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Badseedgirl
Posted 2017-01-19 7:57 PM (#15121 - in reply to #15120)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		I read several of the Sherlock Holmes shorts last year, and plan to slip in some more. Maybe there is some correlation between sci-fi, fantasy, horror and crime fiction?
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kabouter
Posted 2017-01-20 2:53 AM (#15124 - in reply to #14858)
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Location: Belgium		I think the Hound of the Baskervilles is a nice example of a certain relationship between Crime and Fantasy. The crime is the main plot, but the hound is supernatural. And the overall atmosphere of that novel makes it more a Fantasy book than a Crime book.
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Slinkyboy
Posted 2017-01-21 9:30 AM (#15140 - in reply to #14858)
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Location: Carrollton, TX		Go ahead and make it 18, Scott. I've given up on resisting joining another challenge.

I'm thinking Cory Doctorow for sure. I had already decided to knock out some Heinlein this year too.
Then probably at least one more author, but who? So many great choices: Cherryh, McKillip, Mckinley, Stross, Tepper.

If only I didn't have to work; I'd have so much more time for reading.

And for those of you contemplating Arthur Conan Doyle, let me toss out there <i>The Maracot Deep</i>. It's a wonderfully weird tale of Atlantis and the ultimate struggle between good and evil.
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Badseedgirl
Posted 2017-01-21 7:22 PM (#15148 - in reply to #14858)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		I upped my challenge to 16. I will be adding some of the Discworld novels. What can I say, I'm a glutton.
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Sable Aradia
Posted 2017-01-21 10:59 PM (#15150 - in reply to #15140)
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Slinkyboy - 2017-01-21 7:30 AM

Go ahead and make it 18, Scott. I've given up on resisting joining another challenge.

I'm thinking Cory Doctorow for sure. I had already decided to knock out some Heinlein this year too.
Then probably at least one more author, but who? So many great choices: Cherryh, McKillip, Mckinley, Stross, Tepper.

If only I didn't have to work; I'd have so much more time for reading.

And for those of you contemplating Arthur Conan Doyle, let me toss out there The Maracot Deep. It's a wonderfully weird tale of Atlantis and the ultimate struggle between good and evil.


Yay! More crazy people to join the asylum!
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jontlaw
Posted 2017-12-23 9:40 PM (#16551 - in reply to #14858)
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Location: Alief, TX		I picked this challenge up late in the year. I ended up reading eight books by Philip K. Dick.

The Crack in Space
Eye in the Sky
The Man in the High Castle
Now Wait for Last Year
The Penultimate Truth
The Simulacra
Ubik
The Zap Gun

Brings me to a total of 20 of his that I've read.
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Slinkyboy
Posted 2017-12-24 11:01 AM (#16553 - in reply to #16551)
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jontlaw - 2017-12-23 9:40 PM

Brings me to a total of 20 of his that I've read.



Twenty total is impressive. I just checked, and I've only read three.
I didn't realize just how much more of his stuff I have to look forward to.

So let's see.. For this challenge I did Cory Doctorow, Heinlein, and Diana Wynne Jones.

Homeland
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Pirate Cinema
The Rapture of Nerds

Between Planets
Space Cadet
Starman Jones
Red Planet

Howl's Moving Castle
Castle in the Air
The House of Many Ways
Enchanted Glass

... A good year in reading over all.
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jontlaw
Posted 2017-12-26 4:30 PM (#16560 - in reply to #14858)
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Scott Laz
Posted 2017-12-31 1:04 PM (#16595 - in reply to #14858)
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Location: Gunnison, Colorado		Just checking in to see this year's challenge results. I'll do a more detailed wrap-up of specific authors read when I get a chance, but the short version is: 24 participants (out of which I count 16 fully completing their challenge -- yay!), reading 204 books!

I guess I'll start this one up again for 2018. If anyone has ideas for revising the rules in any way, chime in.

For some reasons I missed the recent comments on this thread, so welcome to everyone who added the challenge late.

jontlaw & Slinkyboy: I've read every PKD novel (he's my favorite SF writer), and actually embarked on a re-read project this year. I envy people who still have new ones to discover... and congrats on finishing your challenges!
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