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dead machines, books and my wonderful husband
i am back. and seem to have machines malfunctioning all around me.
then again, maybe it is ross's fault and not mine....but i doubt it.
i lost my phone before we left. when we got home the server was dead, which eliminated the possibility of calling the mexican restaurant we went to the night i lost it to see if it was there (they are not in the phone book we have). ross had to go to work (and the computer parts store to get a new power supply) so i was going to go drive over to the restaurant....but my car battery was dead.
i DID manage to get a whole lot of laundry and knitting done instead.
then ross's dad showed up and showed me where ross keeps the battery charger (i didn't know we had one). we tried to charge the car but it didn't work. when ross got home it turned out that ralph hadn't been reading the thing right and so we charged it again. then ross had to go back to the guthrie.
i fell asleep. when i woke up i went to check on the car and discovered it was gone.
turns out ross was driving it.
i went to bed for real and when i got up this morning my phone was fully charged on the counter. ross had gone to the restaurant (who said they didn't have it) and then torn his car apart and found it. good stuff.
so i'm back in connection with the world ! yeah!
i am still jet-lagged and not functioning quite properly. and i have a sore throat....the price of hours and hours in recycled air with tons of people. i took an airborne this AM and am hoping it will fend off nasty sinus issues.
it is good to be home.
i missed my monsters. and my friends.
This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.
1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien *
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov *
3. Dune, Frank Herbert *
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin*
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson*
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20.Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card *
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson*
24.The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling*
27.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin*
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny*
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson*
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48.The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
in a lot of cases, i've read something else by these authors, but not the books recommended here....it is a good list for me to work on.
then again, maybe it is ross's fault and not mine....but i doubt it.
i lost my phone before we left. when we got home the server was dead, which eliminated the possibility of calling the mexican restaurant we went to the night i lost it to see if it was there (they are not in the phone book we have). ross had to go to work (and the computer parts store to get a new power supply) so i was going to go drive over to the restaurant....but my car battery was dead.
i DID manage to get a whole lot of laundry and knitting done instead.
then ross's dad showed up and showed me where ross keeps the battery charger (i didn't know we had one). we tried to charge the car but it didn't work. when ross got home it turned out that ralph hadn't been reading the thing right and so we charged it again. then ross had to go back to the guthrie.
i fell asleep. when i woke up i went to check on the car and discovered it was gone.
turns out ross was driving it.
i went to bed for real and when i got up this morning my phone was fully charged on the counter. ross had gone to the restaurant (who said they didn't have it) and then torn his car apart and found it. good stuff.
so i'm back in connection with the world ! yeah!
i am still jet-lagged and not functioning quite properly. and i have a sore throat....the price of hours and hours in recycled air with tons of people. i took an airborne this AM and am hoping it will fend off nasty sinus issues.
it is good to be home.
i missed my monsters. and my friends.
This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.
1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien *
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov *
3. Dune, Frank Herbert *
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin*
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson*
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20.
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card *
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson*
24.
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling*
27.
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin*
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny*
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson*
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48.
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
in a lot of cases, i've read something else by these authors, but not the books recommended here....it is a good list for me to work on.