DL Thurston

January

Primary: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (1953)

• Print: New and used on Amazon, starting at $9.50 new. Used on alibris, starting at $0.99.
• Electronic: Not available
• Audio: Not available

February

Primary: They’d Rather Be Right aka The Forever Machine by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley (1955)

• Print: As Forever Machine, used on Amazon starting at $9.02. As They’d Rather Be Right, used on alibris from $10.00, more expensive as The Forever Machine.
• Electronic: Sony reader only.
• Audio: Not available

Secondary: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. Currently considered horror, it was marketed as science fiction when it came out, and was published the same year as They’d Rather Be Right.

• Print: New on Amazon at $7.99. Or go support your local book store! Used on alibris from $0.99.
• Electronic: Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader
• Audio: Audible and iTunes (Fantastic narrator)

March

Primary: Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein (1956)

• Print: Used on Amazon, starting at $0.92. Used on alibris, starting at $1.00.
• Electronic: Kindle, Nook, iBooks. Not available for Sony reader.
• Audio: Unabridged from Audible, also available in iTunes Store.

April

Primary:Redshirts by John Scalzi

• Print: Recently released in paperback.
• Electronic: Available DRM-free. Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Sony Reader.
• Audio: Narrated by Wil Wheaton, available from Audible and iTunes.

Secondary: Feed by Mira Grant (Blackout pre-read)

• Print: Available new in paperback.
• Electronic: Available from Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Sony Reader.
• Audio: Narrated by Paula Christensen and Jesse Bernstein, available from Audible and iTunes.

May

Primary: Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

• Print: Available new in paperback.
• Electronic: Available from Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Sony Reader.
• Audio: Narrated by Paul Gigante, available from Audible and iTunes.

June

Primary: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

• Print: Available new in hardback, paperback released in September.
• Electronic: Available from Kindle only.
• Audio: Narrated by Grover Gardner, available from Audible and iTunes.

Secondary: Deadline by Mira Grant (Blackout pre-read)

• Print: Available new in paperback.
• Electronic: Available from Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Sony Reader.
• Audio: Narrated By Chris Patton and Nell Geisslinger, available from Audible and iTunes.

July

Primary: 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson

• Print: Paperback releasing on June 25, 2013
• Electronic: Available from Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Sony Reader.
• Audio: Narrated by Sarah Zimmerman, available from Audible and iTunes.

August

Primary: Blackout by Mira Grant

• Print: Available new in paperback
• Electronic: Available from Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Sony Reader.
• Audio: Narrated By Paula Christensen and Michael Goldstrom, available from Audible and iTunes.

September

Primary: The Big Time by Fritz Leiber (1958)

• Print: Out of Print, check your local used book store or Alibris
• Electronic: I found it absolutely free on Kindle, or for $7.99 on Nook.
• Audio: Available from Audible, narrated by Suzanne Toren.

Secondary: Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss (Defeated The Big Time for the BSFA 50th Anniversary Award)

• Print: Out of Print
• Electronic: Kindle and Nook editions available.
• Audio: Available from Audible, narrated by David Thorpe.

October

Primary: A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1959)

• Print: In print, available from Amazon or check your local independent (or at least brick-and-mortar) bookseller.
• Electronic: Not Available. What the hell, Del Ray Impact?
• Audio: Available from Audible, narrated by Jay Snyder.

Secondary: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Retro Hugo winner awarded 2004 for 1954, selected for banned books week)

• Print: In print. Oh my in print. In print everywhere.
• Electronic: Bradbury assented to digital publishing shortly before his death, so it’s available on Kindle and Nook.
• Audio: Available from Audible with your choice of narrators: Stephen Hove, Christopher Hurt, or Bradbury himself.
• Film: Released in 1966. Which I point out only as an excuse to point it out again with the next book…

November

Primary: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (1960)

• Print: In print.
• Electronic: Available for Nook and Kindle.
• Audio: Available from Audible, narrated by Lloyd James.
• Film: Oh lord. I love this movie. I understand it takes a LOT of liberties with the book, and can be seen as a satire of the book rather than an adaptation of it. I’ve seen it several times, which should make reading the book…interesting?

Secondary: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Military science fiction inspired, in part, by Starship Troopers)

• Print: In print.
• Electronic: Available from Nook and Kindle.
• Audio: Available from Audible, narrated by William Dufris.
• Film: Likely to get fast tracked if Ender’s Game performs well at the box office.

December

Primary: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1961)

• Print: In print.
• Electronic: Not available.
• Audio: Available from Audible, narrated by Tom Weiner.

Secondary: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (Dystopic post apocalyptic)

• Print: In print.
• Electronic: Available from Nook and Kindle.
• Audio: Available from Audible from two narrators: Claire Danes and Joanna David