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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 9301397" data-attributes="member: 59082">Inspired by Bookpilled on Youtube (great sf reviewer), I'm going for a 100 Book Challenge, mostly drawn from books I already own, and mostly SF, with some fantasy, horror and mimesis thrown in. I don't plan on reading 100 books in 2024 - that is unrealistic - but I am including books I start but don't finish (&quot;DNF&quot;) and am keeping track of what I'm reading, and giving them grades. So it is really a challenge to read at least the first chapter of 100 books, and see what sticks. I started in early February, and so far:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Rocannon's World - Ursula K Le Guin: B. A nice, brisque read, but not one of her best (it was her first).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Harvest - Robert Charles Wilson: B+. Good early 90s alien virus/invasion story. Some cool ideas, Wilson is good at characterization; the pay-off wasn't quite as grand as I hoped, but still very good.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Blind Lake - Robert Charles Wilson: DNF. Read a few chapters but it draw me in as much as The Harvest.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Norstrilia - Cordwainer Smith: DNF. Great writer, but wasn't feeling it so quit after a couple chapters. Might come back to. Cult classic.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Black Easter - James Blish: A-. Interesting &quot;demonic invasion&quot; story with lots of great, well-researched magical lore. The end sequence was great; will be reading the sequel.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Night's Master - Tanith Lee: DNF. Great gothic stylist, but I wasn't quite in the mood for the &quot;dark erotica.&quot; Will probably come back to, but I'm more drawn to some of her scifi.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Downward to the Earth - Robert Silverberg. Just started - like it a lot so far.</li>
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[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 9301397, member: 59082"] Inspired by Bookpilled on Youtube (great sf reviewer), I'm going for a 100 Book Challenge, mostly drawn from books I already own, and mostly SF, with some fantasy, horror and mimesis thrown in. I don't plan on reading 100 books in 2024 - that is unrealistic - but I am including books I start but don't finish ("DNF") and am keeping track of what I'm reading, and giving them grades. So it is really a challenge to read at least the first chapter of 100 books, and see what sticks. I started in early February, and so far: [LIST=1] [*][B][I]Rocannon's World[/I] - Ursula K Le Guin: [/B]B. A nice, brisque read, but not one of her best (it was her first). [*][I][B]The Harvest[/B] - [/I][B]Robert Charles Wilson: [/B]B+. Good early 90s alien virus/invasion story. Some cool ideas, Wilson is good at characterization; the pay-off wasn't quite as grand as I hoped, but still very good. [*][I][B]Blind Lake - [/B][/I][B]Robert Charles Wilson: [/B]DNF. Read a few chapters but it draw me in as much as [I]The Harvest.[/I] [*][I][B]Norstrilia - [/B][/I][B]Cordwainer Smith: [/B]DNF. Great writer, but wasn't feeling it so quit after a couple chapters. Might come back to. Cult classic. [*][B][I]Black Easter - [/I][/B][I] [/I][B]James Blish: A-[/B]. Interesting "demonic invasion" story with lots of great, well-researched magical lore. The end sequence was great; will be reading the sequel. [*][B][I]Night's Master[/I] [/B]- [B]Tanith Lee: [/B]DNF. Great gothic stylist, but I wasn't quite in the mood for the "dark erotica." Will probably come back to, but I'm more drawn to some of her scifi. [*][B][I]Downward to the Earth [/I][/B][I]- [/I][B]Robert Silverberg. [/B]Just started - like it a lot so far. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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