BTT: Fantasy and Sci-Fi…

One of my favorite sci-fi authors (Sharon Lee) has declared June 23rd Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers Day.

As she puts it:

So! In my Official Capacity as a writer of science fiction and fantasy, I hereby proclaim June 23 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Day! A day of celebration and wonder! A day for all of us readers of science fiction and fantasy to reach out and say thank you to our favorite writers. A day, perhaps, to blog about our favorite sf/f writers. A day to reflect upon how written science fiction and fantasy has changed your life.

So … what might you do on the 23rd to celebrate? Do you even read fantasy/sci-fi? Why? Why not?

I don’t read much Sci-fi. It’s not that I don’t like it; it’s just that I don’t know what to read. The books I remember reading are The hollow Skull (loved it) and The Trechyon Web by Christopher Pike. And I’ve read Uglies too. I used to read a lot of Robin Cook in college. Does that come under Sci-fi? And Congo too. Its one of my favorite book and I love the movie too. This is as far as my Sci-fi reading goes. I might have read others but I can’t recall any at the moment.

I read Fantasy but not as much as I would like to. As always I can’t recall any names. And I’ve never heard of Sharon Lee. I have Un Lun Dun which is an Urban Fantasy and I’ve been wanting to read it for a long time. Lately I’ve noticed there are a lot of Fantasy books coming out in YA.

What will I do on 23rd? I don’t know. I might read or review a fantasy/ Sci-fi. What say?

Do you read Fantasy/ Sci-Fi? What will you do on 23rd?

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tempt_me_at_twilightOMG, I had to mention this. I just found out that the third book in the Hathway series Tempt me at Twilight is releasing in September this year. Yipieeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

I’m at work and I literally feel like jumping but I can’t, so I’m doing the next best thing. Writing it on my blog 🙂
I’ve read the first 2 books Mine till Midnight and Seduce me at Sunrise and loved them. Although I wanted it to be on Leo, I’m happy with Poppy too.

Aaaaannnnnndddd I think its high time I start working on my blogroll…

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  1. You beat me on the BTT link again 🙂 I like sci-fi and fantasy. I read Anne McCaffrey’s Freedom’s Landing a while back, and love the story (hated the writing style, though… will be interesting to see if I like Dragonriders of Pern)

    I have Uglies, Pretties, Specials and Extras on Mt. TBR, but I’ve not gotten around to them yet. Devourer of Books, I think, suggested I take time out to read them straight through. I’ve got too many review books to get through at the moment for such an endeavor, though.

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    1. hehe…yes. I start refreshing BTT site 10 mins before it goes up, not kidding 🙂

      Actually it’s half an hour before my lunch time and I like to finish BTT before that bcoz if I keep it for after lunch, chances are I might not do it at all. Good luck next time 🙂

      I have Pretties and I read around 20 pages of it. But honestly I am not a fan of S.W’s writing style, it’s just that his stories are really good. But they are quick reads.

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  3. I love fantasy, but I do sometimes struggle with sci-fi. I’m trying to broaden my horizons though. =)

    I’m also excited that Tempt Me at Twilight is out this year! I’m really looking forward to it.

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  7. I can NEVER get into any of the Christopher Pike books while growing up. I don’t read much Sci-Fi maybe it’s due to the technical terms

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  8. I loved Christopher Pike when I was twelve–his heyday. I still enjoy them; I think he wrote some very distinctive, challenging books for young adults. His longer fiction (like Season of Passage) did not appeal to me as much, however.

    Recommending a genre work for someone can be tricky, but for fantasy, I would check out Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling’s Fairy Tale books (both novels and short story collections). As for sci-fi … well, you have hard and soft. CJ Cherryh or Anne McCaffrey are both good starts, or Heinlein’s The Past Through Tomorrow. Harry Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat books are fun and fast.

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  11. I read some, not alot. Mainly because my favorite genres are romance and suspense, but if something catches my eye in Fantasy or Sci-Fi, I’ll read it.

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  15. I used to love Christopher Pike as a teenager, but I don’t like much (any?) science fiction now. I was recommended Enders Game, and didn’t realise it was Sci-fi until it arrived on my doorstep via bookmooch. Perhaps I’ll give that a go for Sci-fi day.

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  21. I totally loved Christopher Pike when I was younger!! The 23rd is a Tuesday. Which means probably little reading and a whole lot of working. Yuck. 😦

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  22. Hmmm… not a huge Fantasy/Sci Fi fan with the exception of some perenial favourites (Tolkein and Narnia). However, I did discover the first book of the CS Lewis Sci-fi trilogy last year and I have to say that I enjoyed it immensely. In fact this post reminds me that I should read the other two in the series!

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