Friday, December 14, 2007

Genre reading list...

Some of my top (current) books in my reading list? Well, for genre reading, that's more specific and probably easier for me to write... sorta. I'll stick with science fiction... since there has only been one set of fantasy that I could stomach (LoTR).
Although, very few 'modern' works make their way into my reading lists anymore... ugh.

Let's see...in random order here (with sequels and such following the main book.)

Vurt (+Nymphomation, +Pollen); Jeff Noon
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
CrashCourse (+ClipJoint, +PsyKosis), Wilhelmina Baird
The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
1984, George Orwell
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
(EDIT: CRIPES! How could I forget HG Wells?! I'm a dumbass.)
The Open Conspiracy, HG Wells
The New World Order, HG Wells
The World Set Free, HG Wells
(Almost everything else by HG Wells!)

(not genre, but belong in this list)
Griffin & Sabine (+Sabine's Notebook, +The Golden Mean, +The Gryphon, +Alexandria, +The Morning Star), Nick Bantock (LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE these...)
The Catcher In the Rye, J.D. Salinger
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky
War and Peace, Tolstoy (Yes, I actually HAVE read it... it's actually quite a quick read, with a good pace.)
The Inferno, Dante
The Name of the Rose, Uberto Eco

honourable mention:
Dune, Frank Herbert (just the ONE book... none of the rest) -- Paul's just too freakin' angsty/whiny. Plot holes. Logic holes. Good original idea though.
HHGttG, Douglas Adams (the WHOLE thing... I just happen to HATE the last book/ending.)

ones I should have liked but, um, hated:
Neuromancer, William Gibson (actually, anything by Gibson I've just been unable to stand...)
Schismatrix Plus, Bruce Sterling (I've not been able to stand anything by Sterling, either.)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick (LOVED Blade Runner... hated the book! ODD!)

Modern science fiction is pretty much forgettable to me, so while I have read a lot, almost none have been good enough for me to remember, let alone like enough to put in my top anything list. Nah, totally forgettable 'stories' with absurd premises do not make my reading lists. Dyson sphere anyone? Jesus.

EDIT: I'll add links tomorrow. meh.
Or maybe never... that's just not in my to do list.

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