Books 2008

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+

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Dawn of the Dumb

Charlie Brooker

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.

Rating: B+