#the javelin program

[gardenofeden5457]

.oh my god. oh my god. oh my god. the synnerves. you cant do this to me

i read the first part of @derinthescarletpescatarian 's time to orbit: unknown over the course of the last week or so and i'm extremely normal

go read it idk

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Queer Adult SFF Books Bracket: Round 1

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth, and others) by Tamsyn Muir

Endorsement from submitter #1: "An extremely fun, humorous romp! A heart-breaking, soul crushing catharsis inducing tragedy! A thoughtful piece on imperial structures and trauma. On queerness, Muir flawlessly and without announcement, cracks gender open like an egg and spills its disproven guts across the page. The Locked Tomb does it all also bones, bitch."

Endorsement from submitter #2: "Lesbian necromancers in space. So many fascinating, sort of fucked up sapphic relationships going on."

The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier.

Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead.

Fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, humor, series, adult

The Javelin Program by Derin Edala (Time to Orbit: Unknown series)

When Dr Aspen Greaves signed up for the Javelin Program, humanity's first foray into colonising deep space, they expected to wake up to life in a thriving colony on a distant planet. Instead, they find themself five years away from their destination on a broken spaceship full of complex mysteries, dead astronauts, and a very unhelpful AI.

Aspen wasn't trained for any of this. But if they can't keep themselves alive, get the ship in working order, and find out what went wrong by unravelling a chain of mysteries leading all the way back to distant Earth, then neither Aspen nor the five thousand sleeping passengers in their care will ever see a planet again.

Science fiction, mystery, series, adult

[your-local-gummyworm]

alright everybody

i just finished reading about this wonderful person and their totally normal functional spaceship ( https://derinstories.com/2022/06/04/001-the-problem-with-the-javelin-program/ ) and oh my cod im going to sob

i started reading this probably about a week ago? and it has haunted me (good thing) the entire time

every chance i got i would read it, and time would melt with it

reading one chapter? nope. you're binging 7 and an hour will have passed.

it was a glorious experience, and i'll probably end up re-reading it at some point

either way, fucking love you, aspen, you glorious creature you, and your wonderfully totally functional spaceship o7

[wintersbookblog]

I finished The Javelin Project yesterday. As someone who hasn't read much over the last decade, it's been nice to get pulled into a book again.

I found the writing to be well done, the plot interesting, and the characters maintained their integrity. They were who they were even as we gained more information about them.

The only thing I noted, as much as I enjoyed the plot and am curious about the mysteries, I did not find the book to pull any extreme emotions. I appreciate this as sometimes that's too much, but may be the only thing some people may not love.

4/5 stars

[hypnoticauthoress]

So I have a new favorite book. It's called Time to Orbit: Unknown. It's a story about a colony ship where absolutely nothing ever goes wrong and everything is fine. It's absolutely fucking incredible and you should read it.

https://derinstories.com/2022/06/04/001-the-problem-with-the-javelin-program/

[elvencantation]

help i love them all

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

The Javelin Program by Derin Edala

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When Dr Aspen Greaves signed up for the Javelin Program, humanity's first foray into colonising deep space, they expected to wake up to life in a thriving colony on a distant planet. Instead, they find themself five years away from their destination on a broken spaceship full of complex mysteries, dead astronauts, and a very unhelpful AI. Aspen wasn't trained for any of this. But if they can't keep themselves alive, get the ship in working order, and find out what went wrong by unravelling a chain of mysteries leading all the way back to distant Earth, then neither Aspen nor the five thousand sleeping passengers in their care will ever see a planet again.

Mod opinion: I haven't heard of this book before, but I love trans sci fi mysteries, so I'm hoping to check it out some day!

[gardenofeden5457]

.aspen greaves discovers the doppler effect works on light when the ship youre travelling on is going at near lightspeed

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Derin I’m finally reading tto:u and I’m about 300 pages into the javelin program and I am, saying this with all the love in my heart, going to fucking explode

Hopefully the ship doesn't

[sunlitsorrows]

the most DREADFUL FATE has befallen me! i finished the free TTOU and couldn’t find the sequel to read for free, so OF COURSE i IMMEDIATELY went and purchased it, ONLY TO DISCOVER that the sequel WAS up for free, the free version covers BOTH The Javelin Program AND The Antarctica Conspiracy, and i had moved right into reading the second book without realizing AND NOW I AM OUT OF STORY

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SEMIFINALS: Queer Fiction Free-for-All Book Bracket

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Endorsement from submitter: "That book was written in 1969 and yes, not everything hold up today, but for the time is very progressive"

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.

Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.

Science fiction, classics, speculative fiction, anthropological science fiction, distant future, adult

Time to Orbit: Unknown series (The Javelin Program, The Antarctica Conspiracy) by Derin Edala

When Dr Aspen Greaves signed up for the Javelin Program, humanity's first foray into colonising deep space, they expected to wake up to life in a thriving colony on a distant planet. Instead, they find themself five years away from their destination on a broken spaceship full of complex mysteries, dead astronauts, and a very unhelpful AI.

Aspen wasn't trained for any of this. But if they can't keep themselves alive, get the ship in working order, and find out what went wrong by unravelling a chain of mysteries leading all the way back to distant Earth, then neither Aspen nor the five thousand sleeping passengers in their care will ever see a planet again.

Science fiction, mystery, series, adult

[abundantchewtoys]

So the “not blowing stuff up” part didn’t come from Antarctica’s input, then

I don't know what this one is. But it seems like Javelin wouldn't blow anything up so that's good.

[bing-bong-your-gender-is-gone]

Me: Headcanon, when/if Tinera and Dinesh have children, Dinesh has to talk her out of naming them after the chickens on the Courageous.

My partner, who introduced me to TTO:U in the first place and has read both books:

[bitstitchbitch]

I ran across the book “The Javelin Program” by Derin Edala ( @derinthescarletpescatarian ) online and immediately wanted to read it because it sounds amazing, but neither my library or my local sci-fi/fantasy bookstore has it 😭 guess I’ll request it to see if the library will get it for me in the hopes that that will make it available for other people too

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[bookwyrmsbuttons]

It’s hereeeeee