It’s a Thanksgiving miracle…this is the second book tag I’ve done this month! Ha ha, enjoy because it will probably be a long time before I do another one. And Happy Thanksgiving to my U.S. readers! I hope your day is filled with books, lovely food and family/friend time.
I decided to squeeze this in at the end of #SciFiMonth after being tagged by the lovely imyril at onemore.org, and it’s worth noting that this tag was created by Annemieke from A Dance With Books! Thanks for the tag, imyril! This was actually fun and not too taxing on my brain, so here we go:
Stargate SG-1: A book with wormholes
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi. I may be cheating a bit with this, but what the hell. In The Collapsing Empire, there is an interesting way to travel between planets called the Flow, a conduit that enables quick travel over vast distances. This is sort of like a wormhole, right?
Stargate Atlantis: A retelling set in space
Cinder by Marissa Meyer. This is the book that immediately came to mind for this prompt. It’s Cinderella in space, the start to Meyer’s wonderful Lunar Chronicles. I’m assuming many of you have read this, but if not, it’s one of my favorite YA science fiction stories.
Stargate Universe: A book with characters taken a long way from home
The Donovan Series by W. Michael Gear. This series takes place on the planet of Donovan, where a group of settlers have come to start a new life and hopefully grow a community. The chances of anyone on Donovan ever going home are slim, and travel to and from the planet is extremely dangerous. I’m loving this series, and the fourth book comes out next year!
Star Trek: A book with space discovery or visiting multiple planets
Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather. The Order of Saint Rita is on a mission to bring comfort and healing to colonists on many planets and moons scattered throughout the galaxy. I adored this book, and despite the fact that it’s about nuns in space, there are some terrifying moments in the story.
Defiance: A book with multiple alien races
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente. This story was crazy and fun! And there are many different alien races. Highly recommended if you’re looking for a lighter read that’s heavy on humor.
Fringe: A book that uses the term or has pseudo-science
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory. Technically this isn’t science fiction, but I had a hard time trying to find a book that deals with “pseudo-science.” In this wonderful story, the Telemachus family is famous for having psychic abilities, and Gregory gives us an unforgettable family saga with lots of heart and humor. Everyone should read this book!
Fallen Skies: A book with alien invasion
Armada by Ernest Cline. This was a fun, fast-paced story that dealt with the imminent invasion of a group of aliens, and the humans who try to prevent that from happening. If you love video games, you’ll probably love this book.
The 100: A book in which a group tries to survive against all odds
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh. I know I’ve been talking about this book A LOT this month, but seriously, it deserves the attention. Terra-Two involves a group of young people who are selected to make a twenty-three year journey to another planet, in hopes of terraforming it and making it safe to live on. This book is many things, and a survival story is one of them, but it’s also a story about mental illness and being cooped up in a small space with others for a long period of time. How do you deal with that, and what are the results?
12 Monkeys: A book with time travel
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. I wasn’t crazy about this book (I know, unpopular opinion time!) but it’s a perfect example of a twisty, time travel story.
Battlestar Galactica: A book where human’s own creation turns against them
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer. In this weird but wonderful SF story, a bioengineered, gigantic bear named Mord takes on a life of his own, and now threatens life in the City.
The 4400: A book with alien abduction
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. Binti is leaving her home for the first time to go to college on a distant planet, when her ship is attacked by an alien race called the Meduse, who kill everyone on the ship but spare Binti so that she can help them. I guess this is alien abduction? It’s the closest I could find:-D
Extant: A book with an android/robot/cyborg as a main character
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke. Finn is a Data-like android who is hired as a tutor for the main character, Cat. I adored this story, which spans many years as Cat grows from child to adult, and focuses on the changing relationship between her and Finn.
Fringe is one of my favorite shows – I need to read that book. 🙂
Cool tag, Tammy!
I loved Fringe!
Love love love looooove Cinder and the rest of that series too. 😀
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Me too! Although I haven’t finished the series, but I will one of these days.
Ooo… look at your with allll the book tags:)). And this one is fabulous – there are sooo many fabulous books here that I also have had the pleasure of reading. I haven’t yet read Space Opera and I should:). Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks Sarah, Space Opera is a lot of fun:-)
Oh the shame of only having read one of these- which is Borne, and a perfect pick for the Battlestar Galactica post.
I think you’ve bumped Binti up my TBR though, as well as Do You Dream of Terra Two? Which I would have already read if tracking down a copy hadn’t proved so difficult. Fun tag Tammy!
Despite my grumbling about book tags, I did have fun doing this.