Wednesday, May 16 2012

Help!

It is that time again.

I sit here having just finished John Dies at the End (highly recommended as a parody of Lovecraft that somehow manages to be a 'serious' comedy novel) and Jack London's science fiction post-apocalyptic novel The Scarlet Plague (good story, but suffering the classical literature foibles of grandiose language coupled with a book written in 1912 talking about a global catastrophe that happened in 2013 and some of the technological advances that did or didn't happen.) I've just started the Invention of Hugo Cabret, but it's a short 3 hour listen, so...

But anyways, now I sit at the point where I have to pick a new book to listen to and I figure for this one, I'm going to let someone else pick for me. Why? Because I have a large number of books, some from series, some the first book, some the second book. I've just listened to a horror and a post apocalyptic novel and I'm not sure if I want to listen to something different, or something the same.

So... what's next?

TitleAuthorGenre
Abraham Lincoln Vampire SlayerSeth Grahame-SmithVampire
The Invention of Hugo CabretBrian SelznickYA Fiction
Catching FireSuzanne CollinsYA SF
CinderMarissa MeyerYA SF
Colonel RooseveltEdmund MorrisNon-Fiction, Presidents--United States--Biography
DamnedChuck PalahniukFiction
DebtDavid GraeberNon-Fiction, Debt--History
DeadlineMira GrantZombie
Death TroopersJoe SchreiberSF - Star Wars
DeathlessCatherynne M. ValenteFantasy - Alternate History
Directive 51John BarnesFiction - Suspense
DuneFrank HerbertSF
Ender's GameOrson Scott CardSF
FanglandJohn MarksVampire
First Among Sequels Jasper Fforde Fantasy - Mystery
Following the EquatorMark TwainNon-Fiction, Travel
Freedom (TM)Daniel SuarezSF
FrostbiteDavid WellingtonWerewolves
Good OmensTerry Pratchett/Neil GaimanFantasy (Humorous)
Halo EvolutionsVariousSF - Halo
HoundedKevin HearneUrban Fantasy
I am Legend and Other StoriesRich MathesonVampire
InfectedScott SiglerSF
Johannes Cabal The Necromancer (Book 1)Jonathan L. HowardFantasy
Johannes Cabal The Detective (Book 2)Jonathan L. HowardFantasy
Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellSusanna ClarkeHistorical Fantasy
Julian ComstockRobert Charles WilsonSF
KrakenChina MievilleFantasy
LeviathanScott WesterfieldYA Steampunk
Little BrotherCory DoctorowFiction - Cyberpunk
Machine ManMax BarrySF
Making MoneyTerry PratchettFantasy - Discworld
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine ShowVarious (short story collection)SF/Fantasy
Outcast: Star Wars Fate of the Jedi Book 1Aaron AllstonSF - Star Wars
Pebble in the SkyIsaac AsimovSF
Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesSeth Grahame-SmithZombie
Ready Player OneErnest ClineSF
RobopocalypseDaniel H. WilsonSF
RootsAlex HaleyNon-Fiction, Biography
SabrielGarth NixFantasy
Ship BreakerPaolo BacigalupiYA - SF
SleeplessCharlie HustonSF Noir
SnuffTerry PratchettFantasy - Discworld
Surface DetailIain M BanksSF
Tarzan of the ApesEdgar Rice BurroughsAdventure
The ABC MurdersAgatha ChristieMystery
The Fall of ReachEric NylundSF - Halo
The Fallen BladeJon CourtenayFantasy
The Girl Who Played with FireStieg LarssonMystery
The Gone-Away WorldNick HarkawaySF - Post-apocalyptic
The Hundred Thousand KingdomsN.K. JemisinFantasy
The MagiciansLev GrossmanUrban Fantasy
The Magician's ElephantKate DiCamilloYA Fiction
The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. DickAlternative History
The Name of the WindPatrick RothfussFantasy
The PassageJustin CroninVampire
The Power of SixPittacus LoreSF
The Ten-Cent PlagueDavid HajduNon-Fiction, Comic books, strips, etc.--United States--History--20th century
The Wind-up GirlPaolo BacigalupiSF - Biopunk
The World Without UsAlan WeismanNon-Fiction, Environmental Science
Thud!Terry PratchettFantasy - Discworld
Tropic of NightMichael GruberMystery
TroubletwistersGarth NixYA - Fantasy
Under HeavenGuy Gavriel KayFantasy
Where Good Ideas Come FromSteven JohnsonNon-Fiction, Creative Thinking
Who Fears DeathNnedi OkoraforFantasy
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceRobert M. PirsigNon-Fiction, Philosophy
Zero HistoryWilliam GibsonSF
Zombies vs. UnicornsHolly BlackZombies

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Monday, January 23 2012

The Butcher, The Chef, and the Swordsman - A review within a story

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Netflix and I have a history. You might think this isn't relevant, but, let me start with a digression. Or, not so much a history as an understanding. I understand that they are trying to make it easier for people to see movies and they understand that, in a town with Scarecrow Video, I was more  […]

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Monday, October 31 2011

Help me read!

Ok, strictly speaking, I don't need help reading. I'm quite good at that, most of the time. What I need help with is picking my next audio book as I am about to finish the H.P. Lovecraft collection.1 So, while we're speaking strictly, I don't need help reading, I need help listening.2 Right now I  […]

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Saturday, July 2 2011

So that happened....

This past Thursday was my last day on vendor contract at Microsoft. While my performance was excellent, a failure of business to materialize in accordance with expectations proved to make my salary (and that of 7 other vendors) a bit too much for Microsoft to handle. I have had a couple of  […]

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Thursday, June 9 2011

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars...)

Last night, I was presented with the question: If you could actually do anything, what would you do? Well, there's two different tracks to take with that question. There's the realistic route of looking for whatever one could do to keep themselves in financial solvency that they are passionate  […]

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Thursday, May 5 2011

SIFF2011: A quick squiggle...

So, I sat down with the list of SIFF films and, while I have a full series pass this year, there are some movies I'd prefer to see more than the others, at least based on the quick descriptions.... What follows is that list.

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Tuesday, May 3 2011

The Beast Slumbers in Renton

There exists a great beast in Renton, a beast of serpentine passages, of blue and yellow colors. It has a name.. a name spoken in reverence and fear alike: Ikea. The beast knows when you visit and it knows there are two possibilities. You are headed there with something in particular in mind that  […]

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Sunday, May 1 2011

Legend of the Fist - The Return of Chen Zhen

Legend of the Fist

First, let's get the joke out of the way first. Am I the only one who looks at 'Legend of the Fist' and thinks 'Huh. Is that a porno?' Yeah, I probably am. I was reading twitter the other day (I'm jaydeflix, by the by) when a local theater I follow, the Grand Illusion Cinema, mentioned that they  […]

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