The full 12 in '12 list

[mikekn]

For those of you who are curious, here is the full list of books I'm going to try and read this year. They are broken down into the categories I picked for my 12 in '12 challenges. I've got 10 reading challenges and 2 non-reading challenges. Since I know I can't read 120 books in a year, I'm letting some books hit more then one category. A few of the books (marked with a * in front) I still need to find and buy.

Read 12 more books then 2011 (so 55 books)
Should be no problem if I read all the below books...

Read 12 Hugh winners
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
Blackout by Connie Willis
All Clear by Connie Willis
The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
Farmer in the Sky by Robert Heinlein (retro hugo)
* Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
* Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (pre 1970)

Read 12 Nebula winners
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Blackout by Connie Willis
All Clear by Connie Willis
Timescape by Gregory Benford
The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
* Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (pre 1970)
* Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
* The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
* The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
* The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer

Read 12 books written before 1970
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Emperor Norton of San Francisco by William M Kramer
Emperor Norton: The Mad Monarch of America by Allen Stanley Lane
The Square Pegs by Irving Wallace
San Francisco's Emperor Norton by David Warren Ryder
Tales of San Francisco by Samual Dickson
The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
The Man with Nine Lives / A Touch of Infinity
* Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (pre 1970)
* Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (pre 1970)

Read 12 books by Tanith Lee
Hunting the Shadows
Into Gold
Princess Hynchatti and Some Other Surprises
Forests of the Night
Black Unicorn
Gold Unicorn
Red Unicorn
When the Lights Go Out
White as Snow
Metallic Love
Sounds and Furies
Elephantasm

Read 12 books by Harlan Ellison
The Man with Nine Lives / A Touch of Infinity
Doomsman / Telepower
Alone Against Tomorrow
Over the Edge
Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed (non-fiction)
All the Lies That Are My Life
Mefisto in Onyx
Approaching Oblivion
Slippage
Run for the Stars / Echoes of Thunder
Phoenix Without Ashes
Web of the City

Read 12 graphic novels
The Canterbury Tales by Seymour Chwast
Narbonic: The Perfect Collection: Book One
Narbonic: The Perfect Collection: Book Two
Masque Of The Red Death
The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack
The Griff
...
(need to go through the stacks and see what else I haven't read)
...

Read 12 short story collections
From the End of the Twentieth Century by John Ford
M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
Angels & Visitations by Neil Gaiman
Hunting the Shadows by Tanith Lee
Princess Hynchatti and Some Other Surprises by Tanith Lee
Forests of the Night by Tanith Lee
White as Snow by Tanith Lee
Sounds and Furies by Tanith Lee
Alone Against Tomorrow by Harlan Ellison
Over the Edge by Harlan Ellison
Approaching Oblivion by Harlan Ellison
Slippage by Harlan Ellison

Read 12 Emperor Norton books (fiction and non-fiction)
A Rush of Dreamers by John Cech
Emperor Norton's Ghost by Dianne Day
Pastora by Joanna Barnes
Emperor of the United States of America by Catherine Caulfield
Emperor Norton of San Francisco by William M Kramer
Emperor Norton: The Mad Monarch of America by Allen Stanley Lane
The Square Pegs by Irving Wallace
San Francisco's Emperor Norton by David Warren Ryder
Tales of San Francisco by Samual Dickson
Mark Twain's San Francisco by Mark Twain
Eccentrics by David Weeks
Fakes, Frauds, and Flimflammery by Andreas Schroeder

Read 12 Books Recommended by Friends
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
On Basilisk Station by David Weber
Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
The Madness Season by C.S. Friedman
Woundhealer's Story by Fred Saberhagen
Beowulf *
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctrow *
Gilgamesh *
Iliad and Odyssey by Homer *
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne *

-- The non-reading challenges:

Buy no more the 12 books
The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
Dawin's Radio by Greg Bear
Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher

Remove 12 books from my "to read" collection

Comments

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

I have * The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon on paperback and would be happy to send it your way.

If you find Forever Peace, may I borrow it after you've read it?

[mikekn]

Missed these replies earlier.

I can definitely loan you Forever Peace once I get it and read it. I am really bad about borrowing books though - I'd rather get a copy to keep (love my big wall o' books). Thanks though!

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

By sending it your way, I didn't mean loaning. It's a good read, but not one I'm likely to read again and again. I only bought it because I couldn't find it in a library.

[mikekn]

That would be awesome :)

[bertana.livejournal.com]

I also have The Speed of Dark here. I'm still working through my tiny little collection and updating LibraryThing, but I'm pretty sure that is the only thing on your list that I have.

Oh! I'm sure I have a copy of Beowulf. Possibly two. I'll confirm this week. :)

I have The Walking Dead graphic novels, in case that interests. And the first Gunslinger graphic novel.

[mikekn]

Missed these replies earlier.

I may take you up on the Walking Dead GNs. For the books, I want to get my own copies to have and to keep :)

[redkcolumbus.livejournal.com]

Reading 12 books by Harlan Ellison may warp you permanently!

[mikekn]

Missed these replies earlier.

Heh, yes it might, but I think I've read enough of his stuff to be immune :) (or already warped...)

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Also, do you have/have you read the illustrated version of Stardust? Does that count as a graphic novel?

[mikekn]

Yes to both. The artist, Charles Vess, is one of my favorites :)