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Scott's List
Monday, January 14, 2008

I'm a bit behind in posting this, but here they are. I'll update this with links every month or so. There are 3 doubles, I think. I'm already overextending myself, so fine. Incidentally, my book blog isn't on Blogger. It's here instead.

Thanks to 3M for hosting!

1. Books I've Been Avoiding Because They're Way Super Too Long
   
   • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell / Susanna Clarke
   • The Mists of Avalon / Marion Zimmer Bradley
   • Dhalgren / Samuel R. Delany
   • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay / Michael Chabon
   • The Dragonbone Chair / Tad Williams
   • The Tale of Genji / Murasaki Shikibu
   • The Name of the Rose / Umberto Eco
   • Infinite Jest / David Foster Wallace
2. Samuel R. Delany
   • Babel-17
   • Dhalgren
   • Hogg
   • Triton
   • Tales of Nevèrÿon
   • Neveryóna
   • Flight from Nevèrÿon
   • Return to Nevèrÿon
3. Getting Somewhere in My Serieses'ses's
   • Superior Saturday / Garth Nix
   • A Storm of Swords / George R.R. Martin
   • Mort / Terry Pratchett
   • The Shadow in the North / Phillip Pullman
   • Death of Riley / Rhys Bowen
   • The Grey King / Susan Cooper
   • The Lost City of Faar / D.J. MacHale
   • The Opal Deception / Eoin Colfer
4. Japanese Authors
   • Confessions of a Mask / Yukio Mishima
   • The Woman in the Dunes / Kobo Abe (13 Jan)
   • Norwegian Wood / Haruki Murakami
   • Coin Locker Babies / Ryu Murakami
   • The Tale of Genji / Murasaki Shikibu
   • Spring Snow / Yukio Mishima
   • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle / Haruki Murakami
   • Kangaroo Notebook / Kobo Abe
5. Nonfiction About Pop Culture
   • The Lure of the Vampire / Milly Williamson
   • My Wicked, Wicked Ways / Errol Flynn
   • Burton on Burton / Tim Burton, et. al.
   • Reading Comics / Douglas Wolk
   • Why Buffy Matters / Rhonda Wilcox
   • The Art of Maurice Sendak / Selma Lanes
   • The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazake / Dani Cavallaro
   • Slayers and their Vampires / Bruce McClelland
6. Gay Fiction
   • Confessions of a Mask / Yukio Mishima
   • The Sluts / Dennis Cooper
   • Faggots / Larry Kramer
   • Martin and John / Dale Peck
   • A Boy's Own Story / Edmund White
   • Hard / Wayne Hoffman
   • Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada / Keith Hale
   • Giovanni's Room / James Baldwin
7. Small Press
   
   • Edition 69 / Vítěslav Nezval ; Jindřich Štyrský
   • The Sky Is a Well / Claudia Smith
   • Tony Takitani / Haruki Murakami
   • The Logogryph / Thomas Wharton
   • Eeeee Eee Eeee / Tao Lin
   • The Boy Detective Fails / Joe Meno
   • On Subbing / Dave
   • The Haunted Vagina / Carlton Mellick III
8. Books That Have Been Sitting on My Shelf For-Freaking-EVER!!!
   • Still Life with Woodpecker / Tom Robbins
   • The Metamorphosis / Franz Kafka
   • The Shipping News / Annie Proulx
   • The Satanic Verses / Salman Rushdie
   • Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism / Georgia Byng
   • The Life of Elizabeth I / Allison Weir
   • Trainspotting / Irvine Welsh
   • Memoirs of a Geisha / Arthur Golden

Posted by Scottula at 1/14/2008 11:20:00 AM  

Labels: gay fiction, Japanese authors, popular culture, samuel r delany, scary long books, scott, series, small press, TBR stacks

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