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Here's a list of what is currently on my bookshelf. I rate books from 1 to 5. There are not many books that I buy that I don't like. I have years of experience selecting them.

Some of the book's titles are hyperlinks that link to generally three paragraph reviews on the book. Note that the review will open in a new window if you click the link.

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Adieu, mon cher vieux. Relis et rebûche ton conte. Laisse-le reposer et reprends-le, les livres ne se font pas comme les enfants, mais comme les pyramides, avec un dessin prémédité, et en apportant des grands blocs l´un par-dessus l´autre, à force de reins, de temps et de sueur, et ça ne sert à rien! et ça reste dans le désert! mais en le dominant prodigieusement. Les chacals pissent au bas et les bourgeois montent dessus, etc.; continue la comparaison.
-- Gustave Flaubert

Currently (re)reading

The Psalm Killer
Author Title Jim's Rating
Adams, Richard Watership Down 4 ½
Adams, Richard Tales From Watership Down 3 ½
Adams, Richard The Plague Dogs 3 ½
Aleas, Richard Little Girl Lost 3
Ambrose, David Superstition 3
Anderson, Kent Night Dogs 4
Anderson, Kent Sympathy for the Devil 4
Anderson, Poul The Boat of a Million Years 4
Anderson, Poul Starfarers 4
Anzetti, Toni Typhon's Children 4
Banks, Iain A Song of Stone 3 ½
Banks, Iain The Business 4
Banks, Iain The Wasp Factory 4
Banks, Iain M. Use of Weapons 4 ½
Banks, Iain M. The Player of Games 4
Banks, Iain M. Excession 5
Banks, Iain M. Feersum Endjinn 3 ½
Banks, Iain M. Against a Dark Background 5
Banks, Iain M. The State of the Art 4
Banks, Iain M. Consider Phlebas 4 ½
Banks, Iain M. Inversions 3 ½
Banks, Iain M. Look to Windward 4
Barker, Clive The Thief of Always 4
Barnes, John Orbital Resonance 3 ½
Barnes, John Earth Made of Glass 3
Barnes, John Kaleidoscope Century 3 ½
Barnes, John A Million Open Doors 4
Barnes, John Candle 4
Barnes, John The Merchants of Souls 3 ½
Baxter, Stephen Titan 3 ½
Baxter, Stephen Ring 4
Baxter, Stephen Manifold: Time 4
Baxter, Stephen Manifold: Space 4
Bear, Greg The Infinity Concerto 4
Bear, Greg The Serpent Mage 4
Benford, Gregory Timescape 4
Benford, Gregory Artifact 3
Benford, Gregory Jupiter Project 3
Benford, Gregory The Martian Race 3
Benoit, Charles Relative Danger 4
Bester, Alfred The Stars My Destination 4
Bester, Alfred The Computer Connection 3 ½
Bond, Larry Dangerous Ground 3 ½
Bova, Ben Colony 3 ½
Bradbury, Ray Something Wicked This Way Comes 4
Brin, David The Postman 4
Cahill, Tim Pass the Butterworms: Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered 4
Caldwell I. & Thomason D. The Rule of Four 4
Card, Orson Scott Ender's Shadow 4 ½
Card, Orson Scott Lost Boys 4
Card, Orson Scott Shadow of the Hegemon 4
Card, Orson Scott Shadow Puppets 3 ½
Carr, Caleb The Alienist 4 ½
Carr, Caleb The Angel of Darkness 4
Child, Lee Tripwire 3
Child, Lee Die Trying 3
Child, Lee Killing Floor 3
Child, Lee The Visitor 3
Clarke, Arthur C. The Fountains of Paradise 4
Clavell, James Shogun 4
Clegg, Douglas The Halloween Man 2 ½
Cobb, James H. Sea Strike 3 ½
Coben, Harlen Fade Away 3 ½
Coben, Harlen No Second Chance 3 ½
Connelly, Michael Blood Work 4
Cook, Thomas H. Breakheart Pass 3 ½
Coonts, Stephen Fortunes of War 3 ½
Courtenay, Bryce The Power Of One 4 ½
Cruz Smith, Martin Havana Bay 3 ½
Daniel, Tony Metaplanetary 3 ½
Deaver, Jeffery The Coffin Dancer 4
Deaver, Jeffery Praying for Sleep 4
Deaver, Jeffery The Vanished Man 4
DeMille, Nelson Plum Island 3 ½
DeMille, Nelson The Lion's Game 3 ½
DeMille, Nelson Up Country 4
DeMille, Nelson Night Fall 4
Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep 4
Dobyns, Stephen The Church of Dead Girls 5
Dobyns, Stephen Boy in the Water 4
Eco, Umberto The Name of the Rose 4
Eisler, Barry Rain Fall 3
Eisler, Barry Hard Rain 3
Eisler, Barry Rain Storm 3 ½
Eisler, Barry Killing Rain 3 ½
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man 4
Feist, Raymond E. Magician 3 ½
Finder, Joseph Paranoia 3
Finney, Jack Time and Again 4
Fitzhugh, Bill Pest Control 4
Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain 4
Forester, C.S. The Gun 4
Forward, Robert L. Camelot 30K 4
Frost, Mark The List of 7 3 ½
Gaarder, Jostein The Solitaire Mystery 4
Gardner, James Alan Vigilant 3 ½
Gardner, James Alan Expendable 4
Gardner, James Alan Trapped 3
Gemmell, David Legend 3 ½
Gemmell, David The King Beyond The Gate 3 ½
Gilstrap, John Nathan's Run 4
Gischler, Victor Gun Monkeys 3 ½
Gischler, Victor Suicide Squeeze 3 ½
Golden, Christopher Strangewood 2 ½
Gould, Steven Jumper 4 ½
Gould, Steven Blind Waves 3 ½
Graziunas, Diana & Starlin, Jim Thinning the Predators 4
Grisham, John A Painted House 4
Haddawy, Husain (translator) The Arabian Nights 4 ½
Hiaasen, Carl Skin Tight 3 ½
Hiaasen, Carl Skinny Dip 4
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time 4
Heinlein, Robert A. Glory Road 4
Heinlein, Robert A. Between Planets 4
Heinlein, Robert A. Double Star 4
Heinlein, Robert A. Podkayne of Mars 4 ½
Heinlein, Robert A. The Menace from Earth 4
Heinlein, Robert A. Sixth Column 3 ½
Heinlein, Robert A. The Door into Summer 4
Heinlein, Robert A. Starbeast 4
Heinlein, Robert A. Orphans of the Sky 3 ½
Heinlein, Robert A. For Us, The Living 3
Heinlein, Robert A. Time Enough for Love 4 ½
Helprin, Mark A Soldier of the Great War 4 ½
Hemingway, Ernest For Whom The Bell Tolls 4 ½
Herbert, Frank Dune 5
Herbert, Frank Dune Messiah 3 ½
Herbert, Frank Children of Dune 4
Herbert, Frank The White Plague 4
Herbert, James Creed 3 ½
Hickam, Homer H. Rocket Boys 4 ½
Hunt, David Trick of Light 4
Hunt, David The Magician's Tale 4 ½
Hunter, Stephen The Master Sniper 3 ½
Hunter, Stephen Hot Springs 4
Hunter, Stephen Time to Hunt 3
Ing, Dean Spooker 3 ½
James, M. R. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 4
Joyce, Graham Dreamside 3 ½
Joyce, Graham The Tooth Fairy 4
Joyce, Graham Requiem 4
Joyce, Graham Dark Sister 4
Kellerman, Jonathan Billy Straight 4
Kellerman, Jonathan Twisted 3 ½
Killough, Lee Bloodwalk 3 ½
Killough, Lee Blood Games 3
King, Stephen Dreamcatcher 3 ½
King, Stephen The Waste Lands 3 ½
King, Stephen Wizard and Glass 4
King, Stephen Cycle of the Werewolf 4
King, Stephen Bag of Bones 3 ½
King, Stephen The Drawing of the Three 3
King, Stephen The Gunslinger 2
King, Stephen It 4
King, Stephen and Straub, Peter Black House 4
Koontz, Dean Fear Nothing 3 ½
Koontz, Dean Seize the Night 3
Krakauer, John Into Thin Air 4
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird 5
LeGuin, Ursula K. The Left Hand of Darkness 4 ½
LeGuin, Ursula K. Tehanu 3 ½
LeGuin, Ursula K. Tales From Earthsea 3 ½
LeGuin, Ursula K. The Other Wind 3 ½
Lehane, Dennis Darkness, Take My Hand 5
Lehane, Dennis Sacred 4
Lehane, Dennis Gone, Baby, Gone 4
Lehane, Dennis Prayers for Rain 4
Lehane, Dennis A Drink Before the War 4
Lehane, Dennis Mystic River 3 ½
Lehane, Dennis Shutter Island 3 ½
Lescroart, John Guilt 4
MacLean, Alistair H.M.S. Ulysses 5
MacLean, Alistair South By Java Head 3 ½
MacLean, Alistair Fear is the Key 3 ½
MacLean, Alistair Breakheart Pass 3;
MacLean, Alistair When Eight Bells Toll 3 ½
Maclean, Norman A River Runs Through It 4
Macleod, Ken Cosmonaut Keep 3 ½
Martin, David Cul-De-Sac 2 ½
Mayo, J. K. The Hunting Season 3 ½
McCammon, Robert R. Boy's Life 4
McDevitt, Jack Hello Out There 3 ½
McDevitt, Jack Eternity Road 3 ½
McDevitt, Jack Chindi 4
Medland, Maurice Point of Honor 3 ½
Miller, John Ramsey The Last Family 3 ½
Niven, Larry Destiny's Road 3 ½
Niven, Larry Flatlander 3
Niven, Larry The Integral Trees 3 ½
Niven, Larry (et al) The Man-Kzin Wars 3 ½
Nykanen, Mark The Bone Parade 3
O'Reilly, Victor The Devil's Footprint 3
Ouellette, Pierre The Third Pandemic 3 ½
Petit, Chris The Psalm Killer 3 ½
Piccirilli, Tom Hexes 2 ½
Pirinçci, Akif Felidae 3 ½
Pirinçci, Akif Felidae on the Road 3
Pollock, J. C. Goering's List 3 ½
Prescott, Michael Comes the Dark 3 ½
Prescott, Michael The Shadow Hunter 4
Preston, Douglas The Codex 3
Preston D. & Child L. Thunderhead 3 ½
Preston D. & Child L. Riptide 3 ½
Preston D. & Child L. Cabinet of Curiosities 3 ½
Preston D. & Child L. Still Life with Crows 4
Preston D. & Child L. Brimstone 3 ½
Preston D. & Child L. Dance of Death 4
Pronzini, Bill Blue Lonesome 3 ½
Pronzini, Bill Nothing but the Night 3 ½
Pronzini, Bill Night Freight 3 ½
Reynolds, Alastair Revelation Space 3 ½
Rice, Anne Interview with the Vampire 4
Robertson, Frank M. The Dark Beyond the Stars 5
Robertson, Frank M. The Power 4
Robertson, Kim Stanley Icehenge 3 ½
Robertson, Kim Stanley The Gold Coast 4 ½
Robertson, Kim Stanley Escape from Kathmandu 4
Robson, Lucia St. Clair The Tokaido Road 4
Sasser C.W. & Roberts C. One Shot, One Kill 3 ½
Sawyer, Robert J. Factoring Humanity 4
Sawyer, Robert J. Illegal Alien 4
Sawyer, Robert J. Golden Fleece 3 ½
Sawyer, Robert J. Starplex 3 ½
Sawyer, Robert J. Frameshift 3 ½
Sheffield, Charles Convergent Series 3
Sheffield, Charles The Billion Dollar Boy 4
Shute, Neville On the Beach 4 ½
Siegel, James Derailed 3
Simon, Michael Dirty Sally 3 ½
Simmons, Dan The Hollow Man 4
Simmons, Dan The Crook Factory 4
Simmons, Dan Children of the Night 4
Simmons, Dan Summer of Night 4
Simmons, Dan A Winter Haunting 3 ½
Simmons, Dan Hardcase 3 ½
Simmons, Dan Hard Freeze 4
Simmons, Dan Hard As Nails 4
Smith, Mitchell Stone City 3 ½
Starling, Boris Messiah 3 ½
Steele, Allen The Jericho Iteration 3 ½
Steele, Allen Coyote 3 ½
Stephenson, Neal Snow Crash 4
Stephenson, Neal The Diamond Age 3 ½
Stevens, Shane The Anvil Chorus 4
Stewart, George R. Earth Abides 3 ½
Straub, Peter Mr. X 4
Straub, Peter lost boy lost girl 4
Straub, Peter Mystery 4 ½
Straub, Peter The Throat 4
Strieber, Whitley Cat Magic 3 ½
Stroud, Carsten Sniper's Moon 4
Stroud, Carsten Black Water Transit 4
Sunderman, John F. X. Acts of the Apostles 3 ½
Swiniarski, S.A. The Flesh, the Blood, and the Fire 4
Tanenbaum, Robert K. Reckless Endangerment 3 ½
Thayer, James White Star 4
Thayer, James Five Past Midnight 3
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit 3 ½
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord Of The Rings 5
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Silmarillion 4 ½
Varley, John The Golden Globe 4
Vinge, Vernor A Fire upon the Deep 4
Vinge, Vernor A Deepness in the Sky 3 ½
Watts, Peter Starfish 4
Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds 4
Winchester, Simon The Professor and the Madman 4 ½
Woods, Stuart Dead in the Water 3
Baldwin, et al OpenVMS System Management Guide 3 ½
Butenhof, David R. Programming with POSIX Threads 4 ½
Davis, Roy VAXCluster Principles 4 ½
Frisch, Æleen Essential Systems Administration 4
Goldenberg, et al VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures (v5.2) 4 ½
Harrison & Steele C: A Reference Manual 4
Hunt & Thomas The Pragmatic Programmer 4 ½
Kernighan & Ritchie The C Programming Language 4
Knuth, Donald E. The Art of Computer Programming 5
Kotter, John P. Leading Change 4
Martelli, Alex Python in a Nutshell 3 ½
McCoy, Kirby VMS File System Internals 3 ½
Niemeyer & Knudsen Learning Java 3 ½
Rainwater, Hank Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers that Lead Programmers 3 ½
Sherlock & Szubowicz Writing OpenVMS Alpha Device Drivers in C 4

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