BooksRonRead2012

Books Ron read in 2012

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  1. The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband, David Finch, 2012, 18 Jan (down 2)
  2. Writing a Novel with Scrivener, David Hewson, 2011, 20 Jan (down 3)
  3. >>> Game Frame: Using Games as a Strategy for Success, Aaron Dignan, 2011, 21 Jan (not to be conflated with my project GameFrame) (down 2)
  4. >>> A Journey Round My Room: Followed By A Nocturnal Expedition In The Same Regions, Xavier de Maistre, 1825, 25 Jan (down 1)
  5. >>> Mental Traps, Andre Kukla, 29 Jan (worth rereading; reread soon)
  6. >>> Wind, Sand and Stars, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1939, 5 Feb (worth rereading; up 1)
  7. Ready Player One, Ernest Cline, 2011, 14 Feb
  8. Distrust That Particular Flavor, William Gibson, 2012, 17 Feb (down 1)
  9. The Iron Man, Ted Hughes, 1968, 20 Feb (down 2)
  10. >>> The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?, Jason Hartley, 2010, 2 Mar (down 1)
  11. On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt, 2005, 10 Mar (reread; down 2)
  12. >>> Playing to Win: Becoming the Champion, David Sirlin, 2006, 13 Mar (down 1)
  13. Making History, Stephen Fry, 1996, 29 Mar (down 2)
  14. >>> Alien Phenomenology, or What It's Like to Be a Thing, Ian Bogost, 2012, 9 Apr (down 1)
  15. >>> The Walrus and the Warwolf (Chronicles of an Age of Darkness 4), Hugh Cook, 1988, 9 Apr
  16. Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form, Anna Anthropy, 2012, 11 Apr (down 1)
  17. We Are All Weird, Seth Godin, 2011, 12 Apr (down 2; did not enjoy)
  18. >>> No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days, Chris Baty, 2004, 13 Apr (down 1)
  19. The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga (Platform Studies), Jimmy Maher, 2012, 2 May (down 2)
  20. >>> The Worm Ouroboros, E. R. Eddison, 1922, 6 May (down 1)
  21. Dream Journal, William Poundstone, 2011, 11 May (down 2)
  22. Third Class Superhero, Charles Yu, 2006, 12 May (down 3)
  23. Roadside Picnic, Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky, 2012, 23 May (down 4)
  24. Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, John Scalzi, 2012, 6 Jun (down 5)
  25. Citation Needed: The Best of Wikipedia's Worst Writing, Conor Lastowka & Josh Fruhlinger, 2011, 10 Jun (down 6!)
  26. How to Do Things with Videogames, Ian Bogost, 2011, 14 Jun (down 7)
  27. Inverted World, Christopher Priest, 1974, 16 Jun (down 8)
  28. Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie, Rob O'Hara, 2008, 17 Jun (down 9; oh, to hell with it)
  29. Constellation Games, Leonard Richardson, 2012, 18 Jun
  30. Constellation Games, Leonard Richardson, 2012, 26 Jun (reread)
  31. The Long Earth, Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter, 2012, 30 Jun
  32. Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story, Jim Holt, 2012, 26 July
  33. A Commodore 64 Walkabout, Robinson Mason, 2011, 27 July
  34. Year Zero: A Novel, Rob Reid, 2012, 2 Aug
  35. Meet the Raspberry Pi, Gareth Halfacree and Eben Upton, 2012, 9 Aug
  36. Memories of the Future - Volume 1, Wil Wheaton, 2011, 11 Aug
  37. The Status Civilization, Robert Sheckley, 1960, 11 Aug
  38. Starfish, Peter Watts, 1999, 28 Aug
  39. The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing, John Perry, 2012, 7 Sep
  40. Maelstrom, Peter Watts, 2001, 12 Sep
  41. Behemoth: B-Max and Behemoth: Seppuku, Peter Watts, 2004, 22 Sep
  42. The Rapture of the Nerds: A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations, Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross, 2012, 2 Oct
  43. The Stranger, Albert Camus, 1946, 3 Oct (reread)
  44. Dimension of Miracles, Robert Sheckley, 1968, 6 Oct
  45. Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions, Eric Maisel and Ann Maisel, 2010, 9 Oct
  46. Among Others, Jo Walton, 2010, 16 Oct
  47. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel, Robin Sloan, 2012, 17 Oct
  48. Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time, David Brin et al., 2006, 18 Oct
  49. The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days: A Novel, Ian Frazier, 2012, 23 Oct
  50. The City & The City, China Miéville, 2009, 27 Oct (reread)
  51. >>> Hav, Jan Morris, 2007, 1 Nov
  52. Feed, M. T. Anderson, 2012, 2 Nov
  53. How To Make An Ebook, Rudy Rucker, 2012, 3 Nov (short)
  54. The Phoenix and the Mirror, Avram Davidson, 1983, 11 Nov
  55. >>> The Eternal Flame, Greg Egan, 2012, 13 Nov
  56. Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon, 1995, 16 Nov
  57. Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries, Jon Ronson, 2012, 23 Nov
  58. The Amazing Adventures of Phoenix Jones: And the Less Amazing Adventures of Some Other Real-Life Superheroes, Jon Ronson, 2011, 26 Nov (short)
  59. >>> The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes and Its Implications, David Deutsch, 1998, 26 Nov
  60. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Ian Fleming, 1964, 28 Nov (reread; read aloud to Marty)
  61. Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years, Geoffrey Nunberg, 2012, 29 Nov
  62. Vergil in Averno, Avram Davidson, 1986, 30 Nov
  63. Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones, 2001, 6 Dec
  64. Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl, 1946, 8 Dec (reread)
  65. Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us, Allen Salkin, 2008, 8 Dec
  66. >>> Moby-Dick, Herman Melville, 1851, 14 Dec
  67. The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi, 2010, 21 Dec
  68. The Cats of Copenhagen, James Joyce, 2012, 24 Dec
  69. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores, Jen Campbell, 2012, 25 Dec