SFF180 Readathon 🚀 SPACE OPERA SEPTEMBER 🚀 Season 2

[@FlyingStylus]

I LOVE IT!!!

[@SFF180]

Everyone, this is Matt Olson, the thumbnail-creating legend who did all my wonderful animation work and the true MVP of this video. Take a bow sir! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@FlyingStylus]

@@SFF180 It's always amazing to see it all put together, especially as expertly as you did with editing, music, sfx, story. Also excellent choice in not using my hellscape alarm sound :)

[@sjjones6835]

The production quality! Bringing it to another level entirely. I was not expecting this amount of cool animation and polish when I clicked on the video. Can't wait to participate! Thank you for putting so much time, thought, and effort into hosting a fun event for everybody.

[@ToriMorrow]

So excited! I’ve been waiting for space opera September to return. Can’t wait to participate!

[@scb740]

This is next-level stuff!! One can feel the care that went into this. 😃

[@SFF180]

Thanks! Everyone who helped out is amazing, and Matt Olson in particular is the MVP.

[@knigoholik9946]

And to think I lost all perception of time as well as my desire to read ✨ but it is Space Opera September 🚀 so to the stars we goooo 🚀

[@august3777]

Nice trailer.

[@demoran]

Sounds fun. The rules of the book battle incentivize players to have their opponents read bad books in an effort to make them DNF and therefore lose the battle to the other player.

[@SFF180]

I mean, people can play it that way if they want. 😂 I am of course being very hands-off about that.

[@BookInvasion]

Wow well done! this should be fun. I'm so much of a mood reader that people assigning me books to read makes me a little anxious but i'll give it a shot.

[@ems1201]

Ohh I just stumbled onto your channel and I am blown away by the production quality and effort put into this vid! I'm definitely going to join this challenge and Discord (which I'm really excited about bc I always want to meet more readers!) This is super convenient timing too, bc I just started Nophek Gloss so I'm already in a space opera mood!

[@SFF180]

Glad to have you!

[@spitbleach]

I CAN'T WAIT. The first Space Opera September got me into reading sci-fi, and how you're developing the challenge seems amazing.

[@MishelleLexi]

The amount of effort put into this readathon is awesome. I definitely want to join in, not sure in what capacity yet though, need to look through my tbr 🛸

[@KeepCalmwithBooksandCoffee]

This is amazing! The production quality is incredible. I can’t wait to participate.

[@bluemoonandorangesky]

That was freakin fantastic!!!

[@NamasteBbooktube]

The intro is on another level

[@HamsavahiniVajraasthra]

Namaste & Hello Thomas😁Loved the concept design & looking forward to it😁👍👍👍👍

[@kittygbooks]

Hee hee this was amazing and I’m excited to see people participating. I may have to try it out too!!

[@SFF180]

You’re the best Pirate Queen!

[@TheShadesofOrange]

This sounds good and will work out great with my sept reading plans. Thanks for all you do Thomas! Amazing video production as always

[@SFF180]

Thanks Rachel! Thrilled to have you!

[@kilimanjarocruz660]

Amazing video, Thomas! Congratulations. I am also thinking of the books that I'll choose for my 'opponents'.

[@ThatsSoPoe]

I like the buddy system! Do you think Mary Robinette Kowal's Lady Astronaut series counts as space opera, btw? I still need to get to #2 & #3 in that series for the Hugos, so this might be a good motivation to pick those up.

[@SFF180]

I’d say books 2-3 have enough space content to qualify for the purposes of the readathon.

[@ThatsSoPoe]

@@SFF180 Thanks!! This will be the perfect excuse to finally make time for them. 😁

[@jamesgossweiler1349]

This was Uber cool!!!

[@aneweliseonlife]

These videos are awesome!!! I am so excited and am already preparing my books!!

[@thetbrdiaries]

This video was amazing! I can't wait to participate

[@tawallah77]

This is so amazing from introduction to book battles/buddy read. I’ll be over in discord. I can’t wait.

[@sriranjit3684]

Please review Peter F Hamilton books. He has written a lot of Space Opera like Night's Dawn Trilogy, Commonwealth Saga Duology, etc.

[@SFF180]

I reviewed several PFH books on the old SFReviews.net website, but I want to do fresh re-reads of a lot of them.

[@francissreckofabian01]

Nice production. Shame about the starship. I bet they aren't cheap.

[@SFF180]

Well, the insurance company won’t be happy.

[@BeckyM]

This is fantastic!! Unfortunately, I won't be able to join in the readathon but I'll definitely be fitting some Space Opera in during September!

[@SFF180]

Well remember, under Season 1 challenges you can join the readathon by reading as little as a single book. So if you pick up a space opera next month it might well qualify! 😊

[@BeckyM]

@@SFF180 oooh, of course!!

[@danielleoliver1734]

Sounds great, I really want to read the Velocity Weapon trilogy now it’s complete 🚀

[@whimsydearest]

Aaaah, the amount of work you put into this is amazing!!

[@JenniMReads]

This is brilliant! I was expecting something very cool but this exceeded my already very high expectations! Luckily you have created an option for those of us who have no idea how to use Discord. Off to think of a suitable trilogy to read. What a pity Emma Newman's Planetfall has four books.

[@SFF180]

Well technically, there’s nothing prohibiting a longer series if you can knock it all out in a month.

[@KatieLovestoRead]

Definitely worth the extra year wait!

[@SFF180]

Thanks Katie!

[@Chipelin]

Great idea, honestly! I pledge to read The Inhibitor Space trilogy and if I'll manage three big sci-fi books in a month I guess I'll do battle! Also, fantastic intro!

[@SFF180]

Brilliant choices!

[@agnesmetanomski6730]

Must make a list of books and check the discord server....

[@august3777]

Even though I wont catch this live, I have been looking forward to this. I tune in after work.

[@fiberartsyreads]

Awesome! Can’t wait. 🚀

[@laraelwing]

Very excited to participate this year! :)

[@cheyennebuckbooks]

I'm so excited for this!

[@ChiannaNycole]

This was so cute, what a great job!

[@bookwormdreams5182]

I'm so excited for this! Will be checking out the Discord server. (M)

[@ilam3778]

This is awesome!

[@andiecurlybooks]

Wow that was incredible! Such a cool video!!

[@pandora4037]

Will you be adding this readathon to StoryGraph?

[@SFF180]

I would like to, though I confess, I am still very new to that app and I don’t really know how all of it works just yet. But I suppose I could read up on it and learn. As much as I have been turning more and more anti-Goodreads lately, it’s probably time I did that.

[@pandora4037]

@@SFF180 I've put a few readathons that I've taken part in on there. So I can help you if you need it.

[@SFF180]

@@pandora4037 that’s a great offer! I would appreciate that. 🙂

[@san2709g]

Cannot wait! 😊

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

Hello, Thomas. I tried to participate fully in 2019 and 2020, but did not complete, so will try to catch up. I have posted by in-progress TBR on Goodreads for this year. Question: is the Sparrow duology by Mary Doria Russell considered a space opera for the purposes of this readathon?

[@SFF180]

I would say that since the journey to the alien world is a significant part of the narrative of The Sparrow, yes, it counts. Glad you have you joining!

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

@@SFF180 Thank you for responding so quickly. 'Sparrow' it is then. And, thank you for your wonderfully creative challenge videos.

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

@@SFF180 Hi, again. I am having trouble finding books/titles that were published before my year of birth (1948). I have found some, but I don't know if they are strictly space opera, like Heinlein's 'Beyond this Horizon' which I have wanted to read for my personal project of reading books published in my birth year. Are there any classic sci fi (before 1948) that are your favorites that would qualify?

[@reflectionsonliterature804]

The discord link doesn't work

[@SFF180]

It has just been updated!