2013 Schedule (1953-1961)
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
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