Wishlist
"Never judge a book by its movie."--J.W. Eagan
Books that I haven't read that my heart desires. Maybe they're out of print, or the library doesn't carry them. This is by no means comprehensive, and you wouldn't want a comprehensive list. (As for books that I have read, but don't own and still desire, you're better off contacting me directly.)
Books are listed in rough order of preference. Also, I am a fan of used bookstores. What can I say?
New option for e-shoppers: my Amazon.com wishlist. Be warned it's long; I don't expect to get any of the books on it in a long time, and I'm all for used books and paperbacks where available. But I thought, why not dump the entire thing there so the curious have options (and so I can keep track, too!).
Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Fool on a Hill by Matt Ruff (fantasy), though I won't permit myself to read it until finishing a certain novel/la-in-progress.
- Lady Cottingdon's Pressed Fairy Book by Brian Froud (art/fantasy).
- The Bloody Sun, The Shattered Chain, The Spell Sword, and The Forbidden Tower by Marion Zimmer Bradley (science fantasy, DARKOVER series).
- Little, Big by John Crowley (fantasy).
- Finity's End by C.J. Cherryh (sf, UNION-ALLIANCE).
- The Heavenward Path by Kara Dalkey (historical fantasy).
- The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle (fantasy).
- Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll.
- The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin (sf).
- The Worm Ourobouros by E.R. Eddison (fantasy).
Nonfiction & Other
- Anything to do with Planescape. (I only have the boxed set.)
- Realms of Impossibility: Water, ed. C.J. Lim & Ed Liu (architecture, and cool beyond belief).
- Oriental Flower Designs and Motifs for Artists, Needleworkers and Craftspeople by Ming-ju Sun (art).
- African Designs from Traditional Sources by Geoffrey Williams (art).
- Mexican Indian Folk Designs: 200 Motifs from Textiles by Irmgard Weitlaner-Johnson (art).
- Islamic Design for Artists and Craftspeople by Eva Wilson (art).
- Speaking of Chinese by Raymond Chang and Margaret Scrogin Chang (linguistics).
- Any decent grammar for Kreyol (Haitian Creole).
- Any Pimsleur language-learning cassette/book set, because I like collecting languages.
- The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read and Write It by Nicolas Awde & Putros Samano (linguistics).
- Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam by Robert G. Hoyland (history).
- Sixteen Scandals: Twenty Years of Sex, Lies and Other Habits of Our Great Leaders by William Strauss and Elaina Newport. Yay for the Capitol Steps!
- Stretching a Point by Mitch Struble (math/topology).
- Acts of War: The Behavior of Men in Battle by Richard Holmes (military history/combat psychology?).
- Any of Basho's poetry (preferably with English translations, too).
- Any of Siegfried Sassoon's poetry.
- The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in English translation (Chinese literature).
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