determined to save the priest who fell from grace.

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November 22, 2019 Read-Alongs, SciFiMonth 2019

Backlist SF authors I really want to read

SciFiMonth 2019: Adventure works in any strand
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We all spend a lot of time focused on recent releases: today, I want to look at SF that has been on the shelf a little longer and – horrifyingly – is disappearing from it as backlist books get so little love in bookshops.

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November 20, 2019 SciFiMonth 2019, Top Ten Tuesday

#SciFiMonth Mission Status: week three

#SciFiMonth 2019: 1-30 November (background image of a spaceship soaring away from a planet or moon, a distant star gleaming)
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We’ve just passed the halfway point on our journey, and the reports are coming in thick and fast from the ground crews and the wider Fleet. Adventure has been found in deep space, on other planets, in other times and dimensions and (of course) in a galaxy far, far away. Let’s take a look…

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November 18, 2019 Giveaways, SciFiMonth, SciFiMonth 2018

Read-along: Record of a Spaceborn Few – week two

SciFiMonth Read-along: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
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In the Exodan Fleet, everyone is guaranteed a home and food on their table, and everyone works to make a contribution to the Fleet in return. But life isn’t without difficulties. This week focuses on the challenges faced by those who make the Fleet their home…

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November 17, 2019 Read-Alongs, SciFiMonth 2019, Wayfarers

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