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Category Archive: SciFiMonth 2019

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

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 Features, SciFiMonth 2019, six degrees of separation

Current SF authors I really want to read

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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

Book Tag: the SF TV Shows 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

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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

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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

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

The Sparrow Read-along: week two

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Blessed with impressive funding and free from the concerns of global politics or corporate profit, a mission to another planet becomes far more feasible. But the Jesuits believe they have another advantage in their corner: Deus vult.

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November 13, 2019 Read-Alongs, SciFiMonth 2019

5 Star SF Books In 5 Words

SciFiMonth 2019: Adventure works in any strand (background image of a spaceship soaring away from a planet or moon, a distant star gleaming)
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Lauren at Always Me brought the 5 Star Books In 5 Words tag (originally created by Matthew Sciarappa) to #SciFiMonth and damn straight I can’t resist it.

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November 12, 2019 Book Tags, SciFiMonth 2019

Six Degrees of SFnal Separation

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You know the saying: no two people in the world (uncontacted peoples excepted) are more than six social connections apart. But what interesting reading journeys can we find if we apply it to thematic connections between books?
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November 10, 2019 Features, SciFiMonth 2019, six degrees of separation

A Memory Called Empire: poetry and politics

Book title: A Memory Called Empire - Arkady MartineWhen Teixcalaan requests a new ambassador from Lsel Station and refuses to say why, the Council assume the worst. But it’s far worse than that…

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November 9, 2019 2020, Reviews, SciFiMonth 2019

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

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From the ground, we stand; From our ships, we live; By the stars, we hope

Welcome to the Exodan Fleet.

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November 8, 2019 Read-Alongs, SciFiMonth 2019, Wayfarers

The Sparrow Read-along: week one

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30 years ago, the Society of Jesus sent a ship to Alpha Centauri to make first contact with alien singers. Only one man survived, rescued and returned to Earth a physical and emotional wreck amidst rumours of murder and sin. But what really happened to Father Emilio Sandoz on Rakhat?

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November 6, 2019 Read-Alongs, SciFiMonth 2019

SciFiMonth 2019: the adventure starts here

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The mercury is dropping. The clocks are going back (that counts as time travel, right?). And aboard the good ship SciFiMonth, the engines are roaring for lift off. Winter starts here: time for your favourite month-long geek-out over all things science fictional!

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November 1, 2019 Giveaways, SciFiMonth, SciFiMonth 2019

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