Booklist 2012 - November
Well, the year is almost up...
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A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A morbid initiation (Victorian Age Vampire) (Philippe Boulle)
A Nomad of the Time Streams (Michael Moorcock)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Against a dark background (Iain M. Banks)
The Algebraist (Iain M. Banks)
Der Amboss der Welt (The Anvil of the World) (Kage Baker)
Die anderen Erden (The wreaks of time) (Michael Moorcock)
Ashes and Angel Wings (Trilogy of the Fallen) (Greg Stolze)
Auferstehung (Leo Tolstoi)
Aurora (Alastair Reynolds)
The Beast Within (Stewart Wick, Edit.)
Behold the man (Michael Moorcock)
Blood Rites - The Dresden Files 6 (Jim Butcher)
Bloody Scotland (Terry Deary)
The Book of Lost Tales (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Book of Lost Tales, vol. 2 (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The box of delights (John Masefield)
Blut der Abtrünnigen - Der Große Bruderkrieg 11 (Tales of Heresy) (Nick Kyme & Lindsey Priestly, Editors)
The Broken Sword (Poul Anderson)
Das Buch Corum (Michael Moorcock)
The call of the wild, White Fang & The Scarlet Plague (Jack London)
The Celtic Reconstructionist FAQ (Various Authors)
The Children of Húrin (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The City & The City (China Miéville)
Der Club Dumas (Artur Pérez-Reverte)
The complete stories of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Consider Phlebas (Iain M. Banks)
Das Cornelius Rezept (A cure for cancer) (Michael Moorcock)
Chronik eines angekündigten Todes (Gabriel García Márquez)
Cthulhu Geistergeschichten (H.P. Lovecraft)
The cut-throat Celts (Terry Deary)
Daemon World (Ben Counter)
Die Damen von Grace Adieu (The Ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories) (Susanna Clarke)
The Dancers at the End of Time (Michael Moorcock)
Dark Imperium (Marc Gascoigne, Andy Jones, Editors)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
Death masks - The Dresden Files 5 (Jim Butcher)
Do Androids dream of electric sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Drood (Dan Simmons)
Dylan - The nine lives of Dylan Thomas (Jonathan Fryer)
Dylan Thomas - A Biography (Paul Ferris)
The Dylan Thomas Omnibus (Dylan Thomas)
Der einsame Baum (The one tree) (Stephen Donaldson)
Der Eiserne Rat (Iron Council)
Eiszeit 4000 (The ice Schooner) (Michael Moorcock)
Eldritch Tales - A miscellancy of the macabre (H.P. Lovecraft)
Elric at the End of Time (Michael Moorcock)
Elric von Melniboné - Die Sage vom Ende der Zeit (Michael Moorcock)
Embassytown (China Miéville)
Erlkönig (Dead beat) - The Dresden Files 7 (Jim Butcher)
Excession (Iain M. Banks)
Feersum Endjiin (Iain M. Banks)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Firmin - Ein Rattenleben (Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife) (Sam Savage)
Der Fluch des Verächters (Lord Foul's Bane) (Stephen R. Donaldson)
Fool Moon - The Dresden Files 2 (Jim Butcher)
Forward the Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Die Foundation-Trilogie (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation) (Isaac Asimov)
The Founding - A Gaunt's Ghosts Ominbus (Dan Abnett)
Die frühe Foundation-Trilogie (Isaac Asimov)
Für eine Handvoll Pfund - Geschichten von der Nightside 10 (The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny) (Simon R. Green)
Das geheime Leben der Bücher (Régis de sá Moreira)
Gesammelte Werke (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Der Glanz des Mondes (Brilliance of the Moon) (Lian Hearne)
Gloriana or the unfulfilled Queen (Michael Moorcock)
Götter und Kulte der Germanen (Rudolf Simek)
Der Gottkaiser des Wüstenplaneten (God-Emperor of Dune) (Frank Herbert)
Grave Peril - The Dresden Files 3 (Jim Butcher)
Eine Hand voll Sterne (Rafik Schami)
Das Haus Atreides (Dune: House Atreides) (Brain Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Das Haus Harkonnen (Dune: House Harkonnen) (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Das Haus Corrino (Dune: House Corrino) (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Helena oder das Meer des Sommers (Julián Ayesta)
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
Herr der Nacht (Night's master) (Tanith Lee)
Der Herr des Wüstenplaneten (Dune Messiah) (Frank Herbert)
Himmelssturz (Pushing Ice) (Alastair Reynolds)
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
How to write Science Fiction and Fantasy (Orson Scott Card)
Hüter der Pforten (Various Authors)
Hunters of Dune (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Die Hyperion-Gesänge (Hyperion / The Fall of Hyperion) (Dan Simmons)
Ilium (Dan Simmons)
Illuminatus! (The Illuminatus! Trilogy) (Robert Shea & Robert A. Wilson)
Imperium (Robert Harris)
Imperium (Hans-Christian Huf)
Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jennifer Goverment (Max Barry)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanne Clarke)
Die Kelten (Alexander Dumandt)
Die Ketzer des Wüstenplaneten (Heretics of Dune) (Frank Herbert)
Ketzerfürst - Der Große Bruderkrieg 14 (The first Heretic) (Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Die Kinder des Wüstenplaneten (Children of Dune) (Frank Herbert)
Der Kinderdieb (The Child Thief) (Gerald Brom)
Kreativ Schreiben (Fritz Gesing)
Die Kriegsmeute (The Warhound & the World's Pain) (Michael Moorcock)
Legionär in der Römischen Armee (Legionary) (Philp Matyszak)
Die letzte Walstatt (The Power that preserves) (Stephan Donaldson)
Living Wicca (Scott Cunningham)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lustrum (Robert Harris)
The Lost - A Gaunt's Ghosts Ominbus (Dan Abnett)
The Madness of Priests (Victorian Age Vampire) (Philippe Boulle)
Magira - Jahrbuch zur Fantasy 2005 (Hermann Ritter, Michael Scheuch, editors)
The Man in the high castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man who would be King (Christine Pevitt)
Maschinengeist (Chris Schlicht)
Matter (Iain M. Banks)
Meine Freunde die Roboter (Isaac Asimov)
Memnoch the Devil (Anne Rice)
Miss Brunners letztes Programm (The final Programme) (Michael Moorcock)
Necronomicon (H.P. Lovecraft)
Nemesis - Der Große Bruderkrieg 13 (Nemesis) (James Swallow)
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
Nollops Vermächtnis (Ella Minnow Pea)
Olympos (Dan Simmons)
On Writing (Stephen King)
Die Ordensburg des Wüstenplaneten (Chapterhouse Dune) (Frank Herbert)
Das Papierhaus (Carlos Maria Domínguez)
Paul of Dune (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Pawns of Chaos (Brian Craig)
Perdido Street Station (China Miéville)
Der Pfad im Schnee (Grass for his pillow) (Lian Hearn)
The picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Player of Games (Iain M. Banks)
Prelude to Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Principia Discordia
Die Rache der Rose (The Revenge of the Rose) (Michael Moorcock)
Republic (Plato)
Revelation Space (Alastair Reynolds)
Der Ring der Kraft (White Gold wielder) (Stephen Donaldson)
The Road to Dune (Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Robots and Empire (Isaac Asimov)
Der Runenstab (Michael Moorcock)
The Runes of the Earth (Stephen R. Donaldson)
The Saint - A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Dan Abnett)
Sandworms of Dune (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
The savage tales of Solomon Kane (Robert E. Howard)
The Scar (China Miéville)
Schuldig (Proven Guilty) - The Dresden Files 8 (Jim Butcher)
Das Schwert in der Stille (Across the Nightingale Floor) (Lian Hearn)
Das Science Fiction Jahr 2011 (Sascha Mamczak, Sebastian Pirling, Wolfgang Jeshke, Editors)
Selected poems (Dylan Thomas)
The Seven Deadlies (Trilogy of the Fallen) (Greg Stolze)
Shakespeare (Bill Bryson)
The Shaping of Middle-Earth (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Der siebte Kreis des Wissens (The Illearth War) (Stephan Donaldson)
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Singularität (Singularity Sky) (Charles Stross)
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Spells & Chrome (John Helfers, editor)
Die Stadt des Ungeheuers (The City of the Beast) (Michael Moorcock)
Die Stahlhöhlen (Isaac Asimov)
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
The State of the Art (Iain M. Banks)
Storm Front - The Dresden Files 1 (Jim Butcher)
Sturmnacht - Dresden Files 1 (Stormfront) - Jim Butcher
Summer Knight - The Dresden Files 4 (Jim Butcher)
Supernova (Iron Sunrise) (Charles Stross)
Surface Detail (Iain M. Banks)
The Tempest (William Shakespear)
Tochter der Traumdiebe (The Dreamthief's Daughter) (Michael Moorcock)
Die Tochter des Kriegers (The Warlord's Legacy) (Ari Marmell)
Tote ohne Begräbnis (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Totenstadt (City of the Dead) (Rosemary Jones)
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Und Nietzsche weinte (When Nietzsche wept) (Irvin D. Yalom)
Unfinished Tales (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Use of Weapons (Iain M. Banks)
The Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice)
Verlorene Söhne - Der Große Bruderkrieg 12 (A Thousand Sons) (Graham McNeill)
Das verwundete Land (The wounded land) (Stephen Donaldson)
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
Weiße Nächte - Dresden Files 9 (White Night) (Jim Butcher)
What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew (Daniel Pool)
Welsh walkes and legends (Showell Styles)
Welten und Zeit genug (Worlds enough and time) (Dan Simmons)
The Winds of Dune (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Wicca - A guide for the solitary practitioner (Scott Cunningham)
Wicca for beginners (Thea Sabin)
Winter Witch (Elaine Cunningham)
The Wolf Gift (Anne Rice)
Wolfsjagd - Dresden Files 2 (Fool Moon) (Jim Butcher)
The Wounded King (Victorian Age Vampire) (Philippe Boulle)
The Wreakage of Paradise (Trilogy of the Fallen) (Greg Stolze)
Writing Fiction for dummies (Randy Ingermanson & Peter Economy)
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Crawford Kilian)
Der Wüstenplanet (Dune) (Frank Herbert)
November (16):
Blutzoll (Blood price) (Tanja Huff): Another book I missed the first time around, and so far I'm not sure if I missed anything. Still reading this.
Dark Ages: Assamite - Dark Ages Clan Novels 2 (Stefan Petrucha): A good story, but it doesn't hold up to the promise of the first novel.
Dark Ages: Cappadocian - Dark Ages CLan Novels 3 (Andrew Bates):So far, the weakest of the Dark Ages CLan Novels. Almost bad enough to make me want to give up reading the whole series. Reading this right now.
Dark Ages: Nosferatu - Dark Ages Clan Novels 1 (Gherbod Fleming): Yes, a lot of Vampire this month, and I suspect december will be more of the same. This was really good, a lot of well written characterization with a beleivable character. Pity the series so far hasn't held up to this promise.
Dark Tyrants (ed. Justin Achilli & Robert Hatch): A collection of short fiction for White Wolf's Vampire: the Dark Ages game. You can tell this was published during the beginning of the game's life cycle as it contradicts some of what was later established as the "canon" of the game. Still good reading though
Du bist tot (Halting State) (Charles Stross): Written from the point of view of three characters but in second person singular, this is a gripping crime story where the crime is theft... in the world of an online RPG. However, this theft quickly has repercussions in the real world.
Durch bittere Asche - Der Gralskonvent 1 (To Sift Through Bitter Ashes) (David Niall Wilson): The original V:tDA trilogy. Ironically enough, I didn't read it when it was first released, and now I feel like a fool for that. Well writen and quickly read.
The Elements of Style (William Strunk & E.B. White): This slim little book finds mention and recommendation in every writing guide I've read so far, and I can only agree - if you plan on writing, read this book. It's that good.
Embers of Atlantis (Tracy Hickman): Quite a few years ago there was an RPG called Fireborn which let you play reincarnated dragons who were being reborn in modern day London. However, it got canceled when the publisher decided to refocus on boardgames. Now it's back, at least as a series of novels that advance the timeline quite a bit. Quick, good to read action, if a bit short.
How not to write a novel (Sandra Newman & Howard Mittelmark): A brilliant help book for new authors on how NOT to do it. Even if you never plan on writing a novel, you should have great fun with this one.
In toten Sprachen - Der gralskonvent 2 (To Speak in Lifeless Tongues) (David Niall Wilson): The second part of the trilogy. Not quite as good as the first book, but shorter.
Die Kinder des Saturn (Saturn's Children) (Charles Stross): Hey, look, a novel without Vampires! Imagine a world in which mankind has died out and left the world to robots - but without really giving the robots the control they need to take over. And then write a spy novel about a sex robot built long after the death of the last human.
Midnight Blue - The Sonja Blue COllection (Nancy A. Collins): The original punk vampire, and a novel where the vampires - even the protagonists - are real monsters, no pretty sexy vampires here.
Prestige - Die Meister der Magie (The Prestige) (Christopher Priest): You've probably seen the film version of this tale, and it is a very good film, but let me tell you, if you havn't read the novel, you're missing out some very good material, including the modern day plotline that turns this into a nice little horror story.
Schmitz' Katze (Ralf Schmitz): A german commedian talking about his cat and cats in general. Funny, and a recommended read if you ever have plans on buying a cat.
Von verlorenen Träumen - Der Gralskonvent 3 (To dream of dreamers lost) (David Niall Wilson): Still not as good as the first book of the trilogy, but better than the second part. Still reading this.
me at goodreads
A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A morbid initiation (Victorian Age Vampire) (Philippe Boulle)
A Nomad of the Time Streams (Michael Moorcock)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Against a dark background (Iain M. Banks)
The Algebraist (Iain M. Banks)
Der Amboss der Welt (The Anvil of the World) (Kage Baker)
Die anderen Erden (The wreaks of time) (Michael Moorcock)
Ashes and Angel Wings (Trilogy of the Fallen) (Greg Stolze)
Auferstehung (Leo Tolstoi)
Aurora (Alastair Reynolds)
The Beast Within (Stewart Wick, Edit.)
Behold the man (Michael Moorcock)
Blood Rites - The Dresden Files 6 (Jim Butcher)
Bloody Scotland (Terry Deary)
The Book of Lost Tales (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Book of Lost Tales, vol. 2 (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The box of delights (John Masefield)
Blut der Abtrünnigen - Der Große Bruderkrieg 11 (Tales of Heresy) (Nick Kyme & Lindsey Priestly, Editors)
The Broken Sword (Poul Anderson)
Das Buch Corum (Michael Moorcock)
The call of the wild, White Fang & The Scarlet Plague (Jack London)
The Celtic Reconstructionist FAQ (Various Authors)
The Children of Húrin (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The City & The City (China Miéville)
Der Club Dumas (Artur Pérez-Reverte)
The complete stories of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Consider Phlebas (Iain M. Banks)
Das Cornelius Rezept (A cure for cancer) (Michael Moorcock)
Chronik eines angekündigten Todes (Gabriel García Márquez)
Cthulhu Geistergeschichten (H.P. Lovecraft)
The cut-throat Celts (Terry Deary)
Daemon World (Ben Counter)
Die Damen von Grace Adieu (The Ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories) (Susanna Clarke)
The Dancers at the End of Time (Michael Moorcock)
Dark Imperium (Marc Gascoigne, Andy Jones, Editors)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
Death masks - The Dresden Files 5 (Jim Butcher)
Do Androids dream of electric sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Drood (Dan Simmons)
Dylan - The nine lives of Dylan Thomas (Jonathan Fryer)
Dylan Thomas - A Biography (Paul Ferris)
The Dylan Thomas Omnibus (Dylan Thomas)
Der einsame Baum (The one tree) (Stephen Donaldson)
Der Eiserne Rat (Iron Council)
Eiszeit 4000 (The ice Schooner) (Michael Moorcock)
Eldritch Tales - A miscellancy of the macabre (H.P. Lovecraft)
Elric at the End of Time (Michael Moorcock)
Elric von Melniboné - Die Sage vom Ende der Zeit (Michael Moorcock)
Embassytown (China Miéville)
Erlkönig (Dead beat) - The Dresden Files 7 (Jim Butcher)
Excession (Iain M. Banks)
Feersum Endjiin (Iain M. Banks)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Firmin - Ein Rattenleben (Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife) (Sam Savage)
Der Fluch des Verächters (Lord Foul's Bane) (Stephen R. Donaldson)
Fool Moon - The Dresden Files 2 (Jim Butcher)
Forward the Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Die Foundation-Trilogie (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation) (Isaac Asimov)
The Founding - A Gaunt's Ghosts Ominbus (Dan Abnett)
Die frühe Foundation-Trilogie (Isaac Asimov)
Für eine Handvoll Pfund - Geschichten von der Nightside 10 (The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny) (Simon R. Green)
Das geheime Leben der Bücher (Régis de sá Moreira)
Gesammelte Werke (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Der Glanz des Mondes (Brilliance of the Moon) (Lian Hearne)
Gloriana or the unfulfilled Queen (Michael Moorcock)
Götter und Kulte der Germanen (Rudolf Simek)
Der Gottkaiser des Wüstenplaneten (God-Emperor of Dune) (Frank Herbert)
Grave Peril - The Dresden Files 3 (Jim Butcher)
Eine Hand voll Sterne (Rafik Schami)
Das Haus Atreides (Dune: House Atreides) (Brain Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Das Haus Harkonnen (Dune: House Harkonnen) (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Das Haus Corrino (Dune: House Corrino) (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Helena oder das Meer des Sommers (Julián Ayesta)
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
Herr der Nacht (Night's master) (Tanith Lee)
Der Herr des Wüstenplaneten (Dune Messiah) (Frank Herbert)
Himmelssturz (Pushing Ice) (Alastair Reynolds)
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
How to write Science Fiction and Fantasy (Orson Scott Card)
Hüter der Pforten (Various Authors)
Hunters of Dune (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Die Hyperion-Gesänge (Hyperion / The Fall of Hyperion) (Dan Simmons)
Ilium (Dan Simmons)
Illuminatus! (The Illuminatus! Trilogy) (Robert Shea & Robert A. Wilson)
Imperium (Robert Harris)
Imperium (Hans-Christian Huf)
Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jennifer Goverment (Max Barry)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanne Clarke)
Die Kelten (Alexander Dumandt)
Die Ketzer des Wüstenplaneten (Heretics of Dune) (Frank Herbert)
Ketzerfürst - Der Große Bruderkrieg 14 (The first Heretic) (Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Die Kinder des Wüstenplaneten (Children of Dune) (Frank Herbert)
Der Kinderdieb (The Child Thief) (Gerald Brom)
Kreativ Schreiben (Fritz Gesing)
Die Kriegsmeute (The Warhound & the World's Pain) (Michael Moorcock)
Legionär in der Römischen Armee (Legionary) (Philp Matyszak)
Die letzte Walstatt (The Power that preserves) (Stephan Donaldson)
Living Wicca (Scott Cunningham)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lustrum (Robert Harris)
The Lost - A Gaunt's Ghosts Ominbus (Dan Abnett)
The Madness of Priests (Victorian Age Vampire) (Philippe Boulle)
Magira - Jahrbuch zur Fantasy 2005 (Hermann Ritter, Michael Scheuch, editors)
The Man in the high castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man who would be King (Christine Pevitt)
Maschinengeist (Chris Schlicht)
Matter (Iain M. Banks)
Meine Freunde die Roboter (Isaac Asimov)
Memnoch the Devil (Anne Rice)
Miss Brunners letztes Programm (The final Programme) (Michael Moorcock)
Necronomicon (H.P. Lovecraft)
Nemesis - Der Große Bruderkrieg 13 (Nemesis) (James Swallow)
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
Nollops Vermächtnis (Ella Minnow Pea)
Olympos (Dan Simmons)
On Writing (Stephen King)
Die Ordensburg des Wüstenplaneten (Chapterhouse Dune) (Frank Herbert)
Das Papierhaus (Carlos Maria Domínguez)
Paul of Dune (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Pawns of Chaos (Brian Craig)
Perdido Street Station (China Miéville)
Der Pfad im Schnee (Grass for his pillow) (Lian Hearn)
The picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Player of Games (Iain M. Banks)
Prelude to Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Principia Discordia
Die Rache der Rose (The Revenge of the Rose) (Michael Moorcock)
Republic (Plato)
Revelation Space (Alastair Reynolds)
Der Ring der Kraft (White Gold wielder) (Stephen Donaldson)
The Road to Dune (Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Robots and Empire (Isaac Asimov)
Der Runenstab (Michael Moorcock)
The Runes of the Earth (Stephen R. Donaldson)
The Saint - A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Dan Abnett)
Sandworms of Dune (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
The savage tales of Solomon Kane (Robert E. Howard)
The Scar (China Miéville)
Schuldig (Proven Guilty) - The Dresden Files 8 (Jim Butcher)
Das Schwert in der Stille (Across the Nightingale Floor) (Lian Hearn)
Das Science Fiction Jahr 2011 (Sascha Mamczak, Sebastian Pirling, Wolfgang Jeshke, Editors)
Selected poems (Dylan Thomas)
The Seven Deadlies (Trilogy of the Fallen) (Greg Stolze)
Shakespeare (Bill Bryson)
The Shaping of Middle-Earth (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Der siebte Kreis des Wissens (The Illearth War) (Stephan Donaldson)
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Singularität (Singularity Sky) (Charles Stross)
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Spells & Chrome (John Helfers, editor)
Die Stadt des Ungeheuers (The City of the Beast) (Michael Moorcock)
Die Stahlhöhlen (Isaac Asimov)
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
The State of the Art (Iain M. Banks)
Storm Front - The Dresden Files 1 (Jim Butcher)
Sturmnacht - Dresden Files 1 (Stormfront) - Jim Butcher
Summer Knight - The Dresden Files 4 (Jim Butcher)
Supernova (Iron Sunrise) (Charles Stross)
Surface Detail (Iain M. Banks)
The Tempest (William Shakespear)
Tochter der Traumdiebe (The Dreamthief's Daughter) (Michael Moorcock)
Die Tochter des Kriegers (The Warlord's Legacy) (Ari Marmell)
Tote ohne Begräbnis (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Totenstadt (City of the Dead) (Rosemary Jones)
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Und Nietzsche weinte (When Nietzsche wept) (Irvin D. Yalom)
Unfinished Tales (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Use of Weapons (Iain M. Banks)
The Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice)
Verlorene Söhne - Der Große Bruderkrieg 12 (A Thousand Sons) (Graham McNeill)
Das verwundete Land (The wounded land) (Stephen Donaldson)
The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
Weiße Nächte - Dresden Files 9 (White Night) (Jim Butcher)
What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew (Daniel Pool)
Welsh walkes and legends (Showell Styles)
Welten und Zeit genug (Worlds enough and time) (Dan Simmons)
The Winds of Dune (Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson)
Wicca - A guide for the solitary practitioner (Scott Cunningham)
Wicca for beginners (Thea Sabin)
Winter Witch (Elaine Cunningham)
The Wolf Gift (Anne Rice)
Wolfsjagd - Dresden Files 2 (Fool Moon) (Jim Butcher)
The Wounded King (Victorian Age Vampire) (Philippe Boulle)
The Wreakage of Paradise (Trilogy of the Fallen) (Greg Stolze)
Writing Fiction for dummies (Randy Ingermanson & Peter Economy)
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Crawford Kilian)
Der Wüstenplanet (Dune) (Frank Herbert)
November (16):
Blutzoll (Blood price) (Tanja Huff): Another book I missed the first time around, and so far I'm not sure if I missed anything. Still reading this.
Dark Ages: Assamite - Dark Ages Clan Novels 2 (Stefan Petrucha): A good story, but it doesn't hold up to the promise of the first novel.
Dark Ages: Cappadocian - Dark Ages CLan Novels 3 (Andrew Bates):So far, the weakest of the Dark Ages CLan Novels. Almost bad enough to make me want to give up reading the whole series. Reading this right now.
Dark Ages: Nosferatu - Dark Ages Clan Novels 1 (Gherbod Fleming): Yes, a lot of Vampire this month, and I suspect december will be more of the same. This was really good, a lot of well written characterization with a beleivable character. Pity the series so far hasn't held up to this promise.
Dark Tyrants (ed. Justin Achilli & Robert Hatch): A collection of short fiction for White Wolf's Vampire: the Dark Ages game. You can tell this was published during the beginning of the game's life cycle as it contradicts some of what was later established as the "canon" of the game. Still good reading though
Du bist tot (Halting State) (Charles Stross): Written from the point of view of three characters but in second person singular, this is a gripping crime story where the crime is theft... in the world of an online RPG. However, this theft quickly has repercussions in the real world.
Durch bittere Asche - Der Gralskonvent 1 (To Sift Through Bitter Ashes) (David Niall Wilson): The original V:tDA trilogy. Ironically enough, I didn't read it when it was first released, and now I feel like a fool for that. Well writen and quickly read.
The Elements of Style (William Strunk & E.B. White): This slim little book finds mention and recommendation in every writing guide I've read so far, and I can only agree - if you plan on writing, read this book. It's that good.
Embers of Atlantis (Tracy Hickman): Quite a few years ago there was an RPG called Fireborn which let you play reincarnated dragons who were being reborn in modern day London. However, it got canceled when the publisher decided to refocus on boardgames. Now it's back, at least as a series of novels that advance the timeline quite a bit. Quick, good to read action, if a bit short.
How not to write a novel (Sandra Newman & Howard Mittelmark): A brilliant help book for new authors on how NOT to do it. Even if you never plan on writing a novel, you should have great fun with this one.
In toten Sprachen - Der gralskonvent 2 (To Speak in Lifeless Tongues) (David Niall Wilson): The second part of the trilogy. Not quite as good as the first book, but shorter.
Die Kinder des Saturn (Saturn's Children) (Charles Stross): Hey, look, a novel without Vampires! Imagine a world in which mankind has died out and left the world to robots - but without really giving the robots the control they need to take over. And then write a spy novel about a sex robot built long after the death of the last human.
Midnight Blue - The Sonja Blue COllection (Nancy A. Collins): The original punk vampire, and a novel where the vampires - even the protagonists - are real monsters, no pretty sexy vampires here.
Prestige - Die Meister der Magie (The Prestige) (Christopher Priest): You've probably seen the film version of this tale, and it is a very good film, but let me tell you, if you havn't read the novel, you're missing out some very good material, including the modern day plotline that turns this into a nice little horror story.
Schmitz' Katze (Ralf Schmitz): A german commedian talking about his cat and cats in general. Funny, and a recommended read if you ever have plans on buying a cat.
Von verlorenen Träumen - Der Gralskonvent 3 (To dream of dreamers lost) (David Niall Wilson): Still not as good as the first book of the trilogy, but better than the second part. Still reading this.