This month I’ll be participating in SF Month 2024, with a focus on science fiction: in addition to my reading, I’ll also occasionally participate in the prompts that are posted, combining them with Top Ten Tuesdays and What are You Reading Wednesdays as needed. Today’ prompt is our main TBR for this month, which for me is The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula le Guin. I finally read her for the first time a few weeks back, doing a buddy read with Cyberkitten of The Dispossessed, but Left Hand will give me more experience & will knock off another category in the Science Fiction Book Bingo game hosted by At Boundary’s Edge. The bingo game will orient a lot of my reading, I think, and we’ll see how close I get to a complete sweep. What to expect?
First up, Star Trek. I’d started Firewall (the new Seven novel) but gotten distracted by some paper or other. In addition to that, the new Strange New Worlds novel, Asylum, is dropping on November 5th. That date is easy to remember to remember for some reason. Also, Nana Visitor (Major Kira) just released a book called Open a Channel: A Woman’s Trek which is about how women were shaped by and shaped Star Trek over the years.
Becky Chambers’ Long Way to a Small Angry Planet will probably feature, as will Jumpnauts, a 2024 release that’s also a work in translation.
I’ll also be revisiting a favorite by trying Daniel Suarez’s Delta V, about asteroid mining, which has a sequel called Critical Mass these days. I may also revisit Doctorow, who I’ve not read in a while. I also want to try Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man, a collection of short stories by the master. Oh, and some Firefly.
I think that will do for a start!
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Looking forward to it…! [grin]
Nov 5th is *easy* to remember for me too: Guy Fawkes & I’m getting my Flu shot… [does Snoopy dance].
I can only imagine getting excited about a shot if it involves pretty nurses, but perhaps that sneaks up on people — like birding. 😉
Oh, its an age thing, plus I’ve had flu before (twice) and *never* want it again! That and the whole death thing – its kind of limiting, especially with SO many books unread.
Definitely understand that.
We just went to the star trek set redesign in Ti and I feel so prepped for scifi month 😂😂 hope you enjoy your reads!
Will you be doing the Neuromancer readalong?
No, I don’t think so — I read it just last year and will have a lot on my plate!
Ahh, yeah, if you just read it, that would be a waste of time then 🙂
I might try Snow Crash for my cyberpunk fix, time depending, but it just depends on where the mood takes me..
I rather enjoyed Snow Crash when I read it years ago. Not sure what I’d think of it now though.
The Illustrated Man is great! Have fun!
https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/10/19/scifi-month-2024-my-plans/
I’m not surprised! Bradbury was great.
Hurray Sci-Fi month is here! It’s your time and I hope you have the best month! I read the Left Hand of Darkness in 2020 and out of the few Leguin I’ve read so far this one was my favourite, I hope you enjoy it!
Open a Channel also sounds very interesting I can’t wait to see what you think of it 🙂 And now I want to re-watch Firefly too!! & This might be a sign to continue my watch of the Star Trek movies that I had started a couple of months ago. I’m also currently listening to an middle-grade sci-fi called The Last Cuentista and I’m LOVING IT!
Rewatch? You mean you don’t constantly watch it??? Haven’t heard of Cuentista, but will look into it!
I should do a ST movie rewatch — it’s been a LONG time since I’ve watched any of them, honestly.
I don’t constantly watch it but mostly because my Firefly dvds are at my parent’s house and I don’t have a dvd player at home lol. I could just always sail the 7 seas but I’m not good at it and I’d rather not 😂😂
I’m loving Cuentista so far, I was fully invested from chapter one!
Ahh fun, yeah then it might be time for that then 🙂