The Official UN-official SFF-KIT Planning Thread For 2021!!!

Want to join us as we read some more great SciFi and Fantasy books in 2021?

Here are the monthly challenges:

January: "Read an SFF book you meant to read in 2020, but never started/completed" - hosted by fuzzi
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/327234)

February: "Sentient Things" hosted by SilverWolf28
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/328832)

March: "Indiana Jones in Space (or Fairyland)" hosted by majkia
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/329751)

April: "Series" hosted by DeltaQueen50
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/330569)

May: "Time Travel" hosted by h-mb
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/331479#)

June: "It's About the Journey" hosted by NinieB
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/332210)

July: "Historical Fantasy" hosted by h-mb
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/332975)

August: "Female Authors" hosted by AHS-Wolfy
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/333706)

September: "Near Future/Alternate Reality" hosted by luvamystery65
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/334432#n7579067)

October: "Creature Feature" hosted by christina_reads
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/335234)

November: "Short Stories" hosted by markon
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/336232#7636205)

December: "Last Chance Challenge" hosted by markon
(https://www.librarything.com/topic/337124)

Last year's challenges can be viewed here:

(https://www.librarything.com/topic/313056#7291690)

For our hosts, we do ask that you have your challenge thread posted two weeks before your month begins.

majkia did the wiki again for us this year, thanks!
https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2021_SFFKIT#2021_SFFKIT

Let's GO!

I'll take February! I'll choose my topic soon.

>2 SilverWolf28: woo! Looking forward to it.

put me down for March. No idea on a topic yet.

ETA: Okay, thought of a topic: Indiana Jones in Space (or Fairyland)

I am very happy to see SFFKit will be here next year! I will take April with the theme of "Series".

I've added a link to this thread to the main group page.

>6 rabbitprincess: thank you!

>4 majkia: got it.

>5 DeltaQueen50: updated, and thanks. 😊

I'll take September with the theme Near Future/Alternate Reality.

>10 luvamystery65: you got it!

I can repeat my August theme of Female Authors as it seemed to go okay this year.

I propose Historical fantasy in July

>12 AHS-Wolfy: & >13 h-mb: done and done!

*BUMP*

I can take the June thread. But I will need to think about the theme a bit . . .

>16 NinieB: all yours!

>17 fuzzi: Thanks! My topic will be "It's About the Journey". I'm planning to read a generation ship novel (not sure which one), but any kind of SFF journey will be good.

How about a "Creature Feature" in October -- books with non-human characters? Could be aliens, elves, robots, dragons, vampires, or many more.

How about a short story theme in November or December? I can take this one. Reads can be from an anthology, collection by one author, or online magazine.

I would be interested in another SFFKIT

>19 christina_reads: all yours! (you were volunteering, right?)

>20 markon: added!

>21 Robertgreaves: May and December are still available...

>15 majkia: are you feeling better now? ;)

>22 fuzzi: Yes, I volunteer as tribute! :)

>22 fuzzi: Added to my calendar!

Have you done Gothic Fantasy in the last couple years? If not, I can host one for December.

>27 amy.rosenberg: don't recall a Gothic Fantasy challenge.

How is that different from Historical Fantasy?

>28 fuzzi: Gothic Fantasy or Dark Fantasy doesn't have to be historical and it has a horror element. The Dark Tower series is one example, or Leah Bardugo's Ninth House.
But, if that doesn't appeal, I'd still like to host December and I can think of a different theme.

>28 fuzzi: >29 amy.rosenberg: I agree with Amy that they can be different...I read a lot of historical fantasy that's sort of light and fun in tone, whereas gothic fantasy would be dark/spooky.

>29 amy.rosenberg: December is yours for Gothic Fantasy!

May is still available...

BUMP

I can pick it with time travel if nobody wants it.

>34 h-mb: sounds like a plan!

Working on the wiki today.

And here it is: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2021_SFFKIT#2021_SFFKIT

>36 majkia: woo, thanks!

Wiki is up on the main page :)

>38 rabbitprincess: Thanks RP!

Ooh - this looks fun! I'll try and join in!

For February I'll do Sentient Things.

>41 SilverWolf28: updated!

Thank you, all, we're ready to go for 2021.

I'll try to post my January thread in the next week or so, as mid-December is going to be crazy.

>19 christina_reads:

I love this category. I had non-human narrators as one of my categories this year (I managed books narrated by dogs, a cat, an alien) having a category with non-human characters rather than just non-human narrators would give me so many more books to choose from.

>43 Zozette: I'm glad you like it! I was aiming for a category that would be pretty easy for people to fill, regardless of their tastes within the genre.

Link to online scifi pub removed because it acted like phishing.

>45 markon: that site looks like a phishing one.

January's thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/327234

>47 fuzzi: What makes you think so fuzzi? (Trying to remember where the link came from.) I've read a couple of stories so far.

>49 markon: because when I clicked on it a screen popped up with "goXprize" and it won't let me back out. I have to shut down my browser and restart it to go back to LT.

>50 fuzzi: Yuk! Sorry about that! It hasn't done that to me, but I'll take the link off.

Here's February's thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/328832

>52 SilverWolf28: thanks! I'll update the OP.

March thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/329751

>54 majkia: woo hoo, thanks!

Seeing as I've decided not to participate in the category challenge again this year with a thread of my own I just want to ask if the group still feels okay with me hosting a monthly topic. I'm just not reading enough these days to make the challenge worthwhile for me personally and am not participating in the group much at all. I'd still be able to fulfill my obligations as host but if the group decides you don't want me to then there will be no ill will on my behalf if that's what you decide. There's still a few months to go before my allocated month (August) so there is enough time for a new host to take over and for everyone to adjust their reading plans accordingly.

April's thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/330569

WOW! New book by Martha Wells in the Murderbot universe: "Home" (no Touchstone) is only 99 cents for pre-order at Amazon today!

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/martha-wells/home.htm?utm_source=ff&utm_m...

>58 fuzzi: Thanks!

May thread is up : https://www.librarything.com/topic/331479

>60 h-mb: yippee!

June thread is posted!

>62 NinieB: thank you!

July thread is on : https://www.librarything.com/topic/332975

>64 h-mb: thanks!

August thread is here.

>66 AHS-Wolfy: thank you!

I'll have September thread up very late this evening. Working extra shifts during this surge.

>68 luvamystery65: Keep safe and healthy as far as you can, Roberta

>69 Robertgreaves: Thank you Robert.

September thread is here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/334432#n7579067

>71 luvamystery65: thanks!

October thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/335234

>73 christina_reads: thank you, I've added the link also to the OP. :)

Planning on getting the November kit up this coming weekend. I think I had volunteered to suggest some short stories, but damned if I can find the list I created last winter when I was thinking of it! However, it should be easy to come up with suggestions, and I'm sure everyone will pitch in their recommendations!

>75 markon: short story collections or short stories?

>76 fuzzi: Either! I'm going to include some onlnine magazines for people to explore.

November's short SFF challenge is up!

Wiki is linked from the first post in November challenge.

Is December's challenge up yet?

>79 SilverWolf28: ::looks under piles of leaves in the yard::

Nope, not yet. Thanks for the reminder.

In my time zone it is already the last day of November and we still don't have a December thread that I can see. The volunteer for December proposed the topic, so does anybody want to take it over or shall we fall back on something we have frequently had at this time of year - books we meant to read this year but didn't?

>81 Robertgreaves: I like the books we meant to read but didn't yet topic for the selfish reason that I was having trouble coming up with something for the topic on the calendar. :-)

>81 Robertgreaves: you are correct, no response from the person who chose December.

ANYONE WANT DECEMBER?

If not, I'll create a thread of Last Chance Challenge.

Thanks to everyone being so supportive. I decided to not host again next year as my RL has had too much going on, and I have woefully neglected my duties...

...it wasn't because I didn't enjoy it! :(

>83 fuzzi: Thanks for all you have done for the challenge and enjoy your rest and may RL ease up a bit for you.

>83 fuzzi: I'll be glad to create a last chance thread if you like. It's pretty simple.

>85 markon: go for it, and THANK YOU.

Post the link here once it's created.

Here it is everyone, our December SFF challenge for 2021.