Burning Chrome - William Gibson
Cyberpunk - Bruce Bethke
Finding a Fit: Options for Flexible Working
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowling
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Napalm and Silly Putty - George Carlin (Audiobook Version)
A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking (Audiobook Version)
Hegemony or Survival : America’s Quest for Global Dominance - Noam Chomsky
Fatherhood: The Truth by Marcus Berkmann
History of Ancient Egypt (48 lectures) - Dr Bob Brier (It’s taped lectures but I’m claiming it as an audiobook)
The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury
With the Jocks - Peter White
Tripods, The White Mountains - John Christopher
Tripods, The city of Gold and Lead - John Christopher
Tripods, The Pool of Fire - John Christopher
Starship Troopers - Robert A.Heinlein
The Crow Road - Ian Banks
The Wasp Factor - Ian Banks
Strip Jack - Ian Rankin
The Black Book - Ian Rankin
Mortal Causes - Ian Rankin
Operation Barras - William Fowler
Magic Inc - Robert A. Heinlein

the rest when I remember them

Tags: America, Bob Brier, Bruce Bethke, Crow Road, Dan Brown, George Carlin, Ian Banks, Ian Rankin, Jack - Ian Rankin, John Christopher, Magic Inc, Marcus Berkmann, Noam Chomsky, Peter White, Raymond Khoury, Robert A.Heinlein, Stephen Hawking, White Mountains, William Fowler, William Gibson

Unlike the other work by Bethke that I’ve read this was your basic meat and 2 veg cyberpunk. But considering it’s the story (all be it a short story) where the phrase ‘cyberpunk’ was coined I think its worth a read by anyone interested in the genre.

Tags: Bruce Bethke

Now most of you will know that I read alot. My mum laughs when folk in my work ask how the hell I can get to work in one piece as I walk to work every morning with my face stuck in a book.

Someone on the Alt Nation forum as came up with the idea to read 50 books in a year and make a list on the forum…and quite a few folk are doing it. It’s a great idea and alot of folk are taking up the challenge but to alot of folk that is a problem..it isn’t a challenge.

Going on my old reading speeds I would have that finished within 6 months tops but these days I think I might struggle. As someone pointed out in shock, which made Staley laugh, thats almost a book a week. With the time I devote to reading I think I might be hard pressed to actually do that! This is also compounded by the fact that I reread alot of books and refuse to read alot of others. So in order to make this more interesting not only am I going to force myself to read a book I dont want to read for every 2 books I want to read…I’ve also got to read at least 2 new books out of every 3.

In saying that though I’ve made a have decent attempt so far and the only one I have read fully before is Cyberpunk -

1. Burning Chrome - William Gibson
2. Cyberpunk - Bruce Bethke
3. Finding a Fit: Options for Flexible Working
4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowling

And the rules say anything counts so the short story Cyberpunk and the manual for my work at #3 count towards the total. I do feel as though I’m cheating though. In saying that we’re only at the 10th January…less than 2 weeks and I’ve already got through 2 full novels and I’m about 100 pages short of finishing The Da Vinci Code. I might be able to do this after all.

Tags: Bruce Bethke, William Gibson