September 15, 2020
There was a serious dearth of updates on my web site from 2014 to 2018, and during that time I did read a lot of books, but I mostly didn't bother to write up a synopsis or a review. I added those books to the database in addition to keeping track of them, so here, organized according to theme, are lists of books I've read from 2014 to 2018, with links:
Science fiction:
- The first four books in the Artemis Fowl series: Artemis Fowl, Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident, Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code, and Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception
- Two books by Arthur C. Clarke: Cradle and The Nine Billion Names of God
- Two books by Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men and Star Maker
- Two books by Philip K. Dick: Time Out of Joint and Ubik
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Manhattan in Reverse by Peter F. Hamilton
- Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
- Usurper of the Sun by Hōsuke Nojiri
- The Winds of Change: ...And Other Stories by Isaac Asimov
Other fiction:
- Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- Likkisten by Erik Meling Sele
Non-fiction:
- Three essay collections by Isaac Asimov: The Beginning and the End, The Sun Shines Bright, and The Tragedy of the Moon
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
- If You Want To Write by Brenda Ueland
- Hitch-22: A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens
- Utopia by Thomas More
With that backlog of stuff no longer hanging over me, onward!