Thursday, June 21, 2007
2006 - 2007 List
Here is the list for July 2006 - July 2007:

  1. Alas, Babylon Pat Frank
  2. The Swarm Frank Schatzing
  3. The Children of Men P.D. James
  4. The Little Friend Donna Tartt
  5. Selected Stories H.G. Wells
  6. All the Sounds of Fear Harlan Ellison
  7. The Feminists Parley Cooper
  8. Conditionally Human + Walter M. Miller
  9. The Eigth Day John Case
  10. A Wrinkle in the Skin John Christopher
  11. World War Z Max Brooks
  12. Skeleton Crew Stephen King
  13. A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr
  14. Monster Nation David Wellington
  15. Peeps Scott Westerfeld
  16. The Road Cormac McCarthy
  17. Penguin Science Fiction Brian Aldiss
  18. Yet More Science Fiction Brian Aldiss
  19. Fields of Grief Giles Blunt
  20. The Fifth Season David Docherty
  21. The Death of Grass John Christopher
  22. The Empty Bed Paul Thomas
  23. The Mephisto Club Tess Gerritsen
  24. The Night Watch Sergei Lukyanenko
  25. The Midwich Cuckoos John Wyndham
  26. The Chrysalids John Wyndham
  27. The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham
  28. Hiroshima John Hersey
  29. The World in Winter John Christopher
  30. Monster Nation David Wellington
  31. Galapagos Kurt Vonnegut
  32. Helloland Nick Walker
  33. Dragon Tears Dean Koontz
  34. Selected Stories Anton Checkov
  35. Farenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
  36. Modern Pluralism Andreas Papadakis
  37. Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami
  38. Releasing Fat Ray D. Strand
  39. The Prodigal Project Book II Ken Abraham & Daniel Hart
  40. The Prodigal Project Book I Ken Abraham & Daniel Hart
  41. Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury
  42. Black Rain Masuji Ibiuse
  43. Forever Odd Dean Koontz
  44. Cell Stephen King
  45. The Face Dean Koontz
  46. The Quiet Game Greg Iles
  47. Blood Memory Greg Iles
  48. Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut
  49. Stark Ben Elton
  50. This Other Eden Ben Elton
  51. Lunar Park Bret Easton Ellis
  52. Dark Rivers of the Heart Dean Koontz

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Nearing The End
I have a bunch of reviews written about the six books that I have read over the last week and a half, but with no computer it is kind of hard to, you know, post. Not that anyone cares. Ha!
Anyway, I've got a little over two weeks to go and only four books left to read. I think that I averaged it out to one book every four days (and I am going a book every one or two the last couple of weeks). Yes, I actually did the maths (but I also did the maths for something else that ended up with the result of six squillion or so, so doing the maths is something I just do for the hell of it.)

I have decided that for next year's 52 (which starts in two weeks, obviously) I will be endevouring to read at least 50% of them as non-fiction. Maybe learn something other than the fact that I am a sci-fi geek.

So, that being said, I'll do reviews when I get my computer back. Out of the books that I have read in the last few weeks, this is the concise version:

A Wrinkle in the Skin: Christopher is a genius.
The Eighth Day: It just was. Nothing interesting and the stupidest protagonist ever.
Conditionally Human: I love Miller. I really, really love him.
The Feminists: I think the name alone says it all, but it doesn't. Still not good though.
All the Sounds of Fear: I liked the title story, the rest were kind of okay.
H.G. Wells: How did I put this guy off for so damn long?

Have fun.

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