Zodiac

by Neal Stephenson

Sort of like a cross between reading a Neal Stephenson novel and watching Commando.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

I can't wait until they start doing literary mashups for real.

Breaking Dawn

By Stephenie Meyer

I think the whole series was worth it for the moment when Edward first whispered his daughter's name in pain. Anguished pain.

Eclipse

By Stephenie Meyer

Force of habit.

Infinite Jest

by David Foster Wallace

Not very funny at all. How were 1079 pages not enough?

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

Somewhat delightful after all.

Eye in the Sky

by Philip K. Dick

Knowing Philip K. Dick as I do, I wonder why I thought it would STAY a novel about a world where religion was repeatable, instead of turning into a story about hideous insect-monsters and inside-out cat monstrosities?

The Sirens Sang of Murder

by Sarah Caudwell

Two good narrators!

The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

I would have loved the hell out of this book as a teenager.

Far Rainbow / The 2nd Invasion from Mars

by Boris and Arkady Strugatski

Way better than "hard to be a god".  Except I think I would like to be a cookie-eating beer-drinking cow.

Buddhists Talk about Jesus, Christians Talk about the Buddha

edited by Rita M. Gross and Terry C. Muck

lots to think about

When you are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

This is like the opposite of once, in the sense that even the sad stories are happy.

We Can Build You

by Philip K. Dick.

It's a good book, but it has a thoroughly misleading title and description. It could more accurately be called "We Can Build a Manic-Depressive Lincoln like you." It's about mental illness, start to finish.

Good Omens

by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Man, I forgot how relentless Terry Pratchett was.

Galactic Pot Healer

by Philip K. Dick

This must be one of the books he wrote to pay for food while extremely high.  Which does not mean that it is not, in its own way, awesome.

The Princess Bride

by Simon Morgenstern (abridged by William Goldman)

It's weird - the book feels like it has a different style from all the movies I've seen with Goldman screenplays, including the Princess Bride.  Even the parts written by Goldman, not Morgenstern.

How Jesus Became Christian

by Barrie Wilson.

Wow.  How haven't I heard these things before?

Reads like a relatively entertaining dissertation, though it repeats itself so many times you only nead to read about a quarter, I think.

ANGLER

by Barton Gellman

New Moon

by Stephenie Meyer

This one was less about hotness and more about sadness, but otherwise much the same.  Also, display these books in a public place and invite friends over - you may be surprised.

Twilight

By Stephenie Meyer

I was right; it was like Harry Potter.  But with sexier sexiness.

A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemmingway.

The style feels so simple.  It's like meditating.

Once

by Rebecca Rosenblum

Are all of these stories sad?  Even the happy ones?  Was that just me?