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Have the mosquitoes been biting you this summer? Whew! While you’re thinking about that, what books have you been itching to read and discuss? Now is your chance to scratch that itch and nominate books for our October 2024 Books of the Month!

Each group member can make 1 science fiction and/or 1 fantasy nomination. A couple of suggestions to keep in mind:

1. Telling us a little about the book and why you think it would be a good group read can help get other members interested in reading (and voting for) your nomination. If possible, please use a link to the book and author in your nomination post. Click on “add book/author" for an easy way to do that.

2. To see if your nomination has already been read by the group, you can check:

a. The Beyond Reality Google spreadsheet of Previous Books of the Month, available at this link: ". To search for a specific title, use the "Find and Replace" option under the EDIT menu. Don't worry, you will be able to find a title but you will not be able to replace it since the spreadsheet is in "View Only" mode.

b. the group's bookshelf for Previous Books of the Month

c. the topic threads on this page: Previous BotM Master Lists

Books the group has read in the past 2 years are not eligible for current consideration. Being chosen as a past BotM prior to that time is not an automatic disqualification, but be aware that it may hinder your nomination’s chances at the polls.

General guidelines:
� Feel free to re-nominate a book that didn’t win in the polls in previous months!
� For questions regarding specifics such as book formats, books in series, self-nomination, and various rules for nominations, please see the group FAQ.
� Seconding is NOT necessary in this group.
� Friendly discussion & debate is strongly encouraged, but please keep things civil.

Poll schedule:
� Nominations will remain open through Thursday, July 18.
� The first (preliminary) round of polls will open Friday, July 19 and will run through Thursday, July 25.
� The final run-off polls open Friday, July 26 and will run through Wednesday, July 31.

Thanks!
Kathi, for the Mods

NOMINATIONS SO FAR:
FANTASY:
Him by Geoff Ryman
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
The Master of Whitestorm by Janny Wurts
The Magic of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
The Book of Love by Kelly Link

SCIENCE FICTION:
Airside by Christopher Priest
Provenance by Ann Leckie
Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt
A Thousand Words for Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda
The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis

Winter in Eden

Winter in Eden by Harry Harrison

Mike wrote: "Winter in Eden

Winter in Eden by Harry Harrison"

From our FAQ section: 1- Sequels may only be nominated if the first book of that series has already been a previous Book-of-the-Month (e.g. book 3 only if we've read books 1 and 2, and so on), so group members will be more likely to have already started that series, and are therefore more likely to be able to join in on a discussion of that series.

Winter in Eden by Harry Harrison is listed as Book 2 in the Eden trilogy. Our group has not read & discussed Book 1 (West of Eden) as a Book of the Month, so book 2 is not eligible to be nominated. Would you like to nominate book 1 instead, or perhaps some other book?

Thanks!

I’d like to nominate Him by Geoff Ryman for fantasy

and

Airside by Christopher Priest for SF.

Both well regarded and clever authors whose works I have previously enjoyed.

I'll try, just once, to give another spin to my nominations in the previous round:

The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson for fantasy;
Provenance by Ann Leckie for scii-fi.

There are still a few days to make nominations. What would you like to read and discuss this fall?

I have previously nominated these 2 and thought I’d try again.
SF: Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt
Fantasy: The Master of Whitestorm by Janny Wurts

Both stand-alone, both by authors whose work I really enjoy.

I am going to go with A Thousand Words for Stranger for science fiction.

And a book I've been wanted to re-read for fantasy, The Magic of Recluce

I'll propose The Book of Love by Kelly Link again for fantasy.

For SF, how about The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis? I haven't read Willis in a while - her books either break your heart or make you giggle out loud and this looks like one of her funny ones.

Last day for nominations!

Polls will go up tomorrow—I hope in the morning, but I have several commitments tomorrow, so it may be later in the day. Thanks for understanding!

I found a bit of time this morning to get the polls up! Yay!

Fantasy Preliminary Poll

SF Preliminary Poll

The preliminary polls will be open through July 25. Please vote!

Remember, the preliminary polls are open through tomorrow, July 25. If you already voted, thank you! (And remember, you can change your vote until the poll closes�) If you haven’t voted, please do so!

Thanks!

The final polls to choose our October 2024 Books of the Month are now open and will remain open for voting through the end of July.

Fantasy Final Poll for October 2024 BotM

SF Final Poll for October 2024 BotM

Please vote, and thank you!

Don’t forget to vote before the end of July (officially, midnight PDT). You can change your vote if you’ve already voted, or make your initial vote if you haven’t yet done so. The polls are close, so make your preferences known!