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November: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
December: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
A poll for the January 2019 book will be around the 15th, unless you want it sooner (not sooner than the U.S. midterms).
Discuss Foundation by Isaac Asimov in the comments below.
As for Liu Cixin's best known novel:
"Wildly imaginative, really interesting." ―President Barack Obama on The Three-Body Problem trilogy
The English translation for The Three-Body Problem was published in 2014 by Ken Liu under Tor Books.
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(Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Monday November 05 2018, @06:04PM
The first time I read the Foundation series (probably about 15 years ago) it blew my mind, I just couldn't put it down.
I recently (early this year) reread the first book, and found it hard to finish, just zero intrigue or interest at all.
Obviously the book didn't change, I did, and I wonder what I will think of it in 15 more years. Other Asimov stories have not failed me, and unfortunately I don't have a clear idea of why Foundation did.
I have had plenty of books that I appreciate more with time, but this has to be my first book (outside of the children's/YA section) that I have ever thought less of later in life.