Novels written in a future State of Delmarva

 These novels are written in a future State of DelMarva.  "Fired" and "Halloween House" by Ed Okonowicz are mostly interesting in the creation of the new state of Delawarva, even though that is a bit contrived.  The murder mysteries are forgettable, as I do not recall them now.  I might just have to read these again.

Books I've read and will read blog-cleaning.

Clearing out the book lists - both sets probably go in the Books I've read sometime in the past pile now, except for How to Ditch Your Fairy. Didn't get to that one yet.

Books I'm Currently Reading

• Shakespeare The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
• Interface by Neal Stephenson
• How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

Books I've Just read

• Nation by Terry Pratchett
• Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams
• Incandescence by Greg Egan
• The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson
• Brasyl by Iam McDonald

I need a book wheel

This book wheel would allow me to keep track of all of my different reading and might be nice and fun to spin if one was researching a particular topic and had to switch between books.

(via Flickr of BibliOdyssey)

Current Reading List and Just Read List- Science Fiction, Fantasy, History and Words

I tend to let my list of favorite authors pile up books for a while and then get them all in mass clump and then read them voraciously. At this rate I will fill up the new library far too soon. I have a plan to show how there are some similar themes in the science fiction I am reading lately. Multiple/Parallel worlds being the most important. For now just the lists:

Retiring...

• Shuttle Down by Lee Correy
• Rude Mechanicals by Kage Baker
• Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott McCloud

...off of the just read and reading list to the side.

And adding:

• Nation by Terry Pratchett
• Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams
• Incandescence by Greg Egan
• The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson
• Brasyl by Iam McDonald

Reading to come will be:

• Shakespeare The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
• Interface by Neal Stephenson
• How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

Perhaps I will get around to reviews as I read them. Apersual of the lists shows the science fiction you would expect, some fantasy though some of both of these are young adult novels. History and words from Sarah Vowell and Bill Bryson.

If the East Coast Is American enough For Al-Qaeda, It should be American enough for ...

Jezebel excerpted the exact quote I wanted from Sarah Vowell's interview on the Jon Stewart show on Tuesday October 7th. Sarah complained that Palin and the Republicans pay lip service to New York's bravery in 9/11 and then call New Yorkers "elite" and unpatriotic behind their backs. Sarah said, "They wrap themselves in our attack and then they leave and talk about what snobs we are."



My favorite comment from Vowell was this one: "If the East Coast Is American enough For Al-Qaeda, It should be American enough for them." Them being the aforementioned Republicans.

I like Sarah Vowell's books and their quirky take on history. I even forced us to visit the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio because I was reading Assassination Vacation at the time. Her new book is The Wordy Shipmates.

Recent Completed Reading List

The side bar books, that I have actually completed reading, are listed below.

• Winkie by Clifford Chase
• The Witling by Vernor Vinge
• The Risen Empire by Scott Westerfeld
• The Killing of Worlds by Scott Westerfeld
• The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
• The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
• Missile Gap by Charles Stross
• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

I have good comments on most of these that I'll share later.

• Heat by Bill Buford

Didn't quite finish this one. There is a reason for it.

Won't somebody please think of the books!

I wept when I saw this news item on SFsignal. The town of Longueuil in Quebec threw out 500,000 used books after they were confiscated from a condemned used book store. They claimed to have not found anyone who would take them. No library or school or other used book store? I will, I will. This is a tragedy and painful for a bibliomaniac like myself.

Too late they are gone, they weren't even recycled.

We can make amends to the book gods, though. This weekend there is a great used book sale at the Concord Mall in Delaware sponsored by the American Association of University Women Wilmington, DE Branch. The Book Sale runs February 22-25, 2007, through Sunday. I happen to know that Sunday will be a bag of books for $5. I have already found a ton of science fiction, science and history books for my too large collection. I want to take them home and take care of them before something horrible happens to them like the story above.