Five years ago, in 2013 I created Jorie Loves A Story in March; launched my blog LIVE to the book blogosphere by August and took a leap of faith to join the twitterverse right before the year closed in November. And, guess what that meant? It meant my first Sci Fi November was in 2013 – the year it began!
All these years later, my admiration for this sci fi geekery community has grown to be one of my favourites which happily resides this year next to the community Lisa & Imyril and I are growing with #WyrdAndWonder.
When it comes to November, Jorie’s favourite bookish month out of the year (save May & July, since 2018) – the cosy comfort of returning back inside a devouring period of Science Fiction (esp Hard SciFi) is one of tremendous JOY & curates a lightness in my spirit. I truly love travelling through hyperspace seeking my next beloved #mustread selection! Brownie points to the extreme if a favourite hugs itself into the niche of #SpaceOpera!
Which is why for the month of NOVEMBER, I shall be treating my readers & visitors with a gush fest of love for #ScienceFiction & Speculative worlds which inter-knit themselves through a lens of Science. Predominately focused on Fiction with a few insertions of Non-Fiction to keep things interesting!
Each November, I attempt to right the short-comings of the prior year – I’ve had a few interesting Novembers celebrating #RRSciFiMonth (@SciFiMonth) but the hardest of all was not getting into the books I’m about to reference on this post. These are top priority this year as I would love to finally say, I not only read them but I could finally articulate my ruminations on their behalf! Giving me a clean slate for Sci Fi November, 2019!
It is part of my overall goal of removing my *backlogue* of reviews before I move into my sixth year as a book blogger in March, 2019.
This year, I also wanted to have light duties officially as I love doing something behind the scenes to assist our lovely hostesses: Lisa (@deergeekplace) + Imyril (@imyril) who give us wicked good celebrations through the years as we all come together to champion the stories of Science Fiction (and their sub-genres/niches) which happily alight in our lives. We’re always reading similar stories – either together in tandem (such as we are this year with our RAL/readalong “The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet”) or on opposite years.
A lot of us DISCOVER new authors by browsing through the feeds on Twitter on our tag: #RRSciFiMonth (or jumping into convo on #smallangryplanet) – sometimes we host themed chats like last year’s #SpaceOpera discussion (one of two we had in 2017). I admit, I love hosting the Twitter chats as I do love being bubbly chatty and the joy of connecting with like-minded readers is true bliss.
I am also participating with a special round robin guest interview series Lisa is putting together this year. In the past, I have responded to essay questions by Sci Fi November hosts and this year, I equally will be overjoyed to see the results once I submit my responses.
I am hoping to release a new vlog interview with a YA Dystopian Science Fiction author this month as it was delayed earlier in the year. I am also working on a second one and/or a traditional interview featuring #superherofiction. IF I can get both of these up on my blog before the close of November, I’ll be smiling into 2019! I really believe in these authors’ stories and it would be AWESOMESAUCE to give my fellow sci fi geeks a chance to get to know them a bit better! So, stay tuned!
Concurrent to my sci fi readings this month are my adventures into #Mythos and Greek #Mythology per my list of bookish wanderings – most of which have been happily fetched by my local libraries (yes, plural!). This cut down on the necessity for ILL’ing which would not have made the deadline of the 30th! You will notice some of these selections are Sci-Fi at their roots and some are genre bent into Speculative Literature without a clear definition of where they should be shelved. I still have more books inbound to me via my libraries, but I’ll be making headway reading and posting my bookish wanderings starting this week on #JLASblog as well as further updates via my feeds on Twitter @joriestory.
Here is a taste of what is still yet
to come for Sci Fi November:
Bookish Ruminations:
Impossible by C.A. Gray | Piercing the Veil Series Showcase
previously read: Intangible + Invincible
the History Mystery series
(Unclaimed Legacy & Every hill and Mountain) by Deborah Heal
previously read: Time and Again
Portals, Passages, & Pathways by B.R. Maul
previously interviewed the author
The Gin Thief by S.C. Barrus
Science Thrillers (Prophecy & White Thaw) by Paul Mark Tag
previously read: Category 5
The Lemorian Crest by Hannah L. Clark
previously read: Uncovering Cobbogoth
Trinity Stones (YA edition) by L.G. O’ Connor
whilst reading prequel during mythothon
Nebula Awards: 2016 (edited by) Mercedes Lackey
previously read: Nebula Awards 2015
Far Orbit: Apogee (anthology) by World Weaver Press
previously read: FAE | CORVIDAE | SCARECROW | Frozen Fairy Tales
aka Jorie’s beloved indie for speculative short fiction
Shadow Shifts by J.M. Bogart
previous read: Liminal Lights
Trans-Continential novella series:
girl in the gears via audiobook
Mississippi Queen via print
by Ms Chris (E. Chris Garrison)
The Tesla Gate by John D. Mimms, narrated by Jake Urry (audiobook)
The New science of Consciousness by Paul L. Nunez
Almost a Millennium by JEANBILL
Speculative Musings:
A Fantasy girl at heart: why sci fi & fantasy walk hand in hand for jorie
List: Favourite science fiction and/or speculative shorts
Favourite science fiction discoveries | book | tv | film
Sci-Fi Yet to Read & the stories most keen on reading next
Types of Dystopian Reads Jorie Loves
Chapter ruminations for #smallangryplanet x3
Part One | Part Two | Part Three
Why I love Space Opera :
reflections on the clan chronicles, rimrider & Small Angry Planet (30th November)
I’m a social reader — I love to tweet my reading adventures! Be sure to keep an eye out on my tweets — I generally use the tags: #JorieReads, #FuellYourSciFi, #EnterTheFantastic and #EqualityInLit when I’m not conversing about Romance & Women’s Fiction (via @SatBookChat) on the tag #SatBookChat. If you spot me, don’t be shy! Tweet me back and/or let me know how you felt about the book I’m reading if you’ve read it before! I’d love for you to visit and comment on my blog as well but convos on Twitter are always welcome!
Have you posted your own #RRSciFiMonth reading list &/or posting schedule? Be sure to leave me a comment with a link to your blog & posts! I’ll be starting to visit those bloggers who are updating the Master Schedule!
Let me know if we’re reading something similar and/or if you have any wicked good recs for me within Space Opera or Hard Sci Fi !! I especially love Spacer lifestyles with EPIC world-building and which are character driven plots whilst I prefer serials, if you know a kickin’ one-off list it! Also, any sweet anthologies you’ve discovered would be #awesomesauce!
{SOURCES: Tweets were embedded due to codes provided by Twitter. Blog graphics created by Jorie via Canva: Sci Fi November badges and banners as well as the #smallangryplanet readalong bage. Blog News badge provided by Parajunkee to give book bloggers definition on their blogs. Post dividers by Fun Stuff for Your Blog via Pure Imagination.}
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Yes, you are seeing this correctly! I was already pre-planning #RRSciFiMonth in FEBRUARY 2018 whilst announcing our first-ever month dedicated to FANTASY which became #WyrdAndWonder!
Exciting #bookish news:
Jorie, Lisa @EffingRainbow + Imyril @imyril bring you #WyrdAndWonder this MAY! An epic lovely #Fantasy celebration event similar in vein to #RRSciFiMonth?#dragonfiction #SpeculativeFict
?♀️JOIN US https://t.co/wE4D9sgwFt ?♂️
?@wyrdandwonder ? pic.twitter.com/7GgoAVVGYk— Jorie Story | #amwriting?? (@joriestory) February 8, 2018
Ahem,… did I spy something before you guys!??I haven't started #amreading #Solarpunk stories yet but it's a genre after my own writerly heart! Plus, you know #BeckyChambers is my #TBR for #RRSciFiMonth?!? @imyril @deargeekplace https://t.co/U6nWbXHdTk
— Jorie Story | #amwriting?? (@joriestory) July 18, 2018
I've already been planning my #RRSciFiMonth schedule of posts/books, etc!!! I had a sneaking feeling you & @imyril had something wicked cooked up for us!! I literally never even gave it a second thought we *wouldn't!* have the event!? I guess I took the leap of faith it would be!
— Jorie Story | #amwriting?? (@joriestory) September 3, 2018
?UPCOMING events:@Sally_Malcolm is featured during @SatBookChat about her m/m #romance debut this SAT Readers who love after canons for #JaneAusten take note! #theclassicsclub
1st RAL convo for #smallangryplanet during #RRSciFiMonth?SUN 11th (https://t.co/EcfMUeZasz) #SciFi
— Jorie Story | #amwriting?? (@joriestory) November 7, 2018
Up next via #JLASblog:
My #nextreads for #Mythothon happily gathered via my #library who has a rather strong collection of Mythos in Fiction which is delightfully unexpected! I thought for sure I'd be using #interlibraryloan more!?Whilst digging into my #RRSciFiMonth selections
— Jorie Story | #amwriting?? (@joriestory) November 7, 2018
#RRSciFiMonth | in case you are a #bookblogger seeking more #SpecLit during the month and wanted to 'try out' one of Jorie's favourite Indie Pubs for #CosyHorror #SciFi #Dystopian #SuperheroFiction + #Fantasy #mustreads – here's your chance!?? https://t.co/FxDvGxYXmI
— Jorie Story | #amwriting?? (@joriestory) November 7, 2018
*this is a THREAD of reading #smallangryplanet*
.@SciFiMonth | @deargeekplace | @imyril
Hallo, Hallo #RRSciFiMonth?!!
Guess whose getting her #scifi groove on!??
Gearing up for an EPIC convo TODAY for #smallangryplanet – which marks my 1st #mustread for our lovely event! Stay tuned as I kick-off our #readalong chats☄️? pic.twitter.com/1nWInY3uOR
— Jorie Story | #amwriting?? (@joriestory) November 11, 2018
Quick FYI: in order for everyone to see what your adding to our book discussion for The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, please remember to include the tag #smallangryplanet so everyone can follow the convo; Jorie is also tagging #RRSciFiMonth for those following us on main tag!
— Jorie Story | #amwriting?? (@joriestory) November 11, 2018
Ooh wow!?Guess what I found!? I'll have to see if I can get in queue before #RRSciFiMonth concludes! I'm still working on my first #mustreads for the event – if I can get inside this book this month, it will be the icing on my personal ?!!?
— Jorie Story | #amwriting?? (@joriestory) November 9, 2018
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