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issybird

04-22-2016 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by fantasyfan (Post 3304630)

I'll nominate A Door Into Summer by Robert A Heinlein.

A popular and enduring time travel tale by one of science fiction's all-time greats

This sounds good to me, but I'm out of nominations. Here's the US Kindle link; it's a very reasonable $6.39.

JSWolf

04-22-2016 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird (Post 3304637)

This sounds good to me, but I'm out of nominations. Here's the US Kindle link; it's a very reasonable $6.39.

Speaking of reasonable, The Atrocity Archives is available for free via Overdrive at some libraries. So if your library is one of them and you can get it, free is the best deal of all.

drofgnal

04-22-2016 06:33 PM

I'll second A Door Into Summer

issybird

04-22-2016 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf (Post 3304646)

Speaking of reasonable, The Atrocity Archives is available for free via Overdrive at some libraries. So if your library is one of them and you can get it, free is the best deal of all.

I know! That's why I seconded Brave New World, which I haven't read since adolescence. Boston OverDrive has just acquired it. (You could always get it after me... :D )

JSWolf

04-22-2016 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird (Post 3304649)

I know! That's why I seconded Brave New World, which I haven't read since adolescence. Boston OverDrive has just acquired it. (You could always get it after me... :D )

No need. I've read Brave new World and it's not worth a reread. BPL has two or three different eBook versions. If I wanted it, Clams has it available for borrow.

Dazrin

04-22-2016 07:18 PM

It is late enough in this process that I can start looking into what is available for me at my library.

6 out of 10 of the (partially) nominated books are free or available in some format from the library. Of the remaining 4, 2 are priced at $3 (Steerswoman and Looking Through Lace) and the others are $9-$12 (and don't really interest me for this month anyway).

Good availability this month so far, yay!

Spoiler:

pdurrant

04-23-2016 02:20 PM

The Door into Summer is wonderful. I'll use my second token to give it a third nomination.

GA Russell

04-24-2016 12:34 AM

I third Brave New World.

GA Russell

04-24-2016 12:45 AM

I would like to read some HG Wells some time soon. I have already read The Time Machine, and I know how War of the Worlds ends.

So I will nominate The Invisible Man.

Amazon (free)
http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-...dp/B00L01GJ6M/
http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-...dp/B0082Q69I6/

Kobo - 48 cents
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...lobal-classics

B&N nook - 99 cents
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...=2940151455633

WT Sharpe

04-24-2016 01:10 AM

Seeing nothing I wish to second, and having recently read The Invisible Man as an audiobook, I'd like to nominate one that hasn't been nominated since 2011 (it lost), The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

From Amazon:

Quote:

The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course there’s a catch to the invitation–and a prophetic vision about the purpose of human life that only Vonnegut has the courage to tell.

338 pages.

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Sirens-Titan-K.../dp/B0012RMVCK

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...irens_of_Titan

WT Sharpe

04-24-2016 01:28 AM

Hmmm... The Invisible Man was on the ballot in January. The six month rule states, "Any book that has received three nominations during a nomination period is automatically disqualified from being re-nominated for a period of six months." Technically, I can see an out for this one, as the book did not receive any nominations in January as January was a Second-Chance month, so I'll allow it this time, but we may want to revisit the six month rule in the Discussion/Suggestion thread.

din155

04-24-2016 11:17 AM

I second The Sirens of Titan.

Dazrin

04-24-2016 05:18 PM

I will third The Sirens of Titan.

GA Russell

04-24-2016 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe (Post 3305222)

Hmmm... The Invisible Man was on the ballot in January. The six month rule states, "Any book that has received three nominations during a nomination period is automatically disqualified from being re-nominated for a period of six months." Technically, I can see an out for this one, as the book did not receive any nominations in January as January was a Second-Chance month, so I'll allow it this time, but we may want to revisit the three month rule in the Discussion/Suggestion thread.

OK, if there is a problem with The Invisible Man, I will withdraw that nomination, and substitute another by HG Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Amazon (free)
http://www.amazon.com/Island-Doctor-.../dp/B0083Z3M7W

Kobo (99 cents)
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...ctor-moreau-34

B&N nook (99 cents)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hg-w...lls/1122188332

WT Sharpe

04-24-2016 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GA Russell (Post 3305547)

Now that one is a problem. That book was one of our winners in 2011. Great book, though.

I really don't see a problem with The Invisible Man, because it hasn't actually received any nominations in a year, and if we were to apply the six month rule to second chance options, that would mean it couldn't be renominated for over a year when categories into which it could fit come up again, which doesn't seem fair.

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