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Books I read in 2008 (most recent first; favorites in bold italics)

ZenInTheArtOfWriting by RayBradbury.
TheCraftOfWritingScienceFictionThatSells? by BenBova?.
BloodMemory? (CD) by GregIles?.
WriteAway? by ElizabethGeorge?.
TheLeftHandOfDarkness by UrsulaKLeGuin.
TheRace? (CD) by RichardNorthPatterson.
SaveTheCat? by BlakeSnyder?.
TheScreenwritersWorkbook? by SydField?.
BornStandingUp? (CD) by SteveMartin?.
AScannerDarkly (CD) by PhilipKDick.
DanseMacabre? by StephenKing.

The last dozen or so books I read in 2007 (most recent first; favorites in bold italics)

Exile? (Abridged CD) by RichardNorthPatterson.
Story (Abridged CD) by RobertMcKee?.
ManifoldTime by StephenBaxter.
Cell? by StephenKing.
TheMoralPremise? by StanleyDWilliams?.
TheAnatomyOfStory? by JohnTruby?.
WritingScienceFictionAndFantasy? by CrawfordKilian?.
CreatingShortFiction? by DamonKnight?.
RonCarlsonWritesAStory? by RonCarlson?.
TheFictionEditorTheNovelAndTheNovelist? by ThomasMcCormick?.
TheRuins? (CD) by ScottSmith?.
TheManInTheBlackSuit? (CD) by StephenKing.

More from 2007: /BooksIReadIn2007

Reading Project: Hugo and Nebula award winners.

I used to read a lot of science fiction, but not as much lately. A major exception to "not lately" is reading project of a few years ago, to read all of Asimov's robot, foundation, and empire novels.

I had an idea a few weeks ago to read all of the "best" science fiction by reading every novel that had won either the Hugo Award or the Nebula award. But it turns out there are 78 such novels, and I don't have the stamina to read them all.

So I've settled on a more modest project: Read every novel that has won both the Nebula and the Hugo. There are fifteen of those:

Dune by FrankHerbert (1965)
Ringworld by LarryNiven (1970)
TheGodsThemselves? by IsaacAsimov (1972)
TheDispossessed by UrsulaKLeGuin (1974)
Gateway by FrederikPohl? (1977)
Dreamsnake? by VondaMcIntyre?, (1978)
TheFountainsOfParadise? by ArthurCClarke (1979)
StartideRising? by DavidBrin (1983)
Neuromancer by WilliamGibson (1984)
EndersGame by OrsonScottCard (1985)
SpeakerForTheDead by OrsonScottCard (1986)
DoomsdayBook? by ConnieWillis (1992)
AmericanGods by NeilGaiman (2002)

Done:

PaladinOfSouls? by LoisMcMasterBujold (2004)
TheLeftHandOfDarkness by UrsulaKLeGuin (1969)

I've read five of these novels before, but I don't remember anything about them except for EndersGame, which has an unforgettable ending.

See TheBookOfRatings for a brief thread about ratings and reviews, triggered by my removing the ratings from my page.

Hi, Dale. I noticed you finished Asimov's Foundation. Did you read Asimov's Foundation books once upon a time before venturing to DavidBrin and GregBear?'s Foundation books? And have you tried Asimov's robot books? -- ElizabethWiethoff

: Hi Elizabeth. Yes, I read the Bear and Brin Foundation books a few months ago (see above), and the Benford one last year. I'm reading through the entire Robots-Empire-Foundation series. See my note on the Foundation page. --DaleEmery

Killer Bs. That's funny. I need to remember that... What I meant by my question was, did you read Asimov then the Killer Bs then revisit Asimov? Or did you read the Bs without Asimov's Foundation books and wonder where the Bs were coming from? Me, I haven't read any Killer B Foundation books. But I tore through Asimov's entire Robots-Empire-Foundation series for the 3rd(?) time back in January or so. I didn't enjoy it as much this time around. :-| I'm interested to know whether this is your first, second, or severalth venture into Asimov's series. Whatever your note is on the Foundation page, I don't think you signed it. -- Eliz

: D'oh! The comment is on the IsaacAsimov page. In the late 70s I read IRobot? and the original three foundation novels. I also read TheStarsLikeDust (one of the three Empire books). I don't think I read the two early robot novels at that time. Then I read each of the subsequent robot and foundation novels, including the ones by the Killer Bs, as they were published. Last year, I got the idea to read the whole series again, more or less one after the other in chronological order. I'm reading FoundationAndEmpire? now. So far, Foundation is my least favorite book of the series. --DaleEmery

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