User:Stephan Schulz/Reading

My Reading
I buy, own, and borrow large numbers of books. If remotely possible, I also read them ;-). Here are snapshots of my reading:
 * A snapshot of my reading (September 15th, 2016):
 * Arthur C. Clarke: The Sentinel (I have the Kindle edition, which seems to have more stories) - let's just say that I got the omnibus edition of Clarke short stories immediately after. I liked this a lot better than Heinlein...
 * Nancy Kress: Beggars in Spain - very good! However, it's a bit of a letdown that Kress (and her superhuman characters) seem to know Rand, but never seem to have heard of Rawls
 * Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger - following Kress on my reading list should have been a hard job, but wow!
 * August 1st, 2016:
 * Robert A. Heinlein: The Green Hills of Earth (short story collection) and The Menace from Earth (collection) (in one omnibus edition) - classical Heinlein - well crafted, sometimes imaginative, but very much rooted in the 1940s and 50s. Recommended for people with a strong stomach.
 * James S.A. Corey: Abaddon's Gate - third novel of The Expanse. The TV series does nothing for me, but the books keep dragging me along.
 * Alfred Bester: The Stars My Destination - a tour de force that still stand up after all the decades.
 * December 9th, 2015:
 * Jill Paton Walsh: The Late Scholar - it's not Dorothy L. Sayers, but I like this one best among the 4 sequels by JPW
 * Kim Stanley Robinson: Red Mars (selected by the SFFS reading circle)
 * John W. Campbell: The Ultimate Weapon - unexpected jewel found at Project Gutenberg. Very camp(bell)y, but with an unexpected Roddenberryesque ending
 * March 28th, 2015:
 * Charles Stross: Saturn's Children - unexpected, the book can't quite decide what it want's to be, but still a brilliant vision of a future
 * Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman : Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools - still the classic on the topic
 * Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice - interesting, but didn't really do that much for me
 * January 7th, 2012:
 * Richard W. Bulliet: Cotton, Climate, and Camels
 * Dorothy L. Sayers: Clouds of Witness (not for the first time, nor the second...)
 * Alexander Broadie: The Scottish Enlightenment
 * February 7th, 2011:
 * Raymond Smullyan: First-Order Logic - learning from history...
 * Sharon Lee and Steve Miller: Crystal Dragon - I like most Liaden books, but I cannot seem to get into this one.
 * James M. McPherson: Battle Cry of Freedom
 * February 13th, 2010:
 * Nick Lane: Life Ascending - the first 3 chapters are among the best non-fiction I've ever read.
 * Harry Turtledove: After the Downfall - solid entertainment, but not among Turtledove's best.
 * John Julius Norwich: The Middle Sea
 * August 26th, 2009:
 * Fawn Brodie: The Devil Drives
 * Fred Brooks: The Mythical Man-Month
 * Will Thomas: Some Danger Involved
 * March 30th, 2007:
 * Dorothy L. Sayers: Strong Poison - a perenial favourite
 * Isaac Asimov: Asimov's Guide to the Bible
 * Richard Dawkins: Unweaving the Rainbow