2K11 Books
More of my year-endery, this time my books-wot-I-read. Thirty books this year, half of which were SF (I'm a slave to my addictions, damn it), but a bit more non-fiction this time around. I also made a concerted effort to "read" some unabridged audiobooks and make use of the eReader software on my new tablet/laptop; the latter I found fairly painless, but I don't think I'll be quitting the paper habit any time soon...
Here's my full list:
Sons of Dorn (Chris Roberson), Unspoken Truth (Margaret Wander Bonanno), Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead (Steve Perry), How To Write A Damn Good Thriller (James N. Frey), Winter Song (Colin Harvey), Dancing Barefoot (Wil Wheaton), The Lost Island (Paul Kearney), Ascendency ("Sam Bradbury"), Wired for War (P.W. Singer), Halycon Drift (Brian Stableford), Ready Player One (Ernest Cline), Age of Darkness (Various), For The Win (Corey Doctorow), Shadow of the Jaguar (Steven Savile), Legion (Peter Watts), Neutron Star (Larry Niven), The Outcast Dead (Graham McNeill), Geek Tragedy (Nev Fountain), The Force Unleashed II (Sean Williams), Zero History (William Gibson), Deliverance Lost (Gav Thorpe), The Art of Halo (Various), Whispers Under Ground (Ben Aaronovitch), Contact Harvest (Joseph Straten), Choke Hold (Christa Faust), Confessions of an Economic Hitman (John Perkins), Vulcan 607 (Rowland White), Promethean Sun (Nick Kyme), Know No Fear (Dan Abnett), Aurelian (Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
I enjoyed a few good reads this year; Roland White's Vulcan 607, the true story behind the long range bombing raid during the Falklands War, was a real page-turner, as was Christa Faust's punchy crime thriller Choke Hold. Speaking of crime stories, Nev Fountain's nerd-dunnit Geek Tragedy was about as far as you could get from Christa's work in terms of tone, funny and engaging in equal measure; and I also enjoyed some great old-school SF with the first book in Brian Stableford 'Hooded Swan' series, Halycon Drift.
Here's my full list:
Sons of Dorn (Chris Roberson), Unspoken Truth (Margaret Wander Bonanno), Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead (Steve Perry), How To Write A Damn Good Thriller (James N. Frey), Winter Song (Colin Harvey), Dancing Barefoot (Wil Wheaton), The Lost Island (Paul Kearney), Ascendency ("Sam Bradbury"), Wired for War (P.W. Singer), Halycon Drift (Brian Stableford), Ready Player One (Ernest Cline), Age of Darkness (Various), For The Win (Corey Doctorow), Shadow of the Jaguar (Steven Savile), Legion (Peter Watts), Neutron Star (Larry Niven), The Outcast Dead (Graham McNeill), Geek Tragedy (Nev Fountain), The Force Unleashed II (Sean Williams), Zero History (William Gibson), Deliverance Lost (Gav Thorpe), The Art of Halo (Various), Whispers Under Ground (Ben Aaronovitch), Contact Harvest (Joseph Straten), Choke Hold (Christa Faust), Confessions of an Economic Hitman (John Perkins), Vulcan 607 (Rowland White), Promethean Sun (Nick Kyme), Know No Fear (Dan Abnett), Aurelian (Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
I enjoyed a few good reads this year; Roland White's Vulcan 607, the true story behind the long range bombing raid during the Falklands War, was a real page-turner, as was Christa Faust's punchy crime thriller Choke Hold. Speaking of crime stories, Nev Fountain's nerd-dunnit Geek Tragedy was about as far as you could get from Christa's work in terms of tone, funny and engaging in equal measure; and I also enjoyed some great old-school SF with the first book in Brian Stableford 'Hooded Swan' series, Halycon Drift.