Christine Falls
Benjamin Black aka, John Banville. Stunning writing and characterization.
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov. Modern master. I loved it, and I will be reading it again probably within the year.
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell. Loved it. Recursive function, spinning down into the tale and back out. His facility with language and plot (not to mention the well-wrought details) make this one of the finest books I’ve read in a long time.
Foundation
Isaac Asimov’s tour de force. Only for the die-hards, of which I do not consider myself one, though I am trying to read some of the sci-fi classics. This one was a labor of love. There are no female characters. Strange.
Super Cannes
Fantastic. Now, will I have the courage to read Crash?
Crystal World — J.G. Ballard
Good.
Madame Bovary
Ugh
Red Mars
Second only to Dune.
Bourne Identity
Summer Reading – Ringworld
There is something about summer that frees the inner geek in me, and I have been wanting to read Ringworld for a long time. After trips to three bookstores, I finally stopped by the library and found a beaten up copy, with different cover art than depicted below. Frankly, the cover art on the edition I read was pretty weak. This is a piece of work by Dean Ellis whose work I love…
