Arctangential

It’s been a long time since I posted anything. I’ve been writing a short story and somehow the urge to write also blogs hasn’t really been coming into me. For now, here’s a book update:

1. Neil Gaiman – Anansi Boys – 1-6-08 (287pp)
2. Jonathan Vankin – The Big Book of Bad – 1-7-08 (93pp)
3. W. Michael Gear – The Warriors of Spider – 1-16-08 (367pp)
4. Max Brooks – World War Z – 1-19-08 (342pp)
5. Hari Kunzru – Transmission – 1-27-08 (276pp)
6. Bill Watterson – The Complete Calvin and Hobbes – 1-30-08 (480pp)
7. W. Michael Gear – The Way of Spider – 2-7-08 (408pp)
8. Dick Francis – Hot Money – 2-12-08 (423pp)
9. W. Michael Gear – The Web of Spider – 2-21-08 (648pp)
10. Philip José Farmer – The Maker of Universes – 2-22-08 (247pp)
11. Samuel R. Delany – Empire Star – 2-23-08 (132pp)
12. Philip José Farmer – The Gates of Creation – 2-25-08 (188pp)
13. Neil Gaiman – Don’t Panic – 2-27-08 (182pp)
14. Philip José Farmer – A Private Cosmos – 2-29-08 (275pp)
15. Chuck Palahniuk – Fight Club – 3-1-08 (218pp)
16. Philip José Farmer – Behind the Walls of Terra – 3-3-08 (188pp)
17. John Swartzwelder – The Time Machine Did It – 3-4-08 (138pp)
18. Philip José Farmer – The Lavalite World – 3-6-08 (282pp)
19. David Mamet – On Directing Film – 3-7-08 (107pp)
20. Steven Gould – Helm – 3-11-08 (383pp)
21. Sharyn McCrumb – Missing Susan – 3-14-08 (401pp)
22. Philip José Farmer – Red Orc’s Rage – 3-15-08 (282pp)
23. Dick Francis – Break In – 3-18-08 (371pp)
24. Philip José Farmer – More Than Fire – 3-21-08 (312pp)
25. Hugh Cook – Wizard War – 3-25-08 (447pp)
26. Emily Brontë – Wuthering Heights – 3-30-08 (324pp)
27. Hugh Cook – The Questing Hero – 3-31-08 (186pp)
28. Hugh Cook – The Hero’s Return – 4-4-08 (204pp)
29. Jack Weatherford – Indian Givers – 4-4-08 (255pp)
30. Philip K. Dick – Eye in the Sky – 4-7-08 (255pp)
31. Hugh Cook – The Oracle – 4-12-08 (346pp)
32. Stephen King – Everything’s Eventual – 4-14-08 (583pp)
33. Hugh Cook – The Walrus and the Warwolf – 4-21-08 (779pp)
34. Robin Wayne Bailey – Shadowdance – 4-26-08 (537pp)
35. Hugh Cook – The Wicked and the Witless – 5-2-08 (459pp)
36. Joel Engel – Screenwriters on Screenwriting – 5-6-08 (287pp)
37. Jeffrey Richter – CLR via C#, Second Edition – 5-8-08 (648pp)
38. Hugh Cook – The Wishstone and the Wonderworkers – 5-12-08 (448pp)
39. Larry Niven – Crashlander – 5-16-08 (281pp)
40. Hugh Cook – The Wazir and the Witch – 5-23-08 (448pp)
41. Walter Jon Williams – Ambassador of Progress – 5-28-08 (432pp)
42. Michael Howard – Writing Secure Code – Second Edition – 6-1-08 (745pp)
43. Spalding Gray – Swimming to Cambodia – 6-3-08 (127pp)
44. Hugh Cook – The Werewolf and the Wormlord – 6-3-08 (352pp)
45. Hugh Cook – The Worshippers and the Way – 6-6-08 (380pp)
46. Geoffrey Sampson – Writing Systems – 6-12-08 (217pp)
47. Hugh Cook – The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster – 6-19-08 (726pp)
48. Symon Jade – Return from the Dead – 6-20-08 (181pp)
49. Ian Fleming – Thunderball – 6-22-08 (188pp)
50. Symon Jade – Cosmic Carnage – 6-23-08 (198pp)
51. Symon Jade – Alter Evil – 6-25-08 (196pp)
52. Robert A. Heinlein – Between Planets – 6-25-08 (190pp)
53. Mike Resnick – The Widowmaker – 6-27-08 (293pp)
54. Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice – 7-7-08 (324pp)
55. Mike Resnick – The Widowmaker Reborn – 7-8-08 (297pp)
56. Richard Brautigan – Trout Fishing in America – 7-10-08 (112pp)
57. Mike Resnick – The Widowmaker Unleashed – 7-10-08 (231pp)
58. Emil Petaja – Saga of Lost Earths – 7-11-08 (124pp)
59. Stephen King – The Colorado Kid – 7-12-08 (184pp)
60. Emil Petaja – The Star Mill – 7-14-08 (128pp)
61. Ian Fleming – For Your Eyes Only – 7-15-08 (143pp)
62. Emil Petaja – The Stolen Sun – 7-16-08 (136pp)
63. Mark Twain – Pudd’nhead Wilson – 7-21-08 (172pp)
64. Emil Petaja – Tramontane – 7-22-08 (119pp)
65. Michael Moorcock – The Wrecks of Time – 7-23-08 (135pp)
66. Susan R. Matthews – An Exchange of Hostages – 7-28-08 (372pp)
67. Ian Fleming – Diamonds Are Forever – 7-30-08 (160pp)
68. Susan R. Matthews – Prisoner of Conscience – 8-1-08 (312pp)
69. Dick Francis – High Stakes – 8-2-08 (223pp)
70. Steve McConnell – Code Complete 2 – 8-3-08 (862pp)
71. Susan R. Matthews – Hour of Judgment – 8-5-08 (260pp)
72. John Swartzwelder – Double Wonderful – 8-6-08 (151pp)
73. Susan R. Matthews – Angel Of Destruction – 8-11-08 (342pp)
74. Isaac Asimov – The Human Body – 8-14-08 (320pp)
75. Susan R. Matthews – The Devil and Deep Space – 8-19-08 (362pp)
76. Cynthia Kadohata – The Glass Mountains – 8-21-08 (301pp)
77. Scott McCloud – Zot! – The Complete Black and White Collection – 8-24-08 (288pp)
78. Susan R. Matthews – Warring States – 8-26-08 (395pp)
79. Lawrence Watt-Evans – The Wizard and the War Machine – 8-28-08 (291pp)
80. Isaac Asimov – Adding a Dimension – 8-29-08 (224pp)
81. Isaac Asimov – An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule – 9-2-08 (158pp)
82. Midori Snyder – New Moon – 9-2-08 (280pp)
83. Robert Louis Stevenson – The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – 9-3-08 (54pp)
84. Midori Snyder – Sadar’s Keep – 9-6-08 (341pp)
85. Isaac Asimov – The Relativity of Wrong – 9-8-08 (302pp)
86. Dick Francis – Reflex – 9-9-08 (346pp)
87. Midori Snyder – Beldan’s Fire – 9-14-08 (376pp)
88. Isaac Asimov – Computer Crimes & Capers – 9-16-08 (235pp)
89. Timothy Zahn – Conquerors’ Pride – 9-18-08 (389pp)
90. Isaac Asimov – Asimov’s Lecherous Limericks – 9-19-08 (207pp)
91. China Miéville – Perdido Street Station – 9-25-08 (623pp)
92. Timothy Zahn – Conquerors’ Heritage – 9-30-08 (360pp)
93. Sam J. Lundwall – Bernhard the Conqueror – 10-2-08 (159pp)
94. Timothy Zahn – Conquerors’ Legacy – 10-6-08 (486pp)
95. Isaac Asimov – David Starr, Space Ranger – 10-7-08 (144pp)
96. Isaac Asimov – Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids – 10-8-08 (144pp)
97. Aristotle – Poetics – 10-8-08 (118pp)
98. Dick Francis – The Edge – 10-11-08 (348pp)
99. Isaac Asimov – Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus – 10-11-08 (142pp)
100. Megan Lindholm – Wizard of the Pigeons – 10-14-08 (254pp)
101. Isaac Asimov – Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury – 10-15-08 (143pp)
102. Virginia Woolf – Orlando – 10-16-08 (333pp)
103. Isaac Asimov – Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter – 10-17-08 (142pp)
104. Donna Tartt – The Secret History – 10-22-08 (524pp)
105. Isaac Asimov – Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn – 10-23-08 (144pp)
106. Michael Moorcock – Byzantium Endures – 10-30-08 (404pp)

Totals:
Books: 106
Pages: 31866

My goal for the end of the month was 100 books, so I’m 6 books ahead of the curve right now, which is quite good I think. I’m at an average of 300.62 pages per book as well, which is about as close to that average as I could hope to be. I think the average number is going to be rising slightly over the next month, as I have some whoppers to work through, but that’s ok. I have a plan in place that should let me hit very close to 300 by year’s end.

I’m not sure if I’ll do this experiment again next year. Partially it is fun just keeping track, but I’m not sure anybody actually cares. Of course, that’s not why I’m doing it. We’ll see.

Hopefully more interesting later.