The Family Trade
First of his economic science fiction disguised as fantasy series. It’s a very readable piece of writing
The Family Trade
First of his economic science fiction disguised as fantasy series. It’s a very readable piece of writing
Marrow
Fascinating debut, almost a masterpiece.
Books Read in 2008
1. The Ghost Brigades John Scalzi B+
2. Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman A
3. Love and Other Near Death Experiences Mil Millington C
4. The Lies of Locke Lamore Scott Lynch A+
5. Roadside Picnic Strugatsky Bros A-
6. Elektra Yvonne Navarro C-
7. The Damned Utd David Peace A
8. Halting State Charles Stross A
9. The Stone Canal Ken MacLeod A-
10. The Cassini Division Ken MacLeod A
11. The Star Fraction Ken MacLeod A-
12. The Android’s Dream John Scalzi A
13. The Sky Road Ken MacLeod A-
14. The Execution Channel Ken MacLeod B+
15. Search The Sky Pohl & Kornbluth B
16. Bellwether Connie Willis A
17. Friday Robert A. Heinlein C+
18. Someone Comes To Town Cory Doctorow B+
19. Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein B+
20. Yiddish Policemen’s Union Michael Chabon A
21. Little Brother Cory Doctorow A
22. The Arbitrary Placement of Walls Martha Soukup A+
23. White Bicycles Joe Boyd A-
24. Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay A
25. Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell A+
26. Saturn’s Children Charles Stross B+
27. Heartfelt Aidan Smith B+
28. The Last Colony John Scalzi A
29. A Snowball In Hell Christopher Brookmyre A
30. War Of The Flowers Tad Williams A-
31. War For The Oaks Emma Bull A-
32. Charmed Life Diana Wynne Jones A
33. Stardust Neil Gaiman A
34. Archer’s Goon Diana Wynne Jones A+
35. Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk B+
36. Contact Carl Sagan B-
37. Screen Burn Charlie Brooker A-
38. Dawn of the Dumb Charlie Brooker B+
39. The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman A+
40. Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded John Scalzi B+
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded
This is an entertaining collection of posts from the past ten years of Scalzi’s blog the Whatever.
The Graveyard Book
Exceptional young adult fantasy.
Dawn of the Dumb
This is the second volume of Brooker’s TV criticism, with the addition of some non-tv columns.
It’s still a pretty great read, but reading it straight on after Screen Burn like I did is not recommended as his starts to become a bit over familiar.
Screen Burn
The first collection of Brooker’s TV criticism from The Guardian
Contact
Interesting but flawed.
Fight Club
This short novel was the source for the brilliant, if controversial, 1999 film.
Archer’s Goon
classic kid’s fantasy