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A few things before I get into my nomination...
For starters, thanks to all those who participated in The Handmaid's Tale discussion! I kind of threw this all together, and then picked a book dealing with women in a mostly male forum, so I was uncertain how it would all turn out. But we did pretty good. Especial thanks to St. Leo, Che, and Obi-wan for their many contributions.
The thread is still active and needs your participation!
I'm gonna reply to something Che said when I'm done with this one, so you'll have no problem finding it: it'll be Front Page material again. 
March's book has been selected and it is Asimov's Foundation. Now stop groaning some of you: this book is a Giant in the history of science fiction (I'm going to see if I can make the argument that modern science fiction can be dated from the publication of Foundation, but lets save that for the thread, OK?
), and there will be plenty to discuss. Anyway, this will be a book that is easy to find in used book stores and the library, and, having done so already, it is a damn quick read. It was nominated by Clear Skies, btw.
Now for the nominations. The nomination rules are as follows:
1. You must have read the book you are nominating. *
2. Please nominate only 1 book, as to allow others' selections to be listed.
3. The books must be science fiction.
It would also be appreciated if you could link to a good description (Amazon, sfsite.com, whatever) of the book.
On the 15th (or so), I will post a thread listing the nominations with a multiple-choice poll which will allow you to select up to three (3) books. The poll will be timed to end at the end of the month, and the winner will be the book we read in April. If there is a tie, I make the decision as to which book to read.**
My April Nomination is Excession, by Iain M. Banks. This book is awesome: it is deep in themes, the civilization that Banks created is complex, shiite, I could go on and on. Warning: This is a difficult, complex book: Banks is an author, one who demands far more from his readers than creative typists like Timothy Zahn or Robert Jordan.
To quote Amazon: "It's not easy to disturb a mega-utopia as vast as the one Iain M. Banks has created in his popular Culture series, where life is devoted to fun and ultra-high-tech is de rigueur. But more than two millennia ago the appearance--and disappearance--of a star older than the universe caused quite a stir. Now the mystery is back, and the key to solving it lies in the mind of the person who witnessed the first disturbance 2,500 years ago. But she's dead, and getting her to cooperate may not be altogether easy"
* For the reasoning behind this rule, read my arguments in this thread.
**Yeah, I know: it sounds kind of arbitrary and capricious on my part. But the nature of the medium kind of dictates that it be this way: do I run yet another thread for a runoff? How long should that poll run for? Ugh. Sometimes you just have to cut through the BS and make a decision. But I can be wrong: if y'all wanna discuss this and come up with alternatives, this is the thread to do it in.
For starters, thanks to all those who participated in The Handmaid's Tale discussion! I kind of threw this all together, and then picked a book dealing with women in a mostly male forum, so I was uncertain how it would all turn out. But we did pretty good. Especial thanks to St. Leo, Che, and Obi-wan for their many contributions.
The thread is still active and needs your participation!
I'm gonna reply to something Che said when I'm done with this one, so you'll have no problem finding it: it'll be Front Page material again. March's book has been selected and it is Asimov's Foundation. Now stop groaning some of you: this book is a Giant in the history of science fiction (I'm going to see if I can make the argument that modern science fiction can be dated from the publication of Foundation, but lets save that for the thread, OK?
), and there will be plenty to discuss. Anyway, this will be a book that is easy to find in used book stores and the library, and, having done so already, it is a damn quick read. It was nominated by Clear Skies, btw. Now for the nominations. The nomination rules are as follows:
1. You must have read the book you are nominating. *
2. Please nominate only 1 book, as to allow others' selections to be listed.
3. The books must be science fiction.
It would also be appreciated if you could link to a good description (Amazon, sfsite.com, whatever) of the book.
On the 15th (or so), I will post a thread listing the nominations with a multiple-choice poll which will allow you to select up to three (3) books. The poll will be timed to end at the end of the month, and the winner will be the book we read in April. If there is a tie, I make the decision as to which book to read.**
My April Nomination is Excession, by Iain M. Banks. This book is awesome: it is deep in themes, the civilization that Banks created is complex, shiite, I could go on and on. Warning: This is a difficult, complex book: Banks is an author, one who demands far more from his readers than creative typists like Timothy Zahn or Robert Jordan.
To quote Amazon: "It's not easy to disturb a mega-utopia as vast as the one Iain M. Banks has created in his popular Culture series, where life is devoted to fun and ultra-high-tech is de rigueur. But more than two millennia ago the appearance--and disappearance--of a star older than the universe caused quite a stir. Now the mystery is back, and the key to solving it lies in the mind of the person who witnessed the first disturbance 2,500 years ago. But she's dead, and getting her to cooperate may not be altogether easy"
* For the reasoning behind this rule, read my arguments in this thread.
**Yeah, I know: it sounds kind of arbitrary and capricious on my part. But the nature of the medium kind of dictates that it be this way: do I run yet another thread for a runoff? How long should that poll run for? Ugh. Sometimes you just have to cut through the BS and make a decision.
But I can be wrong: if y'all wanna discuss this and come up with alternatives, this is the thread to do it in.
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