Science Fiction - What to Read

A while back, NPR requested listeners to recommend science fiction and fantasy books.  A blog I follow (Book View Cafe) did a similar thing, but separated SF and F into two lists.  Today BVC put up the SF list, along with a link to the NPR list: 
 Book View Cafe's recommendations for SF

The BVC list is marvelous!  It has many of my favorite authors as well as some I've never heard of.  And I'm ashamed of how little of it I've read.  Gotta get to work on that.  Soonish.  I have two of the Vonda McIntyre Starfarer books sitting right here ...

Catch you later.

July Books

I read three 'books' in July: 

(22) Elizabeth Bear, Bone and Jewel Creatures.  Short fantasy of wonderfulness.

(23) Phil and Kaja Foglio, Girl Genius.  On-line steam punk graphic novels.  I started re-reading In May from the very first entry of November 4, 2002, and read it all, right up to the current entry.  They have won two Hugo Awards for this.  It updates on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  Here’s the link to the beginning of the story:   Girl Genius starts here

(24) Emma Bull, Territory.  Fantasy set in the American West.  Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday and magic for the win.

Picnic Day in Winter

According to my calendar, August 1 was Picnic Day in the Northern Territory of Australia.  I checked, and it is a real holiday!  The first Monday of August.  Picnic Day.  In the middle of the winter.  Equivalent to us here in the Midwest having an official Picnic Day on the first Monday of February!  

Aussies, you Rock!!