My Book List

Fiction - some of my favorites

• Atlas Shrugged Volume 2 - Ayn Rand
• Ringworld - Larry Niven - 4.8
• Atlas Shrugged Volume 1 - Ayn Rand - 5.0
• Eragon - Christopher Paolini - 4.6
• Eldest - Christopher Paolini
• Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card - 5
• Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card - 5
• Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card - 4.6
• Shadow of the Giant - Orson Scott Card - 4.4
• Speaker for the Dead: The Ender Quartet II - Orson Scott Card - 4.8
• Xenocide: The Ender Quartet III - Orson Scott Card - 4.9
• Children of the Mind: The Ender Quartet IV - Orson Scott Card - 5.0
• Seventh Son: The Tales of Alvin Maker I - Orson Scott Card - 4.9
• Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker II - Orson Scott Card - 5.0
• Prentice Alvin: The Tales of Alvin Maker III - Orson Scott Card - 5.0
• Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker IV - Orson Scott Card - 5.0
• Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker V - Orson Scott Card - 5.0
• Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker VI - Orson Scott Card - 2.2
• Magic Street - Orson Scott Card - 0.5
• Enchantment - Orson Scott Card - 5
• Songmaster - Orson Scott Card - 3
• Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus - Orson Scott Card - 4.9
• The Worthing Saga - Orson Scott Card - 4.5
• Wyrms - Orson Scott Card - 4.2
• Neuromancer - William Gibson - 4.8
• Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson - 4.9
• The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials I - Phillip Pullman - 4.5
• The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials II - Phillip Pullman - 4.5
• The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials III - Phillip Pullman - 4.5
• The Sleeping Dragon: Guardians of the Flame I - Joel Rosenberg - 5.0
• The Sword and the Chain: Guardians of the Flame II - Joel Rosenberg - 5.0
• The Silver Crown: Guardians of the Flame III - Joel Rosenberg - 5.0
• The Heir Apparent: Guardians of the Flame IV - Joel Rosenberg - 5.0
• The Warrior Lives: Guardians of the Flame V - Joel Rosenberg - 5.0
• The Road to Evenor: Guardians of the Flame VI - Joel Rosenberg - 5.0
• The Fire Duke: Keepers of the Hidden Ways I - Joel Rosenberg - 4.2
• The Silver Stone: Keepers of the Hidden Ways II - Joel Rosenberg - 4.2
• The Crimson Sky: Keepers of the Hidden Ways III - Joel Rosenberg - 4.2
• The Eye of the World: The Wheel of Time I - Robert Jordan - 5.0
• The Great Hunt: The Wheel of Time II - Robert Jordan - 5.0
• The Dragon Reborn: The Wheel of Time III - Robert Jordan - 5.0
• The Shadow Rising: The Wheel of Time IV - Robert Jordan - 4.9
• The Fires of Heaven: The Wheel of Time V - Robert Jordan - 5.0
• The Lord of Chaos: The Wheel of Time VI - Robert Jordan - 3.0
• A Crown of Swords: The Wheel of Time VII - Robert Jordan - 4.8
• The Path of Daggers : The Wheel of Time VIII - Robert Jordan - 4.8
• Winter's Heart: The Wheel of Time IX - Robert Jordan - 5.0
• Crossroads of Twilight : The Wheel of Time X - Robert Jordan - 4.9
• Knife of Dreams: The Wheel of Time XI - Robert Jordan - 4.7
• The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - 4.8
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams - 4.7
• Life, The Universe, and Everything - Douglas Adams - 4.7
• Rainbow's End - Vernor Vinge - 4.5
  Rainbow's End gets ahigh score because it has a lot of forward thinking technology. In particular, it's a good read for anyone working in AR. It shows a fairly realistic view of where AR technology could be heading.
• Spin - Robert Charles Wilson - 4.6
  This book has some good insights into human nature. The most interesting part is, "what would people do if they thought the world was ending". The characters have most the trappings of real people, which keeps them interesting. It also has some fun to read ideas about what can be done if time outside our world were sped up.
• The Lost Fleet: Valiant, Corageous, Fearless
• The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut - 3.5
• The Sam Gunn Omnibus
• Mutineer's Moon - 5
  Fun space adventure. Presents really interesting technology.
• Oath of Swords
• The Honorverse - David Weber - 5
  Yes, the whole series is a 5. Every book is immersive. They're all really detailed. They're really long books, but I'm so glad they are.
• Off Armageddon Reef
• Mars - Ben Bova - 3.5
• Hidden Warrior
• The Bone Doll's Twin
• Elantris - 5
  
• Lamentation - Ken Scholes - 4
• The Sharing Knife - Lois McMaster Bujold - 4.5
• The Oracle's Queen - Lois McMaster Bujold
• Dune - Frank Herbert - 4
  Dune is a classic, and Herbert creates a fully fleshed out world. My only complaint is actually the time span. The book covers many years, and we don't really get much time to know the characters. They're described, rather than getting to know them by their actions. The plot covered in this book could have taken up 4 books easily.
• Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert - 2
• Twilight - Stephenie Meyer - 4
• New Moon - Stephenie Meyer - 3
• Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer - 5
• Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer - 5
• The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman - 5
  As with all of his books. This is a fun and easy read. It's a short book, would be great for a plane ride.

Non-Fiction

• Linked - Albert-Laslo Barabasi - 4.5
• On Intelligence - Jeff Hawkins and Sandra Blakeslee - 5.0
• King of Hearts - G. Wayne Miller - 4.9
• How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie - 5.0
• Meditation as Medicine - Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D. and Cameron Stauth - 3.9
• A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson - 5.0
• The Fine Art of Persuasion - Bob Brown - 4.0
• Sell it Yourself - Ralph Roberts - 3.0
• The Teenage Investor - Timothy Olsen - 4.0

Technical

• Understanding 3D Animation Using Maya - John Edgar Park - 4.7
• Beginning OpenGL Game Programming - Dave Astle & Kevin Hawkins - 4.0
• The C++ Standard Library - Nicolai M. Josuttis - 3.5
• C++ Primer - Moo - 5.0
• The Black Art of Java Game Programming - 5.0
• PHP Advanced - Larry Ullman - 5.0
• Macromedia Flash Advanced - Russell Chun - 5.0
• Fundamentals of OO Design in UML - Meilir Page-Jones - 4.5
• UML Distilled - Martin Fowler - 4.5
• 3D Studio Max Workshop - Duane Loose - 5.0