74. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
75. Variable Star by Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson
76. Turing: A Novel of Computation by Christos Papadimitriou

75 was my goal. Hooray!

A Canticle for Leibowitz was technically a reread, as I first read it in my science-fiction literature class in college. But it was definitely worth coming ( Read more... )

The silver lining to the shit-filled cloud
Now that the Republicans have half of Congress, they have to start delivering, or the same wave of populist anger that swept them into the House of Representatives will sweep them right back out again. And I think they're completely incapable of actually getting anything fixed, because the greedy ( Read more... )

42. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
43. White Cat by Holly Black
44. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard Feynman
45. The Cat who Walks through Walls by Robert Heinlein
46. The World According to Twitter by David Pogue and a bunch of twits
47. The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
48. Elric: the Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock

( Details! I meant this to be short, but it seems I have a lot to say. )

40. Hobby Games: The 100 Best, edited by James Lowder
41. Adverbs by Daniel Handler

Hobby Games was a fascinating read, as an aspiring game designer. One hundred game designers, each writing about the game they think is the best, most well-designed, on occasion most-influential... It felt a little heavy on the historical-simulation wargames, ( Read more... )

Abbreviating and occasionally omitting reviews this time. I've got a long list here.

( Books! )

#19-21: Monster (vol. 1-3) by Naoki Urasawa

The first three volumes of an 18-volume manga series, the first eight of which I borrowed from seorin and iris_of_ether after watching a few episodes of the anime made from the manga. The basic story: A Japanese doctor working in Germany, Tenzo Kenma, saves a young boy's life by choosing to operate on him instead of on a ( Read more... )

#16: Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde

Holy crap, more Thursday Next. This is a direct sequel to The Eyre Affair, and from what I can tell it launches us bodily into the meat of the series (or so I'm guessing, not having read them yet). Last year's review of the first book in the series still holds true, but I still have to gush a little. ( Read more... )

I could have sworn there was another one I finished recently, but I can't recall it. I might be wrong.

#13: At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftI suppose it's not so odd these days for a geek to be relatively conversant with the Lovecraft mythos without ever having set eyes on an actual page of text. Regardless, I still find it strange ( Read more... )

Got some catching up to do, both on books and LJ writing in general. Maybe I'll get around to writing about our Olympics trip or my recent curling success sometime soon? Or not. We'll see.

#4: Dante's Inferno by Jill JensenSeveral people - a couple scientists, a reporter, a rabbi, and a black-ops military man - each try to track down the ( Read more... )

Since musicalkipper reminded me... here's the start of this year's book list. I'm going to be less verbose this year....

#1: Carpe Jugulum by Terry PratchettThe witches of Lancre take on the vampires of Uberwald. Seems the king invited them into the country... This book captures well a lot of the tension between the old "vampires as monsters" take and the ( Read more... )