{"id":2399,"date":"2013-01-01T09:56:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T09:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2013-01-01T09:56:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T09:56:36","slug":"2012-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevepugh.net\/VTT\/2013\/01\/2012-books\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A decent amount of non-fiction read this year (including an amount of decent non-fiction), plus the whole (to date) of A Song of Ice and Fire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/very-true-thing.livejournal.com\/211123.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><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/086166163X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=vertruthi-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=19450&#038;creativeASIN=086166163X\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2009.jpg\" alt=\"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009\" width=\"140\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Graphic Novels<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>John Constantine, Hellblazer: Phantom Pains<\/cite> by Peter Milligan<\/li>\n<li><cite>John Constantine, Hellblazer: The Devil&#8217;s Trenchcoat<\/cite> by Peter Milligan<\/li>\n<li><cite>Midnighter: Anthem<\/cite> by Keith Giffen <\/li>\n<li><cite>Stormwatch Volume 1: The Dark Side<\/cite> by Paul Cornell <\/li>\n<li><cite>Demon Knights Volume 1: Seven Against the Dark<\/cite> by Paul Cornell <\/li>\n<li><cite>Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 1: Freefall<\/cite><\/li>\n<li><cite>Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 2: On Your Own<\/cite><\/li>\n<li><cite>The Boys Volume 10: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker<\/cite> by Garth Ennis <\/li>\n<li><cite>The Boys Volume 11: Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men<\/cite> by Garth Ennis <\/li>\n<li><cite>The Boys Volume 12: The Bloody Doors Off<\/cite> by Garth Ennis  <\/li>\n<li><cite>Fables Volume 16: Super Group<\/cite> by Bill Willingham <\/li>\n<li><cite>Fables Volume 17: Inherit the Wind<\/cite> by Bill Willingham <\/li>\n<li><cite>V for Vendetta<\/cite> by Alan Moore <\/li>\n<li><cite>Neonomicon<\/cite> by Alan Moore<\/li>\n<li><cite>League of Extraordinary Gentleman: Century 2009<\/cite> by Alan Moore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Certain Big Fat Fantasy Epic<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>A Game of Thrones<\/cite> by George R. R. Martin<\/li>\n<li><cite>A Clash of Kings<\/cite> by George R. R. Martin<\/li>\n<li><cite>A Storm of Swords: Part 1 Steel and Snow<\/cite> by George R. R. Martin<\/li>\n<li><cite>A Storm of Swords: Part 2 Blood and Gold<\/cite> by George R. R. Martin<\/li>\n<li><cite>A Feast for Crows<\/cite> by George R. R. Martin<\/li>\n<li><cite>A Dance With Dragons: Part 1 Dreams and Dust<\/cite> by George R. R. Martin<\/li>\n<li><cite>A Dance With Dragons: Part 2 After the Feast<\/cite> by George R. R. Martin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0575097663\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=vertruthi-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=19450&#038;creativeASIN=0575097663\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/whispers.jpg\" alt=\"Whispers Under Ground\" width=\"140\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Other Science Fiction &#038; Fantasy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>The Bride That Time Forgot<\/cite> by Paul Magrs <\/li>\n<li><cite>Hell&#8217;s Belles!<\/cite> by Paul Magrs <\/li>\n<li><cite>Conjugal Rites<\/cite> by Paul Magrs<\/li>\n<li><cite>Doctor Who: Frayed<\/cite> by Tara Samms <\/li>\n<li><cite>Snuff<\/cite> by Terry Pratchett  <\/li>\n<li><cite>Star Trek New Frontier: Blind Man&#8217;s Bluff<\/cite> by Peter David <\/li>\n<li><cite>Whispers Under Ground<\/cite> by Ben Aaronovitch<\/li>\n<li><cite>Bernice Summerfield &#8211; Life During Wartime edited<\/cite> by Paul Cornell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Historical (for some value of)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>A Body In The Bath House<\/cite> by Lindsey Davis <\/li>\n<li><cite>See Delphi And Die<\/cite> by Lindsey Davis <\/li>\n<li><cite>Nemesis<\/cite> by Lindsey Davis <\/li>\n<li><cite>Death of Kings<\/cite> by Bernard Cornwell <\/li>\n<li><cite>King&#8217;s Man<\/cite> by Angus Donald<\/li>\n<li><cite>Flashman and the Dragon<\/cite> by George MacDonald Fraser <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0552165433\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=vertruthi-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=19450&#038;creativeASIN=0552165433\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/geek.jpg\" alt=\"The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters\" width=\"140\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Non-Fiction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe<\/cite> by Norman Davies <\/li>\n<li><cite>Just My Type: A Book About Fonts<\/cite> by Simon Garfield <\/li>\n<li><cite>The Making of the British Landscape: How We Have Transformed the Land, from Prehistory to Today<\/cite> by Francis Pryor<\/li>\n<li><cite>Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements<\/cite> by Hugh Aldersey-Williams <\/li>\n<li><cite>Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea<\/cite> by Christine Garwood <\/li>\n<li><cite>Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour<\/cite> by Kate Fox <\/li>\n<li><cite>The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters<\/cite> by Mark Henderson<\/li>\n<li><cite>Information is Beautiful<\/cite> by David McCandless<\/li>\n<li><cite>How to Land an A330 Airbus: And Other Vital Skills for the Modern Man<\/cite> by James May <\/li>\n<li><cite>How I Escaped My Certain Fate<\/cite> by Stewart Lee <\/li>\n<li><cite>Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who edited<\/cite> by Steve Berry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decent amount of non-fiction read this year (including an amount of decent non-fiction), plus the whole (to date) of A Song of Ice and Fire. 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