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