In November, we’ll be reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. I’ve heard a number of positive reviews for this recently and hope to see a many of you join us! If you are debating, keep in mind this is looking to be our final Science Fiction Book Club read, so please consider showing your support for it and enjoying one last hurrah … erm, book club read.
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is both more than she seems and less than she was. Years ago, she was the Justice of Toren–a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of corpse soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy.
An act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with only one fragile human body. And only one purpose–to revenge herself on Anaander Mianaai, many-bodied, near-immortal Lord of the Radch.
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WANT TO JOIN IN?
If you would like to join us you can visit our forums and add your name to the list here. Want to know how our Sci-fi Book Club works first? Read on!
CHOOSING A BOOK
All books are nominated and voted on by our members. Anyone can nominate a book and everyone can vote. In December we will be reading Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway.
SPOILER FREE DISCUSSION
Sci-Fi Book Club begins on the 1st of every month. Once a book is started we discuss our books in a way that will not spoil the story. We limit how much you can discuss and when and break it down by week.
Week 1 – You may only discuss the first 1/4 of the book
Week 2 – You may only discuss the first 1/2 of the book
Week 3 – You may only discuss the first 3/4 of the book
Week 4 – Anything goes
We are going to go based on page count. So for example, if a book has 500 pages then week one you can discuss up to page 125 and then week two 250 and so on. Each week will have a separate thread, so as not to spoil the story for people who fall behind or come in late.
WHAT IF YOU WANT TO READ FASTER THAN THAT?
Not a problem at all. You are more than welcome to read ahead, but when discussing things just remember to post in the appropriate thread. And if you’re not sure when something happened, you can always use the spoiler tag to hide your post.
Should you not want any spoilers or discussion during the reading process, just come after the end of week three and start discussing the book once you have finished. (This is how most book clubs operate anyway.)
We would love for you to join us! You can sign up for this month’s book club here or visit our book club section to see all our past selections here.
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Julia Kitvaria Sarene
I very recently got a copy of this book after hearing good review after good review. I can’t wait to dig in! Mayhaps I should sign up on your forums, so I can enjoy the community aspect of it, too.
You should! We’d love to have you. 🙂
Definitely would love to have you join in. I’ve read the first 5 chapters so far and think it should be really good for discussions. The gender blindness of the main character is definitely an interesting aspect.