Sorry for running late on this one... Please drop some book club nominations for October (preferably not 1000 pages as we are getting started a little late).
Since it's spooky season I'll nominate John Dies at The End by Jason Pargin. It's an awesome horror/sci-fi with a sharp sense of humor.
I love this suggestion (it has been so long since I reread it) and I hope we can see it gain traction in future votes. And thanks for bringing it up, I may just go ahead and reread it anyway :D
So I recognize that the late request is my fault (sorry, Im new). So I am going to call an audible this month for two reasons. The upvotes and suggestions seemed to favor John Dies at The End, which I think is a great choice in general to read in October. In the future we'll have a proper vote and get started earlier. I will take all the nominees from this list and add them to a post for next month and we'll get a proper vote going for November.
How about Peter Watt's Firefall (or if that's too long, the first part: Blindsight) ? It's hard sci-fi yet still manages to have vampires in space. Spooky.