2012

Books I read this year.

1. You Are Here - Katherine Harmon
2. The Simulacra - Philip K. Dick
3. Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem
4. Crompton Divided - Robert Sheckley
5. Be More Chill - Ned Vizzini
6. How to Architect - Doug Patt
7. The Boxes - William Sleator
8. Morlock Night - K.W. Jeter
9. Tik-Tok - John Sladek
10. Crash - J.G. Ballard
11. The Iron Dream - Norman Spinrad
12. Never the Twain - Kirk Mitchell
13. I Sing the Body Electric - Ray Bradbury
14. Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
15. Schismatrix - Bruce Sterling
16. Gather Darkness! - Fritz Leiber
17. Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks - Terrance Dicks
18. Slam - Lewis Shiner
19. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
20. The Stainless Steel Rat Returns - Harry Harrison
21. Ringworld - Larry Niven
22. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk - David Sedaris
23. True Names - Vernor Vinge

reading out loud

one minute

True Names

True Names

by

 Vernor Vinge

Sedaris on Ferguson

currently reading

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

by

David Sedaris

body language

overdue

Larry Niven

Ringworld

Ringworld

by

Larry Niven

What Wise Men Say

What are you reading for?

Harry Harrison

The Adventures of Slippery Jim diGriz

The Stainless Steel Rat Returns

by

Harry Harrison

Found this one at the grocery store across the street.

Mr. Huxley

Brave New World

Brave New World

by

Aldous Huxley

smell

currently reading

Slam

by

Lewis Shiner

end of summer reading

Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks

by

Terrance Dicks

the guy on the book jacket

Guest of Honor

Norwescon 15 Sheraton Hotel, Tacoma WA

rest in peace

Harry Harrison 

1925 - 2012

Gather Darkness!

Gather Darkness!

by

Fritz Leiber

second helping

Had to go back to the used bookstore and get more cheap books. Kinda glad I did because I've been searching for a copy of True Names for a while to add to my cyberpunk collection and I'd forgotten to look for Eros Ascending last time. I also found an old heavy metal album I hadn't heard in a long time: State of Euphoria by Anthrax.

five books

I haven't been to the used bookstore at all this year. Till now. I kept in mind some suggestions from reddit and ended up with these five. I used to have On the Road but never finished reading it because an ex-girlfriend stole it.

Leisure

Prisoners of Gravity: Airdate: May 2, 1991.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three

currently reading

Schismatrix

by

Bruce Sterling 

interview

at the library 15

at the library 14

Ender's Shadow

at the library 13

currently reading

I Sing the Body Electric

by

Ray Bradbury

for the books

at the library 12

at the library 11

rest in peace

Ray Bradbury

1920 - 2012

time travels

Never the Twain

by

Kirk Mitchell

alternative realities

Lord of the Swastika

The Iron Dream

by

Norman Spinrad

books of summer

Decided to put together a summer reading list because I noticed other people like to do that around this time of year. So I'll do it too now. I'm not doing them in any particular order, this is just what I have to choose from.

Tome

From Land of the Lost.

nsfw

Crash! is a short film directed by Harley Cokliss, based on J. G. Ballard's short story Crash! Starring J. G. Ballard and Gabrielle Drake.

Crash

Crash

by

J.G. Ballard 

currently reading

Tik-Tok

by

John Sladek

book craft

Finally, editable books!

Meatwad reads

book of the road

from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

bad books

that smell

Morlock Night

Morlock Night

by

K.W. Jeter

fountainhead

The Boxes

The Boxes

by

William Sleator

currently reading

How to Architect

by

Doug Patt

Dean Wants to Read

adventure of the mind

Rusty is saved by the multitude of his literary hallucinations.

Dang it, Bobby

book scene

Ned Vizzini

Be More Chill

Be More Chill

by

Ned Vizzini

Don't Jump!

the clown in the book

sports almanac

at the library 10

propaganda

Shopping on the web and consider yourself "green"? Think again chum!
You may just be breeding an ecological disaster in your own backyard...

Written by Jay O"Berski (www.littlegreenpig.com), Directed & Edited by Jim Haverkamp (www.jimhaverkamp.com).

currently reading

Crompton Divided

by

Robert Sheckley

Writer's Struggle

autograph

BONK

Got this from Geeks Are Sexy.

Celebrity Story Time

Game of Thrones Author George R. R. Martin Reads Children's Stories

Kirk's roommate

BLDG

I recently ordered this book online from Amazon. I got a used copy for ten bucks. I couldn't help starting to read it immediately, it's so interesting with lots of pictures and illustrations. The blog is cool too. I put the link in the sidebar down to the left. You should check that out.

UBIK

Jonathan Lethem talks about his favorite Philip K. Dick novel.

options winner

Motherless Brooklyn

by

Jonathan Lethem

Congratulations, New York Giants.

options 4

It's options time again! That means the winner of the Super Bowl decides the answer to that age old question which haunts me every few weeks: What am I going to read next?  I had four options in mind a week ago, one for each possible contender. Edgar Allen Poe would have been a natural selection to represent the Ravens. San Francisco would have gotten KW Jeter. The selections became: NY Giants = Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem vs. NE Patriots = Blackbriar by William Sleator. I don't have a preference of teams or authors here. I think highly of them all. I kinda wanted the 49ers to go, so it would've been Jeter vs. Sleator. It rhymes.

PKD

currently reading

The Simulacra

by

Philip K. Dick

Book Art

The Big Book of British Smiles

Screw it. I'm just gonna put this picture here instead of a video, since Hulu's embed code sucks so bad.

1st book of the year

You Are Here

Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination

by

Katharine Harmon

 I've had this one sitting around for a while. I had it on the light reading list for a while, started to read it, left it in my car for a long time, forgot about it. Spent an hour searching my house for it tonight, then finally found it. It's finally time to get serious about reading it.



Coffee Table Books 2

Coffee Table Books

Self-Help Books

Listograph

I bought this book last year, thinking it would make a good calendar. Nope. I really needed one that lies open and flat on my bill paying desk, where I can easily see how much I owe who and when. This is more like a large paperback you'd carry around with you. I did try filling out some of the lists it gives you but I couldn't really get into it. Don't know why. I like making lists. Maybe writing in anything other than a blank notebook feels wrong.  $15.99 is a pretty expensive notebook.
This year one of my resolutions is to write a bit more and return to filling out these lists. But wait, there's an easier way. Listography is on the internet. Yesterday I signed up and have since  made 20 or so lists. Here's me.

Go Team Venture!

From Super Punch: Sean Dove's contribution to the upcoming Adult Swim show at Gallery 1988 is a Choose Your Own Adventure starring the Venture Brothers. He has various great, cheap prints on sale at Etsy.