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anthon1

book meme I

Jul 09, 2007 01:17

#34 The Somnambulist, by Jonathan Barnes

#35 Making History, by Stephen Fry

#36 Neuromancer, by William Gibson

#37 What does a Martian Look Like? The science of Extraterrestrial Life, by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen

#38 Ravenor, by Dan Abnett

#39 Ravenor Returns by Dan Abnett

#40 The Meaning of Tingo

#41 Armour of Contempt, by Dan Abnett

#42 ( Read more... )

neil gaiman, books in 2007, angela carter, iain banks, china miéville, dragons, memes, poetry, jack cohen

Comments 9

if0x July 9 2007, 07:26:42 UTC

I'm a bit confuzzled - did the year start with book 34, or have you an earlier (series of) post(s) dealing with the first 33 tomes read in 2007?

Either way, that's a stunning amount of reading *boggles* I thought I was doing well on 46 :-/

You need to close the first Gibson trilogy by catching Mona Lisa Overdrive, and then you should dip into the awesomeness that is Virtual Light, which kicks off the Bridge Trilogy (Idoru and All 2Morrow's Parties close that one).

anthon1 July 15 2007, 16:48:56 UTC

There is an earlier series of posts; I stuck them under the tag 'books in 2007'. The fact that it had been overtaken in frequency of use by the tags that I use for my friends, my girlfriend and my school prompted me to take drastic action. :P

meine_kleine is on 96, the fiend. I am claiming the moral high ground, because on average I am reading longer and more facetious books. *nods solemnly*

Gibson I wasn't entirely sure what to make of after I read Neuromancer, and picked up Count Zero second hand and got on with it better (which is not to say that I didn't enjoy Neuromancer, but I felt less ambivalent about it). Maybe it was just that I was used to his style; but I thought it worked better, somehow...

yes ant anthon1stalker July 9 2007, 20:57:28 UTC

rofl neil "scary trousers" gayman

Re: yes ant anthon1 July 15 2007, 16:49:47 UTC

Yup. :D How are your holidays so far?

builtofsorrow July 10 2007, 20:26:26 UTC

Wow, that is a lot of books; I am impressed. Also, several of them look exceedingly interesting & now I have to add them to my List, which is already ridiculously long.

Soooo.

Vanity Fair, because it is (save Shakespeare) the only one I have read (shamefully, because there are several on here I ought to have read by now).

Looking for Jake, because The Roommate and I just had a discussion concerning naming future children after favourite cities & nations.

&

The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under The Sea, because I was only going to ask about two, but then I saw this, & the title was so lovely I couldn't resist.

wanderlight July 11 2007, 02:38:08 UTC

... Damn it, you HAVE finished the Novik quartet before I have. *curses lack of time, visiting family, the gods, the sky, and life in general* :DD

Also -- Looking for Jake. ♥!

Three cheers for #84 because it's got my name in.

anthon1 July 17 2007, 07:36:20 UTC

...actually, I've only read three Novik books, because the fourth one has not in fact been published yet. There is hope! Do not give up!

And yes. :D Looking for Jake, &hearts. :D

#84 is one of my favourite plays to read, actually. It's really lovely. Also, I believe it has a T S Eliot reference on the first page. :D

wanderlight July 17 2007, 17:08:53 UTC

Ha! I'm pretty sure that four is published over here! :p :p :p

Well then. I'll have to look it up ...

crisiks July 18 2007, 19:00:27 UTC

Pyramids was my first Pratchett, which I started reading because everyone found it so awesome. It was a rather tough one to read - perhaps my unfamiliarity with Pratchett made it so? Anyhow, I missed half the puns and wordplay, but when the Reveal of the Mathematician came, I was really, really hooked.

I think I read The Wave when I was 13 - it was rather thin and an appropriately high level for my English class - but I can't quite recall if it was like Gossip or like Pay It Forward in reverse. Hm. Didn't someone tragically die?