I read 39 books this year, though they're not listed in any particular order. Standouts for the year were Soon I Will Be Invincible, by Austin Grossman and Lisey's Story by Stephen King. The Little Blue Book of Rose Stories, by Peter StraubShards of Honor, by Lois McMaster BujoldFragile Things, by Neil GaimanReap the Wild… Continue reading 2007: The year in books.
Category: Books
Building a fort with books to keep the world at bay.
Books read since July
Reap the Wild Wind, by Julie CzernedaThe Aeneid, by VirgilThe Language of the Night Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction, by Ursula K Le Guin, Susan WoodThe Brief History of the Dead, by Kevin BrokmeierThe Precipice, by Ben BovaThe Iliad, by HomerBeowulf: A New Verse Translation, by Seamus Heaney (translator)The Ghost Brigades, by John ScalziOdd… Continue reading Books read since July
Recent reads
Under Cover of Darkness, eds. Julie E. Czerneda and Jana PanicciaThe Name of the Rose, by Umberto EcoThe 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation, by Jacobson & ColonSailing Time’s Ocean, by Terrence M. Green
Recent Reads
Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla, by Stephen KingUnderstanding Comics, by Scott McCloudDark Tower VI: Song of Susannah, by Stephen King
Audience with the King
Friday night I went to see Stephen King presented with a life-time achievement award. The theatre was full and the stage was decorated with at least two dozen of his book covers, that still represented only about a third of his body of work. The night started with speeches by Margaret Atwood, Clive Barker, and… Continue reading Audience with the King
Off to see the King
I have my ticket ready for Booked, an event associated with Canada's Book Expo. One of the big name guests is Stephen King. He's the main draw for me, and probably one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to wanting to write. I devoured his novels as a teen, and though I stepped away… Continue reading Off to see the King
Recent Readings
Just recently finished reading:Lankhmar book 1: Swords and Deviltry, by Fritz LeiberBreakpoint, by Richard A. ClarkeThe Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass, by Stephen King.
Recent Reads
The Foreign Correspondent, by Alan FurstNineteen Eighty Four, by George OrwellFreakanomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Bleaksville
Finished reading Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four not long after seeing Death of a Salesman at a local theater. Two very bleak stories to be sure. Nineteen Eighty Four might edge out Death of a Salesman in that there is absolutely no hope of things getting better for anyone at the end of the book. At… Continue reading Bleaksville
Recent reads
1776, by David McCullough Thank god for audiobooks. With all my current self-assigned tasks I'm not getting my book fix any other way. If you don't know who David McCullough is, he narrated Ken Burns's documentaries on the civil war and on baseball (if you don't know those, I can't help you). He's… Continue reading Recent reads
Dispatches from Obscurity 