{"id":10454,"date":"2007-01-11T18:20:58","date_gmt":"2007-01-12T01:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/01\/11\/booky-meme-of-my-own.html"},"modified":"2014-06-13T17:07:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T23:07:36","slug":"booky_meme_of_my_own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/11\/booky_meme_of_my_own.html","title":{"rendered":"Booky Meme of My Own"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the meme that’s sweeping the circle<\/a> of<\/a> blogs<\/a> I<\/a> read<\/a>!<\/p>\n

And<\/a> write<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here are “51 (I like being odd) of my<\/em> favorites” (as Kate put it<\/a>) … feel free to copy and do the Booky Meme bits with them, too:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Bold <\/strong>the ones you\u2019ve read, strike-out<\/s> the ones you hated, italicize <\/em>those you started but never finished and put an asterisk (*) beside the ones you loved.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For me, of course, all of the below would be bolded and starred (hence the purpose of the list). For the most part, consider these books I’ve liked enough to read multiple times (sometimes having to graduate to second or third paperbacks, or even a hardcover). They’re all fiction, and intended as stories.<\/p>\n

It was actually a tough call — in some cases, I lump together a series under a single volume, in other cases I actually single a couple out because, in a series I like, I like them best. And, of course, I make no pretense to these being “great literature,” profound, or anything else. I find them entertaining, moving, amusing, interesting, and\/or possessing of other attributes that leads me to pick them up time and again. Your mileage may (should) vary.<\/p>\n

Going through my book shelves to make this list, I realized (a) I have quite a few books I will likely never read again, and so should clear off of my shelves, and (b) I have quite a few books I’ve not read in some time and really should.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \nThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams<\/li>\n
  2. \nOperation Chaos, by Poul Anderson<\/li>\n
  3. \nThe Devil’s Game, by Poul Anderson<\/li>\n
  4. \nI, Robot, by Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n
  5. \nThe Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov [best of the trilogy]<\/li>\n
  6. \nThe Going to Bed Book, by Sandra Boynton [any any other of hers]<\/li>\n
  7. \nThe Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury<\/li>\n
  8. \nMartians Go Home, by Fredric Brown<\/li>\n
  9. \nJhereg, by Steven Brust [Taltos series]<\/li>\n
  10. \nThe Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton<\/li>\n
  11. \nThe White Mountains, by John Christopher [Tripods trilogy]<\/li>\n
  12. \nChildhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke<\/li>\n
  13. \nSten [series], by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch<\/li>\n
  14. \nStar Trek: New Frontiers, by Peter David [series; actually, any PAD ST book]<\/li>\n
  15. \nShip of the Line, by C.S. Forrester [Hornblower series]<\/li>\n
  16. \nAnansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman<\/li>\n
  17. \nNeverwhere, by Neil Gaiman<\/li>\n
  18. \nGood Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n
  19. \nThe Case of the Careless Kitten, by Erle Stanley Gardner [Perry Mason series]<\/li>\n
  20. \nThe Princess Bride, by William Goldman<\/li>\n
  21. \nThe Forever War, by Joe Haldeman<\/li>\n
  22. \nGuilty Pleasures, by Laurell K. Hamilton [Anita Blake series,up thru Obsidian Butterfly]<\/li>\n
  23. \nThe Maltese Falcon, by Dashell Hammett<\/li>\n
  24. \nThe Stainless Steel Rat, by Harry Harrison [series, the earlier the better]<\/li>\n
  25. \nAll Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot [series]<\/li>\n
  26. \nFriday, by Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n
  27. \nStarship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n
  28. \nRevolt in 2100, by Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n
  29. \nThe Jungle Books, by Rudyard Kipling<\/li>\n
  30. \nArrows of the Queen, by Mercedes Lackey [trilogy; the Valdemar series is hot\/cold for me]<\/li>\n
  31. \nA Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle [favorite of the series, but there are other inter-related books I enjoy]<\/li>\n
  32. \nDragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey [series, the earlier the better]<\/li>\n
  33. \nThe Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis<\/li>\n
  34. \nSilverlock, by John Myers Myers<\/li>\n
  35. \nDream Park, by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes [series]<\/li>\n
  36. \nThe Mote in God’s Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle [better than the sequel]<\/li>\n
  37. \nInferno, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle<\/li>\n
  38. \nThe Zero Stone, by Andre Norton [and sequel]<\/li>\n
  39. \nMoon of Three Rings, by Andre Norton [and sequel]<\/li>\n
  40. \nThe Crystal Gryphon, by Andre Norton [better than the sequel]<\/li>\n
  41. \nYear of the Unicorn, by Andre Norton<\/li>\n
  42. \nPsi High and Others, by Alan E. Nourse<\/li>\n
  43. \nThe Widening Gyre [Spenser series], by Robert Parker<\/li>\n
  44. \nA Morbid Taste for Bones, by Ellis Peters [Cadfael series]<\/li>\n
  45. \nJustice, Inc., by Kenneth Robeson [Avenger series]<\/li>\n
  46. \nCallahan’s Cross-Time Saloon, by Spider Robinson [series, the earlier the better]<\/li>\n
  47. \nThe Doorbell Rang, by Rex Stout [Nero Wolfe series]<\/li>\n
  48. \nPrisoner’s Base, by Rex Stout [another NW]<\/li>\n
  49. \nThe Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n
  50. \nThe Honor of the Queen, by David Weber [Honor Harrington series]<\/li>\n
  51. \nNine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny [series]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There may be other books I love as much, or even more — but these are the ones that leapt out at me from the book shelf (figuratively speaking).<\/p>\n

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