[kibs] 2017 Retrospective

  • From: Mike <michael@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: KIBS Literary Treehouse <kibs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 20:40:22 +0000

BOOKS READ: 21
NEW BOOKS:  14
RE-READS:    7


LOVED:  DIASPORA by Greg Egan

Probably the first, and best, proper treatment I ever read of digitised post-humans and their experience of the world.
https://www.freelists.org/post/kibs/Finished-DISASPORA-by-Greg-Egan


HATED:  SIX WAKES by Mur Lafferty
tl;dr: One out of five. A complete dog. If I could have used the Idiot's Parachute I absolutely would have.
https://www.freelists.org/post/kibs/Finished-SIX-WAKES-by-Mur-Lafferty


COMPLETE READING LIST:

  01. ABSOLUTION GAP by Alastair Reynolds
  02. REDEMPTION ARK by Alastair Reynolds
  03. CHASM CITY by Alastair Reynolds
  04. ANCILLIARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie
  05. ANCILLIARY SWORD by Ann Leckie
  06. SIX WAKES by Mur Lafferty
  07. NEUROMANCER by William Gibson
  08. COUNT ZERO by William Gibson
  09. 1177 B.C.: THE YEAR CIVILIZATION COLLAPSED by Eric H. Cline
  10. DISASPORA by Greg Egan
  11. THE PURE LAND by Alan Spence
  12. THE PEREGRINE by J. A. Baker
  13. SUNDIVER by David Brin
  14. CONSIDER PHLEBAS by Iain M. Banks
  15. THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy
  16. BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy
  17. SEVENEVES by Neal Stephenson
  18. GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond
  19. STAR TREK: DESTINY - GODS ON NIGHT by David Mack
20. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - A STITCH IN TIME by Andrew J. Robinson
  21. MANHOOD by Terry Crews

--
 MIKE, KIBS Member #2
   "Language is to the mind more
    than light is to the eye."
      -- William Gibson, playwright

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