{"id":1638,"date":"2009-12-31T13:15:42","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T13:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2009-12-31T13:15:42","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T13:15:42","slug":"2009-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevepugh.net\/VTT\/2009\/12\/2009-books\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I tweeted &quot;According to my LibraryThing records I&#8217;ve read 141 books this year: 26 novels, 7 non-fiction, 102 graphic novels and 6 &#8216;other&#8217;.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Then I went out and bought another two graphic novels&#8230; But it must be said that most of the comics I&#8217;ve read this year came from West Norwood library, and now that I&#8217;ve exhausted most of their good ones, and some of their bad ones, I think 2010 may be slightly less weighted towards graphic novels.<\/p>\n<h3>How many of my 2009 books have you read?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/very-true-thing.livejournal.com\/195840.html\">Available as a poll over on Live Journal<\/a> (you don&#8217;t need an LJ account to vote, just an OpenID account which means an account from WordPress.com, Google, Yahoo, Blogger, etc.)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Any of these Doctor Who books?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  Doctor Who: Bunker Soldiers<\/li>\n<li>  Doctor Who: The Sleep Of Reason<\/li>\n<li>  Doctor Who: The Tomorrow Windows<\/li>\n<li>  Doctor Who: More Short Trips<\/li>\n<li>  Doctor Who: The Iron Legion<\/li>\n<li>  Doctor Who: The Tides of Time<\/li>\n<li>  Doctor Who: A Cold Day in Hell<\/li>\n<li>  Doctor Who: The Forgotten<\/li>\n<li>  Faction Paradox: Warring States<\/li>\n<li>  Faction Paradox: Warlords Of Utopia<\/li>\n<li>  Faction Paradox: Of the City of the Saved&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>  Time, Unincorporated 1: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Any of these Star Wars books?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  Star Wars: Agents Of Chaos 1 &#8211; Hero&#8217;s Trial<\/li>\n<li>  Star Wars: Agents of Chaos 2 &#8211; Jedi Eclipse<\/li>\n<li>  Star Wars: Balance Point<\/li>\n<li>  Star Wars: Edge of Victory I: Conquest<\/li>\n<li>  Star Wars: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth<\/li>\n<li>  Star Wars Tales: Volume 4<\/li>\n<li>  Star Wars: Crimson Empire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Any of these Fables graphic novels?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  Fables: Legends in Exile<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: Animal Farm<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: Storybook Love<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: The Mean Seasons<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: Homelands<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days)<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: Wolves<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: The Mean Seasons<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: The Mean Seasons<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: War and Pieces<\/li>\n<li>  Fables: Dark Ages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How about a bit of Alan Moore?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  Saga of the Swamp Thing<\/li>\n<li>  Promethea Book One<\/li>\n<li>  Promethea Book Two<\/li>\n<li>  Promethea Book Three<\/li>\n<li>  Promethea Book Four<\/li>\n<li>  Promethea Book Five<\/li>\n<li>  Skizz<\/li>\n<li>  DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore<\/li>\n<li>  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910<\/li>\n<li>  Captain Britain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Have you read these DC Superheroes?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  Superman and Batman Vs. Aliens and Predator<\/li>\n<li>  Superman: For Tomorrow v. 1<\/li>\n<li>  The Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>  Kingdom Come<\/li>\n<li>  JLA: Riddle of the Beast<\/li>\n<li>  All Star Superman: Vol 1<\/li>\n<li>  Batman: Year One<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Or these Marvel Superheroes?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  Captain Britain and MI13: Secret Invasion<\/li>\n<li>  Captain Britain and MI13: Hell Comes to Birmingham<\/li>\n<li>  Captain Britain And MI13: Vampire State<\/li>\n<li>  Civil War: Iron Man<\/li>\n<li>  Iron Man: Haunted<\/li>\n<li>  Iron Man: Director of SHIELD<\/li>\n<li>  Heroes Reborn: Captain America<\/li>\n<li>  Marvels (Kurt Busiek)<\/li>\n<li>  Mighty Avengers Volume 2: Venom Bomb<\/li>\n<li>  New Avengers Volume 1<\/li>\n<li>  New Avengers Volume 2<\/li>\n<li>  Spider-Man, Peter Parker: Back in Black<\/li>\n<li>  Thor (J. Michael Straczynski)<\/li>\n<li>  Thor: Ages Of Thunder<\/li>\n<li>  Ultimate Origins<\/li>\n<li>  House Of M Prelude: Excalibur<\/li>\n<li>  House Of M<\/li>\n<li>  X-Men: Messiah Complex<\/li>\n<li>  X-Force\/Cable: Messiah War<\/li>\n<li>  X-Men: Original Sin<\/li>\n<li>  X-Men: Fairy Tales<\/li>\n<li>  Wolverine: Get Mystique<\/li>\n<li>  Wolverine: The Death of Wolverine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Other Superheroes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  Astro City: Life in the Big City<\/li>\n<li>  Astro City: Local Heroes<\/li>\n<li>  Astro City: Confession<\/li>\n<li>  Brit: Old Soldier<\/li>\n<li>  Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days<\/li>\n<li>  Ex Machina: Tag<\/li>\n<li>  Ex Machina: Fact V. Fiction<\/li>\n<li>  Planetary Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories<\/li>\n<li>  Planetary Vol. 2: The Fourth Man<\/li>\n<li>  The Authority : Under New Management<\/li>\n<li>  The Authority: Earth Inferno and Other Stories<\/li>\n<li>  The Authority: Harsh Realities<\/li>\n<li>  The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin<\/li>\n<li>  Sleeper: Season One<\/li>\n<li>  The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite<\/li>\n<li>  The Boys Vol. 1: The Name of the Game<\/li>\n<li>  The Boys Volume 2: Get Some<\/li>\n<li>  The Boys Volume 3: Good for the Soul<\/li>\n<li>  The Boys Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Random assortment of graphic novels<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  John Constantine Hellblazer: The Roots of Coincidence<\/li>\n<li>  John Constantine Hellblazer: Scab<\/li>\n<li>  John Constantine Hellblazer: Chas The Knowledge<\/li>\n<li>  Midnight Nation<\/li>\n<li>  Ocean (Warren Ellis)<\/li>\n<li>  Scarlet Traces<\/li>\n<li>  Scarlet Traces: Great Game<\/li>\n<li>  The Dreaming: Through the Gates of Horn and Ivory<\/li>\n<li>  Y: The Last Man &#8211; Unmanned<\/p>\n<li>  The Walking Dead Book 1<\/li>\n<li>  The Walking Dead Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars<\/li>\n<li>  The Walking Dead Volume 4: The Heart&#8217;s Desire<\/li>\n<li>  The Walking Dead Volume 5: Best Defense<\/li>\n<li>  Negima!: Magister Negi Magi Volumes 1-10 (&#8216;cos I can&#8217;t be bothered listing them all)<\/li>\n<li>  Angel: After the Fall, Vol. 1<\/li>\n<li>  Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 4: Time Of Your Life<\/li>\n<li>  Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 5: Predators And Prey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Some Novels<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n<li>  The Folklore of Discworld by Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson<\/li>\n<li>  The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman<\/li>\n<li>  Cartomancy by Mary Gentle<\/li>\n<li>  Microserfs by Douglas Coupland<\/li>\n<li>  Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay<\/li>\n<li>  Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay<\/li>\n<li>  Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Historical Novels<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  Outlaw by Angus Donald<\/li>\n<li>  Sharpe&#8217;s Devil by Bernard Cornwell<\/li>\n<li>  The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell<\/li>\n<li>  The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett<\/li>\n<li>  Clarissa Oakes by Patrick O&#8217;Brian<\/li>\n<li>  The Wine-dark Sea by Patrick O&#8217;Brian<\/li>\n<li>  The Commodore by Patrick O&#8217;Brian<\/li>\n<li>  The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O&#8217;Brian<\/li>\n<li>  The Hundred Days by Patrick O&#8217;Brian<\/li>\n<li>  Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O&#8217;Brian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>And finally, have you read any of these?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>  The Book of Bunny Suicides by Andy Riley<\/li>\n<li>  Barcelona (Lonely Planet City Guide)<\/li>\n<li>  Barcelona and Catalonia (DK Eyewitness Travel)<\/li>\n<li>  Belching Out the Devil by Mark Thomas<\/li>\n<li>  How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered the World by Francis Wheen<\/li>\n<li>  Thank You for the Days by Mark Radcliffe<\/li>\n<li>  Even Faster Web Sites by Steve Souders<\/li>\n<li>  The Big Book of &quot;Top Gear&quot; 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