Reading: _The Last Continent_

Filed under: Books — jac @ February 2, 2010 - 6:00 pm

Currently Reading:
The Last Continent – Terry Pratchett

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Patrick O’Brian — Aubrey Maturin Series

Filed under: Books — jac @ January 24, 2010 - 8:35 am

Master and Commander
Post Captain
H.M.S. Surprise
The Mauritius Command
Desolation Island
The Fortune of War
The Surgeon’s Mate
The Ionian Mission
176 Treason’s Harbour
The Far Side of the World
The Reverse of the Medal


Kim Stanley Robinson

Filed under: Books — jac @ January 15, 2010 - 8:37 pm

Antarctica
The Martians
The Years of Rice and Salt

Three Californias (Orange County trilogy, Orange County triptych)

The Wild Shore
The Gold Coast
Pacific Edge

The Mars trilogy

Red Mars
Green Mars
Blue Mars

Science in the Capital

Forty Signs of Rain
Fifty Degrees Below
Sixty Days and Counting


Humor

Filed under: Books, Humor — jac @ January 9, 2010 - 8:39 am

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction – the writers of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart
I Am America (And So Can You!) – Stephen Colbert
Groovitude: A Get Fuzzy Treasury – Darby Conley
Pearls Before Swine : BLTs Taste So Darn Good – Stephan Pastis
A Year at the Movies: One Man’s Filmgoing Odyssey – Kevin Murphy
Mike Nelson’s Death Rat! : A Novel – Michael J. Nelson
Mike Nelson’s Movie Megacheese – Michael J. Nelson
Mike Nelson’s Mind over Matters – Mike Nelson
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide – Trace Beaulieu


Dan Simmons

Filed under: Books — jac @ December 15, 2009 - 9:57 pm

The Hollow Man
The Terror

The Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion
The Fall of Hyperion
Endymion
The Rise of Endymion

Ilium/Olympos

“Helen of Troy awakes just before dawn to the sound of air raid sirens.” — A killer opening line, from Dan Simmons’ Olympos. If that piques your interest, you’ll want to start out by reading Ilium.

Ilium
Olympos

Graphic Novels

Filed under: Books — jac @ December 8, 2009 - 9:43 pm

Futurama-O-Rama – Matt Groening
Watchmen – Alan Moore (Author), Dave Gibbons (Illustrator)
Chasing Dogma – Kevin Smith, Duncan Fegredo (Illustrator), Alanis Morissette (Introduction)

Terry Pratchett — Discworld Novels

Filed under: Books, Humor — jac @ November 27, 2009 - 5:08 pm

The Color of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Equal Rites
Mort
Sourcery
Wyrd Sisters
Pyramids
Guards! Guards!
Faust Eric
Moving Pictures
Reaper Man
Witches Abroad
Small Gods
Lords and Ladies
Men at Arms
Soul Music
Interesting Times
Maskerade
Feet of Clay
Hogfather
Jingo


Jeff Kinney — Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Filed under: Books, Humor — jac @ November 27, 2009 - 5:07 pm
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

Martin Gardner

Filed under: Books — jac @ November 21, 2009 - 5:40 pm
The Unexpected Hanging and Other Mathematical Diversions
Mathematical Magic Show
Mathematical Circus
The Magic Numbers of Dr Matrix
The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings
The New Age: Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Fractal Music, Hypercards and More…: Mathematical Recreations from Scientific American Magazine
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience
When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish: And Other Speculations About This and That – Martin Gardner
Great Essays in Science – Martin Gardner (Editor)
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition – Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner (Editor), John Tenniel (Illustrator)

Neil Gaiman

Filed under: Books — jac @ October 30, 2009 - 10:51 pm
American Gods
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch – Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett


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