Visions of Paradise

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Books to Read

Of all the 250+ books in my collection waiting to be read, the following are those which I am most anxious to read in the near future. Consider these books as the “cream” rising to the top of the reading pile:

The Devil’s Eye / Jack McDevitt
Donnerjack / Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold
The Prefect / Alastair Reynolds
Science Fiction 101 / edited by Robert Silverberg
Sea-Kings of Mars / Leigh Brackett
The Last Witchfinder / James Morrow
The Cider House Rules / John Irving
Empress / Shan Sha
Ivanhoe / Sir Walter Scott
Imperium / Robert Harris
The Scarlet Pimpernel / Baroness Orczy
Spartacus / Howard Fast
The Time It Never Rained / Elmer Kelton
The Body Snatchers and Other Stories / Robert Louis Stevenson

I probably will have time to read 3 books over this year’s very long Christmas vacation. The Devil’s Eye is a definite, since Jack McDevitt is probably my favorite current writer. That leaves 2 other books from the above list of 5 f&sf books and 8 historical fictions. And the winner is...

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