Welcome to Litsy!

This is a ROMP. Basu says in acknowledgements that he started off retelling the Aladdin story in a spec fic setting but it ended up as something else. You have a city in poverty & crime ruled by colonisers, oligarchs & crime lords, then the family of a disappeared revolutionary find a piece of alien tech. Lots of battles, lots about political systems and the difficulties of revolutions & just fantastic world and character building. ⬇️

Here's my #12Booksof2024 pick for May, not because it's such a good book, but because in May the competition was so thin. We're getting into some months where life crowded out my usual reading volume. Still, if I have to post a flawed book, I'm pleased I can post an *interesting* flawed book, which I think this is.

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(1973) In a near-future US, Jake Conger is a g-man who can turn invisible. In this one, Conger investigates political assassinations whose victims are coming back to life. It's supposed to be funny, and sometimes is: author Goulart is a SF humorist with a very broad style that doesn't appeal to me (anymore: I dug him in my teens). Here Goulart is more restrained than usual: ethnic and boob jokes are at a minimum and I even laughed a few times

2nd book of #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew #YearEnd #20in4 #readathon @Andrew65

Third book in Devoured Worlds series.

What a ride?! At times I thought it was dragging on. Then there was so much action I had to go back and listen to some parts again. And then I checked how much book was left because it just couldn't end yet.

Definitely a series I'll be re-reading.

#SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView

My #12Booksof2024 pick for April was also a #ClassicLSFBC pick. Like several other picks for that group, it's one I've been meaning to read for as long as I can remember but just never got around to -- then upon finally reading it I found out why it has been recommended so often. It's a deliberately paced and thoughtful story that still hangs around in my head.

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#12Booksof2024 I‘m a few days late starting this challenge, but here‘s my picks for the first months of this year. January - Revenge by Tom Bower( Meghan is awful)plus it was the only book I read in January!
February - House of Flame & Shadow by Sarah.J.Maas March - Aurora Rising by Alistair Reynolds, one of the best scifi series I‘ve read.

Complex and exciting series about great ships plying trade among the stars. A conspiracy must be exposed and defeated.

Strong characterization, twisty plot, fascinating aliens and a magnificent AI.

On my way to finish this one... As i know it is at least a trilogy I am not expecting much to be solved. Nicely paced, curious on the TV adaptation...

Well it‘s been 8 years since I first posted about this book when it arrived in a mystery box and I‘ve finally gotten around to reading it! A bit more battered now after the dog got hold of it as a puppy 🙈 but quite enjoyable. A soft pick.

So we have our five nominated books for January, and February, #ClassicLSFBC selection.
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Freedom's Landing by Anne McCaffrey
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
The Zero Stone by Andre Norton
All good choices for sure. Voting starts now until 12/30, with the winner announced New Years Eve. The runner up will be our selection for February.