Mish @ Stage and Canvas is hosting the Sci-fi challenge, which basically encourages the participants to read "3.14 or 8 sci-fi books from August 28 2009 to August 8 2010".
I quite enjoy sci-fi, despite it not being a genre that seems to feature a lot on this blog. So, taking on this challenge makes sense, despite the fact that I find sci-fi novels the hardest to write reviews for.
I already have a couple of ideas on what I'd like to read, including:
- Finishing the Ender saga
- Finishing the K-PAX trilogy
- Philip K Dick's The Man In The High Castle
- A Neil Gaiman (or two)
- A JG Ballard (not read anything by him yet)
- The Master & Margarita (it's been on my TBR for a long time)
- A Stephen King (or the Dark Tower septology, which would finish off the challenge - almost!)
- Cloud Atlas (it's on the Guardian list - didn't realize it was sci-fi)
Yep, I know that's more than a couple, and I'm sure I'll deviate and not stick to the above, at all! And maybe - just maybe - I'll cover more than eight! I am tempted to do 3.14 though....
Do you like sci-fi? Are you contemplating joining in? Or, do you have any recommendations?
Am looking forward to this - thanks Mish!
Edit: Just realized I've done eight sci-fi books this year, starting in Jan, so... that encourages me somewhat.