My one rule has been they must be mostly new books to me.
For 2016, that's out the window. I'm going to revisit old favorites.
Gabriel and I are doing the 50 book challenge together.
He's picking 25 for me, and I'm picking 25 for him. I will read some of the ones I recommend.
My list so far. This is subject to chance.
1) Han Solo at
Star's End. Brian Daley defined the way my generation thought about
Han.
2) The Many Colored
Land. Julian May. (The other three are optional but recommended, as
are the 5 prequels) This influenced me in ways I'm only starting to
understand.
3) A Princess of
Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. This man taught me all I know about
sswashbuckling. There are 11, but the last isn't worth the bother.
4) Elric of
Melnibone. Michael Moorcock. He is the anti-hero, the decadent
elf-lord. Give it a whirl. You may hate it, you may love it.
5) Sweet Silver
Blues. Glen Cook. A .lot of my basis fpr urban fantasy, also,
vampires.
6) Masterpieces of
Terror and the Supernatural. Marvin Kaye, ed. Some of the finest
horror ever collected. Strong influences on what I like to read
7) Red as Blood.
Tanith Lee. Reimagined fairy tales from a mistress of the language.
8) The Ladies of
Mandrygen. Barbara Hambly. (The other two in the series are all
right)
9) Strange Wine.
Harlan Ellison. One of his best collections.
10) The Color of
Magic. Terry Prachett. A greaty fun romp.
11) Split Infinity.
Piers Anthony. A SF and fantasy novel.
12) Friday. Robert
Heinlein. A great influence on the DisUnited States.
13) Another Fine
Myth. Robert Lynn Asprin. Hilarious. Informs my sense of humor a
great deal. (the rest of the books are pretty good too)
14) The Laughing
Corpse. Laurell K Hamilton. I highly recommend the series up to
Obsidian Butterfly.
15) Fool moon. Jim
Butcher. Storm front is all right, but he doesn't hit his stride
until the second book.
16) Dies the Fire.
SM Stirling. Post-apoc. Or Heather Alexander kicks John Norman's ass
after the end of the world.
17) The Crawling
Abattoir. Martin Mundt. Scary, sexy and funny as hell, these horror
shorts are some I want to revisit.
18) The Freakshow.
Bryan Smith. Horror at its finest.
19) Good Omens. Neil
Gaiman & Terry Prachett
20) Bimboes of the
Death Sun. Sharyn McCrumb
21) Neuromancer.
William Gibson
22) Sackett's land.
Louis L'Amour. Elizabethan tale of pirates, revenge, intrigue and
migration
23) Cheating Chance.
James Buchanan. Sexy sexy times (inland Empire is good too)
24) The Wind in the
Willows. Kenneth Graham
25) On Writing.
Stephen King
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