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Post by jensaltmann on Sept 15, 2008 1:40:56 GMT -8
51) Tabor Evans: Longarm and the Wendigo
Longarm is sent to a Blackfoot reservation to capture a fugitive. Once there, he feels compelled to solve a brutal mutilation murder.
So far, fun.
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Post by jensaltmann on Sept 16, 2008 23:57:09 GMT -8
52) George MacDonald Fraser: Flash for Freedom!
The third in the Flashman series. I used to read the translated editions back in the day, and I recently got the urge to get the originals. Luckily, they are all very much stand-alone, so I can read this one without having the first two at hand.
Me loves the Flashman series. Funny, historically accurate... What more do you need?
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Post by Johann Chua on Sept 17, 2008 3:04:35 GMT -8
90) The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
91) The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
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Post by jasonlatta on Sept 22, 2008 9:44:42 GMT -8
Sorry, I haven't kept up with how many books I've read this year, so I don't know the numbers.
Quantum Psychology, by Robert Anton Wilson
I've skimmed this one before but read it in a more serious manner over this last weekend. It's interesting, and probably true, insofar as the word "truth" applies to a work like this one. How's that for an emic interpretation?
I'd like to try out the "exercizes" included in the book with a group at some point.
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Post by lostphrack on Sept 23, 2008 23:30:15 GMT -8
I'm in the same boat as Jason, I forgot how many I've read. I want to say that I was in the area of 12, but I'm honestly not positive. Anyway..
Goth by Otsuichi, translated by Andrew Cunningham - Despite having nothing to do with the Germanic tribe or the subculture, Goth was a really, really good book. Bunch of short serial killer/horror/mystery stories tied together by two alienated Japanese teens who keep stumbling into them. You know, it's really better than I made it sound right there. Anyway, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
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Post by jensaltmann on Sept 23, 2008 23:42:52 GMT -8
I've read the manga. It wasn't bad at all. I think the term "goth" has moved so far away from the original meaning that hardly anyone still associates it with the Germanic tribe. Even I did a second's double-take before I realized what you meant with that.  |
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Sept 24, 2008 2:46:12 GMT -8
I've read the manga. It wasn't bad at all. I think the term "goth" has moved so far away from the original meaning that hardly anyone still associates it with the Germanic tribe. Even I did a second's double-take before I realized what you meant with that.  |
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Post by lostphrack on Sept 25, 2008 0:18:20 GMT -8
I've read the manga. It wasn't bad at all. I think the term "goth" has moved so far away from the original meaning that hardly anyone still associates it with the Germanic tribe. Even I did a second's double-take before I realized what you meant with that. Heh! I thought it was clever. I hope it's clever, I used the line in the review I did for it, so it'd be nice if it's clever. I'm getting manga in the mail sometime next week. I'm really curious to see how they visually pull off some of the tricks he plays on readers in the narrative. |
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Post by Johann Chua on Sept 26, 2008 21:24:34 GMT -8
92) The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
93) Star Trek Titan: Sword of Damocles by Geoffrey Thorne.
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Post by Johann Chua on Sept 29, 2008 21:29:10 GMT -8
94) Beginnings: The Story of Origins—of Mankind, Life, the Earth, the Universe by Isaac Asimov.
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Post by Johann Chua on Sept 30, 2008 13:25:22 GMT -8
95) The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko. Probably old news by now, but basically most rich people don't show it off, which is why they're rich (it's not how much you make, it's how much you keep). Prose is a bit clunky in a few spots, necessitating a quick re-read. Since this is a book about money, I guess the cheap shot at "the liberal politician and his best friend the tax man" wasn't too much of a surprise. "Affirmative action" for rich people's daughters (women becoming dependent on their parent's wealth even after marrying) was bit too right-wing for my taste (I got the impression the authors don't like actual AA), but at least it was only part of a chapter.
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Post by Johann Chua on Oct 7, 2008 5:01:49 GMT -8
96) Violence of Action by Richard Marcinko. One of the Rogue Warrior novels.
97) To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei.
98) The Crystal City by Orson Scott Card.
99) The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein.
100) If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell.
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Post by jasonlatta on Oct 8, 2008 6:44:18 GMT -8
Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
Good, solid science fiction. One of the better page turners I've encountered in some time. These days it usually takes me about a week to read a 300 page novel unless I'm especially engrossed in it. I read Old Man's War in two nights, so obviously I liked it.
Scalzi thanks Robert Heinlein in the acknowledgments, and it's easy to see why...this novel reads like something Heinlein would have produced had he been writing at his peak in the early 21st century. Old Man's War is no ripoff, but it's a definite callback to a particular style of science fiction writing that hasn't been necessarily popular since before the cyberpunk movement in the 1980's. It hits all the right notes of the, er, Heinlein style while being modern in execution and sensibilities.
Scalzi has a few sequels to this novel out, and I'm almost certainly going to read them. If they maintain the same quality throughout I'll most likely read his entire catalog.
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Post by jensaltmann on Oct 9, 2008 1:10:00 GMT -8
No longer counting, because I've cracked the 52. Yay me.
Agatha Christie: The Body in the Library.
A Miss Marple mystery. I suspect the butler did it.
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Post by Johann Chua on Oct 11, 2008 3:34:06 GMT -8
101) Modern Classics of Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois.
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