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Read Around the (SFF) World 2015 Challenge
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Linguana
Posted 2015-01-04 4:07 PM (#9144)
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Location: Austria		Hello everyone!

Here's the thread for the 2015 Read Around the (SFF) World Challenge.
Enjoy your literary travels, feel free to discuss whether certain books qualify or ask for recommendations in this thread. Also, let the other participants know when you've completed the challenge. Maybe you'll even tell us about the amazing places you visited throughout the year.

Happy reading!



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Linguana
Posted 2015-01-08 7:01 AM (#9214 - in reply to #9144)
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I found something quite neat:
A world map that links to fiction set in places all over the world. Most of them are not fantasy, science fiction, or horror but it's a nice little resource to have when travelling the world via ficiton. And who knows? There may be the occasional S/SF/H book in there.

Goodreads has a handy list of Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction. Here's another one one called Black Science Fiction and I'm sure some books are set in (alternate) Africa. The third list I found compiles Non-Western Speculative Fiction and looks to be a good source for our travel plans.

If I find any more useful links, I'll let you know.



Edited by Linguana 2015-01-08 7:04 AM
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pizzakarin
Posted 2015-01-08 9:30 AM (#9216 - in reply to #9144)
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Posted 2015-01-08 1:00 PM (#9219 - in reply to #9144)
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Location: UK		Ian McDonald's Brasyl, River of Gods (India), and The Dervish House (Turkey) would be a good fit for this, too.
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Linguana
Posted 2015-01-08 1:40 PM (#9222 - in reply to #9144)
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Linguana
Posted 2015-02-01 4:48 AM (#9432 - in reply to #9144)
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I edited our challenge so you can now adjust your reading goals. I just got out of bed so no creative titles for the reading levels. If you have ideas or suggestions, throw them my way and I'll edit them.
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Posted 2015-02-01 10:10 AM (#9441 - in reply to #9432)
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Linguana - 2015-02-01 4:48 AM Hey guys, I edited our challenge so you can now adjust your reading goals. I just got out of bed so no creative titles for the reading levels. If you have ideas or suggestions, throw them my way and I'll edit them.

How about:

Sightseer, Traveler, Wayfarer, Globetrotter

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Linguana
Posted 2015-02-02 12:59 AM (#9462 - in reply to #9144)
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Location: Austria		Awesome! I've updated our reading level titles. Thank you! That's exactly the kind of titles I was thinking of.
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Posted 2015-02-02 8:01 AM (#9468 - in reply to #9462)
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Linguana - 2015-02-02 12:59 AM Awesome! I've updated our reading level titles. Thank you! That's exactly the kind of titles I was thinking of.

Thesaurus.com comes in handy

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dianazmartins
Posted 2015-02-03 10:56 AM (#9492 - in reply to #9144)
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I have searched a lot and have come up with some interesting books for different parts of the World, but still nothing from India. Any good suggestions? Too bad I didnt see the suggestion for The Summer Prince here before. I did search for something set in Brazil (being Brazilian, that was a must for this challenge) and ended up picking Cradle of Splendour, but I was hugely disappointed by the book. On the other hand, I have just finished China Mountaing Zhang (picked for China, although parts of it are set in the US, part in the Arctic circle and part in Mars), was great!
Loved the level titles!
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Rhondak101
Posted 2015-02-03 11:25 AM (#9493 - in reply to #9144)
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Location: SC, USA		India: Ian McDonald, River of Gods and Cyberabad Days. His Dervish House is set in Turkey.
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Posted 2015-02-03 11:52 AM (#9494 - in reply to #9144)
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Thanks for the suggestions, River of Gods it is!
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Posted 2015-02-03 11:54 AM (#9495 - in reply to #9493)
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Location: Dallas, Texas		This one looks interesting:

The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh

From Victorian lndia to near-future New York, The Calcutta Chromosome takes readers on a wondrous journey through time as a computer programmer trapped in a mind-numbing job hits upon a curious item that will forever change his life. When Antar discovers the battered I.D. card of a long-lost acquaintance, he is suddenly drawn into a spellbinding adventure across centuries and around the globe, into the strange life of L. Murugan, a man obsessed with the medical history of malaria, and into a magnificently complex world where conspiracy hangs in the air like mosquitoes on a summer night.

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Posted 2015-02-03 12:42 PM (#9497 - in reply to #9144)
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Location: SC, USA		I read the Calcutta Chromosome a while ago. It is more medical thriller than SF even though it takes place in the future. I liked it, but it is one of those books that makes you wonder why it was nominated for SF awards.
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Rhondak101
Posted 2015-02-03 12:43 PM (#9498 - in reply to #9494)
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dianazmartins
Posted 2015-02-03 12:50 PM (#9501 - in reply to #9144)
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The problem with these challenges is that when I start looking for a list of books for them, I end up with a TBR list much larger than the callenge itself... :-).
This book also looks very interesting, so it will go into my ever-expanding list of books to read after I finish reading the books I signed up for the challenges. And I have to stop looking at the challenter too, since they all sound interesting....
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Posted 2015-02-03 10:40 PM (#9507 - in reply to #9501)
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dianazmartins - 2015-02-03 12:50 PM The problem with these challenges is that when I start looking for a list of books for them, I end up with a TBR list much larger than the callenge itself... :-). This book also looks very interesting, so it will go into my ever-expanding list of books to read after I finish reading the books I signed up for the challenges. And I have to stop looking at the challenter too, since they all sound interesting....

The solution of course is to join the Clear the Shelves Reading Challenge too.

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Linguana
Posted 2015-03-04 12:46 AM (#9818 - in reply to #9144)
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Location: Austria		If anybody wants me to adjust the Reading Levels, please let me know.
I left our highest reading level at a pretty low book count (10 at the moment) - if some of you are such successful world travelers or want to explore more that sf and fantasy has to offer, I can change that reading level to more books. The lower levels would remain the same (mostly for selfish reasons because I won't be able to read more than 10 books).

Thanks again for the reading level names and all your recommendations. My wishlist has grown exponentially. You know how it goes - books lead to books lead to books.
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Posted 2015-03-26 7:50 PM (#9940 - in reply to #9144)
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Location: SC, USA		After lurking for a little while, I finally joined this challenge at the Traveler level. I have given the challenge my own spin. Each text focuses on a particular mythology or folktale. The End of the Sentence is set in the Pacific Northwest and mixes Celtic myth, Scots folklore and Native American mythology. Scale Bright is based on Chinese mythology and is set in Hong Kong. Rusalka features figures of Russian mythology. The Burning Girls uses Jewish folklore and is set in Eastern Europe (I have forgotten where) and New York City. I don't know what I will do for the fifth one yet.
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Linguana
Posted 2015-06-25 2:00 AM (#10863 - in reply to #9144)
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Location: Austria		Welcome to all new world travellers!

I discovered another amazing book that qualifies for the challenge: Naomi Novik's Uprooted is secondary world fantasy, but it has distinctly Eastern European flavors. For myself, I filed it under "alternate Poland".
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