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Link to Group: The SF&F Book Chat
[edit] About the Group
The SF&F Book Chat is an online book club with optional meet-ups. The meet-ups take place in Accents Coffee and Tea Lounge in Dublin, Ireland on Wednesdays at 6.30p.m. However, people from outside Dublin (or even Ireland) along with anyone unable to fit the schedule are welcome to participate in the online discussion only.
To ensure variety, the books will be chosen to fit into four different streams, with a bonus "So bad it's good" stream happening when there are 5 Wednesdays in a month. No-one should feel obligated to read all the books, dropping in and out when time and interest is there. It is also possible to choose just one stream, turning it into a monthly book club.
A thread for suggesting titles of books for consideration can be found here: Book Suggestion Thread
[edit] List of books discussed
[edit] Science Fiction
(First Wednesday Monday of the month)
| 1. | Day of the Triffids | by John Wyndham | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 03 August 2011 |
| 2. | Fallen Dragon | by Peter F. Hamilton | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 07 September 2011 |
| 3. | Expedition to Earth | by Arthur C. Clarke | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 05 October 2011 |
| 4. | Moxyland | by Lauren Beukes | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 02 November 2011 |
| 5. | Frankenstein | by Mary Shelley | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 14 December 2011 |
| 6. | Ready Player One | by Ernest Cline | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 01 February 2012 |
| 7. | Night Walk | by Bob Shaw | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 07 March 2012 |
| 8. | Uncharted Territory | by Connie Willis | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 04 April 2012 |
| 9. | The Star in The Country of the Blind | by HG Wells | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 02 May 2012 |
| 10. | Fool's War | by Sarah Zettel | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 06 June 2012 |
| 11. | The High Crusade | by Poul Anderson | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 18 July 2012 |
| 12. | Star Hunter | by Andre Norton | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 01 October 2012 |
| 13. | Redshirts | by John Scalzi | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 05 November 2012 |
| 14. | Vingt mille lieues sous les mers | by Jules Verne | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 03 December 2012 |
[edit] Current Awards
(Second Wednesday Monday of the month)
| 1. | Zoo City | by Lauren Beukes | F | Chat Thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 10 August 2011 |
| 2. | The Testament of Jessie Lamb | by Jane Rogers | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 14 September 2011 |
| 3. | Redemption in Indigo | by Karen Lord | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 12 October 2011 |
| 4. | The Lady Who Plucked Red... | by Rachel Swirsky | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 09 November 2011 |
| 5. | Embassytown | by China Mieville | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 08 February 2012 |
| 6. | Among Others | by Jo Walton | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 14 March 2012 |
| 7. | Nebula Award Short Story Nominees | by Various | - | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 11 April 2012 |
| 8. | Hugo Award Short Story Nominees | by Various | - | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 09 May 2012 |
| 9. | Hugo Award Novelette Nominees | by Various | - | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 13 June 2012 |
| 10. | The Teleportation Accident | by Ned Beauman | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 19 September 2012 |
| 11. | World Fantasy Awards free Short Story Nominees | by Various | - | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 08 October 2012 |
| 12. | A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong | by K.J. Parker | ? | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 12 November 2012 |
| 13. | Gorel And The Pot Bellied God | by Lavie Tidhar | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 10 December 2012 |
[edit] Fantasy
(Third Wednesday Monday of the month)
| 1. | Elantris | by Brandon Sanderson | M | Chat Thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 17 August 2011 |
| 2. | Dracula | by Bram Stoker | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 21 September 2011 |
| 3. | Nation | by Sir Terry Pratchett | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 19 October 2011 |
| 4. | Orlando | by Virginia Woolf | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 16 November 2011 |
| 5. | The Dark is Rising Sequence | by Susan Cooper | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 18 January 2012 |
| 6. | The Anubis Gates | by Tim Powers | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 15 February 2012 |
| 7. | Beauty | by Robin McKinley | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 21 March 2012 |
| 8. | The Fate of the Children of Lir | by Lady Gregory | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 18 April 2012 |
| 9. | Debris | by Jo Anderton | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 16 May 2012 |
| 10. | A Dreamer's Tales | by Lord Dunsany | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 20 June 2012 |
| 11. | Worldsoul | by Liz Williams | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 15 August 2012 |
| 12. | The Tempest | by William Shakespeare | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 12 September 2012 |
| 13. | Coraline | by Neil Gaiman | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 15 October 2012 |
| 14. | Lud-in-the-Mist | by Hope Mirlees | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 19 November 2012 |
| 15. | The Monkey's Wedding:and Other Stories | by Joan Aiken | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 17 December 2012 |
[edit] Cross-Genre
(Fourth Wednesday Monday of the month)
| 1. | Of Blood and Honey | by Stina Leicht | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 24 August 2011 |
| 2. | Infernal Devices | by K.W. Jeter | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 28 September 2011 |
| 3. | World War Z | by Max Brooks | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 26 October 2011 |
| 4. | Magic for Beginners | by Kelly Link | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 23 November 2011 |
| 5. | Analog Jan/Feb 2012 | by Various | - | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 25 January 2012 |
| 6. | Across the Universe | by Beth Revis | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 22 February 2012 |
| 7. | The Mist | by Stephen King | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 28 March 2012 |
| 8. | Neverwhere | by Neil Gaiman | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 25 April 2012 |
| 9. | Fledgling | by Octavia Butler | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 23 May 2012 |
| 10. | Emphyrio | by Jack Vance | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 27 June 2012 |
| 11. | A Study in Emerald | by Neil Gaiman | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 26 September 2012 |
| 12. | Snow Crash | by Neal Stephenson | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 22 October 2012 |
| 13. | Tides from the New Worlds | by Tobias Buckell | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 26 November 2012 |
[edit] So Bad It's Good or Kiddie Fiction
(Fifth Wednesday of the month)
| 1. | When the Wind Blows | by James Patterson | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 31 August 2011 |
| 2. | Dolphin Island | by Arthur C. Clarke | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 30 November 2011 |
| 3. | Jack and the Beanstalk | by Joseph Jacobs | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 29 February 2012 |
| 4. | Hansel and Gretel | by Brueder Grimm | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: 30 May 2012 |
[edit] Summer Series
| 1. | Newsflesh | by Mira Grant | F | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: July |
| 2. | Professor Challenger | by Arthur Conan Doyle | M | Chat thread | Spoiler-free Thread | Meet-up: August |