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

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

For science fiction...
Godheads by Emily Devenport (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451456807/qid=1136596755/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-2209934-6897504?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) is a rather interesting read. Harvest of Stars by Poul Anderson (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812519469/qid=1136597890/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-2209934-6897504?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) is quite intriguing. And finally, The Eyes of God by Mark Kreighbaum (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553573748/qid=1136600320/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2209934-6897504?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) I found to be fascinating.

For fantasy, I would highly recommend Witchlight by Marion Zimmer Bradley (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312858310/qid=1136600385/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-2209934-6897504?s=books&v=glance&n=283155), and another other books in the series...Gravelight (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765346672/qid=1136600465/sr=1-24/ref=sr_1_24/104-2209934-6897504?s=books&v=glance&n=283155).

And I think I let you borrow Callahan’s Key (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553580604/qid=1136602049/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-2209934-6897504?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) at some point, but if I haven’t, or you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it, as well.

And finally, if you haven't read The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312195516/qid=1136598932/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-2209934-6897504?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) yet, you should! :)

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs! I'm off Bradley, though. I think she's awful. And I think Witchlight was one of the ones I read! Ah well, one man's trash, and all that :)

You did loan me Callahan's Key, and I greatly enjoyed it. I did give it back to you, didn't I? I really hope so, because it was years ago you loaned it to me.

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

Hey! Sorry, forgot to answer you earlier. (I'm halfway through setting up the network, and I have to wait for my sis to get home to do the rest). Yes, you got the Callahan's Key book back to me...thank you. :) I'm glad you liked it - you'll probably enjoy Robinson's other works, too. :)

And *shrug* we don't have to like everything each other likes, you know. ;) *poke* I mean, how freaky would that be if we did?

And hey, speaking of Terry Pratchett (*veer*), I had an idea re: Dragoncon 2006 parade...what about discworld characters? You could be Nanny Ogg...I could be Granny Weatherwax...I could totally see Dave as the cat-turned-human...not sure about David and Carey, though. Whatchu tink?