I'm doing something different this year - at the end of every month I'll do a list of books I read that month, and what I thought about them. However, I'm only talking about Books that a.) are not RPG-Books, and b.) I didn't have to read for Uni. So, here's a busy april:
2008 so farAmerikanische Polaroids (American Polaroids) (Coupland; Douglas)
Best of Rock & Metal (Rock Hard magazine)
Buch Corum; Das (The Book of Corum) (Moorcock; Michael)
Duncton Wood (Horwood; William)
Excession (Iain M. Banks)
Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible; The (Sean Patrick Fannon)
Foucault's pendel (Eco; Umberto)
Glasperlenspiel; Das (Hesse; Hermann)
Handbuch Amerikanische Gebete; Ein (A handbook of american prayer) (Shepard; Lucius)
Herr der Nacht (Night's Master) (Lee; Tanith)
Herren von Quarmall; Die (Lean times in Lankhmar) (Leiber; Fritz)
Homini Lupus (Noeth; Martina)
Imperium (Huf; Hans-Christian)
Isaac Asimov über Science Fiction (Asimov on Science Fiction)(Isaac Asimov)
Letzte Tag der Schöpfung; Der (Jeschke; Wolfgang)
Linke Hand der Dunkelheit; Die (Left hand of darkness; The) (LeGuin; Ursula K.)
Nathaniel (Michael Siefener)
Pompeii (Robert Harris)
Punktown (Thomas; Jeffrey)
Republic (Plato)
Ruf des Reihers; Der (Harsh cry of the Heron; The) (Lian Hearn)
Science Fiction Jahr 1995; Das (Jeshke; Wolfgang)
Science Fiction Jahr 2002; Das (Jeshke; Wolfgang)
Spook: Der Schüler des Geisterjägers (The Wardstone Chronicles - The Spook's Apprentice) (Delaney; Joseph)
Wächter der Nacht (Lukianenko; Sergij)
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Kilian; Crawford)
April:Aufsteigerin; Die (The Buisness) (Iain Banks): As you might have gathered, I've been reading a lot of Iain M. Banks. Well, the thing is, he writes "non-genre" fiction under the name Iain Banks - and it's pretty good too, even if the famale main character is a capitalist who would have made Henry Ford crap his pants...
Aufstieg und Fall der großen Mächte (The Rise and Fall of the great Powers) (Paul Kennedy): I read this a few years ago for a course at university, but I still consider it a good read, especially if you like running fantasy RPGs with an eye towards politics...
Box of Delights; The (John Masefield): This book is pure magic. A beautiful fairy tale. If anyone out there still beleives in fairy tales, or magic, or even just magical childrens tales, read this book - or watch the BBC series like I did when I was VERY much younger. *Sigh*
Cthulhu-Mythos 1917-1975 & 1975-2005 (Various Authors): A two-book compilation of Mythos short stories over the years. A lot of old faves, some tales I hadn't read yet. Very nice.
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbuy): I had forgotten how good this book is. It is now on my list of "books I have to read once every year", the same list "Neuromancer" is on ...
Hotel new Hampshire (John Irving): This book I returned to the library without completing it. Not happy, after 200 pages. *Shiver*
H.P. LOvecrafts Kosmisches Grauen (Various Authors): A collection of essays by verious german authors on the topic of Lovecraft's writings. Yes, it's as dry as it sounds...
Jhereg (Steven Brust): After almost everyone I know has been recommending these books to me, I finally gave in and picked up Brust's "Vlad Taltos" books - good thing the local library has them, cause the german translation is WAY to expensive considering how quick they're read...
Mikrosklaven (Microserfs) (Douglas Coupland): Another go at Doug. Not his best book, but the only one I felt "good" about afterwards.
Miss Brunners letztes Programm (The final programme) (Michael Moorcock): As anyone knows who's talkedcto me about fantasy for longer than 5 min., I'm a rabid Michael Moorock fan. The problem is, of cause, that most of his books are at any given time not in print in either english or german. The "Jerry Cornelius" books are a an example, which is why I owe
pax_athena more than just the postage for this one... *Happy*
Neuromancer (William Gibson): Okay, it's way dated. I still love Gibson's early works, more than his later books definatley.
Plot against America; the (Philip Roth): Borrowed this one off a friend's girlfriend. Haven't finished yet, but to be honest: I don't know if I want to...
Taltos (Steven Brust): See "Jhereg"
Use of Weapons (Iain M. Banks): Second best Culture-Novel so far. Say,
apokalypsetest, did I ever thank you for the tip?
Walden & Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau): I admit to two things: a) I don't agree with Thoreau's philosophies, and b) I find him very hard to read. More than six pages put me to sleep.
Winnie-the-Pooh (A. A. Milne): My mum used to read me this (She has a little red hardcover copy that is older than I am), and it's beautiful read after having a little cry at the end of "Howl's Moving Castle". No jokes, or I'll have to prove that I deserve my title as evil overlord... *Sniff*
Yendri (Steven Brust): See "Taltos"</lj>