2009

Books I read this year.

1. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K .Dick
2. Daddy's Boy by Chris Elliott
3. Store of Infinity by Robert Sheckley
4. Scar Lover by Harry Crews
5. The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard
6. The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick
7. As Above, So Below by Rudy Rucker
8. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
9. Into Hot Air by Chris Elliott
10. Can You Feel Anything When I do This? by Robert Sheckley
11. Lies Inc. by Philip K. Dick
12. JPod by Douglas Coupland
13. How I Learned to Cook, Kimberly Witherspoon and Peter Meehan -eds.
14. All the Visions by Rudy Rucker/ Space Baltic by Anselm Hollo
15. Counter-Clock World by Philip K. Dick
16. Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica
17. The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends by Adriano Sack and Ingo Niermann
18. The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley
19. The Reach of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman
20. Night of the Living Shark by David Bischoff
21. Shadows With Eyes by Fritz Leiber
22. The Wind From Nowhere by J.G. Ballard
23. The Ticket That Exploded by William S. Burroughs*
24. Vurt by Jeff Noon
25. Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor
26. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
27. Journey Beyond Tomorrow by Robert Sheckley
28. Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford
29. A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
30. The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues by Harry Harrison

*indicates book that I started prior to this year and finished reading this year.

Book

at the library 5

at the library 4

Blue Steel

The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues

by Harry Harrison

at the library 3

at the library 2

Ender's X-mas

A War of Gifts

by Orson Scott Card

at the library

old school

I read this book way back when I was in first or second grade.
Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford

black monday

I went out to Gardner's today and bought these three books:
1. Night of the Living Rat by Doyle and Macdonald
This is the second book in Daniel Pinkwater's Melvinge of the Megaverse series. While I didn't really like the first one that much, I'm willing to give the series another chance. The first one was written by David Bischoff whose novelization of the movie War Games I'd read way back in the 80s. This one is written by 2 authors I've never heard of and whose whole names I've yet to discover.
2. Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library! by Eth Clifford
I remember I bought this one at a school book fair when I was in elementary school. Lately I've been feeling nostalgic for all the old books I read in my youth. This is one I remembered and missed. I had to use my cell phone in the store to search and remember the author's name before I found it.
3. The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues by Harry Harrison
I have read every one of the other books in the series with the exception of this one. I've been searching for it for years. The last time I read one of this series was early '05 maybe. This one is clearly the prize pick of the day.

Stories of Joenes

Journey Beyond Tomorrow
by Robert Sheckley

Local Used Bookstore

If you can't find it at 4421 South Mingo, you probably just haven't looked hard enough.

Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card: a man with a clear vision. Undeterring, Unyielding, vigilant, he knows what he wants to see: an Ender's Game movie. But before the award-winning novelist's hallmark work can get to the big screen, he's making damn sure the look, feel, design, atmosphere—Ender's Game's entire visual spectrum—is perfect. How does he plan to do that? By bringing the beloved property to Marvel Comics.

Currently Reading

Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card