Constant Reader

The latest books I have read.. (yes, I do read a lot of Science-Fiction...)

Most books are bought at Amazon.com. Press the title to view the cover of the book.

Reading right now....

Since september 2001 I have devoted most of my time to learning 'el castellano' or spanish. I have done some really nice pictures in Spain the last year, looking forward to return. A picture can describe a thousand words, but being able to say something, to interact with people will allow me to go another direction with my camera.

My "Library", the To-Do section...

(2001) [232] Brian Aldiss - Supertoys last all summer long and other stories of future time
(1954) [320] H. P. Lovecraft - The Watchers out of Time
(1959) [187] Jack Finney - Assault on a Queen
(1962) [249] Philip K. Dick - The Man in the High Castle
(1964) [187] Isaac Asimov - Second Foundation
(1971) [213] Robert Silverberg - Son of Man
(1980) [303] Isaac Asimov - Extraterrestrial Civilizations
(1981) [305] Deab R. Koontz - The Mask
(1982) [426] Isaac Asimov - Foundation's Edge
(1984) [533] Vernor Vinge - Across Realtime
(1984) [766] Stephen King & Peter Straub - The Talisman
(1985) [239] Iain Banks - Walking on Glass
(1986) [288] Iain Banks - The Bridge
(1986) [494] Isaac Asimov - Foundation and Earth
(1987) [249] Iain Banks - Espedair Street
(1989) [247] Iain Banks - Canal Dreams
(1990) [454] Peter Straub - Houses Without Doors
(1992) [501] Iain Banks - The Crow Road
(1993) [313] Iain Banks - Complicity
(1993) [374] Graham Hancock - The Mars Mystery
(1993) [600] Graham Hancock - The Sign and the Seal
(1995) [578] Graham Hancock - Fingerprints of the Gods
(1995) [581] Stephen Baxter - Titan
(1995) [629] Stephen Baxter - The Time Ships
(1996) [591] Stephen Baxter - Voyage
(1997) [280] Iain Banks - A Song of Stone
(1998) [228] Arthur C. Clarke - The Songs of Distand Earth
(1999) [393] Iain Banks - The Business
(1999) [757] Vernor Vinge - A Deepness in the Sky

... the Done section...

199901              Iain M. Banks - Excession (about)
200301 (1988) [309] Iain M. Banks - The Player of Games

200210 (1999) [456] Stephen Baxter - Time 200208 (2001) [365] Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen Baxter, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald - Futures four novellas 200208 (1993) [ 76] Ignacio Padilla - Los papeles del dragón típico 200205 (1999) [???] John Scalzi - Agent to the Stars (a shareware novel)
200112 (1999) [159] Neal Stephenson - In the beginning ... was the command line 200109 (1985) [184] Iain Banks - The Wasp Factory 200109 (1993) [487] Iain M. Banks - Against a Dark Background 200107 (1999) [422] Jack L. Chalker - Priam's Lens 200106 (2000) [403] Iain M. Banks - Look to Windward 200106 (1998) [556] John Meaney - To Hold Infinity 200106 (1991) [211] Douglas Coupland - Generation X 200105 (1997) [460] Stephen Baxter - Vacuum Diagrams 200105 (1994) [443] Stephen Baxter - Ring 200104 (1995) [341] Ken MacLeod - Star Fraction 200104 (1980) [412] Gregory Benford - Timescape 200103 (1995) [455] Iain Banks - Whit 200103 (1993) [366] Stephen Baxter - Flux 200102 (1992) [253] Stephen Baxter - Timelike Infinity 200102 (1994) [279] Iain Banks - Feersum endjinn 200101 (1999)[1264] Peter F. Hamilton - The Naked God
200012 (1996)[1225] Peter F. Hamilton - The Neutronium Alchemist 200012 (1996)[1225] Peter F. Hamilton - The Reality Dysfunction 200011 (1999) [496] Peter F. Hamilton - A Second Chance At Eden 200011 (1998) [662] Stephen Baxter - Moonseed 200010 (1990) [469] Dan Simmons - Prayers to Broken Stones 200010 (1999) [277] William Gibson - All Tomorrow's Parties 200010 (1976) [183] Fredrik Pohl - Man Plus 200009 (1991) [251] Stephen Baxter - Raft 200009 (1982) [346] Joan D. Vinge - Psion 200009 (1968) [ 84] Samuel R. Delany - We, in some strange power's employ, move on a rigorous line 200009 (1975) [ 96] Roger Zelazny - Home is the Hangman 200009 (1978) [159] E.E. 'Doc' Smith - Lord Tedric 200009 (1996) [787] Kim Stanley Robinson - Blue Mars 200008 (1986) [275] Neal Barrett Jr. - Through Darkest America 200007 (1984) [235] John Burnner - The Tide of Time 200007 (1995) [499] Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age 200007 (1986) Frederik Pohl - Terror 200007 (1978) Octaia Butler - Mind of My Mind 200007 (1976) Joe Haldeman - Mindbridge 200007 (1993) William Gibson - Virtual Light 200007 (1952) Alan E. Nourse - The Counterfeit Man (and other science fictions stories) 200006 (1966) Samuel R. Delany - Empire Star 200006 (1992) Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash 200006 (1996) Douglas Coupland - Microserfs 200006 (1999) Iain M. Banks - Inversions 200006 (1998) David Brin - Heaven's Reach 200005 (1995) David Brin - Infinity's Shore 200005 (1995) David Brin - Brightness Reef 200005 (1993) David Brin - The Uplift War 200004 (1993) David Brin - Startide Rising 200004 (1993) David Brin - Earth 200004 (1949) George Orwell - Nineteen eighty-four 200003 (1992) Iain M. Banks - State of the Art 200003 (1992) Iain M. Banks - Use of Weapons 200003 (1992) Iain M. Banks - Consider Phlebas 200003 (1992) Kim Stanley Robinson - Green Mars 200002 (1984) David Brin - Sundiver 200001 (1998) Dan Simmons - The Rise of Endymion 200001 (1992) Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars
199912 (1996) Dan Simmons - Endymion 199912 (1990) Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion 199910 (1990) Frederik Pohl - The Gateway Trip : Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee 199910 (1997) Joe Haldeman - Forever Peace 199910 (1988) [309] Iain M. Banks - The Player of Games 199909 (1999) Peter F. Hamilton - The Naked God 199908 (1998) Peter F. Hamilton - The Web: Lightstorm 199908 (1989) Dan Simmons - Hyperion 199907 (1994) Peter F. Hamilton - The Nano Flower 199907 (1951) Alfred Bester - The Demolished Man 199906 (1994) Peter F. Hamilton - A Quantum Murder 199906 (1987) Frederik Pohl - Annals of the Heechee 199905 (1945) George Orwell - Animal Farm 199905 Frederik Pohl - Heechee Rendezvous 199905 Frederik Pohl - Beyond the Blue Event Horizon 199905 Peter F. Hamilton - Mindstar Rising 199905 Joe Haldeman - The Forever War 199904 Orson Scott Card - Children of the Mind 199904 Orson Scott Card - Xenocide 199904 Orson Scott Card - Speaker for the Dead 199904 Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game 199904 (1991) [211] Douglas Coupland - Generation X 199903 Douglas Coupland - Girlfriend in a Coma 199903 William Gibson - Idoru 199902 Frederik Pohl - Gateway 199902 William Gibson - Neuromancer 199901 (1999) [496] Peter F. Hamilton - A Second Chance At Eden 199901 Iain M. Banks - Excession (about)
199812 (1996) [1225] Peter F. Hamilton - The Neutronium Alchemist 199810 (1996)[1225] Peter F. Hamilton - The Reality Dysfunction 199809 Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 199809 Arthur C. Clarke - 3001: The Final Odyssey 199808 Phillip Finch - F2F 199808 Dean Koontz - Fear Nothing 199807 Douglas Coupland - Microserfs (...the first two chapters can be found here) 199802 Stephen King - The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass

Technical Library

1997   Learning Perl - Randal L. Schwartz
1997   Programming Perl - Larry Wall, Tom Christensen & Randal L. Schwartz
1997   JavaScript - David Flanagan
1997   Mastering Regular Expresions - Jeffery E.F. Friedl
1997   Perl5 Pocket Reference - Johan Vromans
1999   Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C - Lincoln Stein, Doug MacEacher
1999   Advanced Perl Programming - Sriram Srinivasan
1999   Gnu Emacs Pocket Reference - Debra Cameron
1999   Perl / Tk Pocket Reference - Stephen Lidie
1999   Vi Editor Pocket Reference - Arnold Robbins
1999   Perl Cookbook - Tom Christiansen & Nathan Torkington
1999   Oracle PL/SQL Built-ins Pocket Reference - Fenerstein
1999   User Friendly - Illiad
1999   Mastering Algorithms with Perl - Jon Orwant, Jarkko Hietaniemi & John Macdonald

Future projects

Every Hugo or Nebula award winning novel.  ... or at least the books on the Internet Top 20

and... (wishlist?)

------ (19--) Isaac Asimov - Foundation and Empire
------ (19--) Isaac Asimov - Prelude to Foundation
------ (19--) Isaac Asimov - Foundation
------  <--  books I wish to read, but haven't bought yet.
yyyy--  <--  books I have bought. 
yyyymm  <--  books I have finished.