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Newbius

Top 100 Fantasy and Sci-Fi (Or, things I still need to read)

The NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy novels with the ones I have read in bold:

1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card Read on 8/25
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert - I have read the Trilogy
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
22. The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
25. The Stand, by Stephen King
26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
28. Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote In God’s Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore
74. Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel’s Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer’s Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis

Only 3233.
I make Kevin Baker look well-read. :)

Newbius

Monster Hunter Alpha

Larry Correia writes such badass stuff, and Earl Harbinger is the Alpha-male of the badasses. I absolutely loved the first two books. I have pre-ordered Monster Hunter Alpha. If you like witty dialogue, accurate shooty goodness, and killer story lines, you will love this series. You should go get a copy too.

Even though Larry says he will write nice things about me, I endorse these books because they are flat-out awesome. Go get you some.

Newbius


(I received nothing of value for this rave-The FTC can suck it...)

Current reading list

Just finished Monster Hunter International (for the 4th or 5th time). I just cracked open Monster Hunter Vendetta, the sequel, (for the 2nd or 3rd time) and should complete it in a day or so. Also being read: Ed Rasimus' "Fighter Pilot", Glenn Beck's "Broke" and Tom Clancy's "Dead or Alive". I should have finished Fighter Pilot by now (it is an amazing read!), but have gotten side-tracked (sorry Ed). I will finish "Dead or Alive" sometime next week, and will complete "Broke" and "Fighter Pilot" by the end of the month.

I received Thomas Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions" for Christmas, and will begin that one as soon as the deck is cleared of current readings. This is deep stuff, so it might take a while to get through. Also on deck is Kathy Jackson's "The Cornered Cat", which arrived in the mail a few days before Christmas.

Still in the stacks and waiting to be read: Fry the Brain by John West, Jack Hinson's One-Man War by Tom McKenney. This should get me through the end of the quarter.

Readers are leaders, so keep up your reading!

Pax,

Newbius

Monster Hunter Vendetta released today

According to Larry, it is rapidly climbing up the Amazon charts. Go get your copy today. Mine should be arriving shortly...

Pax,

Newbius

Recommended Reading

My book order from Amazon arrived yesterday with the mail. On the advice of people that I trust I had purchased Fighter Pilot, the Stieg Larsson's Milennium Trilogy, and Corpse in Armor. After finishing my work for the day, I started reading Corpse in Armor.

And I couldn't put it down.

Wow.

Martin McPhillips keeps the pace running fast and furiously from the opening scene until the very last page. If you are a fan of the political or action thriller genre; if you like the works of Vince Flynn, Joel Rosenberg, or Tom Clancy, you will enjoy this book as I did.

Go buy it.

Pax,

Newbius

Reading List - updated

I am still plowing through The Wealth of Nations (Smith). I am about finished with Going Rogue (Palin).

I've finished reading Democracy in America (de Tocqueville), and am about to begin Liberty and Tyranny (Levin).

In the daily rotation is Common Sense (Beck/Paine), The 5000 Year Leap (Skousen), and Bastiat's The Law, and also Liberty and the Tyranny of Socialism (Williams), and The Federalist Papers.

Recently completed (and recommended for business people): Good to Great (Collins), It's Not About the Coffee (Behar), Winners Never Cheat (Huntsman), and Starving the Monkeys (Baugh).

Recently completed fiction: Compulsion (Kellerman), Patriots (Rawles), Atlas Shrugged (Rand)

I couldn't tell you what was on the television right now because I don't watch it other than for news. What can I say? I like to read...

Pax,

Newbius

I know how we got here

We got here through Progressive nanny-statists co-opting our systems of governance, education, and communication. The real question is this: What are you going to do about it?

How are you going to educate yourself on combating this menace to our Constitutional form of Government? What are you going to do to safeguard your children's minds and inoculate them against feel-good rhetoric, and instead teach them WHY our nation and the ideas which begat it were so revolutionary?

Beyond personal preparation for the potential impending societal collapse caused by the implosion of our currency, there is a very real need to relearn the fundamental truths of economics and freedom. I am continuing my education through extensive reading of the classics, and the new intellectuals. I encourage you to do likewise.

This month's reading list includes "Starving the Monkeys", "The Wealth of Nations", and "Liberty versus the Tyranny of Socialism". Always on my reading list is "The Federalist Papers".

After watching Glenn Beck's show tonight, I am adding one more book to my must have list: Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg. I already have Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny, I just have to read it. It is not yet at the top of my list. Maybe next week...

The late Charlie "Tremendous" Jones had many timely and poignant quotes that were real truisms. I will leave you with two of them tonight. Think about them as you watch the news of the day and interact with the people around you.

Here they are:

"Leaders are readers"

"No one is a failure until they blame somebody else."

Pax,

Newbius