- Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Trilogy #1) (2000) by Alastair ReynoldsGoatocado, Richmond, VA
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Trilogy #1) (2000) by Alastair Reynolds is the winner of our June 22 poll!
The highly-acclaimed first novel in the Revelation Space universe—a debut that has redefined the space opera with a staggering journey across vast gulfs of time and space to confront the very nature of reality itself...
“[A] TOUR DE FORCE…RAVISHINGLY INVENTIVE.”—Publishers Weekly
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason—and if that reason is uncovered, the universe—and reality itself—could be irrevocably altered...Abe's Note: The first academic book about the "New Space Opera" subgenre of science fiction uses the name of a ship in this book as its subtitle -- Jerome Winter's Science Fiction, New Space Opera, and Neoliberal Globalism: Nostalgia for Infinity (2017).
- VOTING NOW OPEN to pick a FANTASY BOOK for this July 13 event!Link visible for attendees
Voting is now open to select a FANTASY book for this July 13 online event! You can vote here: https://forms.gle/QotrRb55cbSj6yaU7
The poll will close next Sunday, June 9 at 1pm.
Here are the options this time around:
RENOMINATED: The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms #1) (2021) by Tasha Suri - 533 pages
RENOMINATED (Canada): Jade City (Green Bone Saga #1) (2017) by Fonda Lee - 560 pages
RENOMINATED: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) (2023) by Shannon Chakraborty - 483 pages
RENOMINATED (The Phillipines): The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch #1) (2017) by Rin Chupeco - 411 pages
SUBGENRE SPOTLIGHT: A Stranger in Olondria (2013) by Sofia Samatar - 299 pages
AROUND THE WORLD (Nigeria): Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (2023) by Wole Talabi - 320 pages