Books read in 2001
Submitted by Rhaam on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 10:04
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- Little Myth Marker by Robert Asprin
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
- Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
- The Forgetting Room by Nick Bantock
- The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
- Violin by Anne Rice
- The Final Programme by Michael Moorcock
- The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford
- Cabal by Clive Barker
- Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
- The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf
- Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
- A Child Across the Sky by Jonathan Carroll
- Excalibur by Bernard Cornwell
- Mother Speaks by Christopher Kubasik
- The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
- Child of an Ancient City by Tad Williams and Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- Strange Toys by Patricia Geary
- Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
- Infernal Devices by K.W. Jeter
- The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
- Arc d'X by Steve Erickson
- Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
- The Philosopher's Stone by Colin Wilson
- Claudius the God by Robert Graves
- A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
- The Best of Cordwainer Smith (collection) by Cordwainer Smith
- Tom Strong Book 1 by Alan Moore
- The Knights of Dark Renown by David Gemmell
- Eva Fairdeath by Tanith Lee
- Gates of Eden by Ethan Coen
- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
- Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis
- Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life by Warren Ellis
- Barayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
- 2001: Space Odessey by Arthur C. Clarke
- Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
- Planetary: All Over the World and other stories by Warren Ellis
- Promethea: Book 1 by Alan Moore
- From the Desk of Warren Ellis by (guess who) Warren Ellis
- In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
- Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
- The Lost by Jonathan Aycliffe
- True Names by Vernor Vinge
- Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Forest of a Thousand Daemons by D.O. Fagunwa
- Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman
- The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
- Out of a Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
- Authority: Relentless by Warren Ellis
- Authority: Under New Management by Warren Ellis & Mike Millar
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth
- Eye Scream by Henry Rollins
- Unsilent Night (collection) by Tanith Lee
- Phantastes by George Macdonald
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore
- Hellblazer: Original Sins by Jamie Delano
- Naked (collection) by David Sedaris
- Annals of the Kings and Rulers by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Poison by Katherine Harrison
- The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Heavenly Breakfast by Samuel R. Delany
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
- Mr. Sandman by Barbara Gowdy
- Imperial Moon (Dr. Who) by Christopher Bulis
- The Last Castle by Jack Vance
- The Groo Adventurer (book 1) by Sergio Aragone
- Memoranda by Jeffrey Ford
- The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
- Murder at the ABA by Isaac Asimov
- Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
- Aeon Flux: The Herodotus File by Eric Singer and Mark Mars
- Freaknest by Lance Olsen
- M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link by Robert Asprin
- More Stories from the Allingham Casebook by Margery Allingham
- Veils by Pat McGreal
- The Science of Aliens by Clifford Pickover
- Sabella, or The Blood Stone by Tanith Lee
- Jupiter by Ben Bova
Author Comments:
I usually read 2 novels at a time and also do one on tape. I also read short stories pretty much at random (1 or 2 a week).
Shane! Come back, Shane!
Oh, you did.
Yes I am back, but I just mostly list the books I've read, hoping that someone will do a search and find them, so they can comment. I haven't commented on to many other lists.
BTW I am back now (from Costa Rica), but I have never seen the movie or read the book (_Shane_ that is).
Quick question . . . Are your newest entries at the top or the bottom of this list?
Sorry about the long wait. They are at the bottom.
Thanks! How'd you like V for Vendetta? The only thing I've only read by Moore is Watchmen.
Well after _Watchmen_ I was hooked. I've been reading all of his stuff that I can get my hands on. Unfortunately, I didn't like _V for Vendetta_ as much. It was really dark (which is usually good) in a 1984ish sort of way, but it didn't have the multi-layered plot of _The Watchmen_. Nice silent seens, conveying dread, and part of one episode was written horizontally (had to flip the book) with music bars under scenes with lyrics of a song as the only words. So it was cool but not great. (for me)
What did you think of The Beekeeper's Apprentice? I've enjoyed that entire series very much.
I absolutely loved it! It has to be my favorite Sherlockian adventure, including the Doyle's Stuff (But I haven't read some of the novels yet). I did _The Beekeeper's Apprentice_ on tape and I think most of them are out on tape. I am a bit afraid to try the next one because the concensus seems to be that none match up to the first book.
Well, the fifth one in the series, O Jerusalem, actually covers that gap in the middle of the first one, where they went to Jerusalem over her winter holidays. Of the rest, I think that one is the best, though I still enjoyed the others despite a few flaws.
And how was The Warrior's Apprentice? Warning: Miles gets more hyper, and in more ridiculous situations, as the series progresses. The last one kept me laughing aloud for most of the book. And new one JUST came out, I don't even have it yet.
I liked it better than _Barrayar_, but not as much as _Shards of Honor_. The characters are great and pretty unforgettable, I could do without the mushiness (romance), but I like the political stuff, when I don't get too confused. I've been doing them on tape so far. They're kind of unique because there are 2 narrators, 1 woman that does all the female parts and one man that does all the male ones. I can't remember who does the hermaphrodites... I'll probably do the entire series unless I don't like a couple in a row.