Yanked from james_nicoll who got it from.
No idea how these were chosen.

60 Essential Science Fiction & Fantasy Reads

Bold the ones that you have read.
I guess I'm pathetic.

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodRange of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear ( Read more... )

I know I kind of slacked off with the 30 days of writing meme but eh, I got busy.
I'll get back to it.

Meanwhile, a reading meme nicked from the excellent emmabovary:

Which book has been on your shelf the longest? Coup d'etat: A Practical Handbook by Edward Luttwak. Had this around since my teens, nicked from my father's bookshelf (no idea why he had it ( Read more... )

Paul Fussell died recently - I particularly enjoyed his books "BAD" and the collection of essays "Thank God for the Atomic Bomb", as well as his memoirs of his military service ( Read more... )

Via jeffreyab.

Bold if you've read it, italicize ones you fully intend to read, underline if it's a series you've read part but not all of.

1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy , by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert ( Read more... )

Yoinked from jeffreyab who got it from.

Gollancz has listed its fifty best science fiction and fantasy novels, The rules are “bold if you’ve read it, italicise if you own it”:

SF:

A Case of Conscience by James Blish
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K ( Read more... )

Today I went out for a walk at lunch (still trying to break in those new Corcoran boots, the left one has developed a crease that presses on top of my foot and I'm nost sure how to prevent it) and turned my steps southward, to check out the James Bay United Church weekly jumble sale. Found this:


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Yoinked from someone who ain't around right now ( Read more... )

Ah ha! Two posts in two days ( Read more... )

Yeah, I had an Ayn Rand phase. For several years I read and reread all there was to find of her stuff. I'm not ashamed to admit it, no more than I am to admit that I was generally an obnoxious introverted know-it-all in my teens, like so many of my peers though perhaps a bit more obscurely read. But I did get better. What's your excuse ( Read more... )

An idea that makes sense and which I hope will catch on:

Google digital books can become instant paperbacksBy Chris Lefkow, AFP September 20, 2009 ( Read more... )