===== 85 Books Read in 2021 ===== [NF: Non-Fiction; F: Fiction; SF: Sci-Fi; CMC = comic/graphic novel] Alisdair Shaw: (SF) Liberty: Two Democracies (Revolution Book One) Ben H. Winters: (F) Bedbugs Golden State Underground Airlines Jeffrey A. Ballard: (SF) The Solid-State Shuffle (Sunken City Capers Book 1) Ian Douglas: (SF) Solar Warden series: Alien Secrets Inheritance Trilogy: Star Strike Galactic Corps Semper Human Star Carrier series: Earth Strike Center of Gravity Singularity Deep Space Dark Matter Deep Time Dark Mind Star Corpsman series: Bloodstar Abyss Deep Ariele Sieling: (SF) Tentacles and Teeth (Land of Szornyek Book I) Tammy Salyer: (SF) Contract of Defiance (Spectras Arise Trilogy, Book 1) Odette C. Bell: (SF) Ouroboros - Galactic Coalition Academy Series, Episode One Nancy Springer: (MYST) The Case of the Missing Marquess The Case of the Left-Handed Lady Jonathan P. Brazee: (SF) Recruit (United Federation Marine Corps, Book 1) Legacy Marines (book one) Vernor Vinge: (SF) The Tatja Grimm's World Rainbows End Marooned in Realtime The Witling The Peace War True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier (James Frankel, ed.) Justin Sloan: (SF) Star Forged (Ascension Gate Book 1) Anthony W. Eichenlaub: (SF) Justice in an Age of Metal and Men Benjamin Dreyer: Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style Brian K. Vaughn, Tony Harris (SF CMC): Ex Machina Book One Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson (SF CMC): Transmetropolitan Vol. 1: Back on the Street Transmetropolitan Book Two Transmetropolitan Book Three Transmetropolitan Book Four Transmetropolitan Book Five James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, Walter Baiamonet (SF CMC): The Backstagers Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson, Jared K. Fletcher (SF CMC): Paper Girls Vol. 1 John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Whitney Cogar, Jim Campbell (SF CMC): Giant Days Vol. 1 Giant Days Extra Credit Vol. 1 Giant Days Vol. 2 Giant Days Vol. 3 Giant Days Vol. 4 Giant Days Vol. 5 Giant Days Vol. 6 Giant Days Vol. 7 Giant Days Vol. 8 Lindsey Pogue: (SF) Dust and Shadow (a Forgotten Lands novel) Susan Kaye Quinn: (SF) When You Had Power (Nothing Is Promised book 1) T.W. Piperbrook: (SF) Sandstorm (book 1) Juan Diaz Canales and Jumanji Guarnido: (SF CMC) Blacksad (book 1) Blacksad: The Collected Stories Ben Aaronovitch: (SF CMC) Rivers of London Erin Hunter: (CMC) Warriors: Graystripe's Adventure: The Lost Warrior, Warrior's Refuge, Warrior's Return Simon Hanselmann: (CMC) Megahex Noelle Stevenson: (SF CMC) Nimona Frank Miller: (SF CMC) Sin City, The Hard Goodbye Sin City, A Dame to Kill For Sin City, The Big Fat Kill Sin City, That Yellow Bastard Sin City, Family Values Sin City, Booze Broads & Bullets Sin City, Hell and Back Marjorie King: (SF) Maverick Gambit (Maverick series book one) D K Girl: (SF) Metal Angels (part one) Paolo Giordano: (F) The Solitude of Prime Numbers Suzanne Hagelin: (SF) Body Suit Greg Egan: (SF) Distress The Clockwork Rocket Bruce Sterling: (SF) Islands in the Net Pirate Utopia John Brunner: (SF) The Shockwave Rider A Maze of Stars The Squares of the City W.W. Jacobs: (SF) Monkey's Paw J.J. Green: (SF) The Fila Epiphany (Space Colony Two) The Scythian Crisis (Space Colone Three) Chris Ward: (SF) Fire Fight (The Fire Planets Saga #1) ##### from Bill Gates: NF: A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence, by Jeff Hawkins. NF: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, by Walter Isaacson. SF: Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro. F: Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell. Gosling, John. Waging the War of the Worlds. Holmsten, Briand and Lubertozzi, Alex. The Complete War of the Worlds. (MULTCO.) Koch, Howard. The Panic Broadcast: The Whole Story of Orson Welless Legendary Radio Show Invasion From Mars. (MULTCO.) Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth Thomas Paine: The rights of man Publius: The Federalist Papers TBD: Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays linguistics, history of music, masterpieces cell biology science history Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver Murray Leinster: (SF) p.14: The Mad Planet Edwin L. Arnold: (SF) Gulliver of Mars Gifford Pinchot: Scott Sanders, Ascension : notfound Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (at Ch. 7) X:Ayn Rand: We The Living (p. 67) X:Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle: (SF) Escape From Hell X:Daniel Keyes: (SF) Flowers for Algernon Paolo Bagigalupi: Pump Six and Other Stories; The Windup Girl (@ch.6,p.66) ?: fourth turning ?: the e-myth ?: The plausibility of life : resolving Darwin's dilemma ?: Superintelligence : paths, dangers, strategies Kage Baker: Asimov: Piers Anthony: Poul Anderson: Vonnegut: Thomas Hager: Demon under the microscope (HOLD to BCL) Huxley: The Doors of Perception (WCCLS EBOOK) *** +++ Decoding your dog Cat Warren What the dog knows Horowitz Inside of a dog Nebula Award Finalists: TBD: Brooke Bolander: The Only Harmless Great Thing TBD: check more awards: Arthur C. Clarke award: #####