{"id":2208,"date":"2012-01-01T09:53:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T09:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2012-01-01T09:53:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T09:53:26","slug":"2011-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevepugh.net\/VTT\/2012\/01\/2011-books\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fewer graphic novels (especially superheroes) this year &#8211; almost certainly down to Croydon libraries being a lot poorer in that respect than Lambeth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/very-true-thing.livejournal.com\/210061.html\">Available as a poll over on Live Journal<\/a> (you don\u2019t need an LJ account to vote, just an OpenID account which means an account from WordPress.com, Google, Yahoo, Blogger, etc.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1969.jpg\" alt=\"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969\" width=\"140\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Graphic Novels<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>The Boys Volume 6: The Self-Preservation Society<\/cite> by Garth Ennis<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Boys Volume 7: The Innocents<\/cite> by Garth Ennis<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Boys Volume 8: Highland Laddie<\/cite> by Garth Ennis<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Boys Volume 9: The Big Ride<\/cite> by Garth Ennis<\/li>\n<li><cite>Dark Entries<\/cite> by Ian Rankin<\/li>\n<li><cite>John Constantine, Hellblazer: Pandemonium<\/cite> by Jamie Delano<\/li>\n<li><cite>John Constantine: Hellblazer: Bloody Carnations<\/cite> by Peter Milligan<\/li>\n<li><cite>Angel: After the Fall Volume 3<\/cite> by Brian Lynch and Joss Whedon<\/li>\n<li><cite>Angel: After the Fall Volume 4<\/cite> by Brian Lynch and Joss Whedon<\/li>\n<li><cite>Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming<\/cite> by Joss Whedon<\/li>\n<li><cite>League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969<\/cite> by Alan Moore<\/li>\n<li><cite>Tom Strong Volume 1<\/cite> by Alan Moore<\/li>\n<li><cite>Eternals<\/cite> by Neil Gaiman<\/li>\n<li><cite>Fables Volume 15: Rose Red<\/cite> by Bill Willingham<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sladen.jpg\" alt=\"Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography\" width=\"140\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Doctor Who<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>Doctor Who: Dragon&#8217;s Claw<\/cite> by Steve Moore, Steve Parkhouse and Dave Gibbons<\/li>\n<li><cite>Doctor Who: The Eyeless<\/cite> by Lance Parkin<\/li>\n<li><cite>Doctor Who: The Indestructible Man<\/cite> by Simon Messingham<\/li>\n<li><cite>Doctor Who: Wolfsbane<\/cite> by Jacqueline Rayner<\/li>\n<li><cite>Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography<\/cite> by Elisabeth Sladen<\/li>\n<li><cite>Running Through Corridors: Rob and Toby&#8217;s Marathon Watch of Doctor Who (Volume 1: The 60s)<\/cite> by Robert Shearman and Toby Hadoke<\/li>\n<li><cite>Time, Unincorporated 3: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives: (Vol. 3: Writings on the New Series)<\/cite> edited by Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/windup.jpg\" alt=\"The Windup Girl\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" class=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>Never the Bride<\/cite> by Paul Magrs<\/li>\n<li><cite>Something Borrowed<\/cite> by Paul Magrs<\/li>\n<li><cite>Enter Wildthyme<\/cite> by Paul Magrs<\/li>\n<li><cite>I Shall Wear Midnight: A Story of Discworld<\/cite> by Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n<li><cite>Shades of Grey<\/cite> by Jasper Fforde<\/li>\n<li><cite>Transition<\/cite> by Iain Banks<\/li>\n<li><cite>Surface Detail<\/cite> by Iain Banks<\/li>\n<li><cite>The City and the City<\/cite> by China Mieville<\/li>\n<li><cite>Looking for Jake and Other Stories<\/cite> by China Mieville<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Windup Girl<\/cite> by Paolo Bacigalupi<\/li>\n<li><cite>Rivers of London<\/cite> by Ben Aaronovitch<\/li>\n<li><cite>Moon Over Soho<\/cite> by Ben Aaronovitch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Fiction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>Flash for Freedom!<\/cite> by George MacDonald Fraser<\/li>\n<li><cite>Flashman and the Mountain of Light<\/cite> by George MacDonald Fraser<\/li>\n<li><cite>Flashman and the Redskins<\/cite> by George MacDonald Fraser<\/li>\n<li><cite>Flashman at the Charge<\/cite> by George MacDonald Fraser<\/li>\n<li><cite>Flashman in the Great Game<\/cite> by George MacDonald Fraser<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Fort<\/cite> by Bernard Cornwell<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Kingdom of Light<\/cite> by Giulio Leoni<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Non-Fiction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>God Collar<\/cite> by Marcus Brigstocke<\/li>\n<li><cite>Map Addict: A Tale of Obsession, Fudge &amp; 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