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Hi everyone,

It's that time again! Please send in your nominations for our October Books of the Month by replying to this post. As always, every member may nominate one SF and/or one fantasy novel. You can nominate anything --- one of your favorite books, something you're planning to read soon, something that looks new and interesting. I'll set up the first round of polls on July 20th, so make sure to add your nominations before that date.

Stefan

NOMINATIONS SO FAR:

FANTASY:

Scar Night by Alan Campbell
Eve of Darkness by S.J. Day
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Benighted by Kit Whitfield
A Madness of Angels Or The Resurrection of Matthew Swift by Kate Griffin
In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
To Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts
Storm Front by Jim Butcher

SF:

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
The Sky People by S.M. Stirling
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan]
Julian Comstock A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson

Scar Night by Alan Campbell for my fantasy, and Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds for my scifi. (Might as well keep nominating them - I'm reading them anyway.)

For fantasy, I'd like to nominate Eve of Darkness by S.J. Day. I'm about 1/3 of the way through and really enjoying it. It's the first installment of a trilogy that's being released on a book-per-month basis this summer. The second one just came out and the third one is due soon.

For science fiction, I'd like to make an unusual nomination: The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier. Jo Walton talked about it on Tor.com and I picked up a copy on my last trip to the library. It's a time-travel novel.

I would like to nominate The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut as a scifi book. For fantasy, The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski, which I read not too long ago and think this group would really enjoy.

They all sound good. I would like to nominate Benightedby Kit Whitfield for fantasy. For sci-fi, The Sky Peopleby S.M. Stirling

I would like to nominate In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente for fantasy and The Forever War by Joe Haldeman for science fiction.

Yes, I almost nominated In the Night Garden! I have been dying to read one of her books! I don't know why I bother nominating anything becaue I have more than enough difficulty deciding. I may not vote for the books I nominated :)

I nominated her newest novel,
Palimpsest, last month. There's a short story that's connected to the novel up on her website, and it's absolutely gorgeous. I haven't read anything else by her yet, but just based on that short piece, she's an author to watch for me.

I've just added all current nominations to the first post in this thread. Looking good so far!

That's funny Stefan, as I'd read the same short story, which is why I think I nominated it last month :) Either way, I hope one of her books makes it through to a group read. As for scifi, I've been in the mood to read classics that I never before got around to so I'm happy to see some of those popping up.

For sci-fi it's a hard choice. I've been reading a lot of science fiction lately. So let's go with a nomination for Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan.

For fantasy I've found a new author that's been rather interesting to read. I've read the 3rd book in this series and have recently bought 1 & 2. So I nominate The Blade Itself The First Law: Book One by Joe Ambercrombie

Sandi wrote: "For fantasy, I'd like to nominate Eve of Darkness by S.J. Day. I'm about 1/3 of the way through and really enjoying it. It's the first installment of a trilogy that's being release..."

Concerning The House on the Strand, I have a friend who has read this book once a year for the last forty years. I, however, have never been able to make it too far into it. I think the science fiction element of it disturbs me a little; it's incongruous in a Du Maurier novel. I think on her as a master of suspense and modern gothicism -- hence, I suppose, the qualification that it's an "unusual nomination".

I do think, though, that it's a good nomination for a science fiction book club. It could bring forth a lot of discussion about the nature of science fiction, as well as discussion about Du Maurier's place in sci-fi/fantasy.

I'm going to add a couple of nominations myself this time...

Science fiction: Julian Comstock A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson. I usually don't nominate books that are only out in hardcover, but this one is just simply too good to pass up. We read Spin by this author a while back (and the author joined us for the discussion). It's still one of the highest rate SF books in our Hall of Fame. Julian Comstock A Story of 22nd-Century America is very different but just as good, if not better. One of the best SF books I've read in a while.

Fantasy: To Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts. I recently read The Curse of the Mistwraith for another group discussion and was simply blown away by it. To Ride Hell's Chasm is a standalone I haven't read yet, but if Mistwraith is anything to go by, it should be an excellent read. (And as a bonus, we have the author in the group, so we can pick her brain and ask questions about the book!)

I liked To Ride Hell's Chasm. It's a good stand alone novel.

I know I'm whining, but now I don't know what to vote for. They all sound so good.

I'd like to nominate Storm Front by Jim Butcher for fantasy. This is the first of the Dresden Files books, which I've been wanting to read.

Okay folks, I've just set up the first round of polls! They'll be up until July 25th, and then the top 2 from each poll will move on to run-off polls. As always, feel free to campaign for your choices!