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pedanther ([personal profile] pedanther) wrote2012-05-04 09:05 pm

Fiction log - April 2012

Fiction books
Bennett Cerf, Roy McKie. Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles
Marianne de Pierres. Code Noir
Marianne de Pierres. Crash Deluxe
Marianne de Pierres. Nylon Angel
Phyllis Ann Karr. The Idylls of the Queen
Anthony Price. Our Man in Camelot
Brandon Sanderson. The Way of Kings

In progress
Murray Leinster. The Forgotten Planet

Non-fiction books
Declan Donnellan. The Actor and the Target

In progress
Barbara Sher, Barbara Smith. I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was

Short fiction
(none)

Poetry
Arthur Hugh Clough. "Say not the struggle naught availeth"
Henry Lawson. "When your pants begin to go"
Alfred Noyes. "St George and the Dragon"

Film
The Avengers
The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Theatre
(none)

Television serials in progress
Babylon 5, season 2 (DVD)
Paddington (online streaming)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (online streaming)

Television, individual episodes
Ben 10 Alien Force: Trade-Off

Comic books in progress
Action Comics
Demon Knights

Interactive narrative in progress
Portal 2
Doctor Who: Worlds in Time


Books bought
Chester Anderson. The Butterfly Kid
Poul Anderson. The Time Patrol
Ian Stuart Black. The War Machines
John Buchan. The Thirty-Nine Steps
Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Lost Prince (e)
James Clavell. King Rat
Darwyn Cooke, et al. The New Frontier volume two
Brian Daley. Han Solo's Revenge
Alain de Botton. The Consolations of Philosophy
Samuel R Delany. Babel-17
Samuel R Delany. The Jewels of Aptor
Declan Donnellan. The Actor and the Target
George Alec Effinger. A Fire in the Sun
David Fromkin. A Peace to End All Peace
Barbara Hambly. The Armies of Daylight
Barbara Hambly. Dragonsbane
Edward D Hoch. The Fellowship of the Hand
Diana Wynne Jones. Eight Days of Luke
Phyllis Ann Karr. The Idylls of the Queen
Karl Kesel, et al. Harley Quinn: Preludes and Knock-Knock Jokes
Keith Laumer. A Plague of Demons
Sharon Lee. Carousel Tides
Murray Leinster. Med Ship (e)
Murray Leinster. Planets of Adventure (e)
Helen McCarthy. The Art of Osamu Tezuka, God of Manga
Kim Newman. Anno Dracula
Kim Newman. The Bloody Red Baron
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle. The Mote in God's Eye
K J Parker. Colours in the Steel
Ellis Peters. Flight of a Witch
Ellis Peters. The Grass Widow's Tale
Anthony Price. Our Man in Camelot
Christopher Priest. Inverted World
James H Schmitz. The Universe Against Her
Emma Southworth. Capitola's Peril (e)
Emma Southworth. The Hidden Hand (e)
Bram Stoker. The Jewel of Seven Stars
Di Trevis. Being a Director
Genevieve Valentine. Mechanique
Evangeline Walton. Prince of Annwn
Evangeline Walton. The Children of Llyr
Evangeline Walton. The Song of Rhiannon
Evangeline Walton. The Island of the Mighty
Jo Walton. Among Others
Gene Luen Yang. American Born Chinese
Jack Yeovil. Comeback Tour
Jack Yeovil. Demon Download
Jack Yeovil. Krokodil Tears
Jack Yeovil. Route 666

Books borrowed
Verlyn Flieger. Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology

Books received as gifts
Sam Bowring. Prophecy's Run
John R Fultz. Seven Princes
Ian Irvine. Vengeance
Karen Marie Moning. Bloodfever
Karen Marie Moning. Darkfever
Sam Sykes. Black Halo


Top of the to-read pile
Verlyn Flieger. Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology

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