A no-holds-barred-cage-match arena of death for my ideas. Gladiators are all orphans of my brainmeats. Bets accepted at the window.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

The Future of Destination Wonder

Working up my list for next year's Destination Wonder.



Year 1: 2005-2006
Sept. 2005: Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
Oct. 2005: Ring, Koji Suzuki
Nov. 2005: V for Vendetta, Alan Moore, et al.
Dec. 2005: The Etched City, K.J. Bishop
Jan. 2006: A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Feb. 2006: The Light Ages, Ian R. MacLeod
Mar. 2006: Fitzpatrick's War, Theodore Judson
Apr. 2006: Galveston, Sean Stewart
May 2006: Watchmen. Alan Moore, et al.

(Temporary hiatus occurs)

Year 2: 2007-2008
Sept. 2007: The Curse of Chalion, Lois McMaster Bujold
Oct. 2007: Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Nov. 2007: I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
Dec. 2007: The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
Jan. 2008: Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
Feb. 2008: Paragaea, Chris Roberson
Mar. 2008: Resume with Monsters, William Browning Spencer
Apr. 2008: Last Call, Tim Powers
May 2008: Hyperion, Dan Simmons



I'm seriously contemplating asking the group if they'd be willing to read an entire trilogy of books as a single selection, given said trilogy weighed in around 600 pages or so. Specifically, the first three Earthsea books by Ursula K. Le Guin:

A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore

Maybe they'll go for it.

Maybe they'll just shoot me.

It's a toss-up, really.

No comments: