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Not too sure what to post about, just really wanted to post my reading list since I've been commuting on the train to London (it's 35 mins each way) so that I've got a record of it. I've experimented with different things to fill my time over the last couple of years, puzzles on the DS and emulators and movies and TV shows on the PSP (PS1, SNES etc), SCUMM games on my Android phone but it's been solid reading for the past few months - lots of it Sci-Fi I've also been catching up with the TNG reruns (again!) on Channel One (Virgin One) on TV.
So some of these I read maybe 18 months ago, but the bulk of it is stuff that I've read since about this time last year. I bought the Lewis Carroll, TKAMB, Catcher in the Rye and Dune (first three books) shortly before Alex was born as I got it into my head that I had to read those books because Dad's are expected to have read some stuff. Dune was in that list because I found an old Frank Herbert book in my loft (The Eyes of Heisenberg - I think it had been my sister's and I had brought it with me from Brixham) and then did a bit of research about Frank Herbert and everyone said that Dune was the best sci-fi ever. I've since read all the FH Dune books and I'm about to start reading the Brian Herbert Dune continuation novels
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Alice through the looking glass - Lewis Carroll
-These two were a big disappointment. I had hoped for something deeper within the nonsense but nothing came
Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments - Alex Boese
Friends like these - Danny Wallace
-Got these both for Christmas a couple of years ago, more kind of light reading but Danny Wallace made me a bit nostalgic about my own old friends
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
-Did read this in year 9 at school but it's brilliant and makes me love wearing my Atticus clothing
The Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger
-I would never have thought that growing up on the east coast of the US in the 1940s would be so much like growing up in Salisbury in the 90s - I knew a few Holdens.
Generation X - Douglas Coupland
-About the third time I've read it - puts into perspective how rubbish Coupland is now
Generation A - Douglas Coupland
-Great premise but badly executed - really tailed off at the end, just like the Gum Thief and JPod. Grrr.
The Eyes of Heisenberg - Frank Herbert
-Genius Sci-Fi wow!
Destination: Void - Frank Herbert
-Would have been a great short story, it dragged but nice ending.
Dune - Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert
Children of Dune - Frank Herbert
-These three were heavy but awesome.
God Emporer of Dune - Frank Herbert
-Disappointed that Herbert skipped 3000 years as that was the bit I really wanted to read after CoD. Really deep, interesting universe and sad too.
Heretics of Dune - Frank Herbert
Chapterhouse: Dune - Frank Herbert
-Poor in comparision to the others - Honored Matres - WTF??? I don't blame Herbert tho as his wife was dying from cancer at the time :(
Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
-Convinced that this is all completely plausible and surely it's not long 'til we colonise Mars?
Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson
-Read this one out of order but it didn't matter, it got me back into WG after reading Neuromancer ages ago
Virtual Light - William Gibson
-felt like how good Coupland felt a few years ago, got the second one in the series lined up.
The Difference Engine - William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
-mini review the other day, WG has definitely had a lasting impact on our culture.
Burning Chrome - William Gibson
-Excellent short stories
Count Zero - William Gibson
-filled in a few gaps but not as good as MLO or other later books
The Book of Frank Herbert - Frank Herbert
-More short stories before I read something heavy again.
So some of these I read maybe 18 months ago, but the bulk of it is stuff that I've read since about this time last year. I bought the Lewis Carroll, TKAMB, Catcher in the Rye and Dune (first three books) shortly before Alex was born as I got it into my head that I had to read those books because Dad's are expected to have read some stuff. Dune was in that list because I found an old Frank Herbert book in my loft (The Eyes of Heisenberg - I think it had been my sister's and I had brought it with me from Brixham) and then did a bit of research about Frank Herbert and everyone said that Dune was the best sci-fi ever. I've since read all the FH Dune books and I'm about to start reading the Brian Herbert Dune continuation novels
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Alice through the looking glass - Lewis Carroll
-These two were a big disappointment. I had hoped for something deeper within the nonsense but nothing came
Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments - Alex Boese
Friends like these - Danny Wallace
-Got these both for Christmas a couple of years ago, more kind of light reading but Danny Wallace made me a bit nostalgic about my own old friends
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
-Did read this in year 9 at school but it's brilliant and makes me love wearing my Atticus clothing
The Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger
-I would never have thought that growing up on the east coast of the US in the 1940s would be so much like growing up in Salisbury in the 90s - I knew a few Holdens.
Generation X - Douglas Coupland
-About the third time I've read it - puts into perspective how rubbish Coupland is now
Generation A - Douglas Coupland
-Great premise but badly executed - really tailed off at the end, just like the Gum Thief and JPod. Grrr.
The Eyes of Heisenberg - Frank Herbert
-Genius Sci-Fi wow!
Destination: Void - Frank Herbert
-Would have been a great short story, it dragged but nice ending.
Dune - Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert
Children of Dune - Frank Herbert
-These three were heavy but awesome.
God Emporer of Dune - Frank Herbert
-Disappointed that Herbert skipped 3000 years as that was the bit I really wanted to read after CoD. Really deep, interesting universe and sad too.
Heretics of Dune - Frank Herbert
Chapterhouse: Dune - Frank Herbert
-Poor in comparision to the others - Honored Matres - WTF??? I don't blame Herbert tho as his wife was dying from cancer at the time :(
Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
-Convinced that this is all completely plausible and surely it's not long 'til we colonise Mars?
Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson
-Read this one out of order but it didn't matter, it got me back into WG after reading Neuromancer ages ago
Virtual Light - William Gibson
-felt like how good Coupland felt a few years ago, got the second one in the series lined up.
The Difference Engine - William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
-mini review the other day, WG has definitely had a lasting impact on our culture.
Burning Chrome - William Gibson
-Excellent short stories
Count Zero - William Gibson
-filled in a few gaps but not as good as MLO or other later books
The Book of Frank Herbert - Frank Herbert
-More short stories before I read something heavy again.