DisassemblyOfReason's TBR Challenge for 2021
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1DisassemblyOfReason
Instead of carrying over unread items from last year's list as usual (which would've been most of them), let's start with a new list.
1. Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson - COMPLETED
Begun 21 Apr/completed 24 Apr 2021.
2. Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle - COMPLETED
Begun 28 Sep/completed 3 Oct.
3. Mind-Call by Wilanne Schneider Belden - COMPLETED
Begun 6 Dec/completed 9 Dec.
4. Murder by Magic edited by Rosemary Edghill - COMPLETED
Begun 24 Jan 2021/completed 26 Jan 2021.
5. Mad Amos Malone: The Complete Stories by Alan Dean Foster - COMPLETED
Begun 2 Jan 2021/completed 20 Jan 2021.
I've read about two-thirds of these in a shorter collection, Mad Amos. Old West with magic.
6. Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster - COMPLETED
Begun 19 Dec/completed 26 Dec.
7. Below by Lee Gaiteri - COMPLETED
Begun 7 August 2021/completed 14 August 2021.
Never read this but have been curious about it for a long time.
8. The Bronze of Eddarta by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Begun 6 May 2021/completed 8 May 2021.
I've read the first two volumes of the Gandalara Cycle, so the remaining volumes are now on the list here, starting with this one, volume 3.
9. The Well of Darkness by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Begun 8 May 2021/completed 4 June 2021.
Volume 4 of the Gandalara Cycle.
10. The Search for Ka by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Begun 4 Jun 2021/completed 6 Jun 2021.
Volume 5 of the Gandalara Cycle.
11. Return to Eddarta by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Begun 6 Jun 2021/completed 13 Jun 2021.
Volume 6 of the Gandalara Cycle.
12. The River Wall by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Volume 7 of the Gandalara Cycle.
Begun 13 Jun 2021/completed 2 Jul 2021.
13. The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambly - COMPLETED
Begun 3 Jul/completed 7 Jul.
14. Knave of Dreams by Andre Norton - COMPLETED
Begun 27 Jan 2021/completed 30 Jan 2021. This also completes the omnibus Deadly Dreams.
15. Operation Time Search by Andre Norton - COMPLETED
Begun 2 Jul/completed 3 Jul.
16. The Ship Who Won by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye - COMPLETED
Begun 31 Jan 2021/completed 14 Mar 2021.
17. The Ship Errant by Jody Lynn Nye - COMPLETED
Begun 14 March/completed 31 Dec.
18. Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper - COMPLETED
Begun 18 Apr/completed 22 Apr.
19. Next of Kin by Eric Frank Russell - COMPLETED
Begun 27 March 2021/completed 21 Aug 2021.
20. Fuzzy Bones by William Tuning - COMPLETED
Begun 24 Feb 2021/completed 18 Apr 2021.
21. The Peace War by Vernor Vinge - COMPLETED
Begun 30 Jul 2021/completed 2 Aug 2021.
This is the first book of Across Realtime.
22. Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge - COMPLETED
Begun 2 Aug/completed 8 Aug.
This is the third work and second book of Across Realtime. (The middle work is a novella which I have previously read.)
23. Sector General by James White - COMPLETED
Begun 5 Jan 2021/completed 9 Jan 2021.
This is part of the omnibus Alien Emergencies and completed my reading of it.
24. Sword of the Lamb by M.K. Wren - COMPLETED
Volume 1 of The Phoenix Legacy.
Begun 9 Sep 2021/completed 16 Sep.
1. Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson - COMPLETED
Begun 21 Apr/completed 24 Apr 2021.
2. Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle - COMPLETED
Begun 28 Sep/completed 3 Oct.
3. Mind-Call by Wilanne Schneider Belden - COMPLETED
Begun 6 Dec/completed 9 Dec.
4. Murder by Magic edited by Rosemary Edghill - COMPLETED
Begun 24 Jan 2021/completed 26 Jan 2021.
5. Mad Amos Malone: The Complete Stories by Alan Dean Foster - COMPLETED
Begun 2 Jan 2021/completed 20 Jan 2021.
I've read about two-thirds of these in a shorter collection, Mad Amos. Old West with magic.
6. Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster - COMPLETED
Begun 19 Dec/completed 26 Dec.
7. Below by Lee Gaiteri - COMPLETED
Begun 7 August 2021/completed 14 August 2021.
Never read this but have been curious about it for a long time.
8. The Bronze of Eddarta by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Begun 6 May 2021/completed 8 May 2021.
I've read the first two volumes of the Gandalara Cycle, so the remaining volumes are now on the list here, starting with this one, volume 3.
9. The Well of Darkness by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Begun 8 May 2021/completed 4 June 2021.
Volume 4 of the Gandalara Cycle.
10. The Search for Ka by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Begun 4 Jun 2021/completed 6 Jun 2021.
Volume 5 of the Gandalara Cycle.
11. Return to Eddarta by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Begun 6 Jun 2021/completed 13 Jun 2021.
Volume 6 of the Gandalara Cycle.
12. The River Wall by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron - COMPLETED
Volume 7 of the Gandalara Cycle.
Begun 13 Jun 2021/completed 2 Jul 2021.
13. The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambly - COMPLETED
Begun 3 Jul/completed 7 Jul.
14. Knave of Dreams by Andre Norton - COMPLETED
Begun 27 Jan 2021/completed 30 Jan 2021. This also completes the omnibus Deadly Dreams.
15. Operation Time Search by Andre Norton - COMPLETED
Begun 2 Jul/completed 3 Jul.
16. The Ship Who Won by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye - COMPLETED
Begun 31 Jan 2021/completed 14 Mar 2021.
17. The Ship Errant by Jody Lynn Nye - COMPLETED
Begun 14 March/completed 31 Dec.
18. Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper - COMPLETED
Begun 18 Apr/completed 22 Apr.
19. Next of Kin by Eric Frank Russell - COMPLETED
Begun 27 March 2021/completed 21 Aug 2021.
20. Fuzzy Bones by William Tuning - COMPLETED
Begun 24 Feb 2021/completed 18 Apr 2021.
21. The Peace War by Vernor Vinge - COMPLETED
Begun 30 Jul 2021/completed 2 Aug 2021.
This is the first book of Across Realtime.
22. Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge - COMPLETED
Begun 2 Aug/completed 8 Aug.
This is the third work and second book of Across Realtime. (The middle work is a novella which I have previously read.)
23. Sector General by James White - COMPLETED
Begun 5 Jan 2021/completed 9 Jan 2021.
This is part of the omnibus Alien Emergencies and completed my reading of it.
24. Sword of the Lamb by M.K. Wren - COMPLETED
Volume 1 of The Phoenix Legacy.
Begun 9 Sep 2021/completed 16 Sep.
2misscleasia
>1 DisassemblyOfReason: Enjoy reading!
4DisassemblyOfReason
Completed Sector General today, which also completes my reading of the omnibus Alien Emergencies.
I started reading the 3 books covered by the omnibus between Christmas and New Years' of 2019, and completing Sector General wraps that up - while it's the middle book of the 3, I ended up not having read them in the order they appear in the omnibus.
I've read some of the short stories in Sector General before, but I didn't remember the last two at all, so I'm doubtful as to whether I've ever read the whole thing before.
I started reading the 3 books covered by the omnibus between Christmas and New Years' of 2019, and completing Sector General wraps that up - while it's the middle book of the 3, I ended up not having read them in the order they appear in the omnibus.
I've read some of the short stories in Sector General before, but I didn't remember the last two at all, so I'm doubtful as to whether I've ever read the whole thing before.
5Cecrow
>4 DisassemblyOfReason:, gah, that's a fear of mine, that I'll read an omnibus and start getting mixed up about which I read. If there's any real concern, I'll put pencil checkmarks in the table of contents just to reassure myself I didn't miss anything, then I can erase them after.
6DisassemblyOfReason
Just completed Amos Malone: The Complete Stories today.
It always seems to take longer than I'd expect to complete a short story collection, for some reason.
It always seems to take longer than I'd expect to complete a short story collection, for some reason.
7Cecrow
I usually linger over them, picking away between other reads, so I think they take me longest of all, lol.
8DisassemblyOfReason
Just completed Murder by Magic.
I didn't remember some of these entries at all - "A Tremble in the Air" was pretty good, for instance, but I didn't remember anything but the title.
I didn't remember some of these entries at all - "A Tremble in the Air" was pretty good, for instance, but I didn't remember anything but the title.
9Cecrow
>8 DisassemblyOfReason:, that was a re-read? Must be good!
10DisassemblyOfReason
>9 Cecrow:
Well, I like it fine. The settings vary a lot - many historical but some contemporary and a couple far future. Some are Golden Age-flavored.
I did enjoy it.
Well, I like it fine. The settings vary a lot - many historical but some contemporary and a couple far future. Some are Golden Age-flavored.
I did enjoy it.
11DisassemblyOfReason
Turns out that the title object in The Well of Darkness is a volcano - the only one in the region where the story takes place.
The narrator knows what it is, but can't explain to his companion, because the local language doesn't have the words he would need to express it.
It's part of a major scene near the end of the book, but doesn't seem to contribute to the overall plot as much as the objects named in the titles of the other books - or at least, not yet.
The narrator knows what it is, but can't explain to his companion, because the local language doesn't have the words he would need to express it.
It's part of a major scene near the end of the book, but doesn't seem to contribute to the overall plot as much as the objects named in the titles of the other books - or at least, not yet.
12DisassemblyOfReason
Finally completed the last TBR challenge book for 2021, The Ship Errant.
13Cecrow
>12 DisassemblyOfReason:, wow, just under the wire, nice job!
