Poll

oooh I know the one I wanna vote for!

Which one? I can't decide.

I haven't heard of any of these but John Scalzi talks up Grass in this recent article:

Five Books I Was Thinking Of When I Wrote The Collapsing Empire

It seems like every time I see discussions about classics authored by women Grass comes up. Maybe i should vote for it :) I still haven't decided. I loved both Version Control and Underground Airlines so i was thinking I'd vote for one of those.

This is a great group of books. I hadn't heard of any but Underground Airlines, so I read about the authors. I found myself fascinated by Tricia Sullivan's life story and will vote for and read Occupy Me, even if it doesn't win.

I see Grass is already on my to-read list. I'm pretty sure I put it there because back when Sheri Tepper passed away, Scalzi mentioned it as a must-read classic on his blog or on twitter. I hadn't the article Jen links.

I think that'll be my vote. Gotta peel things off the to-read list whenever I can :)

I think I'll have to go with Underground Airlines just because I loved it so very much.

Although I'm more interested in reading Grass, I voted for the other one from my TBR, which is Company Town, because it's a standalone. I'll have to keep my eye on how the voting goes, I might change to Grass if it looks like it's doing better and has a chance to win.

Everyone repeat after me, please:

"SF Masterworks."

I cannot emphasize enough how much I think everyone should read Version Control. It is a GREAT book.

Chris wrote: "I cannot emphasize enough how much I think everyone should read Version Control. It is a GREAT book."

I totally agree. I loved that book.

Um, the only one I wouldn't vote for is Company Town, and even that I'll try to read if it's chosen. So, going by availability, I'm voting for Underground Airlines.

Does Version Control have something to do with software development? Or is the title just some kind of metaphor?

I finished Underground Airlines last week and I recommend it highly.

Julia wrote: "I finished Underground Airlines last week and I recommend it highly."

Me too. I loved it so much I listened to it twice in one week.

David wrote: "Does Version Control have something to do with software development? Or is the title just some kind of metaphor?"

Since it is about time travel, I thought it might be a play on words about versions of reality/possible paths, but I haven't actually read it yet. Will do soon though!

Michael wrote: "David wrote: "Does Version Control have something to do with software development? Or is the title just some kind of metaphor?"

Since it is about time travel, I thought it might be..."

That's sort of what it refers to in a software development context. Version Control is the software that represents the tree of all the versions and branches of history of a software project's source code. It could be a very clever analogy if the book presents a tree of multiple timelines.

On the other hand, I'm very nervous about any book by a non-programmer that even tries to talk about programming, because they always get it horribly wrong. So without knowing much about the book, I could love it or hate it.

I remember the discussion about that in the book but I don't remember how technical it was. I remember thinking that this is definitely not hard sci-fi but it's a very high energy book and I completely loved it.

May - July the Time-Travel group is going to be reading Version Control... hope to see some of you voters here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...