Happy New Year!

So we have another year to push our boundaries, read old favorites and embrace potential new ones.

I will post the new targets on the second page of this thread and will post last years results below (will be updating more later)

     ----- Results for 2016 Reading Challenge! -----

---- SilentRoamer ----

Totals: 14/20
Frank Herbert: God Emperor of Dune - Completed 19/01/2016
Peter F. Hamilton: Abyss Beyond Dreams - Completed 10/02/2016
Roger Zelazny: Guns of Avalon - Completed 20/02/2016
Roger Zelazny: Sign of the Unicorn - Completed 03/03/2016
Roger Zelazny: The Hand of Oberon - Completed 21/03/2016
Roger Zelazny: The Courts of Chaos - Completed 28/03/2016
Dave DeBurgh: Betrayals Shadow - Completed 08/04/2016
Brandon Sanderson: The Alloy of Law - Completed 14/04/2016
Robin Hobb: Farseer #2: Royal Assassin - Completed 05/05/2016
Robin Hobb: Farseer #3: Assassins Quest - Completed 06/06/2016
Robert Heinlein: Starship Troopers - Completed 10/06/2016
R. Scott Bakker: The Great Ordeal - Completed 05/07/2016
Richard Mathieson: The Shrinking Man - Completed 09/11/2016
Richard Mathieson: I Am Legend - Completed 28/12/2016

---- Madness ----

Totals: 8/25
Jonathan L. Howard: Johannes Cabal: The Necromancer - Completed 11/01/2016
C.J. Cherryh: Gates of Ivrel - Completed 11/01/2016
Daniel Abraham: The Dragon's Path - Completed 23/01/2016
Dan Hurley: Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power - Completed 27/01/2016
Mark Lawrence: Prince of Fools - Completed 30/01/2016
Benedict Carey: How We Learn - Completed 03/02/2016
Glen Cook: The Black Company - Completed 10/03/2016
Charles Duhigg: Smarter, Better, Faster - Completed


---- Wilshire ----

Totals: 17/10
R. Scott Bakker: The Great Ordeal - Completed - Reread
Asimov's original foundation trilogy  - Completed
Steven Erikson: The Dust of Dreams - Completed
Steven Erikson: The Crippled God - Completed
Patrick Rothfuss: The Wise Man's Fear - Completed
Startide Rising remains on my bookshelf, unread, so I'd like to get to that.
R. Scott Bakker: The Warrior-Prophet - Completed 04/03/2016
R. Scott Bakker: The Thousandfold Thought - Completed
R. Scott Bakker: The Judging Eye
Terry Brooks: The Sword of Shannara - Completed
Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora - Completed
Courtney Schafer: Whitefire Crossing - Completed
Isaac Asimov: Caves of Steel - Completed 13/10/2016
Robert Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land - Completed 20/10/2016
Brent Weeks: The Way of Shadows - Completed 22/10/2016
Brian McClellan: Promise of Blood - Completed 08/12/2016


---- Alia ----

Totals: 12/10-15
Yuval Harari Sapiens: a Brief History of Humanity (non-fiction, antropological, started it in January, so far fascinating) - Completed 06/02/2016
Brunner Stand on Zanzibar (there are some classics I sadly missed) - Completed 21/03/2016
Glukhovsky Futu.re and maybe Metro 2035 (His Metro series was translated into English, I'm not sure about this one)
Danielewski House of Leaves (in Polish translation, sometimes I'm lazy, it's due to appear in April)
And some works in Polish, not translated, among them certainly a new novel by my high-school friend, due to appear in March.
Olga i Osty by Agnieszka Hałas - Completed
Czytanie z wnętrzności by Wit Szostak - Completed
Łzy Diabła by Magdalena Kozak (military s-f) - by the way, her first novel, Nighter is available now in English: https://www.amazon.com/Nighter-Vesper-Book-Magdalena-Kozak-ebook/dp/B01H9QOVAC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1475947933&sr=1-1&keywords=nighter - it's about vampires in special forces, fun read. - Completed
Wilki by Adam Wajrak - Completed
Pawel Majka: Pokój światów - Completed
Amy Stewart: Wicked Plants - Completed
Peter Wohlleben: Hidden life of trees - Completed
Brunner: Sheep Look up - Completed


---- mostly.harmless ----

Totals: 5/35
Specifics:
Kieran Shea: Koko the Mighty
Robin Hobb: Fool's Quest
Robert Charles Wilson: Spin
Jenny Lawson: Furiously Happy
Adam Christopher: Made to Kill


---- MSJ ----

Totals: 15/20-25
Specifics:
R. Scott Bakker: The Warrior-Prophet
N.K. Jemisin: The Fifth Season
R. Scott Bakker: The Thousandfold Thought
Daniel Polansky: Low Town - Completed 05/03/2016
R. Scott Bakker: The Judging Eye - Completed
R. Scott Bakker: The White-Luck Warrior - Completed
R. Scott Bakker: The Great Ordeal - Completed
Mark Lawrence: The Prince of Fools - Completed
Mark Lawrence: The Liar's Key - Completed
Ian Esslemont: Dancer's Lament - Completed
Mark Lawrence: The Wheel of Osheim - Completed
Luke Scull: The Grim Company - Completed
Luke Scull: The Sword of the North - Completed
R. Scott Bakker: The Great Ordeal Reread - Completed
Max Gladstone: Three Parts Dead - Completed
N.K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate - Completed
Anthony Ryan: Blood Song - Completed


---- Bolivar ----

Totals: 4/13
R. Scott Bakker: Prince of Nothing Completed
R. Scott Bakker: The Judging Eye Completed
R. Scott Bakker: The White-Luck Warrior
R. Scott Bakker: The Great Ordeal
Daniel Abraham: The Spider's War
Maurice Druon: The Lion & The Lily
Maurice Druon: The King Without a Kingdom
Steven Erikson: The Bonehunters
Steven Erikson: Reaper's Gale
Ian C. Esselmont: Night of Knives
Andrzej Sapkowski: The Sword of Destiny


---- rhizome ----

Totals: 4/?
Specifics:
Gene Wolfe: The Book of the New Sun - Completed


---- Redeagl ----

Totals: 3/?
Specifics:
Anthony Ryan: Raven's Shadow Trilogy - Completed


---- H ----

Totals: 8/?
Specifics:
Chuck Palahniuk: Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey - Completed
R. Scott Bakker: The Great Ordeal - Completed
James S. A. Corey: Abaddon's Gate (Expanse Book 3)  - Completed
James S. A. Corey: Cibola Burn (Expanse Book 4) - Completed 31.10.2016
N.K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate - Completed
Josiah Bancroft: Senlin Ascends - Completed
Josiah Bancroft: Arm of the Sphinx - Completed
Jonathan Haidt: The righteous mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion - Completed

Dude, its scifi, not fantasy. Wayyy different.

I would argue it's a little mix of both. Dune is pretty much the poster child for a Space Opera or Space Fantasy which I think has become a fairly well developed sub genre.

I would agree that Dune is mostly SF though - it deals a lot with climatology etc. but that pseudo religious mythical feel gives it a real fantasy feeling IMO.

So glad you guys got me to read Dune!

Richard Matheson: I Am Legend - SF Masterworks softback in good condition.
£2.00 from a charity store.

Star Wars: Complete Locations - http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Complete_Locations_(2016) - Hardback New
Free - Bought for me by one of my schools as they know I am a Star Wars fan - early Xmas present

Hey guys,

Getting the site back on track now - another review to go up tonight (hopefully)

TGO review here: https://sffden.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/what-do-you-see-the-great-ordeal-arc-review-by-silentroamer/ I want comments!

Recent haul:

Paul Hoffman: The Beating of Wings - Softback in good condition.
50p from a market trader.

Brent Weeks: The Lightbringer Trilogy #1: The Black Prism - Softback in good condition slight wear on spine.
50p from a market trader.

Clark Ashton Smith: Fantasy Masterworks #27: The Emperor of Dreams - Softback in good condition.
50p from a market trader.

Terry Brooks: High Druid of Shannara #3: Straken - Softback in good condition.
50p from a market trader.

Ernest Cline: Ready Player One - Softback in great condition.
£1.75 from a charity store.

Richard Morgan: The Steel Remains - Softback in great condition.
£2.00 from a charity store.

Hey guys,

Gotta keep this thread going!

Ok so in July and August I never bought a single book - that shows how much I have lost touch with the things in my life I love - reading and writing. So I am determined to get on with both right now!

September Purchases:

Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time #4: The Shadow Rising - Paperback in ok condition - minor bends and rubs.
- £2.00
Justin Richards: Doctor Who The Secret Lives of Monsters Hardback in great condition.
- £1.00
Bernard Cornwell: The Last Kingdom - Softback in good condition.
- £1.99
Mark Lawrence: Prince of Fools - Softback in brand new condition (doesn't even look read.)
- £1.75
David & Stella Gemmell: Troy Fall of Kings - Softback in great condition.
- £2.50
Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson - Sandworms of Dune - Softback in great condition
- £2.00
Orson Scott Card: Speaker for the Dead - Softback in great condition.
- £2.00

October Purchases:

Paulo Bacigalupi: The Windup Girl - Softback in great condition
- £2.50
Brian Aldiss: Helliconia Winter - Softback in ok condition (minor rubs and bends)
- £1.00
Brian Aldiss: Helliconia Summer - Softback in ok condition (minor rubs and bends)
- £1.00
Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy - Softback Fantasy Anthology, brand new and discounted at Waterstones
- £1.00
Patricia Kennealy: A Hawks Grey Feather - Softback in good condition. Looks like it has heavy Celtic influences.
- £1.00
Garth Nix: Lirael - Softback in great condition.
- £0.95
Joe Abercrombie: Best Served Cold - New Softback from Waterstones.
- £9.99
Adrian Tchaikovsky: Shadows of the Apt #8: The Air War - New Softback from Waterstones.
- £10.99

November Purchases:

Michael Cobley: Humanitys Fire #1: Seeds of Earth - Softback in great condition.
- £2.00

Hey guys,

If everyone can post me their updated totals then I will get this thread updated and back on track!

For my part I have recently finished Richard Mathiesons: The Shrinking Man which I found hugely enjoyable - especially the portions where the MC is not super small but doll sized - heart wrenching and surprisingly philosophically subtle.