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Books read in December
Dec. 30th, 2024 11:21 amMy book consumption in 2024 was pretty high with 76 books read and 47 books purchased. I've using my local library a lot and also digging through my book stash for unread stuff. In December I read the following.
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
I'd seen a lot of good reviews for this, but it didn't really work for me. The main character seemed to bounce from calamity to calamity with very little agency.
The Future was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 by Chris Nashawaty
An interesting look at how SFF and IP franchises came to dominate how movies are greenlit and made.
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion by Terrance Dicks
I've always liked the 3rd Doctor era and this is a wonderful adaption of his first story, Spearhead from Space. I really like the way Dicks had the Doctor acknowledge Liz Shaw's academic and intellectual credentials in a way that the show did not.
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks
An okay adaptation of an okay Pertwee story.
The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien
This was my holiday read this year, a wonderful collection of the illustrated letters Tolkien sent to his kids. My son said this book inspired him to send illustrated Santa Claus letters to his girls when they were little.
The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke
I consumed this as an audio book read by Clarke. Liked it a lot.
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora edited by Sheree T. Thomas
Fantastic anthology. Most of the stories were written for this book and several of the authors were new to me. As a fan of the history of sf, I was especially eager to read the stories from 1880s to 1930s.
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
I'd seen a lot of good reviews for this, but it didn't really work for me. The main character seemed to bounce from calamity to calamity with very little agency.
The Future was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 by Chris Nashawaty
An interesting look at how SFF and IP franchises came to dominate how movies are greenlit and made.
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion by Terrance Dicks
I've always liked the 3rd Doctor era and this is a wonderful adaption of his first story, Spearhead from Space. I really like the way Dicks had the Doctor acknowledge Liz Shaw's academic and intellectual credentials in a way that the show did not.
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks
An okay adaptation of an okay Pertwee story.
The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien
This was my holiday read this year, a wonderful collection of the illustrated letters Tolkien sent to his kids. My son said this book inspired him to send illustrated Santa Claus letters to his girls when they were little.
The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke
I consumed this as an audio book read by Clarke. Liked it a lot.
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora edited by Sheree T. Thomas
Fantastic anthology. Most of the stories were written for this book and several of the authors were new to me. As a fan of the history of sf, I was especially eager to read the stories from 1880s to 1930s.
