Reader’s Choice Awards at Discover Sci-Fi — and the movie ‘Babygirl’

Did I write the “Best Alien Sci-Fi (First Contact/Invasion) Book” of the year? Maybe. You get to vote.

Discover Sci-Fi, which is a site for people who love to read science fiction, is hosting its Reader’s Choice awards. Titles were selected based on nominations from readers, and the winners will be announced on January 9, 2025.

You can vote here: Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024.

The categories are: Best Sci-Fi Book (overall), Best Sci-Fi Audiobook, Best Debut, Best Space Opera Book, Best Military Sci-Fi Book, Best Alien Sci-Fi (First Contact/Invasion) Book — Usurpation is in this category — and Best LitRPG Book.

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The movie Babygirl  with Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas, and Harris Dickinson was released in the US this week. My novel, Semiosis, was used as a prop in the movie.

The movie producers asked for permission to use the book in the film a year ago. Only the cover will appear, the agreement stipulated, and “the book will not be read aloud, and no reference would be made to the book or its contents” — although if that happened, or if any of the stars wanted to pretend they were reading it, or if the book were somehow directly involved in the “erotic thriller” nature of the film, I would be fine with that.

But, probably, Semiosis will appear on a bookshelf somewhere in the background, perhaps not legibly, if at all. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but if you’ve seen it and you spotted my book, please let me know!