20
Nov
2009
Add This to the Bookshelf
I bought a few new books. Or at least it started as just a few new books. I wanted to catch up on classic sci-fi books that I had never read. And then it turned into some classic fantasy as well. And then a few classic cyberpunk books. And after that I had to get some random fantasy to try out something new. And then a few classic books. Oh and a graphic novel.
From left to right:
- Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
- Anathem – Neal Stephenson
- Foundation – Isaac Asimov
- Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick
- The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
- American Gods – Neil Gaiman
- The War of the Worlds – H. G. Wells
- Virtual Light – William Gibson
- A Game of Thrones – George R.R. Martin
- The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch
- Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
- Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
- The Diamond Age – Neal Stephenson
- The Forever War – Joe Haldeman
- Singularity 7 – Ben Templesmith
- The Mortal Instruments Trilogy – Cassandra Clare
- City of Bones
- City of Ashes
- City of Glass
- The Wheel of Time, first three books – Robert Jordan
- The Eye of the World
- The Great Hunt
- The Dragon Reborn
I’m going to be reading these for the next few years…
I’d like to thank The Sword and Laser, Mark Miltenburg and a few other people for these fine suggestions.

You have a lot of books to read… glhf!
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As far as classics go I think you should add Neuromancer by William Gibson if you havent yet.
There is some modern stuff I’d add too but Im a book fiend. Still; lemme know if you are interested.
I actually read Neuromancer just before grabbing all these books. Gibson’s writing feels a bit wonky but I did like the book. I’ve heard it gets better with re-reads.
And once I finish up with these and maybe follow up some with the rest of their series I’ll start looking for more books.