50 book update
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valarltd18) The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers. A series of creepy novellas linked by a forbidden book that drives the readers mad. The court of the Dragon and the Yellow Sign are both excellent. Victorian (1895) and convoluted, best experienced as an audio book. (audio)
17) Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman. Absolutely hilarious. Prachett is always funny, and I am more in love with Aziraphale and Crowley than ever. Consenting bicycle repairmen, indeed!
16) The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse: Flatulance, Halitosis, Incest and...Ned ed. Selina Rosen. Screamingly funny anthology of post-apocalypse zombie stories. After the Y25 virus turns all the yuppies into upwardly mobile brain eaters, bubbas are the last hope for humanity.
15) Tycoon Warrior by Sheri Whitefeather. An object lesson in how NOT to write interracial romance. I don't think there is one Native American--or Texan--cliche she didn't hit with this. The characters were hot. The plotting was pretty decent. The execution sucked.
14) Tall Dark & Western by Anne Marie Winston. Shut up. I'm "studying my craft." Pretty formula, but quite hot. Learned a few things about making het read hot.
13) Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Never actually read it. Very straight forward adventure book.
12) Eyewitness Books: Future. Michael Tambini. Some interesting history on predictions, and some models based on things currently in use. Nonfiction.
11) Black Seas of Infinity: The best of H.P. Lovecraft. Andrew Wheeler, ed. All the good stuff: Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, Pickman's Model, The Shadow over Innsmouth, Dagon and more. Is it any wonder I can find Arkham and Innsmouth on a Massachusetts map? (much of this was audio, but some was read.)
10) Jingle Balls. Rob Knight, ed. A Christmas anthology from Torquere. Cheating perhaps, because one of the stories was mine.
9) The Instruments of Torture. Michael Kerrigan. A rather gruesome look at torture through the ages and the implements used in it. Nonfiction.
8) A Separate Peace. John Knowles. Another one I'd never read. A New England Idyll that was a tonic after all the Lovecraft. Very intense. More than a little slashy. (audio)
7) The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. No, I'd never actually read this. Not bad at all, really. (audio)
6) Herbert West, Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft Yet another very slashy Lovecraft nightmare. Two men, devoted companions, living together, practicing medicine together, grave robbing together... (audio)
5) Getting into Character; Seven secrets a novelist can learn from Actors. Brandilyn Collins. Very good. had a couple of revelations about various characters already.
4) Writers of the Future (1989) The winners of the annual short story contest judged by some of the biggest names in SF.
3) Turn the other Chick. Esther Friesner, ed. More humorous stories of women in armor. Harry Turtledove's "Of Mice and Chicks" is a scream.
2) The Pirate and the Puritan. Cheryl Howe. Basic historical romance.
1) Neuromancer by William Gibson. Great grand-daddy of the whole cyberpunk genre. (audio)
17) Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman. Absolutely hilarious. Prachett is always funny, and I am more in love with Aziraphale and Crowley than ever. Consenting bicycle repairmen, indeed!
16) The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse: Flatulance, Halitosis, Incest and...Ned ed. Selina Rosen. Screamingly funny anthology of post-apocalypse zombie stories. After the Y25 virus turns all the yuppies into upwardly mobile brain eaters, bubbas are the last hope for humanity.
15) Tycoon Warrior by Sheri Whitefeather. An object lesson in how NOT to write interracial romance. I don't think there is one Native American--or Texan--cliche she didn't hit with this. The characters were hot. The plotting was pretty decent. The execution sucked.
14) Tall Dark & Western by Anne Marie Winston. Shut up. I'm "studying my craft." Pretty formula, but quite hot. Learned a few things about making het read hot.
13) Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Never actually read it. Very straight forward adventure book.
12) Eyewitness Books: Future. Michael Tambini. Some interesting history on predictions, and some models based on things currently in use. Nonfiction.
11) Black Seas of Infinity: The best of H.P. Lovecraft. Andrew Wheeler, ed. All the good stuff: Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, Pickman's Model, The Shadow over Innsmouth, Dagon and more. Is it any wonder I can find Arkham and Innsmouth on a Massachusetts map? (much of this was audio, but some was read.)
10) Jingle Balls. Rob Knight, ed. A Christmas anthology from Torquere. Cheating perhaps, because one of the stories was mine.
9) The Instruments of Torture. Michael Kerrigan. A rather gruesome look at torture through the ages and the implements used in it. Nonfiction.
8) A Separate Peace. John Knowles. Another one I'd never read. A New England Idyll that was a tonic after all the Lovecraft. Very intense. More than a little slashy. (audio)
7) The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. No, I'd never actually read this. Not bad at all, really. (audio)
6) Herbert West, Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft Yet another very slashy Lovecraft nightmare. Two men, devoted companions, living together, practicing medicine together, grave robbing together... (audio)
5) Getting into Character; Seven secrets a novelist can learn from Actors. Brandilyn Collins. Very good. had a couple of revelations about various characters already.
4) Writers of the Future (1989) The winners of the annual short story contest judged by some of the biggest names in SF.
3) Turn the other Chick. Esther Friesner, ed. More humorous stories of women in armor. Harry Turtledove's "Of Mice and Chicks" is a scream.
2) The Pirate and the Puritan. Cheryl Howe. Basic historical romance.
1) Neuromancer by William Gibson. Great grand-daddy of the whole cyberpunk genre. (audio)
