Hey bookworm friends, get excited because it’s #scifimonth2024! This is the first year I’m participating in this blogging event, and I’m hoping to soak up some scintillating sci-fi stories. Today’s TTTopic is Books with *Insert Item* on the Cover. Luckily (or cleverly), it lends itself perfectly to sci-fi month’s prompt of “Future Cities” so I’ll be sharing book covers featuring futuristic cities or buildings. I’ll divide them into two categories: those I’ve read and those on my TBR.
Link-ups
Thanks to the Sci-Fi Month hosts: Imyril at There’s Always Room for One More,
Lisa at Dear Geek Place,
Annemieke at A Dance with Books,
and Mayri at bookforager
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Don’t forget to check out her post and link up!
Read
Moon Soul – Nathaniel Luscombe │Cover Artist: Effie Joe Stock
Giant towers on a purple desert planet.
My Review
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Predator’s Gold (Mortal Engines Quartet #2) – Philip Reeve │Cover Artist: Ian McQue
Moving cities compete with each other for resources in a steampunk dystopian world.
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The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport – Samit Basu│Cover Artist: Sparth
Shantiport is an Indian-inspired sinking city. This cover is focused on the details of a street but I still think it counts.
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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy – Becky Chambers│Cover Artist: Feifei Ruan
A solar punk city & A robot & monk journey together through rural areas.
My Series Review
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Lost Ark Dreaming – Suyi Davies Okungbowa │ Cover Artist: Raphael Lacoste
A few sinking towers are left in this post-climate disaster novella.
My Review
TBR
Service Model – Adrian Tchaikovsky│Cover Artist: Could not find.
Humanity is a dying breed reliant on artificial labour and service.
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Mushroom Blues – Adrian M. Gibson │ Cover Artist: Felix Ortiz
Cyberpunk mystery of the Fungal variety.
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Gogmagog – Jeff Noon & Steve Beard│ Cover Artist: Ian McQue & Alice Claire Coleman
A Sci-Fi Fantasy where an old woman, a young girl, and a mechanical man journey through a vast estuary toward the city of Ludwich.
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The Way Up Is Death – Dan Hanks │ Cover Artist: Sarah O’Flaherty
A giant tower suddenly appears in the skies over England. Above the doorway is one word: Ascend.
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The Great When – Alan Moore │ Cover Artist: Nico Delort
Imagine a world where ‘The Great When’, another London which is beyond time, exists. Sci-fi Fantasy.
Let’s chat in the comments!
Did you participate in this week’s TTT? If so, feel free to share your link below. Do any of these books sound intriguing to you?
These are all beautiful covers, but I especially love the one for Moon Soul!
Thanks for visiting my blog, Lindsey! And I agree they’re all so pretty and Moon Soul was such a cozy sci-fi that I loved too!
Ooh enjoy Sci fi month. It’s a genre I really want to try and get into so hopefully I’ll try it out one year. Either next year or the one after depending on how my readings going. I hope you have a lovely time and maybe your posts will help me discover more sci fi to add to my list.
I do want to try the Mortal Engines one day having enjoyed the movie. The cover of Moonsoul has caught my eye so ill have to check the blurb out later (and your review too) what did you think of Jinn Bot I remember seeing it around?
Gogmagog is another I’m definitely going to have to look into. I’ve got the last two on my list as well although I think the tower one intrigues me most out of those two. It sounds so unusual. That and Service Model are also my favourite covers so apparently the colour scheme works for me 😂
Thank you! I can certainly recommend some that you might like if you ever wantto try any. I just finished a 5 star middle-grade sci-fi called The Last Cuentista and my heart is so full! I certainly hope you experiment with the genre if you see anything that sparks your interest.
Yes Moon Soul is such a cozy sci-fi and I loved it too, it really spoke to me. It’s not hard sci-fi at all if that helps. Jinn-Bot was one that I didn’t love sadly because I felt it tried to do too much.
Yeah to be fair that colour scheme is really pretty!! ♥
Ooh thank you. I definitely want to try sometime. I wouldn’t have thought of trying a MG but your review for that one really convinced me to check it out. Plus dystopian novels are one of the sci fi sub genres that I adore. I always tend to forget that they count 😂
It does sound like a really nice, comfy book to kind of ease yourself into the genre with. And I can kind of see that from the blurb. It is one that you kind of go back and reread to wrap your head around everything.
I keep hoping for a third instalment in the Monk & Robot series!
While I think the duology is perfect as it is, I wouldn’t say no to a third installment either 😉!
Nice list! Have fun with sci-fi month. I haven’t read any of these but Service Model caught my eye.
Thank you so much 🙂 Yes the cover for Service Model is cool and the premise also sounds amazing!
This is such a great variety. I especially love Lost Ark Dreaming😁
Thank you 😁 Oh yes, Lost Ark Dreaming was a great read. It was heavily compared to The Deep which I adored so it’s a bit tough to compete with that for me but still a great book in its own right!
I read very little sci fi, but I do like covers with futuristic cities on them. They definitely pique my interest and imagination!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Well if you ever feel like testing out the sci-fi waters I’d recommend most of the books in my ‘read’ section 🙂 Sci-fi really gets my imagination going too! Thanks for visiting my blog, Susan. ☺
I’ll have to look into some of these! The future of cities is fascinating to me.
Yes please do, who knows if you might end up liking any of them! 🙂 Plus I do know you like cities a lot!
Ooh, I love these covers! There’s something about images of futuristic cities that makes me want to pick a book up right away. Will have to check out some of these titles for sure!
I love these covers too and I am in such a sci-fi mood right now! I hope if you do, you’ll find some that you like 😀
Science Fiction books always seem to have beautiful and intriguing covers. I’ve just got the audiobook of Service Model and am really looking forward to delving into it.
Yes so many sci-fi covers are so eye-catching! Oh nice, that sounds like a fun one to listen on audiobook, I hope you love it!
Gogmagog is on my TBR too. The cover is stunning!
The level of detail on the cover is so much fun I could stare at the cityscape for a long time! & Oh cool I hope you love it!
OOh fun topic choice! These are all new to me picks! This would be an interesting one for me to do and challenging as there usually aren’t any defining things to mark a location on my covers. Usually it’s people or things! Lol.
Thanks for visiting my TTT!
Thank you and I’m glad to be able to pick books that might be new to someone! 🙂 oh that would be fun to try to see what kind of locations you can find among your covers! My pleasure thanks for visiting my blog 🙂
Love this take! And those are some gorgeous covers. I completely forgot about the Jinn-Bot of Shantiport, but I remember being intrigued by that one when it was announced. There are a few others on here that sound intriguing and I’ll definitely be checking them out 🙂
Thanks, Becky! 😊 Some of these covers are truly so stunning! Jinn-Bot was fun but ultimately didn’t work for me but it’s certainly unique and memorable! Cool, well I hope you like any if you try them out! 🙂
ahhh I absolutely love the theme you chose! These covers are gorgeous!! Thanks to you, my TBR is growing even larger 😅
Thanks so much, Jane! I’m glad you liked it and oh that’s exciting you’re welcome and I’m sorry about growing your tbr 😜 hahaa
Such a fun idea! I don’t read a lot of sci-fi, to be honest, but the covers always look awesome. I love the covers for Moon Soul and The Great When 🙂
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-swords-on-the-cover.html
I don’t read a lot of sci-fi either but I want to read a lot more! & I agree those covers are particularly striking! Thanks for visiting my blog, I’ll pop over to yours ♥
This is a fascinating idea for this week! I like how varied the designs are and that you included the artists. How cool! 🙂
Thanks, Jaime! ☺ I tend to try to include the cover artist especially on posts where the purpose is to discuss the cover but I wish the info was easier to find in some cases! lol
They are interesting covers. Such bold colours used.
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
I agree, I love the vibrant colours that sci-fi covers often use!
So cool! I love that you chose this topic! I’ve only read the Becky Chambers book but the others look really interesting too.
Thanks so much🥰! Ah nice, the Becky Chambers one is so good I need to read more by her!
I love this theme! (And I’m annoyed now that I didn’t think to link my TTTs this month up with SciFiMonth at all.) I’ve only read one book from your list so far (the Monk & Robot book) but several of the others are on my TBR. Also, thank you for including the cover artist’s name!
Thank you ♥!! Well there will be other weeks to combine TTT with Sci-Fi week so start thinking of ideas? 😉 heheh. Oh yes nice! I hope you like any others that you try. My pleasure. I really like knowing who does the art for covers.
Oooh great picks – I haven’t read Lost Ark Dreaming, but that gorgeous cover stood out for me this week too.
Thanks 😀 Lost Ark Dreaming is short and a good read so it’s worth trying if you’re interested! 🙂
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This is such a great topic!! I love these covers so much. The only one I’ve read is the Becky Chambers. I’m going to have to check out some of these others!
Thank you 🙂 Yes I think the Becky Chambers one is the one most of the commenters have read too ♥ Oh good idea, I hope you find something you might like! 🙂
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Gogmagog was a great read. These are all lovely covers.
Oh yay I’m glad to hear it’s a good one, I keep seeing it at the library but I haven’t picked it up yet!