Books to read, 2006

[featherynscale]

triadruid, as always, reminds me that if I don't make a list, I'll never freaking remember.

My goal this year is to increase the ratio of non-fiction to fiction books that actually get read, and also to continue to move towards having read all of the books in the house.

To-Read: Fiction
- Re-read Wheel of Time Series, Robert Jordan (we own it!)
- Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman (when triadruid finishes it) (we own it)
- Life of Pi, Yann Martel (we own it)
- Siddhartha, Herman Hesse (have to get a copy)
- Finnegan's Wake, James Joyce (have to get one)
- Perdido Street Station, China Mieville (need to get)
- Promethea series (borrow from gamera_spinning)

To-Read: Nonfiction
- Metamagical Themas, Douglas Hofstedter (we own it, and have for years. Has anyone read it? No.)
- Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea (we own it)
- Training Trances (we own it)
- Generation Hex (have to get a copy)
- The Laughing Jesus (in the book club queue)
- The Hidden Messages in Water (in the book club queue)
- Chance, Amir Aczel (in the book club queue)
- The Shadow Club, Roberto Casati (in the book club queue)
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach (need to get)
- Strategies for Success

Also, taking suggestions: What have you read lately that was of interest? I'm interested in pretty much any fiction that isn't a romance or a western (with preference for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and alternate history), and any non-fiction about math, science, philosophy, psychology/sociology, ethnography, religion, magic, language or non-military history. Thanks!

Comments

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

I just finished _Black Easter_ and _The Day After Judgement_, both by James Blish. I'm pretty sure I read Black Easter a longlong time ago, b/c parts were just SO familiar....

I've also been looking for old copies of Lovecraft at low prices, but somehow they do NOT seem to make it to the used bookstores! Happily, there are new printings available.

I just seem to like the classics, I guess!

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I actually have managed to not own any Lovecraft either, for the reason you mention. Must do, some time.

[orcjohn.livejournal.com]

I have several collections of Lovecraft's works. Let me know if you want to borrow. I would recommend that you read something between books though... otherwise the weird dream fairy just moves in for several days/weeks.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Oooh, shiny. Also, triadruid has been informed of your offer to loan the Doc Smith books. He sort of glazed over, a bit :)