kengr

Swiped from seawasp

Bold the ones you've read.
(parenthetical stuff is my comments, not part of the meme)


1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien

2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams

3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card (read the original short story, not interested in reading the book. Even less so after Card went all anti-gay)

4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert (I gave up after Dune Messiah. I did read the serialization of a couple of others in Analog, but I'm not about to waste time on them again)

5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin (heard of it, not interested)

6. 1984, by George Orwell (assigned reading in high school kept my copy re-read it a couple of times, wouldn't read it again unl;ess I needed it for background info. Depressing. Majorly depressing)

7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (Used to like Bradbury but partway thru junior high I decided he wasn't for me. This is one I never got to)

8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov (read it ages ago, re-read it a couple of times. Copies are buried in storage)

9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley (another high school assignment. Good to have read, but not worth re-reading.)

10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman

11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (Fun)

12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan (not interested)

13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell (recommended as a read at least once. It's somewhat fun, and *way* too good at pointing out realpolitik)

14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson

15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore (one of the sets of comics I'll keep when I finally manage to organize the comic collection and start selling it off)

16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov

17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein (read the original Also read the posthumous re-release with the edits imposed over his objections restored)

18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss (never even heard of it)

19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut (yet another high school book. Worth reading a time or two, if only so you understand what Catch-22 *is* and where it came from)

20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (have a copy buried somewhere, never read it)

21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick

22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood

23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King (not interested. King is just not my thing)

24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke (read it *before* the movie. Made the movie a lot more intelligible)

25. The Stand, by Stephen King (See comment above about King)

26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson

27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury (read several times. Might read again someday if I ran out of stuff to read)

28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut (read it. Semi-worth it for ice-nine)

29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman

30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (not really interested. Might read it someday)

31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein (read it in junior high or maybe earlier. Haven't *quite* worn out any copies)

32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams (nice fantasy. The sequel(sequels?) weren't bad either. And being the origin of Bunnies and Burrows has to count for *something*)

33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey (Read the original stories as they came out in Analog. Read the series and it was pretty good for the first dozen)

34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein (One of his best)

35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller (one of the better post-apocalypse books)

36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (quite different from the movies. But worth reading)

37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne (not *remotely* like the movie. Better.)

38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys (read the original short, not sure if I've ever read the long version)

39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells (for the time period, good)

40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny (If you haven't read this, do so!)

41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings (a good read. And it's before the Eddings started getting a bit repetitive)

42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley (one of the few MZB works I've not read. Wound up with a Book Club edition by accident and finally gave it away after 15 years without having finished the first chapter. I *much* prefer the Darkover books)

43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson (never heard of it)

44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven

45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin

46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien (Not bad as long as you realize it's more a collection of myths, than a story)

47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White

48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman (don't think I've read it)

49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke (not one of his best, but readable)

50. Contact, by Carl Sagan (have a copy somewhere, never read it)

51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons (seen it, never read it)

52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (don't think I've read it)

53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson (ok, but I have a few idssue with the crypto)

54. World War Z, by Max Brooks (not likely to read)

55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle (never read)

56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman (rread it as the stories appeared in Analog. May have a copy)

57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett (not sure if it's one of the Discworld books I've read)

58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson (the first was ok, but after that the character got *very* grating)

59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold (read all but the most recent)

60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett (prett sure I haven't read this one)

61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (good book. Also the origin of the fannish third alternative phrase "on the gripping hand")

62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind (pretty sure I haven't read it)

63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (never heard of it)

64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (never heard of it)

65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson (read it a bit after the first movie version. Ok, I guess)

66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist

67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks (Read the first book, ok, but very derivative)

68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard (And all the "fill in the gaps" stuff published thru 1980 or so)

69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb

70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (heard of it, not interested)

71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson (never heard of it)

72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne (not bad. Very little resemblance between it and the movie)

73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore (never heard of it)

74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi

75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson

76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke (not bad. The sequels got increasingly meh)

77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey (read the first three)

78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin (never read it, might someday, but likely not)

79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury (I think I read this one before goiving up on Bradbury)

80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire (started it, found it increasingly heavy going. May not ever finish it)

81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson (never heard of it)

82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde (never heard of it)

83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks (read several, not all)

84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart (and the next two books. A very different take on Merlin)

85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson (don't think so)

86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher

87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe (read it, it wasok, I giess, but I wouldn't revommend it)

88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn (don't recall hearing of it)

89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan (never heard of it)

90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock (read a couple, not impressed)

91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury

92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley (never heard of it)

93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge (Yes!!!!)

94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov (one of the earliest SF mysteries)

95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson

96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (Good disaster novel)

97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis

98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville (never heard of it)

99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony (read many of them, but they get old fast)

100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis (Own it, read the firs for dsure, not sure which one I was on last time I picked it up from the "to read" pile)