50 Book Challenge 2010

[JOZeldenrust]

Guess I'll join in.

1) F. Bordewijk, Bint
2) M. Pessl, Special topics in calamity physics
3) J. Zwagerman, Duel
4) Euripides, Ifigeneia in Aulis
5) Euripides, Elektra

[JOZeldenrust]

1) F. Bordewijk, Bint
2) M. Pessl, Special topics in calamity physics
3) J. Zwagerman, Duel
4) Euripides, Ifigeneia in Aulis
5) Euripides, Elektra
6) Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely loud and incredibly close

[Mephistopheles]

Aaaaaaaaand now that my comp is out for nearly a month, I'll probably be reading more often. Soooooooo...

1) The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo
2) The Blood of the Fold - Terry Goodkind

Wow, it's amazing how much one can accomplish in a single weekend with no laptop.

3) The Temple of the Winds - Terry Goodkind
4) A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
5) The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors - some nobody asshole named Graves
6) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
7) Murder in Retrospective - Agatha Christie
8) A Study in Scarlet - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Currently reading: Breaking the Spell - Daniel Dennett

[Mr Calavera]

This will be the first time I've undertaken a book challenge, so here goes. So far I have read:

1) The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
2) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
3) Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist
4) Sharpe's Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell
5) H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian
6) Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
7) Wanting by Richard Flanagan

A lot of study for uni means I have had little time for reading. I had to put down Cancer Ward to read Wanting by Richard Flanagan.

[hotshoe]

Funny, almost the only post I regret losing from RDnet was the 50 book challenge. So, here is mine:

The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Third in a series of detective novels about a Sicilian detective, Inspector Montalbano

Stitch'n bitch : the Knitter's Handbook - Debbie Stoller

The City & the City - China Miéville
Mind-bending story about a city divided amongst two nations

The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
An early discworld novel

Rain Gods - James Lee Burke
crime thriller set in Texas, by the great James Lee Burke -- but it's marred by improbable coincidences and much repetition of themes

Ringworld - Larry Niven
science fiction classic I have read three (or four?) times, but not in this millenium. Holds up pretty well, with interesting speculations about the tradeoff between lucky genes and free will

Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven
after re-reading Ringworld, I wanted to re-read the sequel as well. Less philosophical than the first.

Tripoint - C.J. Cherryh
Maybe the least interesting of the Merchanter novels, marred by emphasis on how being fathered by a rapist had damaged the protagonist Tom Bowe-Hawkins. Nonetheless, compelling.

Foreigner - C. J. Cherryh
The first book of the "Foreigner universe" where human colonists are stranded on a planet inhabited by an alien civilization, the Atevi, who have no feelings of love or affection but an overruling concept of duty and loyalty. The only human character in most of the book is the translator/paidhi Bren Cameron.

Invader - C. J. Cherryh
Second book, where Bren Cameron suddenly has to deal with the appearance of a human space ship in orbit and the reactions to it in both Atevi and human colonial politics

Inheritor - C. J. Cherryh
Third in this series, with more overt action, as war is threatened by conservatives on both sides

Echo Burning - Lee Childs
Jack Reacher. Great modern noir fiction. This one is a little different, set in border Texas with home-grown criminals having nothing to do with Reacher's military past. Probably not the best introduction to Childs' writing if not already a fan, though, too much driving around and griping about the heat.

The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
A young-adult fantasy/adventure story about the modern-day half-blood children of the Greek gods and their battle to defend Olympus against the powerful TItans. Reads like a movie.

The Star Fraction - Ken MacLeod
A political science-fiction novel of a Balkanized UK set in about 2040 AD. But political maneuverings, including the national revolution, are dominated by a deus-ex-machina, an independent AI which has replicated itself everywhere in the computer networks.

[JOZeldenrust]

1) F. Bordewijk, Bint
2) M. Pessl, Special topics in calamity physics
3) J. Zwagerman, Duel
4) Euripides, Ifigeneia in Aulis
5) Euripides, Elektra
6) Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely loud and incredibly close
7) Multatuli, Max Havelaar
8) J.K. Oudendijk, William III, stadtholder of Holland, King of England
9) J. de Decker, Goede vrydag ofte Het lijden onses heeren Jesu Christi (Good friday or the suffering of our lord Jesus Christ)

[JOZeldenrust]

1) F. Bordewijk, Bint
2) M. Pessl, Special topics in calamity physics
3) J. Zwagerman, Duel
4) Euripides, Ifigeneia in Aulis
5) Euripides, Elektra
6) Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely loud and incredibly close
7) Multatuli, Max Havelaar
8) J.K. Oudendijk, William III, stadtholder of Holland, King of England
9) J. de Decker, Goede vrydag ofte Het lijden onses heeren Jesu Christi (Good friday or the suffering of our lord Jesus Christ)
10) H.S. Haasse, Oeroeg

[JOZeldenrust]

1) F. Bordewijk, Bint
2) M. Pessl, Special topics in calamity physics
3) J. Zwagerman, Duel
4) Euripides, Ifigeneia in Aulis
5) Euripides, Elektra
6) Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely loud and incredibly close
7) Multatuli, Max Havelaar
8) J.K. Oudendijk, William III, stadtholder of Holland, King of England
9) J. de Decker, Goede vrydag ofte Het lijden onses heeren Jesu Christi (Good friday or the suffering of our lord Jesus Christ)
10) H.S. Haasse, Oeroeg
11) W.F. Hermans, Among professors

[hotshoe]

Funny, almost the only post I regret losing from RDnet was the 50 book challenge. So, here is mine:

The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Third in a series of detective novels about a Sicilian detective, Inspector Montalbano

Stitch'n bitch : the Knitter's Handbook - Debbie Stoller

The City & the City - China Miéville
Mind-bending story about a city divided amongst two nations

The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
An early discworld novel

Rain Gods - James Lee Burke
crime thriller set in Texas, by the great James Lee Burke -- but it's marred by improbable coincidences and much repetition of themes

Ringworld - Larry Niven
science fiction classic I have read three (or four?) times, but not in this millenium. Holds up pretty well, with interesting speculations about the tradeoff between lucky genes and free will

Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven
after re-reading Ringworld, I wanted to re-read the sequel as well. Less philosophical than the first.

Tripoint - C.J. Cherryh
Maybe the least interesting of the Merchanter novels, marred by emphasis on how being fathered by a rapist had damaged the protagonist Tom Bowe-Hawkins. Nonetheless, compelling.

Foreigner - C. J. Cherryh
The first book of the "Foreigner universe" where human colonists are stranded on a planet inhabited by an alien civilization, the Atevi, who have no feelings of love or affection but an overruling concept of duty and loyalty. The only human character in most of the book is the translator/paidhi Bren Cameron.

Invader - C. J. Cherryh
Second book, where Bren Cameron suddenly has to deal with the appearance of a human space ship in orbit and the reactions to it in both Atevi and human colonial politics

Inheritor - C. J. Cherryh
Third in this series, with more overt action, as war is threatened by conservatives on both sides

Echo Burning - Lee Childs
Jack Reacher. Great modern noir fiction. This one is a little different, set in border Texas with home-grown criminals having nothing to do with Reacher's military past. Probably not the best introduction to Childs' writing if not already a fan, though, too much driving around and griping about the heat.

The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
A young-adult fantasy/adventure story about the modern-day half-blood children of the Greek gods and their battle to defend Olympus against the powerful TItans. Reads like a movie.

The Star Fraction - Ken MacLeod
A political science-fiction novel of a Balkanized UK set in about 2040 AD. But political maneuverings, including the national revolution, are dominated by a deus-ex-machina, an independent AI which has replicated itself everywhere in the computer networks.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Well, I had not ever read it, and now I have.

The Illustrated A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Having already read A Brief History of Time when it was first published, this was a refresher course, and I really enjoyed the enhancement of the illustrations.

[hotshoe]

Funny, almost the only post I regret losing from RDnet was the 50 book challenge. So, here is mine:

The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Third in a series of detective novels about a Sicilian detective, Inspector Montalbano

Stitch'n bitch : the Knitter's Handbook - Debbie Stoller

The City & the City - China Miéville
Mind-bending story about a city divided amongst two nations

The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
An early discworld novel

Rain Gods - James Lee Burke
crime thriller set in Texas, by the great James Lee Burke -- but it's marred by improbable coincidences and much repetition of themes

Ringworld - Larry Niven
science fiction classic I have read three (or four?) times, but not in this millenium. Holds up pretty well, with interesting speculations about the tradeoff between lucky genes and free will

Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven
after re-reading Ringworld, I wanted to re-read the sequel as well. Less philosophical than the first.

Tripoint - C.J. Cherryh
Maybe the least interesting of the Merchanter novels, marred by emphasis on how being fathered by a rapist had damaged the protagonist Tom Bowe-Hawkins. Nonetheless, compelling.

Foreigner - C. J. Cherryh
The first book of the "Foreigner universe" where human colonists are stranded on a planet inhabited by an alien civilization, the Atevi, who have no feelings of love or affection but an overruling concept of duty and loyalty. The only human character in most of the book is the translator/paidhi Bren Cameron.

Invader - C. J. Cherryh
Second book, where Bren Cameron suddenly has to deal with the appearance of a human space ship in orbit and the reactions to it in both Atevi and human colonial politics

Inheritor - C. J. Cherryh
Third in this series, with more overt action, as war is threatened by conservatives on both sides

Echo Burning - Lee Childs
Jack Reacher. Great modern noir fiction. This one is a little different, set in border Texas with home-grown criminals having nothing to do with Reacher's military past. Probably not the best introduction to Childs' writing if not already a fan, though, too much driving around and griping about the heat.

The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
A young-adult fantasy/adventure story about the modern-day half-blood children of the Greek gods and their battle to defend Olympus against the powerful TItans. Reads like a movie.

The Star Fraction - Ken MacLeod
A political science-fiction novel of a Balkanized UK set in about 2040 AD. But political maneuverings, including the national revolution, are dominated by a deus-ex-machina, an independent AI which has replicated itself everywhere in the computer networks.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Well, I had not ever read it, and now I have.

The Illustrated A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Having already read A Brief History of Time when it was first published, this was a refresher course, and I really enjoyed the enhancement of the illustrations.

A Dirge for Sabis - Leslie Fish with C.J. Cherryh
Excellent tale of "natural philosophy" and the birth of technology when the empire falls and only the facade of powerful wizardry holds a promise of peace and safety. None of Cherryh's voice is noticeable.

[anna09]

1. The Stuff of Thought- Steven Pinker
2. The Nurture Assumption- Judith Rich Harris
3. The Big Sleep- Raymond Chandler
4. Catcher in the Rye- Salinger
5. Evil Genes- Barbara Oakley
6. Nomad- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
7. The Language Instinct- Steven Pinker
8. Hitch-22- Christopher Hitchens
9. Why Evolution is True- Jerry Coyne
10. Comet- Carl Sagan
11. The Psychopath: Emotion and the Brain

[hotshoe]

Funny, almost the only post I regret losing from RDnet was the 50 book challenge. So, here is mine:

The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Third in a series of detective novels about a Sicilian detective, Inspector Montalbano

Stitch'n bitch : the Knitter's Handbook - Debbie Stoller

The City & the City - China Miéville
Mind-bending story about a city divided amongst two nations

The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
An early discworld novel

Rain Gods - James Lee Burke
crime thriller set in Texas, by the great James Lee Burke -- but it's marred by improbable coincidences and much repetition of themes

Ringworld - Larry Niven
science fiction classic I have read three (or four?) times, but not in this millenium. Holds up pretty well, with interesting speculations about the tradeoff between lucky genes and free will

Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven
after re-reading Ringworld, I wanted to re-read the sequel as well. Less philosophical than the first.

Tripoint - C.J. Cherryh
Maybe the least interesting of the Merchanter novels, marred by emphasis on how being fathered by a rapist had damaged the protagonist Tom Bowe-Hawkins. Nonetheless, compelling.

Foreigner - C. J. Cherryh
The first book of the "Foreigner universe" where human colonists are stranded on a planet inhabited by an alien civilization, the Atevi, who have no feelings of love or affection but an overruling concept of duty and loyalty. The only human character in most of the book is the translator/paidhi Bren Cameron.

Invader - C. J. Cherryh
Second book, where Bren Cameron suddenly has to deal with the appearance of a human space ship in orbit and the reactions to it in both Atevi and human colonial politics

Inheritor - C. J. Cherryh
Third in this series, with more overt action, as war is threatened by conservatives on both sides

Echo Burning - Lee Childs
Jack Reacher. Great modern noir fiction. This one is a little different, set in border Texas with home-grown criminals having nothing to do with Reacher's military past. Probably not the best introduction to Childs' writing if not already a fan, though, too much driving around and griping about the heat.

The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
A young-adult fantasy/adventure story about the modern-day half-blood children of the Greek gods and their battle to defend Olympus against the powerful TItans. Reads like a movie.

The Star Fraction - Ken MacLeod
A political science-fiction novel of a Balkanized UK set in about 2040 AD. But political maneuverings, including the national revolution, are dominated by a deus-ex-machina, an independent AI which has replicated itself everywhere in the computer networks.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Well, I had not ever read it, and now I have.

The Illustrated A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Having already read A Brief History of Time when it was first published, this was a refresher course, and I really enjoyed the enhancement of the illustrations.

A Dirge for Sabis - Leslie Fish with C.J. Cherryh
Excellent tale of "natural philosophy" and the birth of technology when the empire falls and only the facade of powerful wizardry holds a promise of peace and safety. None of Cherryh's voice is noticeable.

Reap the Whirlwind - Mercedes Lackey with Cherryh
Stupid book set later than Dirge for Sabis in a society where there has been no progress in spite of the Order (of science/wizards) having survived in their safe refuge. Fortunately a very short book.

[hotshoe]

Funny, almost the only post I regret losing from RDnet was the 50 book challenge. So, here is mine:

The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Third in a series of detective novels about a Sicilian detective, Inspector Montalbano

Stitch'n bitch : the Knitter's Handbook - Debbie Stoller

The City & the City - China Miéville
Mind-bending story about a city divided amongst two nations

The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
An early discworld novel

Rain Gods - James Lee Burke
crime thriller set in Texas, by the great James Lee Burke -- but it's marred by improbable coincidences and much repetition of themes

Ringworld - Larry Niven
science fiction classic I have read three (or four?) times, but not in this millenium. Holds up pretty well, with interesting speculations about the tradeoff between lucky genes and free will

Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven
after re-reading Ringworld, I wanted to re-read the sequel as well. Less philosophical than the first.

Tripoint - C.J. Cherryh
Maybe the least interesting of the Merchanter novels, marred by emphasis on how being fathered by a rapist had damaged the protagonist Tom Bowe-Hawkins. Nonetheless, compelling.

Foreigner - C. J. Cherryh
The first book of the "Foreigner universe" where human colonists are stranded on a planet inhabited by an alien civilization, the Atevi, who have no feelings of love or affection but an overruling concept of duty and loyalty. The only human character in most of the book is the translator/paidhi Bren Cameron.

Invader - C. J. Cherryh
Second book, where Bren Cameron suddenly has to deal with the appearance of a human space ship in orbit and the reactions to it in both Atevi and human colonial politics

Inheritor - C. J. Cherryh
Third in this series, with more overt action, as war is threatened by conservatives on both sides

Echo Burning - Lee Childs
Jack Reacher. Great modern noir fiction. This one is a little different, set in border Texas with home-grown criminals having nothing to do with Reacher's military past. Probably not the best introduction to Childs' writing if not already a fan, though, too much driving around and griping about the heat.

The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
A young-adult fantasy/adventure story about the modern-day half-blood children of the Greek gods and their battle to defend Olympus against the powerful TItans. Reads like a movie.

The Star Fraction - Ken MacLeod
A political science-fiction novel of a Balkanized UK set in about 2040 AD. But political maneuverings, including the national revolution, are dominated by a deus-ex-machina, an independent AI which has replicated itself everywhere in the computer networks.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Well, I had not ever read it, and now I have.

The Illustrated A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Having already read A Brief History of Time when it was first published, this was a refresher course, and I really enjoyed the enhancement of the illustrations.

A Dirge for Sabis - Leslie Fish with C.J. Cherryh
Excellent tale of "natural philosophy" and the birth of technology when the empire falls and only the facade of powerful wizardry holds a promise of peace and safety. None of Cherryh's voice is noticeable.

Reap the Whirlwind - Mercedes Lackey with Cherryh
Stupid book set later than Dirge for Sabis in a society where there has been no progress in spite of the Order (of science/wizards) having survived in their safe refuge. Fortunately a very short book.

A Year Down Yonder - Richard Peck
Newberry Medal-winning tale set in a small rural town where 15-year-old Alice is sent to live with her Grandma Dowdel when her family in Chicago was displaced in the Great Depression. Charming and earthy, well worth reading.

[hotshoe]

Funny, almost the only post I regret losing from RDnet was the 50 book challenge. So, here is mine:

The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Third in a series of detective novels about a Sicilian detective, Inspector Montalbano

Stitch'n bitch : the Knitter's Handbook - Debbie Stoller

The City & the City - China Miéville
Mind-bending story about a city divided amongst two nations

The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
An early discworld novel

Rain Gods - James Lee Burke
crime thriller set in Texas, by the great James Lee Burke -- but it's marred by improbable coincidences and much repetition of themes

Ringworld - Larry Niven
science fiction classic I have read three (or four?) times, but not in this millenium. Holds up pretty well, with interesting speculations about the tradeoff between lucky genes and free will

Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven
after re-reading Ringworld, I wanted to re-read the sequel as well. Less philosophical than the first.

Tripoint - C.J. Cherryh
Maybe the least interesting of the Merchanter novels, marred by emphasis on how being fathered by a rapist had damaged the protagonist Tom Bowe-Hawkins. Nonetheless, compelling.

Foreigner - C. J. Cherryh
The first book of the "Foreigner universe" where human colonists are stranded on a planet inhabited by an alien civilization, the Atevi, who have no feelings of love or affection but an overruling concept of duty and loyalty. The only human character in most of the book is the translator/paidhi Bren Cameron.

Invader - C. J. Cherryh
Second book, where Bren Cameron suddenly has to deal with the appearance of a human space ship in orbit and the reactions to it in both Atevi and human colonial politics

Inheritor - C. J. Cherryh
Third in this series, with more overt action, as war is threatened by conservatives on both sides

Echo Burning - Lee Childs
Jack Reacher. Great modern noir fiction. This one is a little different, set in border Texas with home-grown criminals having nothing to do with Reacher's military past. Probably not the best introduction to Childs' writing if not already a fan, though, too much driving around and griping about the heat.

The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
A young-adult fantasy/adventure story about the modern-day half-blood children of the Greek gods and their battle to defend Olympus against the powerful TItans. Reads like a movie.

The Star Fraction - Ken MacLeod
A political science-fiction novel of a Balkanized UK set in about 2040 AD. But political maneuverings, including the national revolution, are dominated by a deus-ex-machina, an independent AI which has replicated itself everywhere in the computer networks.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Well, I had not ever read it, and now I have.

The Illustrated A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Having already read A Brief History of Time when it was first published, this was a refresher course, and I really enjoyed the enhancement of the illustrations.

A Dirge for Sabis - Leslie Fish with C.J. Cherryh
Excellent tale of "natural philosophy" and the birth of technology when the empire falls and only the facade of powerful wizardry holds a promise of peace and safety. None of Cherryh's voice is noticeable.

Reap the Whirlwind - Mercedes Lackey with Cherryh
Stupid book set later than Dirge for Sabis in a society where there has been no progress in spite of the Order (of science/wizards) having survived in their safe refuge. Fortunately a very short book.

A Year Down Yonder - Richard Peck
Newberry Medal-winning tale set in a small rural town where 15-year-old Alice is sent to live with her Grandma Dowdel when her family in Chicago was displaced in the Great Depression. Charming and earthy, well worth reading.

The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
Another Newberry Medal winner - a tightly constructed "murder" mystery which turns out not to have a murder, with a happy ending for the sixteen "heirs" of Sam Westing, especially for 13-year-old Turtle who figures out Eastman's place in the puzzle.

[hotshoe]

Funny, almost the only post I regret losing from RDnet was the 50 book challenge. So, here is mine:

The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Third in a series of detective novels about a Sicilian detective, Inspector Montalbano

Stitch'n bitch : the Knitter's Handbook - Debbie Stoller

The City & the City - China Miéville
Mind-bending story about a city divided amongst two nations

The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
An early discworld novel

Rain Gods - James Lee Burke
crime thriller set in Texas, by the great James Lee Burke -- but it's marred by improbable coincidences and much repetition of themes

Ringworld - Larry Niven
science fiction classic I have read three (or four?) times, but not in this millenium. Holds up pretty well, with interesting speculations about the tradeoff between lucky genes and free will

Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven
after re-reading Ringworld, I wanted to re-read the sequel as well. Less philosophical than the first.

Tripoint - C.J. Cherryh
Maybe the least interesting of the Merchanter novels, marred by emphasis on how being fathered by a rapist had damaged the protagonist Tom Bowe-Hawkins. Nonetheless, compelling.

Foreigner - C. J. Cherryh
The first book of the "Foreigner universe" where human colonists are stranded on a planet inhabited by an alien civilization, the Atevi, who have no feelings of love or affection but an overruling concept of duty and loyalty. The only human character in most of the book is the translator/paidhi Bren Cameron.

Invader - C. J. Cherryh
Second book, where Bren Cameron suddenly has to deal with the appearance of a human space ship in orbit and the reactions to it in both Atevi and human colonial politics

Inheritor - C. J. Cherryh
Third in this series, with more overt action, as war is threatened by conservatives on both sides

Echo Burning - Lee Childs
Jack Reacher. Great modern noir fiction. This one is a little different, set in border Texas with home-grown criminals having nothing to do with Reacher's military past. Probably not the best introduction to Childs' writing if not already a fan, though, too much driving around and griping about the heat.

The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
A young-adult fantasy/adventure story about the modern-day half-blood children of the Greek gods and their battle to defend Olympus against the powerful TItans. Reads like a movie.

The Star Fraction - Ken MacLeod
A political science-fiction novel of a Balkanized UK set in about 2040 AD. But political maneuverings, including the national revolution, are dominated by a deus-ex-machina, an independent AI which has replicated itself everywhere in the computer networks.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Well, I had not ever read it, and now I have.

The Illustrated A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Having already read A Brief History of Time when it was first published, this was a refresher course, and I really enjoyed the enhancement of the illustrations.

A Dirge for Sabis - Leslie Fish with C.J. Cherryh
Excellent tale of "natural philosophy" and the birth of technology when the empire falls and only the facade of powerful wizardry holds a promise of peace and safety. None of Cherryh's voice is noticeable.

Reap the Whirlwind - Mercedes Lackey with Cherryh
Stupid book set later than Dirge for Sabis in a society where there has been no progress in spite of the Order (of science/wizards) having survived in their safe refuge. Fortunately a very short book.

A Year Down Yonder - Richard Peck
Newberry Medal-winning tale set in a small rural town where 15-year-old Alice is sent to live with her Grandma Dowdel when her family in Chicago was displaced in the Great Depression. Charming and earthy, well worth reading.

The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
Another Newberry Medal winner - a tightly constructed "murder" mystery which turns out not to have a murder, with a happy ending for the sixteen "heirs" of Sam Westing, especially for 13-year-old Turtle who figures out Eastman's place in the puzzle.

Prophets in Hell - edited Janet Morris
short stories loosely based on the New Hell concept of Janet Morris but varying wildly in quality and coherence. Not as good as the complete novels in the series (The Gates of Hell, Kings in Hell, etc)