Recent books I've read... This is just a sampling of the shelf I have in the living room. As I remember more I'll add to the list. I'm afraid I've thrown out all the bad books, so I can't list any for you to stick clear of. Oh well, find out for yourself.

I like alot of stuff that others would look down on merely because they haven't tried it or consider it pulp. Well fine, screw 'em. I like it. If you have similar tastes to mine and think I've been missing out on something, please give me a clue.

Jump to Good books, Ok books, Not-so-good books, and unfinished books.



Good Books
  • Brin, David
    • Earth
    • Startide Rising
    • Sundiver
    • Brightness Reef
    • Infinity's Shores
    • The Postman
  • Brust, Steven
    • Jhereg
    • Yendi
    • Teckla
    • Taltos
    • Phoenix
    • Orca
    • Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille
    • The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars
    • To Reign in Hell
    • The Phoenix Guards
  • Carr, Caleb
    • The Alienist
  • Crichton, Michael
    • Sphere
  • Foster, Alan Dean
    • The Thing
    • A Call to Arms
    • The False Mirror
    • The Spoils of War
  • Gogol, Nikolai
    • The Diary of a Madman
    • The Nose
  • Haldeman, Joe
    • The Forever War
  • Hambly, Barbara
    • The Ladies of Mandrigyn
    • The Witches of Wenshar
    • The Dark Hand of Magic
    • The Time of the Dark
    • The Walls of Air
    • Mother of Winter
    • The Silent Tower
    • The Silicon Mage
    • Dragonsbane
  • Hawke, Simon
    • Timewars: The Ivanhoe Gambit
    • Timewars: The Timekeeper Conspiracy
    • Timewars: The Pimpernel Plot
    • Timewars: The Zenda Vendetta
    • Timewars: The Nautilus Sanction
    • Timewars: The Khyber Connection
    • Timewars: The Argonaut Affair
    • Timewars: The Dracula Caper
    • Timewars: The Lilliput Legion
    • Timewars: The Hellfire Rebellion
    • Timewars: The Cleopatra Crisis
    • Timewars: The Six-Gun Solution
  • Heinlein, Robert A.
    • Stranger in a Strange Land
  • Le Guin, Ursula
    • A Wizard of Earthsea
  • Lumley, Brian
    • Necroscope
    • Necroscope 2: Vamphyri!
    • Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi
  • May, Julian
    • The Surveillance
    • The Metaconcert
    • Jack the Bodyless
    • Diamond Mask
  • Niven, Larry
    • Protector
    • Ringworld
    • The Ringworld Engineers
    • World of Ptavvs
    • A Gift from Earth
    • A World Out of Time
    • All the Myriad Ways
    • Convergent Series
    • A Hole in Space
    • Limits
    • The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton
    • Neutron Star
    • The Magic Goes Away
    • The Magic May Return
    • The Patchwork Girl
    • Dream Park (w/Steven Barnes)
    • The Barsoom Project (w/Steven Barnes)
    • The California Voodoo Game (w/Steven Barnes)
    • Lucifer's Hammer (w/Jerry Pournell)
    • The Mote in God's Eye (w/Jerry Pournell)
    • Legacy of Heorot (w/Jerry Pournell & Steven Barnes)
  • Simmons, Dan
    • The Rise of Endymion
  • Southern, Terry
    • The Magic Christian
  • Stephenson, Neal
    • Zodiac
  • Wilson, Robert Anton
    • The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles: The Earth Will Shake
    • The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles: The Widow's Son
    • The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles: Nature's God


Ok Books
  • Adams, Douglas
    • The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul
    • Life, the Universe and Everything
    • The Restaurant at the end of the Universe
    • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe
  • Adams, Robert
    • The Coming of the Horseclans
    • Swords of the Horseclans
    • Revenge of the Horseclans
    • A Cat of Silvery Hue
    • The Savage Mountains
    • The Patrimony
    • Horseclans Odyssey
    • The Death of a Legend
    • The Witch Goddess
    • Bili the Axe
  • Anthony, Piers
    • Split Infinity
    • Blue Adept
    • Juxtaposition
  • Asimov, Isaac
    • I, Robot
    • Robots and Empire
    • Prelude to Foundation
    • Forward the Foundation
    • Foundation
    • Foundation and Empire
    • Second Foundation
    • Foundation's Edge
  • Bear, Greg
    • The Forge of God
    • Blood Music
  • Biggers, Earl Derr
    • Charlie Chan: House Without a Key
    • Charlie Chan: The Black Camel
    • Charlie Chan: The Chinese Parrot
  • Burroughs, Edgar Rice
    • A Princess of Mars
    • The Gods of Mars
    • Warlord of Mars
    • Thuvia, Maid of Mars
    • The Chessmen of Mars
    • The Master Mind of Mars
    • Pellucidar
    • Pellucidar: At the Earth's Core
  • Brin, David
    • The Uplift War
    • The Practice Effect
    • Heaven's Reach
  • Brust, Steven
    • Gypsy (w/Megan Lindholm)
    • Brokedown Palace
  • Card, Orson Scott
    • Ender's Game
  • Chalker, Jack L.
    • The Demons at the Rainbow Bridge
    • The Run to Chaos Keep
    • The Ninety Trillion Fausts
  • Charteris, Leslie
    • The Saint: Wanted for Murder
    • The Saint and Mr. Teal
  • Chesbro, George C.
    • The Golden Child
  • Cook, Rick
    • The Wizardry Cursed
    • The Wizardry Compiled
    • Wizard's Bane
    • The Wizardry Consulted
  • Crichton, Michael
    • Rising Sun
    • Congo
    • Jurassic Park
    • The Lost World
  • De Camp, L. Sprague
    • The Fallible Fiend
    • The Tritonian Ring
    • The Compleat Enchanter (w/Fletcher Pratt)
  • DeChancie, John
    • Starrigger
    • Red Limit Freeway
    • Paradox Alley
  • Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
    • The Lost World
    • The Land of Mist
  • Eddings, David
    • The Diamond Throne
  • Farmer, Philip Jose
    • Escape from Loki
    • The Other Log of Phileas Fogg
  • Farren, Mick
    • The Last Stand of the DNA Cowboys
  • Flemming, Ian
    • You Only Live Twice
    • From Russia, With Love
  • Foster, Alan Dean
    • Aliens
  • Friedman, C.S.
    • The Madness Season
  • Gardner, John
    • The Revenge of Moriarty
    • James Bond: Role of Honor
    • James Bond: Icebreaker
  • Gibson, William
    • Mona Lisa Overdrive
    • The Difference Engine (w/Bruce Sterling)
  • Grant, Maxwell
    • The Shadow: The Black Master
  • Gray, Spalding
    • Impossible Vacation
  • Gould, Stephen Jay
    • Ever Since Darwin
  • Haldeman, Joe
    • Dealing in Futures
    • The Hemingway Hoax
  • Hambly, Barbara
    • The Armies of Daylight
    • Dog Wizard
    • Those Who Hunt the Night
    • Traveling with the Dead
  • Hammett, Dashiell
    • The Thin Man
  • Hawke, Simon
    • Psychodrome
    • Psychodrome 2: The Shapechanger Scenario
    • The Wizard of 4th Street
    • The Wizard of Whitechapel
    • The Wizard of Sunset Strip
    • The Wizard of Rue Morgue
    • The Samurai Wizard
    • Batman: To Stalk a Specter
  • Heinlein, Robert A.
    • The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
    • Starship Troopers
    • The Puppet Masters
  • Herbert, Frank
    • Dune
    • Eye
  • Laumer, Keith
    • The Complete Bolo
    • Bolo
  • Lem, Stanislaw
    • The Cyberiad
    • Tales of Pirx the Pilot
    • Memoirs of a Space Traveler
  • Lumley, Brian
    • Necroscope 3: The Source
    • Necroscope 4: Deadspeak
    • Necroscope 5: Deadspawn
    • Necroscope 6: Blood Brothers
    • The Burrowers Beneath
    • The Transition of Titus Crow
    • Hero of Dreams
    • The Clock of Dreams
    • Ship of Dreams
  • May, Julian
    • The Many-Colored Land
    • The Golden Torc
    • The Nonborn King
    • The Adversary
    • Magnificat
  • McDonald, Gregory
    • Fletch and the Man Who
    • Fletch's Moxie
    • Fletch's Fortune
    • Fletch
    • Fletch and the Widow Bradley
    • Fletch Reflected
  • Murphy, Warren
    • The Destroyer 64: The Last Alchemist
    • The Destroyer 100: Last Rites
  • Niven, Larry
    • The Integral Trees
    • Flight of the Horse
    • Footfall (w/Jerry Pournell)
    • Inferno (w/Jerry Pournell)
    • The Gripping Hand (w/Jerry Pournell)
    • Beowulf's Children (w/Jerry Pournell & Steven Barnes)
    • Ringworld Throne
  • Pratchett, Terry
    • The Colour of Magic (Discworld #1)
    • The Light Fantastic (Discworld #2)
    • Equal Rites (Discworld #3)
    • Mort (Discworld #4)
    • Sourcery (Discworld #5)
    • Pyramids (Discworld #7)
    • Guards! Guards! (Discworld #8)
    • Eric (Discworld #9)
    • Men at Arms (Discworld #15)
    • Soul Music (Discworld #16)
    • Feet of Clay (Discworld #19)
  • Ridpath, Michael
    • Trading Reality
  • Robeson, Kenneth
    • Justice, Inc.
    • Doc Savage: Python Isle
    • The Avenger: #8 The Glass Mountain
    • The Avenger: #9 Tuned for Murder
    • The Avenger: #10 The Smiling Dogs
    • The Avenger: #40 The Dagger in the Sky
  • Saberhagen, Fred
    • The First Book of Swords
    • The Second Book of Swords
    • The Third Book of Lost Swords: Stonecutter's Story
    • The Fifth Book of Lost Swords: Coinspinner's Story
    • Berserker: Brother Assassin
    • Dracula: The Dracula Tapes
    • Dracula: The Holmes-Dracula Files
    • Dracula: An Old Friend of the Family
    • Dracula: Throne
    • Dracula: Dominion
    • Dracula: A Matter of Taste
    • The Frankenstein Papers
    • The White Bull
    • The Black Throne(w/Roger Zelazny)
  • Sadler, Barry
    • Casca: The Eternal Mercenary
    • Casca: God of Death
    • Casca: The War Lord
    • Casca: Panzer Soldier
    • Casca: The Barbarian
  • Shelley, Mary
    • Frankenstein
  • Southern, Terry
    • Candy
  • Steakley, John
    • Armor
    • Vampire$
  • Stephenson, Neal
    • Snow Crash
    • The Diamond Age
    • The Big U
  • Tepper, Shari
    • Grass
  • Thompson, Hunter S.
    • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
    • The Great Shark Hunt
  • Vinge, Vernor
    • A Fire Upon the Deep
  • Watson, Ian
    • Space Marine
    • Chaos Child
  • Wells, H.G.
    • The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • Wilson, F. Paul
    • The Keep
  • Wilson, Robert Anton
    • Illuminatus: The Eye in the Pyramid (w/Robert Shea)
    • Illuminatus: The Golden Apple (w/Robert Shea)
    • Illuminatus: Leviathan (w/Robert Shea)
    • Cosmic Trigger: The Final Secret of the Illuminati
    • Masks of the Illuminati
    • Schrödinger's Cat: The Universe Next Door
    • Schrödinger's Cat: The Trick Top Hat
    • Schrödinger's Cat III: The Homing Pigeons
  • Wyndham, John
    • The Day of the Triffids
  • Roger Zelazny
    • My Name is Legion


Well, If you can't say anything nice...
  • Benchley, Peter
    • White Shark
  • Derleth, August
    • The Mask of Cthulhu
  • Lumley, Brian
    • Necroscope 7: The Last Aerie
  • Williamson, Chet
    • Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller


Now that I think of it, I'm half way (or so) through the following. For some reason or other I haven't picked these up to finish them off. Again, send me a beep if you think I'm being lame about not finishing any of these.
  • Brust, Steven
    • Five Hundred Years After
  • Carr, Caleb
    • The Angel of Darkness
  • Charteris, Leslie
    • The Avenging Saint
  • De Camp, L. Sprague
    • The Virgin & The Wheels
    • The Queen of Zamba
  • Eco, Umberto
    • Foucault's Pendulum
  • Eddings, David
    • The Sapphire Rose
  • Haldeman, Joe
    • The Forever Peace
  • Hambly, Barbara
    • Icefalcon's Quest
  • Harrison, Harry
    • The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat
  • Le Guin, Ursula
    • The Tombs of Atuan
    • The Left Hand of Darkness
  • May, Julian
    • Black Trillium (w/Marion Zimmer Bradnley & Andre Norton)
  • Niven, Larry
    • Achilles' Choice (w/Steven Barnes)
  • Strieber, Whitley
    • Communion
  • Tepper, Shari
    • Beauty
  • Woodhouse, P. G.
    • The World of Jeeves

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