Books Chosen by the Yahoo HardSF Group as “Book of the Month” for Discussion

Hard SF : Suggested Reading : Books Chosen by the Yahoo HardSF Group as “Book of the Month” for Discussion

The Yahoo HardSF group is at groups.yahoo.com/group/hardsf/ and at Goodreads at www.goodreads.com/group/show/954.Hard_SF.

The table below lists the Book Of The Months in order of author's name. The first and second columns are: Author and Title. The third and fourth columns are the Month and Year it was BOTM. The fifth column is the average rating given by group members (on a scale up to 10). The last 5 columns indicate whether the book won one of the following SF awards – Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell, Philip K. Dick and Locus Reader Poll. Please note: A rating of 0 indicates the rating process has not yet finished.

Anderson, Poul	Tau Zero	2002	7	7.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Asaro, Catherine	Sunrise Alley	2009	8	4.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Attanasio, A. A.	Solis	2011	3	7.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Banks, Iain M.	Algebraist, The	2007	5	6.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Banks, Iain M.	Consider Phlebas	2010	4	7.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Banks, Iain M.	Excession	2008	3	9.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Coalescent	2005	6	7.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Evolution	2005	12	8.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Exultant	2006	5	7.80	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Flood	2011	1	6.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Manifold: Space	2004	2	7.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Manifold: Time	2002	3	7.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Moonseed	2007	12	7.90	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Ring	2005	5	8.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Time Ships, The	2002	12	7.70	0	.	.	Y	Y	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Titan	2004	11	8.40	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baxter, Stephen	Vacuum Diagrams	2008	2	8.30	1	.	.	.	Y	.	.
Bear, Greg	Blood Music	2008	4	8.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bear, Greg	Darwin's Radio	2001	11	6.00	1	.	Y	.	.	.	.
Bear, Greg	Eon	2005	2	7.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bear, Greg	Eternity	2012	2	0.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Benford, Gregory	Eater	2003	6	7.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Benford, Gregory	Martian Race, The	2002	5	8.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Benford, Gregory	Timescape	2009	5	8.30	1	.	Y	Y	.	.	.
Bova, Ben	Jupiter	2007	1	8.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brin, David	Earth	2011	10	7.90	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brin, David	Kiln People	2003	8	8.20	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brotherton, Mike	Star Dragon	2009	6	8.20	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brunner, John	Crucible Of Time, The	2010	8	8.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Clarke, Arthur C.	2010: Odyssey Two	2010	1	8.20	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Clarke, Arthur C.	Childhood's End	2008	5	8.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Clarke, Arthur C.	Imperial Earth	2005	10	9.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Clarke, Arthur C.	Rendezvous With Rama	2009	3	7.60	0	Y	Y	Y	.	.	Y
Clarke, Arthur C.	Sands Of Mars, The	2012	3	0.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Clement, Hal	Heavy Planet	2004	1	8.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel, Tony	Metaplanetary	2004	3	8.20	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Doctorow, Cory	Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom	2003	4	8.10	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Doctorow, Cory	Eastern Standard Tribe	2004	5	7.10	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Doctorow, Cory	Little Brother	2008	12	8.50	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Doctorow, Cory	Makers	2012	1	0.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Edelman, David Louis	Infoquake	2008	10	5.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Egan, Greg	Diaspora	2011	4	8.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Egan, Greg	Distress	2003	9	6.20	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Egan, Greg	Permutation City	2010	7	9.30	0	.	.	Y	.	.	.
Egan, Greg	Quarantine	2002	4	8.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Egan, Greg	Teranesia	2008	7	5.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Forward, Robert L.	Camelot 30K	2009	9	6.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Forward, Robert L.	Dragon's Egg	2002	9	6.80	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Forward, Robert L.	Indistinguishable From Magic	2008	11	7.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Goonan, Kathleen Ann	Queen City Jazz	2006	11	8.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Haldeman, Joe	Accidental Time Machine, The	2012	6	0.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Haldeman, Joe	Forever War, The	2010	5	9.10	0	Y	Y	.	.	.	Y
Hamilton, Peter F.	Fallen Dragon	2005	7	8.20	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hamilton, Peter F.	Pandora's Star	2006	1	9.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hamilton, Peter F.	Reality Dysfunction Part I: Emergence	2007	11	7.80	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hogan, James P.	Inherit The Stars	2010	9	7.20	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kress, Nancy	Beggars In Spain	2009	10	8.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kress, Nancy	Steal Across The Sky	2012	5	0.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lovecraft, H. P.	At The Mountains Of Madness	2007	3	7.10	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
MacLeod, Ken	Cosmonaut Keep	2011	6	7.40	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
MacLeod, Ken	Execution Channel, The	2009	1	7.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
MacLeod, Ken	Learning The World	2007	2	6.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martin, George R. R.	Tuf Voyaging	2009	4	8.80	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
McDevitt, Jack	Deepsix	2006	10	7.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
McDevitt, Jack	Engines Of God, The	2003	10	7.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
McDevitt, Jack	Seeker	2007	10	8.50	0	.	Y	.	.	.	.
Morgan, Richard	Altered Carbon	2010	6	8.70	0	.	.	.	Y	.	.
Moriarty, Chris	Spin State	2004	7	6.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Nagata, Linda	Tech Heaven	2011	7	5.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Niven, Larry	Integral Trees	2001	12	6.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Niven, Larry	Protector	2003	5	8.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Niven, Larry	Ringworld	2005	4	8.50	0	Y	Y	.	.	.	Y
Niven, Larry	Ringworld Engineers	2005	8	7.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Niven, Larry	World Out Of Time, A	2004	4	6.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Niven, Larry & Jerry Pournelle	Gripping Hand, The	2007	7	6.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Niven, Larry & Jerry Pournelle	Mote In God's Eye, The	2007	6	8.20	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pohl, Frederik	Gateway	2003	2	8.50	1	Y	Y	Y	.	.	Y
Reynolds, Alastair	Chasm City	2003	7	8.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Reynolds, Alastair	Prefect, The	2010	3	8.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Reynolds, Alastair	Pushing Ice	2008	9	7.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Reynolds, Alastair	Redemption Ark	2004	8	8.90	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Reynolds, Alastair	Revelation Space	2002	8	8.00	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Robinson, Kim Stanley	Antarctica	2005	9	8.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Robinson, Kim Stanley	Capitol 1: Forty Signs Of Rain	2010	10	7.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Robinson, Kim Stanley	Capitol 2: Fifty Degrees Below	2010	11	6.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Robinson, Kim Stanley	Capitol 3: Sixty Days And Counting	2010	12	0.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Robinson, Kim Stanley	Mars 1: Red Mars	2006	4	8.90	1	.	Y	.	.	.	.
Robinson, Kim Stanley	Mars 2: Green Mars	2007	8	8.30	0	Y	.	.	.	.	Y
Robinson, Kim Stanley	Mars 3: Blue Mars	2009	7	7.10	0	Y	.	.	.	.	Y
Rucker, Rudy	Postsingular	2008	8	7.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sawyer, Robert J.	Calculating God	2002	11	6.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sawyer, Robert J.	WWW 1: Wake	2011	5	6.60	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sawyer, Robert J.	WWW 1: Watch	2011	8	8.10	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Scalzi, John	Old Man's War	2006	3	8.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Schroeder, Karl	Sun Of Suns	2008	6	5.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sheffield, Charles	Between The Strokes Of Night	2011	9	7.80	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sheffield, Charles	Cold As Ice	2009	2	7.50	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sheffield, Charles	Convergent Series	2006	6	7.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sheffield, Charles	Web Between The Worlds, The	2003	11	8.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simmons, Dan	Hyperion	2009	12	7.80	0	Y	.	.	.	.	Y
Simmons, Dan	Ilium	2005	11	9.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	Y
Slonczewski, Joan	Door Into Ocean, A	2001	10	9.00	1	.	.	Y	.	.	.
Slonczewski, Joan	Door Into Ocean, A [2nd time]	2004	9	7.70	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steele, Allen	Coyote	2011	11	7.10	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stephenson, Neal	Baroque Cycle 1: Quicksilver	2011	2	7.60	0	.	.	.	.	Y	.
Stephenson, Neal	Diamond Age, The	2002	6	6.70	0	Y	.	.	.	.	Y
Stephenson, Neal	Snow Crash	2004	6	8.70	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sterling, Bruce	Heavy Weather	2012	4	0.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sterling, Bruce	Zenith Angle, The	2006	8	7.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stross, Charles	Accelerando	2006	9	8.40	0	.	.	.	.	.	Y
Stross, Charles	Glasshouse	2008	1	8.40	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stross, Charles	Iron Sunrise	2006	2	7.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stross, Charles	Singularity Sky	2004	10	7.80	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Varley, John	Golden Globe, The	2003	1	8.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Varley, John	Ophiuchi Hotline, The	2011	12	8.20	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Vinge, Vernor	Across Realtime	2005	1	9.00	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Vinge, Vernor	Across Realtime [2nd time]	2010	2	7.80	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Vinge, Vernor	Deepness In The Sky, A	2003	3	8.90	0	Y	.	Y	.	.	.
Vinge, Vernor	Fire Upon The Deep, A	2002	2	8.90	1	Y	.	.	.	.	.
Vinge, Vernor	Rainbow's End	2007	9	7.40	0	Y	.	.	.	.	Y
Watts, Peter	Blindsight	2007	4	7.00	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Watts, Peter	Starfish	2002	1	7.70	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wilson, Robert Charles	Bios	2003	12	7.00	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wilson, Robert Charles	Chronoliths, The	2002	10	7.90	0	.	.	Y	.	.	.
Wilson, Robert Charles	Spin	2006	12	7.50	0	Y	.	.	.	.	.
Wright, John C.	Golden Age, The	2004	12	7.80	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wright, John C.	Phoenix Exultant, The	2005	3	7.80	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Zelazny, Roger	Lord Of Light	2006	7	8.90	0	Y	.	.	.	.	.
Zettel, Sarah	Fool's War	2009	11	7.30	0	.	.	.	.	.	.