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Science Fiction Challenge, 2011 -- COMPLETE!

Jan 04, 2011 00:15

There are three options to complete this challenge.

Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles)
Regular Challenge: Read one novel in all 35 categories in Parts A-D. A maximum of 5 titles may ( Read more... )

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hahaha, TBR to add to! comrade_cat January 4 2011, 12:14:37 UTC

Might I suggest Bimbos of the Death Sun, by Sharyn McCrumb, for Meta-SF (if I'm interpreting the genre name right) - if you've ever been to a con? The sequel, Zombies of the Gene Pool, is a completely different tone, but the first one is really funny.

For Gaylactic Spectrum may I suggest my fav winners:
Dark Water's Embrace - Steven Leigh (intersex, gender roles)
The Wild Swans - Peg Kerr (gay)
Fire Logic - Laurie J Marks (gay, lesbian)

Also, Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams, is a pretty good novel of the singularity.

AI:
Shelter - Susan Palwick
Hellspark - Janet Kagan

Undersea:
Dark Life - Kat Falls (YA)

Prix Aurora:
Passion Play - Sean Stewart
Nobody's Son - Sean Stewart

Prometheus Award (even though Libertarianism itself drives me batty):
Little Brother - Cory Doctorow ( ... )

Re: hahaha, TBR to add to! comrade_cat January 4 2011, 12:28:00 UTC

Argh, wait, you're separating F & SF, aren't you? Um okay, move Fire Logic, Wild Swans, & Nobody's Son over to fantasy . . .

Re: hahaha, TBR to add to! phoenixfalls January 4 2011, 19:48:39 UTC

Hmmm. . . lessee. . .

I've never heard of the two AI novels you mention, or the undersea one, so I'll check those out!

I was already planning Passion Play for the Aurora Award, because Nobody's Son is currently on my top 10 fantasy novels of all time list. ;)

And I was going to use a Le Guin for the Prometheus Award category, but have been meaning to give Cory Doctorow a try one of these days, so I'll check that out too!

(And I'll keep the Kerr and the Marks in mind for the Fantasy Challenge! I've heard good things about both of those. . .)

and Doctorow comrade_cat January 4 2011, 20:12:55 UTC

I don't like regular Cory Doctorow, he gets a little too present tense and fancy for me - but his nonfic and YA novels are awesome.

Re: hahaha, TBR to add to! phoenixfalls January 4 2011, 19:51:48 UTC

Oh, and Mundane SF is a term Geoff Ryman coined for SF that doesn't engage in traditional SF escapism but instead operates under the assumption that our current understanding of the laws of physics is essentially correct; basically we aren't getting off this planet and aliens aren't going to invade and make us band together, so we're going to have to deal with learning how to live here without killing ourselves. So of course, practically any dystopia fits. . . I was probably going to read something by Ryman for that category; I have a copy of The Child Garden sitting staring at me from my bookshelf. . .

(See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundane_SF for all the rules, lol.)

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