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An online community event community celebrating all things science fictional each November. Hosted by: imyril, adancewithbooks, deargeekplace, and Book Forager Blast off: 1 November 2025

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This was my fifth book for #SciFiMonth a memoir by Rod (The Twilight Zone) Serling's daughter. It was one of those books I wanted to turn around and immediately re-read. My city was Rod's hometown and this statue is only a few blocks from my house. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

01.12.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

That’s a wrap for this year’s #ScifiMonth - watch out for our final mission logs later this week and our sister event @wyrdandwonder.bsky.social next spring!

01.12.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
November 2025 Reading & SciFi MonthΒ Wrap-Up Even though I didn't participate as much as usual, I'm glad to have joined in #scifimonth2025! Big thanks to this year's hosts: imyril @ There's Always Room For One More; Annemieke @ A Dance With Books, Lisa @ Dear Geek Place & Mayri @ bookforager. I only read one science fiction book this month, but it was a good one!

November 2025 Reading & SciFi MonthΒ Wrap-Up

Even though I didn't participate as much as usual, I'm glad to have joined in #scifimonth2025! Big thanks to this year's hosts: imyril @ There's Always Room For One More; Annemieke @ A Dance With Books, Lisa @ Dear Geek Place & Mayri @ bookforager. I…

30.11.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#SciFiMonth 2025: short reviews of two classics Here are a couple of wonderful scifi classics I just read for #scifimonth 2025. They would both deserve a long and detailed review, but many have done that before me, and in a fabulous way, so I&#8…

#scifimonth2025 #scifi
Nov 30 prompt: my favourite #SciFIMonth read #Frankenstein wordsandpeace.com/2025/11/22/s...

30.11.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, our #ScifiMonth2025 read-along. It’s been wonderful to rediscover it and I’m excited to continue the trilogy in the new year!

30.11.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#ScifiMonth2015 Day 30: My goal this month was to read Stanislaw Lem's The Invincible. I managed it and....WOW! This is one of the best sci-fi books ever!. And why the heck hasn't it been adapted a million times?!
#scifimonth #scifibooks #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š

30.11.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lost in Starlight movie poster

Lost in Starlight movie poster

#SciFiMonth2025 has been a lot of fun! My favorite thing since last week was the Korean Netflix animated sci-fi romance film, #Lost#InStarlight. It was absolutely beautiful. never-anyone-else.blogspot.com/2025/11/scif... @scifimonth.bsky.social #filmsky #booksky #bookblogger

30.11.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Day 30: crew’s choice - our favourite #ScifiMonth2025 reads

30.11.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Day 29: home sweet home - our SF comfort zones #ScifiMonth2025

29.11.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#ScifiMonth2025 Day 29: I like Star Trek Voyager. I think that covers my comfort zone tropes. Competent women, adventure, exploration, camaraderie.
#scifimonth #scifi #writerslife

29.11.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#ScifiMonth2025 Day 28 The Friday five I always take with me, especially going out -- mobile phone, house keys, handkerchief, a story idea, and anxiety at our modern world.
#amwriting #scifimonth #scifi

28.11.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Day 28: Baggage - our #ScifiMonth2025 Friday Five is all about what we take with us (in every / any sense πŸ˜…)

28.11.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Got to love vintage cover art πŸ˜„

28.11.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This was my fourth book for #SciFiMonth. Books two and three were one star duds. It was my vintage read and I loved it. I'm glad I have the sequel. It's a duology. 🌌 www.goodreads.com/book/show/39...

28.11.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#ScifiMonth2025 Day 27: This is an older rec, and not for the faint of heart.
#scifi #scifimonth
thomaswrightson.co.uk/2018/09/09/r...

27.11.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Book review: Β Hard to be a God MY VERDICT: A powerful meditation on progress, power, and the role of intellectuals that feels frighteningly relevant today.

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Nov 27 prompt: #scifi in #translation I read this year:
#Book #review: Β Hard to be a God by Arkady & Boris #Strugatsky wordsandpeace.com/2025/02/19/b...

27.11.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Day 27: SF in translation - bring us your recs old and new #ScifiMonth2025

27.11.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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This was my first title for #SciFiMonth I have had the ebooks forever from $1.99 sales and decided to start them. After a slow beginning the story blossomed into something wonderful. I am excited to read the next one, but am going to wait until I read the other Sci-Fi books I have on on deck.πŸš€

27.11.2025 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nov 26 prompt: needing to find a way home
Check my #review here: wordsandpeace.com/2025/06/22/s...

26.11.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#ScifiMonth2025 Day 26: There are so many stories that have tales of not coming back. But the two that immediately came to mind are horror; the movie Pandorum and the game Signalis. Both tales born from one-way trips.
#scifi #scifimonth #horror

26.11.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Day 26: no going back - deliberately open to interpretation today, but consider stories about one way trips, exile, getting out of dodge (in any sense), trying to get home or coming to terms with what was left behind…#ScifiMonth2025

26.11.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
 The two nodded and left, but Syndac lingered. She watched as Solet picked up a datapad and began scrolling through a report. Finally he looked at her, giving his weary eyes as much steely command as he could muster.
 β€œIs there something else?”
 β€œYes. You’re thinking of quitting.”
 β€œWouldn’t you under the circumstances?”
 β€œI suppose. But think about what you are about to give up.”
 β€œYeah. Our ship running out of fuel and being abandoned, and us not getting home. Or worse, running out of fuel and just being left behind by those other vultures we had to partner with. Remember, I agreed to this because it looked like a good deal. If this thing starts getting out of hand—”
 β€œCan it!” Syndac leaned forward and slammed both hands on the table as she glared into her captain’s face, her voice switching abruptly from snappish to formal. β€œI grow sick of your whining. Listen to me. We both knew what this trip might risk, we both did it for one reason and one reason only. Money. With the money we can get from this, we can finally dig ourselves up from this miserable pit of sick that stands in for a career. Sailing a junk around the Outer Worlds, picking up the dirty jobs no one wants to, taking duff deals because they’re the only deals we can take, being outrun and outshone by every other freighter in the whole Cluster!”
 β€œI don’t need that kind of talk from you.”

The two nodded and left, but Syndac lingered. She watched as Solet picked up a datapad and began scrolling through a report. Finally he looked at her, giving his weary eyes as much steely command as he could muster. β€œIs there something else?” β€œYes. You’re thinking of quitting.” β€œWouldn’t you under the circumstances?” β€œI suppose. But think about what you are about to give up.” β€œYeah. Our ship running out of fuel and being abandoned, and us not getting home. Or worse, running out of fuel and just being left behind by those other vultures we had to partner with. Remember, I agreed to this because it looked like a good deal. If this thing starts getting out of hand—” β€œCan it!” Syndac leaned forward and slammed both hands on the table as she glared into her captain’s face, her voice switching abruptly from snappish to formal. β€œI grow sick of your whining. Listen to me. We both knew what this trip might risk, we both did it for one reason and one reason only. Money. With the money we can get from this, we can finally dig ourselves up from this miserable pit of sick that stands in for a career. Sailing a junk around the Outer Worlds, picking up the dirty jobs no one wants to, taking duff deals because they’re the only deals we can take, being outrun and outshone by every other freighter in the whole Cluster!” β€œI don’t need that kind of talk from you.”

Today's Book Quote Wednesday is 'run'. A confrontation arises over whether to continue a dangerous journey, or turn away and face the consequences.
#BookQW #scifibooks #scifimonth #BookSkyπŸ’™πŸ“š

26.11.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#SciFiMonth 2025: Top ten scifi added to my TBR Top Ten scifi added to my TBR TTT forΒ November 25 #TopTenTuesdayΒ  #scifimonth 2025 πŸ“š Β πŸ“šΒ πŸ“š Today TTT theme is Thanksgiving freebie, and I’m combining it with today’s prompt for #scifimon…

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Nov 25 prompt: what are you thankful for in #scifi?
#Toptentuesday scifi added to my #TBR wordsandpeace.com/2025/11/25/s...

25.11.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œSuddenly, he seemed to be in another world.” #roadsidepicnic #scifimonth As if November didn’t have enough reading events on the go, I discovered at a late stage that it was also Sci Fi Month!! Now, I don’t read *huge* amounts of that genre, but I do like cl…

November is a month stuffed full of reading events, and today on the blog I take part in #scifimonth with a classic work from the Strugatskys - "Roadside Picnic". More here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/s...

26.11.2025 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#ScifiMonth2025 Day 25: I'm usually thankful for those bull-headed people who just..forget the stuff we're lumbered with today and see what needs to happen. The cosmopolitan, utilitarian streak of the far future.
#scifimonth #scifibooks #amwriting

25.11.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#SciFiMonth: Liminal spaces I wanted to read so much more for #SciFiMonth – but here’s what I got round to. Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time,Β from my 2025 reading list,Β is another feminist utopian cl…

My one #SciFiMonth post this year, featuring a feminist utopian classic, plus short reviews of two others drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/s... @scifimonth.bsky.social #booksky #sff

26.11.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Day 25: what are you thankful for in/about SF? #ScifiMonth2025

We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: it’s our awesome crew β€οΈπŸš€

25.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Favorite Science Fiction of 2025 So FarΒ #scifimonth2025 We're nearing the end of SciFi Monthβ€”how did November fly by so fast?? So it's time to share my favorite science fiction books of the year so far. To be honest, I have not read a lot of SF this year, so this list includes some four star rated books (unusual for my Best Of lists). But I enjoyed all of these and recommend them!

Favorite Science Fiction of 2025 So FarΒ #scifimonth2025

We're nearing the end of SciFi Monthβ€”how did November fly by so fast?? So it's time to share my favorite science fiction books of the year so far. To be honest, I have not read a lot of SF this year, so this list includes some four star rated…

25.11.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman

Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman

Happy #TopTenTuesday! In honor of #SciFiMonth2025 I'm featuring Upcoming Sci-Fi Releases I Can't Wait To Read. The one I'm most excited is Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman. What are you looking forward to? @scifimonth.bsky.social #bookblogger #booksky
never-anyone-else.blogspot.com/2025/11/scif...

25.11.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course, Present Me has absolutely no idea what other brilliant Sci Fi Future Me will discover in bookstores, libraries, Bluesky, and generally out in the world! I'm sure there will be plenty more. :)

Hit me with your recs. if you're going crazy with anticipation for something!

#SciFiMonth2025

24.11.2025 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0