Books Ron read in 2011

Book titles link to the work's page on LibraryThing. Angle brackets (>>>) indicate a book from the ReadingPlan. There should be at least as many of these after item 50 as not.

See also BooksRonRead.

1. Blindsight, Peter Watts, 2006, 3 Jan (reread)
2. Kaleidoscope Century, John Barnes, 1995, 11 Jan
3. The Asperger Love Guide, Genevieve Edmonds and Dean Worton, 2006, 15 Jan
4. A Technique for Producing Ideas, James Webb Young, 2003, 31 Jan
5. Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer, Robert Swartwood, 2010, 1 Feb
6. >>> The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos, Brian Greene, 2011, 10 Feb
7. >>> Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, Jane McGonigal, 2011, 25 Feb
8. For the Win, Cory Doctorow, 2010, 25 Feb
9. >>> Parallel Play: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger's, Tim Page, 2009, 26 Feb
10. >>> A Theory of Fun for Game Design, Raph Koster, 2004, 5 Mar
11. >>> The Dying Earth, Jack Vance, 1950, 16 Mar
12. >>> The Eyes of the Overworld, Jack Vance, 1966, 20 Mar
13. Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers, John Elder Robison, 2011, 23 Mar
14. >>> Cugel's Saga, Jack Vance, 1983, 28 Mar
15. Fables, Volume 15: Rose Red, Bill Willingham, 2011, 1 Apr (issues 94-100)
16. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, Joshua Foer, 2011, 2 Apr
17. Crysis: Legion, Peter Watts, 2011, 6 Apr (The first, and ghod willing, last SF novel I have ever read or will ever read based on a video game. But it was great, because it was Peter Watts.)
18. >>> Rhialto the Marvellous, Jack Vance, 1984, 9 Apr
19. >>> Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance, George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (ed.), 2009, 26 Apr
20. The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them), Peter Sagal, 2008, 7 May
21. Jack of Fables, Volume 8: The Fulminate Blade, Bill Willingham, 2011, 14 May (approx.)
22. Jack of Fables, Volume 9: The Ultimate Jack of Fables Story, Bill Willingham, 2011, 14 May
23. 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America, Albert Brooks, 2011, 15 May
24. >>> Mindfulness in Plain English, Updated and Expanded Edition, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, 2002, 28 May
25. Future Babble, Dan Gardner, 2010, 29 May
26. >>> How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, Pierre Bayard, 2007, 4 Jun
27. What Can Be Saved from the Wreckage?: James Branch Cabell in the Twenty-First Century, Michael Swanwick, 2007, 10 Jun
28. Embassytown, China Miéville, 2011, 16 Jun
29. >>> IF Theory Reader, Kevin Jackson-Mead, 2011, 20 Jun
30. Go the Fuck to Sleep, Adam Mansbach, 2011, 21 Jun
31. >>> The Clockwork Rocket, Greg Egan, 2011, 25 Jun
32. The Time Machine Did It, John Swartzwelder, 2004, 27 Jun
33. How I Conquered Your Planet, John Swartzwelder, 2006, 3 Jul
34. The Exploding Detective, John Swartzwelder, 2007, 5 Jul
35. Dead Men Scare Me Stupid, John Swartzwelder, 2008, 6 Jul
36. >>> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon, 2000, 26 Jul
37. >>> Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies), Nick Montfort & Ian Bogost, 2009, 27 Jul
38. The Magician King, Lev Grossman, 2011, 31 Jul
39. >>> Rambles Through My Library, Raymond Smullyan, 2009, 4 Aug
40. Implied Spaces, Walter Jon Williams, 2008, 6 Aug
41. Holy Fire, Bruce Sterling, 1997, 15 Aug (reread)
42. Mindhacker: 60 Tips, Tricks, and Games to Take Your Mind to the Next Level, Ron Hale-Evans and Marty Hale-Evans, 2011, 18 Aug (my own book; first time I read it through as a finished work)
43. >>> Tabletop: Analog Game Design, Greg Costikyan, Drew Davidson, et al., 2011, 1 Sep
44. >>> Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels, Scott McCloud, 2006, 5 Sep
45. Earth vs. Everybody, John Swartzwelder, 2009, 8 Sep
46. Stories of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang, 2002, 10 Sep (reread)
47. The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang, 2010, 14 Sep (reread)
48. Congress of the Animals, Jim Woodring, 2011, 17 Sep
49. Against Peace and Freedom, Mark Rosenfelder, 2011, 26 Sep
50. >>> Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud, 1993, 27 Sep (reread)
51. Cinderella: Fables Are Forever, Chris Roberson, 2012, 2 Oct
52. >>> Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel, 2006, 6 Oct
53. Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content (Second Edition), Mark Levy, 2010, 12 Oct
54. >>> Evolutionary Game Design, Cameron Browne, 2011, 12 Oct
55. >>> The Children of the Sky, Vernor Vinge, 2011, 29 Oct
56. Tales of Pirx the Pilot, Stanislaw Lem, 1968, 10 Nov
57. >>> Kobold Guide to Board Game Design, Jeff Tidball (ed.), 2011, 11 Nov
58. More Tales of Pirx the Pilot, Stanislaw Lem, 1983, 17 Nov
59. >>> Existentialism For Dummies, Christopher Panza & Gregory Gale, 2008, 3 Dec
60. Uriah Jewett and the Sea Serpent of Lake Memphemagog, George C. Merrill, 1917, 3 Dec
61. The Last Man on Earth Club, Paul R. Hardy, 2011, 16 Dec
62. >>> Eunoia: The Upgraded Edition, Christian Bok, 2001, 23 Dec
63. And Another Thing..., Eoin Colfer, 2009, 27 Dec (full text, not abridged audio version as before)

(Ending 2011 down 1 "bucket book")