Best

The best book I read this year was:

Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me

by

Martin Millar

***

Runner Up:

Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs

by

Chuck Klosterman

2013

Books I read this year.

1. Foundation - Isaac Asimov
2. Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
3. Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
4. Freakonomics - Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
5. Postsingular - Rudy Rucker
6. Ribofunk - Paul Di Filippo
7. How I Became Stupid - Martin Page
8. Automated Alice - Jeff Noon
9. Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me - Martin Millar
10. The Big Kerplop! - Bertrand Brinley
11. The Science of Harry Potter - Roger Highfield
12. The Digging Leviathan - James P. Blaylock
13. Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation - Martin Millar
14. Eclipse - John Shirley
15. The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
16. Eating the Dinosaur - Chuck Klosterman
17. Blackbriar - William Sleator
18. Now Wait for Last Year - Philip K. Dick
19. Nymphomation - Jeff Noon
20. Among the Dolls - William Sleator
21. Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle - Sharon Mazer

Goodbye Steve's

currently reading

Professional Wrestling:

Sport and Spectacle

by

Sharon Mazer

currently reading

Among the Dolls

by

William Sleator

RIP

Ned Vizzini

currently reading

Nymphomation

by

Jeff Noon

currently reading

Now Wait For Last Year

by

Philip K. Dick

belated halloween

Blackbriar

by

William Sleator

currently reading

Eating the Dinosaur

by

Chuck Klosterman

currently reading

The Sirens of Titan

by

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

currently reading

Eclipse

by

John Shirley

library architecture

 Found this picture online and just had to recreate it in Minecraft.

currently reading

Milk, Sulphate, and Alby Starvation

by

Martin Millar 

Powers and Blaylock

Tim Powers and Jim Blaylock on Hour 25. December 28, 1984

currently reading

The Digging Leviathan

by

James P. Blaylock 

monster manual

currently reading

The Science of Harry Potter

by

Roger Highfield

currently reading

The Big Kerplop!

by

Bertrand R. Brinley

books of summer 2

It's that time again. Summer time.

I average about two books a month. So I chose these six to read this summer.

currently reading

Suzy Led Zeppelin and Me

by

Martin Millar

currently reading

Automated Alice

by

Jeff Noon 

Book Scenes

Wish I knew the names of these two shows. Amazing stagecraft!

currently reading

How I Became Stupid

by

Martin Page

currently reading

Ribofunk

by

Paul Di Filippo

The Nova Convention

this is from Boing Boing: "The occasion of this reading was the Nova Convention in 1978, three days and nights of readings, panel discussions, film screenings, and performances that, The New York Times wrote at the time, “sought to grapple with some of the implications of the writing” of Burroughs. In addition to Burroughs and Zappa, the convention featured such notable countercultural names as Terry Southern, Patti Smith, Philip Glass, Brion Gysin, John Cage, Timothy Leary, and Robert Anton Wilson. A good bit of the happening (including the audio above) was recorded for posterity and released as a double-LP by Giorno Poetry Systems."

currently reading

Postsingular

by

Rudy Rucker

tribute

Today would be Douglas Adams 61st birthday. Coincidentally I received my copy of Shada (the book) in the mail. Written by Gareth Roberts, it's the novelization of the only lost episode of a Doctor Who series during the Tom Baker era. An episode written by Douglas Adams and partially filmed but never finished, due to a strike at the BBC. Originally $26.95 (hardback), I ordered mine used from Amazon for around $5. The DVD is now available for about 30 bucks. It's on my wishlist.

Freakonomy

Freakonomics

by

Steven D. Levitt

and

Stephen J. Dubner

options winner

Shadow of the Hegemon

by

Orson Scott Card

Congratulations Ravens!

 

Springfield Elementary Library

options 5

Super Bowl time again. Next book I read is decided by the outcome of the game. This year San Francisco 49ers = Philip K. Dick - Now Wait For Last Year, and Baltimore Ravens = Orson Scott Card - Shadow of the Hegemon. It's a win-win for me. Either way I'm reading some good science fiction.

pop culture

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

by

Chuck Klosterman

A Big Hand for the Doctor

Top 3

This year's "best book I read this year" award goes to Slam by Lewis Shiner. Second place goes to Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card. 3rd place: Ringworld by Larry Niven.

Foundation

Foundation

by

Isaac Asimov