Books listed with date of completion. This was a year with a massive change in reading style. I only read 10 books in 2014, not including texts skimmed for the sake of picking up something for my PhD. All my spare time was saddled with PhD obligations, and spare time outside that I really did not want to spend sitting and reading. Readying suddenly picked up again around May 2015 when I was finally done any major PhD work. I read 34 books this year, tending towards super-long sci-fi books at the end; a genre I feel I’ve missed out on for a couple years.
My favourite book these past years was absolutely Peter Watts’ Blindsight and absolutely anyone with an interest in neuroscience or civilization or lived experience or space should read it.
The Star Diaries – Stanislaw Lem – Jan 2, 2013
Solaris – Stanislaw Lem – Jan 18, 2013
The Cyberiad – Stanislaw Lem – March 10, 2013
Saga Vol. 1 – Brian K. Vaughan – March 10, 2013
Thief of Thieves Vol. 1 – March 15, 2013
Sweet Silver Blues – Glen Cook – March 18, 2013
Guerillas – Vol. 1 – Brahm Revel March 23, 2013
Digital Theatre – Steve Dixon – May 9, 2013
Simulations – Jean Baudrillard – May 14, 2013
Tank Girl Vol 1 – May 17, 2013
Genius – Seagle & Kristiansen – July 12, 2013
Skim – Mariko and Jillian Tamaki – July 24, 2013
Hipless Boy – Oct 15, 2013
War Below Zero (1944) – Oct 22, 2013 (ish?)
Etymologicon – Mark Forsyth Nov 25, 2013
Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood March 9, 2014
Rollback – Robert J. Sawyer – March 13, 2014
The Last Canadian – William C. Heine – March 19, 2014
Hyperion – Dan Simmons – April 1, 2014
Fall of Hyperion – Dan Simmons – May 12, 2014
Storm of Swords – June 3, 2014
A Feast for Crows – June 13, 2014
Bitter Gold Hearts – Glen Cook – July 31, 2014
Mortal Engines – Stanislaw Lem – Oct 9, 2014
Reamde – Neal Stephenson – Dec 5, 2014
The Comic Book Guide To The Mission – Lauren Davis – Jan 17, 2015
Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury – Feb 11, 2015
Saga Volume 4 – Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples – Feb 20, 2015
Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection – Ed: Matt Dembicki – Mar 8, 2015
Micromegas – Voltaire – April 6, 2015
Un Lun Dun – China Mieville – April 7, 2015
Incandescence – Greg Egan – April 26, 2015
Second Quest – David Hellman & Tevis Thompson – April 29, 2015
Little Brother – Cory Doctorow – May 24, 2015
Foundation – Isaac Asimov – May 29, 2015
Excession – Iain M. Banks – June 10, 2015
Homeland – Cory Doctorow – June 25, 2015
The Martian – Andy Weir – June 26, 2015
Seveneves – Neal Stephenson – June 29, 2015
The Astronauts Must Not Land – John Brunner – July 3, 2015
Player of Games – Iain M. Banks – July 7, 2015
Consider Phlebas – Iain M. Banks – July 13, 2015
Blindsight – Peter Watts – August 8, 2015
Echopraxia – Peter Watts – August 18, 2015
Venture Deals – Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson – Sept 6, 2015
Sacrifice – Sam Humphries & Dalton Rose – Sept 15, 2015
Managing Martians – Donna Shirley – Sept 27, 2015
The Circle – Dave Eggers – Sept 29, 2015
Saga Vol. 5 – Brian K. Vaughan – Oct 11, 2015
Pushing Ice – Alastair Reynolds – Oct 19, 2015
The Canadian in America – Brian D. Wruk & Terry F. Ritchie – Oct 27, 2015
The Space Hero’s Guide to Glory – Nick Hurwitch & Phil Hornshaw – Nov 8, 2015
Leviathan Wakes – James S.A. Corey – Nov 29, 2015
Caliban’s War – James S.A. Corey – Dec 13, 2015
Abaddon’s Gate – James S.A. Corey – Dec 21, 2015
Fatale Volume 1 – Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips – Dec 22, 2015
A Traveler’s Guide to Mars – William K. Hartmann – Dec 25, 2015
The Three Body Problem – Liu Cixin – Dec 27, 2015
The Dark Forest – Liu Cixin – Dec 30, 2015