Titles are listed in order reviewed, from oldest to most recent
Tortilla Flat
Steinbeck, John
Humourous stories about the drunk paisano jobless of Monterey.
Henry V
Shakespeare, William
Not as good as the first four!
Maggot, A
Fowles, John
Who is the killer? Who is the mysterious nobleman? Where are my breasts?
Moon is Down, The
Steinbeck, John
The Flies conquer the flypaper!
Cannery Row
Steinbeck, John
More drinking and good times in Monterey.
Eye, The
Herbert, Frank
One good one about Jorj X. McKie, otherwise bland.
Down and Out in Paris and Londen
Orwell, George
George Orwell - the waiter! - the tramp!
Outsider, The
Camus, Albert
Murder on the shores of France!
Long Valley, The
Steinbeck, John
Another group of stories centered in Salinas, California
Fall, The
Camus, Albert
The discourse of a disallusioned soul!
Grapes of Wrath, The
Steinbeck, John
The grapes! The Wrath! The breast feeding!
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fydor
A heady russian jaunt!
Little Deaths
Goldsworthy, Peter
It's like I died and didn't go to heaven....!
Foulcault's Pendulum
Eco, Umberto
(The rubber plant is free!)
Parallel Thinking
De Bono, Edward
Gives a good overview of his other books.
Spares
Smith, Michael Marshall
Has a well developed main character. Not a very realistic world.
Still Life with Woodpecker
Robbins, Tom
Forbidden Love!
Sweet Smell of Psychosis, The
Self, Will
Not the greatest book he has ever written, but not bad.
Idoru
Gibson, William
Fantastic.
Four Days
Buell, John
Crime, murder, etc.
City
Simak, Clifford D
So so sci fi.
All Flesh is Grass
Simak, Clifford D
Strange alien worlds.
Neuromancer
Gibson, William
Really good.
Winter of Our Discontent, The
Steinbeck, John
The feel bad book of the year.
Snow Crash
Stephenson, Neal
Fast paced cyber uh, something or other.
Rune
Fowler, Christoper
Ancient runes, blah blah, computer virus, blah blah, world domination.
Diamond Age, The
Stephenson, Neal
Pretty good, but a bit slow paced.
Dream and the Destiny, The
Cordell, Alexander
One man's journey across China in Mao Tse-tung's red army.
GenX Reader, The
Rushkoff, Douglas
A collection of articles about generation X compiled by Doug Rushkoff, so-so.
Media Virus - Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture
Rushkoff, Douglas
The old Eriksonian double disassociation
Prodigal Genius - The Life of Nicola Tesla
O'Neill, John
I loved that pidgeon, I loved her as a man loves a woman.
Imajica
Barker, Clive
About 600 pages too long.
Women
Bukowski, Charles
A good book
Pulp
Bukowski, Charles
Funny detective story
On The Road
Kerouac, Jack
A bit repetitive
Mother Night
Vonnegut Jr, Kurt
Brilliant black comedy
Breakfast Of Champions
Vonnegut Jr, Kurt
Etc. and so on.
God Bless You Mr Rosewater
Vonnegut Jr, Kurt
Grab much too much, or you'll get nothing at all
Difference Engine, The
Sterling, Bruce
A very bad book. Don't read under an circumstances. Written with William Gibson
Difference Engine, The
Gibson, William
A very bad book. Don't read under an circumstances. Written with Bruce Sterling
All Tomorrows Parties
Gibson, William
Featuring many characters from Idoru
Flash Forward
Sawyer, Robert J
The ending sucked, and the rest wasn't all that great either
Timequake
Vonnegut Jr, Kurt
Kurt Vonnegut rules!
Deadeye Dick
Vonnegut Jr, Kurt
So so. Not as good as his other books
Brave New World
Huxley, Aldous
Biting Social Commentary!
Bluebeard
Vonnegut Jr, Kurt
Grist for the mill
Anthropology and a hundred other stories
Dan Rhodes
A good hours reading