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Hello bazhsw, and welcome to WWEnd!  You've come to the right place to find new books to rekindle your interest in genre fiction.  We've got tons of awards and lists to help you get started not to mention over 1,200 reviews from our awesome members.  (Seriously, you guys are awesome.)

The WoGF is a great kick starter too and with only 12 books it's not a huge burden.  Don't worry too much about the review part.  Just put down some impressions of the book, what you liked and didn't like, as if you were talking about a movie with your friends over beers.  You can try for earth-shattering if you like but lots of folks like a simple review too.  Simetimes all you want to get from a review is a general feel for the book not an in-depth analysis.

Best of luck with the challenge and welcome aboard!

Hello Brett, welcome to WWEnd!  I'm glad to hear you found us looking for the top SF books - we have a bunch of 'em.  The WoGF is a great place to start and I like your first review too.  Sounds like you like our challenge display page.  I think it's one of the best features of the challenges we do.  Good luck with your challenge and let me know if you have any questions about WWEnd.  Oh, and tell your friends about us!  We're always looking to grow our community.

Grokdad, welcome to WWEnd!  So glad you found us and that you want to hang out.  We've got a great community here and we have a lot of fun.  I see you have not signed up for the Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge .  If you hurry you can be the 300th member to sign up!  I want to encourage you to snoop around the site.  There are lots of cool things hidden in the nooks and crannies.

I remember those library days like it was yesterday!  I always felt like I was getting away with something when I was pushing it to the max on checkouts.  I thought any minute they would turn me away for taking too many. And oh how I loved sliding a dozen or more books down the return shoot.  I always took my time and did each one separately to really get the most out of the experience - much to my mother's annoyance   I've got to take the kids to the library this week!

Good on ya for realizing your dream to write you own book and I must say I really like your art work on your site.  Your brushes with greatness are a lot of fun to see too!  Ash!

So what comes after "gumming" on Martin and Gaiman et al.?  Blending Buekes and Weeks and Scalzi and slurping them up with a straw?   Come to think of it that would be one weird, violent and entertaining concoction!

Hello plasma, and welcome to WWEnd!  Being new to genre fiction you have definitely come to the right place.  WWEnd is built to help people find great books to read and our members will be happy to help you with recommendations of their own too. As for new authors we have hundreds to choose from and we always encourage our members to try somebody new.  Also, do check out our Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge.  It has been a lot of fun so far and you're sure to find something great to read.

I'm a fan of Simak as well and I've had one of his books on my to read list for a long time.  I'll bet you can guess which one

Hello Locy from Madrid!  We're glad you found us too.  You've listed some great authors in your post and I trust you'll find many more greats here.  WWEnd is a good place to share your love of genre fiction.  I think you can learn much from our members - we've got a smart and passionate bunch here - but I expect we can all learn something from you as well so please jump right in with both feet.  As an example, we just passed 1,700 reviews on the site - ALL member submitted!  How cool is that?  The WoGF Reaching Challenge accounts for over 300 of those which has been a really nice boost.  I always recommend that new members check it out.  It's one of our best community efforts and we hope it will open some eyes and have a lasting impact.

I have to admit I've never read 2001: A Space Odyssey so I can't comment on that except to say that it's got 4 stars from 120 member ratings - you can make it 121!  I loved the movie though!  On my favorites list you'll find a pretty eclectic mix of books (You can click my name at left to see my list.) but I'll mention a few here that always come to mind:

These are in no particular order and I'll have to admit it's a pretty safe list over all but there it is. I think I need to update my favorites now that you got me thinking about it. Surely I'm missing something!

Anyway, thanks for joining our community. Perhaps you can help us find some more madrileños who love genre fiction?

Welcome to WWEnd, Nymeria!  You've found us at a very opportune time.  We've just launched our new Roll-Your-Own Reading Challenge and our members are coming up with some great themes for you to pick from.  There is much to see and discover on the site so you'll be able to fill your 48 hours easliy

I suggest you get familiar with our BookTrackr so you can customize the site to your reading history.  Once you tag the books you've read you can review your stats and see how you're doing with the awards and lists.  Don't miss our Jo Fletcher Fridays post today for your chance to win a freee book too.  That will get you started but we have tons of other cool features to help you scratch that spec fic itch!