As I've done for several years now for the Worlds of Speculative Fiction monthly series, I've solicited suggestions about authors my viewers, subscribers, and supporters would like to see added. This year, I got a wide range of suggestions, but only two authors got suggested by more than one person. So both of them get an automatic "in" to the 2021 lineup.
Those authors are Stanislaw Lem and Jorge Luis Borges. 2021 marks the 100 year anniversary of Lem's birth, so it makes excellent sense to discuss his works, and to do so in September, the month of his birthday. Borges was the subject for an earlier session - back at the start of year 3 - of the series (here's the recording).
So here's the lineup as it stands for the present.
- January - Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy
- February - Philip K. Dick's stories of Colonization and Insanity
- March - R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing trilogy
- April - Margaret Atwood's Gilead dystopia stories
- May - Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers novels
- June - A.E. Van Vogt's Weapon-Makers novels
- July - Octavia Butler's Parable novels
- August - J.G. Ballard's modern dystopias
- September - Stanislaw Lem - theme TBD
- October - Neal Stephenson's Anathem
- November - Jorge Luis Borges - theme TBD
- December - TBA by vote
You notice that last slot is still open. That's where the voting comes in. You can vote on Twitter, on YouTube, or (if you're a Patreon supporter) on my Patreon page. Here are the options
- Poul Anderson
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- Philip Pullman
- Kim Stanley Robinson
So, get your votes in. One of these writers will get added to the 2021 lineup for the series, and it might be the one you select!
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