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2007 Reading List

  1. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson
  2. The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer -- Neal Stephenson
  3. Spin -- Robert Charles Wilson
  4. Time Travelers Strictly Cash -- Spider Robinson
  5. Tesseracts Ten (A collection of new Canadian speculative fiction) -- Various
  6. Son of Man -- Robert Silverberg
  7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams
  8. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe -- Douglas Adams
  9. Life, the Universe and Everything -- Douglas Adams
  10. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish -- Douglas Adams
  11. Mostly Harmless -- Douglas Adams
  12. Blindsight -- Peter Watts
  13. To Say Nothing of the Dog -- Connie Willis
  14. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell -- Susanna Clarke
  15. Past Master -- R. A. Lafferty
  16. Thirteen Bullets -- David Wellington
  17. Monster Planet -- David Wellington
  18. Frostbite -- David Wellington
  19. Light -- M. John Harrison
  20. Cyteen: The Betrayal -- C.J. Cherryh
  21. Cyteen: The Rebirth -- C.J. Cherryh
  22. Cyteen: The Vindication -- C.J. Cherryh
  23. Galveston -- Sean Stewart
  24. Ender's Game -- Orson Scott Card
  25. Temeraire -- Naomi Novik
  26. Rainbows End -- Vernor Vinge
  27. Otherness -- David Brin
  28. Eifelheim -- Michael F. Flynn
  29. The Best of C.M. Kornbluth -- C.M. Kornbluth
  30. Accelerando -- Charles Stross
  31. On The Beach -- Nevil Shute
  32. The Curse of Chalion -- Lois McMaster Bujold
  33. Paladin of Souls -- Lois McMaster Bujold
  34. The Hallowed Hunt -- Lois McMaster Bujold
  35. Glasshouse -- Charles Stross
  36. More Than Human -- Theodore Sturgeon
  37. The Children of Men -- P.D. James
  38. Talking About Empire and Resistance -- Tariq Ali
  39. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone -- J.K. Rowling
  40. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -- J.K. Rowling
  41. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -- J.K. Rowling
  42. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -- J.K. Rowling
  43. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix -- J.K. Rowling
  44. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- J.K. Rowling
  45. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- J.K. Rowling
  46. Desolation Road -- Ian McDonald
  47. Hominids -- Robert M. Sawyer
  48. All Quiet on the Western Front -- Erich Maria Remarque
  49. The Space Merchants -- Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
  50. The Merchants' War -- Frederik Pohl
  51. Passion Play -- Sean Stewart
  52. The Algebraist -- Iain M. Banks
  53. Market Forces -- Richard Morgan
  54. The Locus Awards -- Various
  55. Farthing -- Jo Walton
  56. Altered Carbon -- Richard Morgan
  57. The Electric Church -- Jeff Somers
  58. The Final Reflection -- John M. Ford
  59. The God Delusion -- Richard Dawkins
  60. What We Say Goes -- Chomsky/Barsamian
  61. The Northern Lights -- Phillip Pullman

2008 Reading List

  1. The Subtle Knife -- Phillip Pullman (~Jan 2)
  2. The Amber Spyglass -- Phillip Pullman (~Jan 5)
  3. Sailing to Sarantium -- Guy Gavriel Kay (~Jan 11)
  4. Lord of Emperors -- Guy Gavriel Kay (~Jan 17)
  5. The Things They Carried -- Tim O'Brien (~Jan 24)
  6. Memory -- Linda Nagata (~Feb 1)
  7. Humanitarian Imperialism -- Jean Bricmont (~Feb 3)
  8. River of Gods -- Ian McDonald (Feb 7)
  9. Alas, Babylon -- Pat Frank (Feb 10)
  10. Black Dogs -- Ian McEwan (Feb 12)
  11. Nova -- Samuel R. Delaney (Feb 13)
  12. Nine Princes in Amber -- Roger Zelazny (Feb 16)
  13. Devil in the White City -- Erik Larson (Feb 18)
  14. The Guns of Avalon -- Roger Zelazny (Feb 23)
  15. Systems of Survival -- Jane Jacobs (Feb 23)
  16. Big Planet -- Jack Vance (Feb 23)
  17. The Stars My Destination -- Alfred Bester (Feb 27)
  18. Sign of the Unicorn -- Roger Zelazny (Feb 27)
  19. We -- Yevgeny Zamyatin (Mar 4)
  20. The Hand of Oberon -- Roger Zelazny (Mar 4)
  21. Windhaven --George R.R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle (Mar 8)
  22. The Courts of Chaos -- Roger Zelazny (Mar 10)
  23. The Hanging of Angelique -- Afua Cooper (Mar 11)
  24. Blackshirts & Reds -- Michael Parenti (Mar 14)
  25. Nightside the Long Sun -- Gene Wolfe (Mar 18)
  26. Trumps of Doom -- Roger Zelazny (Mar 18)
  27. Lake of the Long Sun -- Gene Wolfe (Mar 22)
  28. Blood of Amber -- Roger Zelazny (Mar 27)
  29. History as Mystery -- Michael Parenti (Mar 29)
  30. Shopgirl -- Steve Martin (Mar 31)
  31. Signs of Chaos -- Roger Zelazny (Mar 31)
  32. Knight of Shadows -- Roger Zelazny (April 5)
  33. Prince of Chaos -- Roger Zelazny (April 12)
  34. The Ophiuchi Hotline -- John Varley (April 15)
  35. Caldé of the Long Sun -- Gene Wolfe (Apr 17)
  36. The Chains That You Refuse -- Elizabeth Bear (Apr 20)
  37. The Omnivore's Dilemma -- Michael Pollan (Apr 28)
  38. In Defense of Food -- Michael Pollan (May 12)
  39. Exodus From the Long Sun -- Gene Wolfe (May 29)
  40. Little Brother -- Cory Doctorow (June 7)
  41. A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense -- Normand Baillargeon (July 2)
  42. Skin Folk -- Nalo Hopkinson (July 7)
  43. The Complete Persepolis -- Marjane Satrapi (July 17)
  44. Palestine -- Joe Sacco (July 23)
  45. Halting State -- Charles Stross (Aug 8)
  46. Soon I will Be Invincible -- Austin Grossman (Aug 24)
  47. The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction -- Editor George Mann (Aug 31)
  48. The Alchemist -- Paulo Coelho (Sept 13)
  49. The Yiddish Policeman's Union -- Michael Chabon (Sept 28)
  50. The Sunset Fables -- Jason Corrigan (Oct 7)
  51. The Man Who Was Thursday -- G.K. Chesterton (Oct 11)
  52. Thrilling Tom the Dancing Bug Stories -- Ruben Bolling (Oct 14)
  53. Stories of Your Life and Others -- Ted Chiang (Oct 19)
  54. Swords in the Mist -- Fritz Lieber (Oct 24)
  55. Eastern Standard Tribe -- Cory Doctorow (Oct 26)
  56. The Family Trade -- Charles Stross (Nov 2)
  57. Safe Area Gorazde -- Joe Sacco (Nov 7)
  58. Blindness -- José Saramago (Nov 29)
  59. Gardens of the Moon -- Steven Erickson (Dec 1)
  60. Nova Swing -- M. John Harrison (Dec 7)
  61. Midnight at the Well of Souls -- Jack L. Chalker (Dec 25)
  62. God is Not Great -- Christopher Hitchens (Dec 27)

2009 Reading List

  1. Broken Angels -- Richard K. Morgan (Jan 10)
  2. Air -- Geoff Ryman (Jan 26)
  3. Axis -- Robert Charles Wilson (Jan 28)
  4. Kafka Americana -- Jonathan Lethem & Carter Scholz (Jan 31)
  5. The Immortals -- James Gunn (Feb 2)
  6. The Ghost Brigades -- John Scalzi (Feb 20)
  7. The Android's Dream -- John Scalzi (Mar 5)
  8. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons (Mar 13)
  9. Black Hole -- Charles Burns (Mar 26)
  10. The Hidden Family -- Charles Stross (Mar 31)
  11. When the Nines Roll Over -- David Benioff (April 3)
  12. The Clan Corportate -- Charles Stross (April 8)
  13. The Thought Gang -- Tibor Fischer (April 13)
  14. The Merchants' War -- Charles Stross (April 28)
  15. Darwinia -- Robert Charles Wilson (May 13)
  16. The Politics of Anti-Semitism -- Edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffery St. Clair (May 24)
  17. The Eye of the Sibyl and other Classic Stories -- Phillip K. Dick (June 22)
  18. The Reality Dysfunction -- Peter F. Hamilton (June 29)
  19. Resume with Monsters -- William Browning Spencer (July 1)
  20. The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder -- Vincent Bugliosi (July 2)
  21. The Twentieth Century: A People's History -- Howard Zinn (July 15)
  22. Give Me Liberty -- Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons (July 18)
  23. Top 10 Book 1 -- Alan Moore (July 20)
  24. Promethea Book 1 -- Alan Moore (July 25)
  25. Fables: Legends in Exile -- Bill Willingham (July 27)
  26. Fables: Animal Farm -- Bill Willingham (Aug 1)
  27. Fables: Storybook Love -- Bill Willingham (Aug 8)
  28. Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers -- Bill Willingham (Aug 15)
  29. Fables: The Mean Seasons -- Bill Willingham (Aug 22)
  30. Fables: Homelands -- Bill Willingham (Aug 29)
  31. Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days) -- Bill Willingham (Sept 6)
  32. Fables: Wolves -- Bill Willingham (Sept 6)
  33. Fables: Sons of Empire -- Bill Willingham (Sept 12)
  34. The Lies of Locke Lamora -- Scott Lynch (Sept 13)
  35. Fables: The Good Prince -- Bill Willingham (Sept 18)
  36. Fables: War and Pieces -- Bill Willingham (Sept 20)
  37. Fables: The Dark Ages -- Bill Willingham (Sept 22)
  38. Top 10 Book 2 -- Alan Moore (Sept 23)
  39. Tom Strong Book 1 -- Alan Moore (Sept 25)
  40. Promethea Book 1 -- Alan Moore (Sept 28)
  41. Red Seas Under Red Skies -- Scott Lynch (Oct 16)
  42. Queen and Country Book 1 -- Greg Rucka (Oct 18)
  43. Irrational Fears -- William Browning Spencer (Oct 18)
  44. Queen and Country Book 2 -- Greg Rucka (Oct 24)
  45. Queen and Country Book 3 -- Greg Rucka (Oct 25)
  46. Kushiel's Dart -- Jacqueline Carey (Nov 9)
  47. Queen and Country Book 4 -- Greg Rucka (Nov 9)
  48. Kushiel's Chosen -- Jacqueline Carey (Dec 3)

2010 Reading List

  1. Kushiel's Avatar -- Jacqueline Carey (Jan 7)
  2. The Age of the Warrior: Selected Writings -- Robert Fisk (Feb 7)
  3. The Road -- Cormac McCarthy (Feb 14)
  4. Heart-shaped Box -- Joe Hill (Mar 8)
  5. The Anubis Gates -- Tim Powers (Mar 27)
  6. Fables: The Great Fables Crossover -- Bill Willingham (May 3)
  7. Tigana -- Guy Gavriel Kay (May 9)
  8. The Revolution Business -- Charles Stross (May 12)
  9. War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning -- Chris Hedges (May 15)
  10. Blood and Iron -- Elizabeth Bear (June 18)
  11. The Summer Tree -- Guy Gavriel Kay (July 7)
  12. The Wandering Fire -- Guy Gavriel Kay (July 25)
  13. The Darkest Road -- Guy Gavriel Kay (Aug 17)
  14. A Song for Arbonne -- Guy Gavriel Kay (Sept 24)
  15. Knots and Crosses -- Ian Rankin (Oct 1)
  16. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms -- N. K. Jemisin (Oct 4)
  17. The Orchid Thief -- Susan Orlean (Oct 14)
  18. The Wind-Up Girl -- Paolo Bacigalupi (Oct 30)
  19. Twilight of the Superheroes -- Deborah Eisenberg (Nov 8)
  20. Kings and Queens of England -- Charles Phillips (Nov 18)
  21. Master and Commander -- Patrick O'Brian (Dec 17)

2011 Reading List

  1. The Player of Games -- Iain M. Banks (Jan 7)
  2. Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 -- Bryan Burrough (Jan 23)
  3. The Dying Earth -- Jack Vance (Jan 30)
  4. Contact -- Carl Sagan (Feb 13)
  5. I Don't Believe in Athiests -- Chris Hedges (Feb 26)
  6. Use of Weapons -- Iain M. Banks (Feb 28)
  7. Schismatrix Plus -- Bruce Sterling (Mar 21)
  8. A Game of Thrones -- George R.R. Martin (Apr 8)
  9. A Clash of Kings -- George R.R. Martin (May 7)
  10. A Storm of Swords -- George R.R. Martin (June 28)
  11. Cryoburn -- Lois McMaster Bujold (Aug 3)
  12. A Feast for Crows -- George R.R. Martin (Aug 15)
  13. Santa Olivia -- Jacqueline Carey (Aug 21)
  14. The Magicians -- Lev Grossman (Aug 28)
  15. Bait and Switch -- Barbara Ehrenreich (Sept 6)
  16. Palestine -- Joe Sacco (Sept 12)
  17. Fevre Dream -- George R.R. Martin (Sept 15)
  18. Footnotes in Gaza -- Joe Sacco (Sept 21)
  19. If on a winter's night a traveler -- Italo Calvino (Oct 1)
  20. Bright-Sided -- Barbara Ehrenreich (Oct 2)
  21. Hunters Run -- Martin/Abraham/Dozois (Oct 7)
  22. The Commons -- Matthew Hughes (Oct 14)
  23. The Damned Busters -- Matthew Hughes (Oct 22)
  24. Template -- Matthew Hughes (Oct 31)
  25. The Broken Kingdoms -- N. K. Jemisin (Nov 12)
  26. Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America -- Robert Charles Wilson (Nov 21)
  27. The Neutronium Alchemist -- Peter F. Hamilton (Nov 27)
  28. The Engines of God -- Jack MacDevitt (Dec 5)
  29. Deepsix -- Jack MacDevitt (Dec 16)
  30. Chindi -- Jack MacDevitt (Dec 29)

2012 Reading List

  1. Omega -- Jack MacDevitt (Jan 7)
  2. Oddyssey -- Jack MacDevitt (Jan 15)
  3. The Black Company -- Glen Cook (Jan 22)
  4. Death of the Liberal Class -- Chris Hedges (Jan 27)
  5. Darkness Lingers -- Glen Cook (Feb 1)
  6. The White Rose -- Glen Cook (Feb 6)
  7. The Committed Men -- M. John Harrison (Feb 10)
  8. A Talent for War -- Jack MacDevitt (Feb 15)
  9. Polaris -- Jack MacDevitt (Feb 23)
  10. World of Ptavvs -- Larry Niven (Feb 28)
  11. Tales of Known Space -- Larry Niven (Mar 3)
  12. A Gift From Earth -- Larry Niven (Mar 6)
  13. Adventures in a TV Nation -- Michael Moore (Mar 10)
  14. Lord Valentine's Castle -- Robert Silverberg (Mar 21)
  15. Seeker -- Jack MacDevitt (Mar 28)
  16. Religion for Atheists -- Alain de Botton (Mar 31)
  17. Perfume -- Patrick Suskind (Apr 3)
  18. The Death of Bunny Monro -- Nick Cave (Apr 11)
  19. The Naked God -- Peter F. Hamilton (May 10)
  20. Towing Jehovah -- James Morrow (May 13)
  21. A Second Chance at Eden -- Peter F. Hamilton (May 21)
  22. The Quantum Thief -- Hannu Rajaniemi (May 27)
  23. A Dance With Dragons -- George R.R. Martin (Jun 16)
  24. Among Others -- Jo Walton (Jun 20)
  25. Digger -- Ursula Vernon (Jun 24)
  26. A Short History of Nearly Everything -- Bill Bryson (Jun 30)
  27. Fables: Witches -- Bill Willingham (Jun 30)
  28. Leviathan Wakes -- James S.A. Corey (July 6)
  29. The Unwritten (to #24) -- Mike Carey (July 7)
  30. New X-Men -- Grant Morrison (July 10)
  31. Digital Domains -- A Decade of Science Fiction and Fantasy -- edited by Ellen Datlow (July 14)
  32. Embassytown -- China Miéville (July 21)
  33. American Flagg! -- Howard Chaykin (July 23)
  34. Assassin's Apprentice -- Robin Hobb (July 28)
  35. The Mote in God'sEye -- Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (Aug 6)
  36. Rising Stars -- J. Michael Straczynski (Aug 11)
  37. Royal Assassin -- Robin Hobb (Aug 17)
  38. The Walking Dead - Omnibus 1 -- Robert Kirkman (Aug 19)
  39. The Last Hot Time -- John M. Ford (Aug 21)
  40. The Walking Dead - Omnibus 2 -- Robert Kirkman (Aug 24)
  41. Tooth and Claw -- Jo Walton (Aug 26)
  42. The Walking Dead - Omnibus 3 -- Robert Kirkman (Aug 28)
  43. Assassin's Quest -- Robin Hobb (Sept 9)
  44. Ready Player One -- Ernest Cline (Sept 16)
  45. Black Brillion -- Matthew Hughes (Sept 22)
  46. Heir to the Empire -- Timothy Zahn (Sept 27)
  47. Dark Force Rising -- Timothy Zahn (Oct 3)
  48. The Last Command -- Timothy Zahn (Oct 10)
  49. Storm Watch -- Jim Butcher (Oct 14)
  50. Quarantine -- Greg Egan (Oct 19)
  51. Locke & Key Vol 1-5 -- Joe Hill (Oct 24)
  52. Disgrace -- J. M. Coetzee (Oct 28)
  53. Transmetropolitan -- Warren Ellis/Darick Robertson (Nov 3)
  54. Costume Not Included -- Matthew Hughes (Nov 24)
  55. Safe Area: Gorazde -- Joe Sacco (Dec 12)
  56. First Man in Rome -- Colleen McCullough (Dec 13)
  57. Bitter Seeds -- Ian Tregillis (Dec 18)
  58. Black Hole -- Charles Burns (Dec 23)
  59. Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes -- Neil Gaiman et al (Dec 25)

2013 Reading List

  1. Sandman: The Doll's House -- Neil Gaiman et al (Jan 6)
  2. Sandman: Dream Country -- Neil Gaiman et al (Jan 7)
  3. Sandman: Season of Mists -- Neil Gaiman et al (Jan 12)
  4. Mortal Questions -- Thomas Nagel (Jan 17)
  5. Sandman: A Game of You -- Neil Gaiman et al (Jan 17)
  6. Set This House In Order -- Matt Ruff (Jan 19)
  7. Sandman: Fables and Reflections -- Neil Gaiman et al (Jan 21)
  8. Sandman: Brief Lives -- Neil Gaiman et al (Jan 23)
  9. Sandman: Worlds' End -- Neil Gaiman et al (Jan 26)
  10. Sandman: The Kindly Ones -- Neil Gaiman et al (Jan 29)
  11. Sandman: The Wake -- Neil Gaiman et al (Jan 31)
  12. Strikeforce Morituri -- Various (Feb 7)
  13. Practical Ethics -- Peter Singer (Feb 8)
  14. Squadron Supreme -- Mark Gruenwald/Paul Ryan (Feb 11)
  15. City of Pearl -- Karen Traviss (Feb 21)
  16. Bone -- Jeff Smith (Feb 23)
  17. Money -- Martin Amis (???)
  18. Spider -- Patrick McGrath (???)
  19. Permutation City -- Greg Egan (???)
  20. Ancestor's Tale -- Richard Dawkins (???)
  21. Woken Furies -- Richard Morgan (???)

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