Books Read, 2011
Jan. 1st, 2012 02:19 pmThe Harry Potter series
The Strain by Del Toro, Hogan
The Thing That Made Love by David V. Reed
The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
The Last Colony and Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Mindscan by Robert J. Sawyer
What To Expect When Your Wife Is Expanding: A Parody by Thomas Hill
Envisioning Information and Visual Explanations by Edward R. Tufte
Batman by Grant Morrison
Superman: The New Krypton Saga
Fantastic Four: Extended Family
Kraken by China MiƩville
Steampunk Prime, edited by Mike Ashley
The Skylark books, by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Kaleidoscope by Harry Turtledove
The Hand of Thrawn duology, by Timothy Zahn
WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer
The Sharing Knife, books three and four, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner
The Wall Around The World by Theodore R. Cogswell
The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross
The Trade Of Queens by Charles Stross
Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
The Steampunk Bible by Jeff Vandermeer and divers hands
Superman vs. Muhammad Ali
Majipoor Chionicles by Robert Silverberg
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson
The Dark Tower & Other Stories by C.S. Lewis
Buffy Season 8, Volume 8: Last Gleaming by Whedon, Jeanty, Allie
Everything Sings by Denis Wood
End Of An Era by Robert J. Sawyer
A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Decision At Doona by Anne McCaffrey
The Way Of Shadows by Brent Weeks
Orbitsville Departure by Bob Shaw
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives by Wil Wheaton
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Serving In Time by Gordon Eklund
Rescued From Paradise by Forward, Fuller
The Book Of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Wednesday Comics
The Black Canary Archives, v1, mostly by Kanigher and Infantino
Betrayer Of Worlds by Niven & Lerner
Children Of The Atom by Wilmar Shiras
Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
DC Comics: The New 52
Feynman by Ottaviani & Myrick
The Human Dilemma by Herbert N. Woodward
Analog 1 and 2, edited by John Campbell
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster
Rails Across The Galaxy by Offutt & Lyon
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Enemy Ace Archives, v1 by Kanigher & Kubert
The Sgt. Rock Archives, v1 by Kanigher, Kubert, et al
The Best Of Preventive Maintenance Monthly by Will Eisner at al
The DC Comics Rarities Archives
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, v2
The Wonder Woman Archives, v2
The World's Finest Archives, v3
The Action Heroes Archives, v1-2
The Expectant Father by Brott & Ash
Enforcer: The Shira Calpurnia Omnibus by Matthew Farrer
The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander
Rule 34 by Charles Stross
2/3rds of DiFilippo's Steampunk Trilogy
Flashpoint by Johns, Kubert, Hope
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The Difference Engine by Gibson & Sterling
Star Wars: Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber
The Adventures of Alyx by Joanna Russ
CV by Damon Knight
Return To Rocheworld and Marooned On Eden by Robert L. Forward, Julie Forward Fuller, and Margaret Dodson Forward
Clockwork Rocket by Greg Egan
The Best Of Archie Comics
The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton
Small Miracles by Edward M. Lerner
Enemy Ace: War In Heaven by Ennis, Weston, Alamy, Heath
I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter
Applying the usual fudge factors, I get about 92 books. That's better than I expected (especially given that I became a father this year), but still below my target of 100. Must try harder next year.
(Note: This post got eaten, and I had to restore from an OCR copy, so entertaining misspellings above may have ensued.)
The Strain by Del Toro, Hogan
The Thing That Made Love by David V. Reed
The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
The Last Colony and Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Mindscan by Robert J. Sawyer
What To Expect When Your Wife Is Expanding: A Parody by Thomas Hill
Envisioning Information and Visual Explanations by Edward R. Tufte
Batman by Grant Morrison
Superman: The New Krypton Saga
Fantastic Four: Extended Family
Kraken by China MiƩville
Steampunk Prime, edited by Mike Ashley
The Skylark books, by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Kaleidoscope by Harry Turtledove
The Hand of Thrawn duology, by Timothy Zahn
WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer
The Sharing Knife, books three and four, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner
The Wall Around The World by Theodore R. Cogswell
The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross
The Trade Of Queens by Charles Stross
Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
The Steampunk Bible by Jeff Vandermeer and divers hands
Superman vs. Muhammad Ali
Majipoor Chionicles by Robert Silverberg
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson
The Dark Tower & Other Stories by C.S. Lewis
Buffy Season 8, Volume 8: Last Gleaming by Whedon, Jeanty, Allie
Everything Sings by Denis Wood
End Of An Era by Robert J. Sawyer
A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Decision At Doona by Anne McCaffrey
The Way Of Shadows by Brent Weeks
Orbitsville Departure by Bob Shaw
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives by Wil Wheaton
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Serving In Time by Gordon Eklund
Rescued From Paradise by Forward, Fuller
The Book Of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Wednesday Comics
The Black Canary Archives, v1, mostly by Kanigher and Infantino
Betrayer Of Worlds by Niven & Lerner
Children Of The Atom by Wilmar Shiras
Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa
DC Comics: The New 52
Feynman by Ottaviani & Myrick
The Human Dilemma by Herbert N. Woodward
Analog 1 and 2, edited by John Campbell
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster
Rails Across The Galaxy by Offutt & Lyon
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Enemy Ace Archives, v1 by Kanigher & Kubert
The Sgt. Rock Archives, v1 by Kanigher, Kubert, et al
The Best Of Preventive Maintenance Monthly by Will Eisner at al
The DC Comics Rarities Archives
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, v2
The Wonder Woman Archives, v2
The World's Finest Archives, v3
The Action Heroes Archives, v1-2
The Expectant Father by Brott & Ash
Enforcer: The Shira Calpurnia Omnibus by Matthew Farrer
The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander
Rule 34 by Charles Stross
2/3rds of DiFilippo's Steampunk Trilogy
Flashpoint by Johns, Kubert, Hope
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The Difference Engine by Gibson & Sterling
Star Wars: Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber
The Adventures of Alyx by Joanna Russ
CV by Damon Knight
Return To Rocheworld and Marooned On Eden by Robert L. Forward, Julie Forward Fuller, and Margaret Dodson Forward
Clockwork Rocket by Greg Egan
The Best Of Archie Comics
The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton
Small Miracles by Edward M. Lerner
Enemy Ace: War In Heaven by Ennis, Weston, Alamy, Heath
I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter
Applying the usual fudge factors, I get about 92 books. That's better than I expected (especially given that I became a father this year), but still below my target of 100. Must try harder next year.
(Note: This post got eaten, and I had to restore from an OCR copy, so entertaining misspellings above may have ensued.)