What did you read in 2020?

[DEWLine]

At the moment, I'm rereading TNG: Intellivore by Diane Duane. Shorter than usual for her, but given the constraints of the day when she wrote it...

Anyway, I'm fixating on her references to star names mostly IAU-approvable on first read again, and trying to find B Hydri via SIMBAD with no luck. It's got to exist, right?

 

[F. King Daniel]

I read Rogue Saucer, those 2 Kelvin Universe novels and I'm halfway through Troublesome Minds right now.

It's been a very busy year.

Oh! Forgot Picard: Last Best Hope, the Picard autobiography, a bunch of comics including Hive and a mountain of ancient fanfic including much of Kraith.

 

[Daddy Todd]

ancient fanfic including much of Kraith.

I look forward to your views on Kraith. I'm also reading some ancient fanfic. I'm enjoying the experience, even when I don't enjoy a particular fic.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Recreationally, i.e. not for work or research, these...


1) – LEARNED OPTIMISM by Martin EP Seligman
2) – DAWN OF THE DUMB by Charlie Brooker
3) – THE SEARCHERS by Alan Le May
4) – THE BURGLAR CAUGHT BY A SKELETON by Jeremy Clay
5 – THE JUDGE CHILD by John Wagner, Alan Grant, et al6 – DEAD ISLAND by Mark Morris
7 – THE MURDER ON THE LINKS by Agatha Christie
8- GERMAN LONGSWORD STUDY GUIDE by Keith Farrell and Alex Bourdas
9 – A VERY BRITISH MURDER by Lucy Worsley
10 – SPARTAN GOLD by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood
11- SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST by Sabine C Bauer
12 – MY WICKED WICKED WAYS by Errol Flynn
13 – CHANGELESS by Gail Carriger
14 – SIN CITY 7: HELL AND BACK by Frank Miller
15 – SEVEN OF NINE by Christie Golden.
16 – THE WANTED by Robert Crais
17 – A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AMAZONS, Women Warriors In Myth And History, by Lyn Webster Wild.
18 – BEDLAM; LONDON AND ITS MAD by Catharine Arnold
19 – THE CAT LOVER’S COFFEE TABLE BOOK. By Nanette Newman, Graham Tarrant, and Edward McGlachlan.
20 – BLITZCAT by Robert Westall
21 – MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Agatha Christie.
22 – TWELVE ANGELS WEEPING by David Rudden

 

[bfollowell]

I've usually started this thread the past few years. I'm glad to see someone else started one while I was AWOL.

This was a busy year with lots of side projects, other hobbies, and a new grandson to interfere with my reading, so I was way down this year. I only read 18 books this year and 4 of those were graphic novel compilations. I only read six Star Trek related titles this year.

Here's how my year panned out:

The Walking Dead, Vol. 30: New World Order by Robert Kirkman
The Walking Dead, Vol. 31: The Rotten Core by Robert Kirkman
The Walking Dead, Vol. 32: Rest In Peace by Robert Kirkman
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
The Walking Dead: Here's Negan! by Robert Kirkman
Star Trek: Picard: Countdown by Kirsten Beyer
Star Trek: Discovery: Dead Endless by Dave Galanter
The Ironclads by Frank R. Donovan
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Antares Maelstrom by Greg Cox
Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack
The Rising: The Newsflesh Trilogy by Mira Grant
Feedback (Newsflesh, #4) by Mira Grant
Star Trek: Discovery: Die Standing by John Jackson Miller
The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers, #1) by Alex White
Relentless (Drizzt Trilogy #3; The Legend of Drizzt #33) by R.A. Salvatore
Star Trek: Voyager: To Lose the Earth by Kirsten Beyer
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2) by Ernest Cline

 

[Daddy Todd]

My 2020 reading (includes graphic novels, fanzines, audiobooks, etc.)

Interstat #25-#30 (fz) ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch
Interstat #31-#36 (fz) ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch
Interstat #37-#42 (fz) ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch
Interstat #43-#50 (fz) ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch
The Halkan Council (fz) #1-#3, #5-#6 ed. By Shirley Huang & Sandy Yingling
Discovery: Aftermath #1-#3 (gn) by Kirsten Beyer & Mike Johnson/Tony Shasteen & J.D. Mettler
The Halkan Council (fz) #7-#12 ed. by Shirley Huang & Sandy Yingling
The Halkan Council (fz) #13-#18 ed. by Shirley Huang & Sandy Yingling
Doctor's Orders (audiobook) by Diane Duane
The Halkan Council (fz) #19-#27 ed. by Shirley Huang & Sandy Yingling
Interstat (fz) #51-#56 ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch
Swordhunt/Honor Blade by Diane Duane
Discovery: Dead Endless (audiobook) by Dave Galanter
The Empty Chair by Diane Duane
The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre
The Monkees by Andrew Sandoval
Picard: The Last Best Hope (audiobook) by Una McCormack
The Darkover Newsletter (fz) 8,9/10,19/20-28, 31-54 edited by Ann Sharp
The Klingon Gambit by Robert E. Vardeman
Benchmarks Revisited by Algis Budrys
The Higher Frontier (audiobook) by Christopher L. Bennett
Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles by Kenneth Womanck
Monkee Business: The Revolutionary Made-For-TV Band by Eric Lefcowitz
Benchmarks Continued by Algis Budrys
Wuvable Oaf (gn) by Ed Luce
Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal (gn) by Ed Luce
The Interdependency III: The Last Emperox (audiobook) by John Scalzi
Stardate 8-11 (fz) edited by Various
Black Fire by Sonni Cooper
Infinite Diversity #5 (fz) ed by Pat Harris (Black Fire cut scenes by Sonni Cooper)
Star Trek (Kelvin): The Unsettling Stars (Audiobook) by Alan Dean Foster
Star Trek: DeepSpace Nine (Seasons 1-7) by Various/Various
24 Frames into the Future by John Scalzi
Farscape: Red Sky at Morning (gn) by O'Bannon & DeCandido/Sliney & Atkinson
Farscape: Scorpius: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (gn) by O'Bannon & Mack/Ruiz & Woodward
Farscape: Compulsions (gn) by O'Bannon & DeCandido/Sliney & Atkinson
Farscape: Scorpius: Glorious Basterds (gn) by O'Bannon & Mack/Purcell & Woodward
A Budrys Miscellany by Algis Budrys
Benchmarks Concluded by Algis Budrys
These Are The Voyages - Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970's II by Marc Cushman
These Are The Voyages - Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970's III by Marc Cushman
Star Trek - The Motion Picture: Inside the Art & Visual Effects by Jeff Bond & Gene Kozicki
The Beatles Finally Let It Be by Bruce Spizer
Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films by Matthew Field & Ajay Chowdhury
James Bond Films: 1962-20 (movies) Various/Various/Various
Beyond the Outposts by Algis Budrys
Consider Phlebas (audiobook) by Iain M. Banks
The Book on the Edge of Forever by Christopher Priest
In Search of Wonder, Third Edition by Damon Knight
The Futurians by Damon Knight
The Issue at Hand by "William Atheling, Jr." (James Blish)
More Issues at Hand by "William Atheling, Jr." (James Blish)
Elton John: Jewel Box by Elton John, Bernie Taupin, etc.
The Tale That Wags The God by James Blish
New Maps of Hell by Kingsley Amis
All Our Yesterdays: The Fanzine Columns by Harry Warner, Jr.
Space: 1999 1: Breakaway (Powysverse equivalent) by Ball/Tubb/Booth/Jansen/Sokol
Space: 1999 2: Moon Odyssey (Powysverse equivalent) by Tubb/Rankine/Ball
Space: 1999 3: The Space Guardians (Powysverse equivalent) by Brian Ball/John Rankine

So, a bunch of Sci-Fi criticism from the '40's to the '80's, a bunch of nostalgic stuff, Trek fanzines from the golden era of Trekfandon (the '70's), Scalzi new and old, and my belated discovery of Banks's The Culture. All in all, a great year.

 

[frankieteardrop]

Books
Narrow Rooms by James Purdy
Star Trek: Picard - The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack
The Ghastly One: The 42nd Street Netherworld of Director Andy Milligan by Jimmy McDonough
Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby
Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin
Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary by Sasha Geffen
Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
Gothic Queer Culture: Marginalized Communities and the Ghosts of Insidious Trauma by Laura Westengard
Dad Made Dirty Movies: The Erotic World of Stephen C. Apostolof by Joe Blevins and Jordan Todorov
The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack

Comics
The Lonliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine
Killadelphia by Rodney Barnes, Jason Shawn, Alexander, Luis NCT, and Marshall Dillon
Hedra by Jesse Longergan
The Green Lantern Season Two #1-10 by Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp, Xermanico, Steve Oliff, Steven Wands and Tom Orzechowski
Lois Lane #1-12 by Greg Rucka, Mike Perkins, Paul Mounts, Andy Troy, Gabe Eltaeb and Simon Bowland
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1-12 by Matt Fraction, Steve Lieber, Nathan Fairburn
Witch Hat Atelier Vol 1-6 by Kamome Shirahama
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice #1-4 by David Tipton, Scott Tipton, Greg Scott, and Felipe Sobreiro
House of X/Powers of X Vol 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, R.B. Silva and Marte Gracia
John Constantine: Hellblazer by Simon Spurrier, Aaron Campbell, Matias Bergara, Jordie Bellaire, & Aditya Bidikar
Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru, & Janice Chiang
Kill a Man by Steve Orlando, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Alec Morgan and Jim Campbell

Wuvable Oaf (gn) by Ed Luce
Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal (gn) by Ed Luce

I love Ed Luce! Came to his work via his contributions to Henry & Glenn Forever and dove right into Wuvable Oaf from there. There should be more comics about cat-loving grindcore bears with satanic wrestling alter-egos.

 

[Daddy Todd]

There should be more comics about cat-loving grindcore bears with satanic wrestling alter-egos.

I could not possibly agree more fervently!

 

[StefanM]

My Cross Cult Star Trek reading list 2020:

86 Star Trek – New Frontier Band 13 Stein und Amboss (Peter David Stone and Anvil ) 15.12.2019-19.02.2020 67
87 Star Trek – Picard Band 1 Die letzte und einzige Hoffnung (Una McCormack The Last Best Hope ) 20.02.2020-06.04.2020 47
88 Star Trek – The Fall Band 1 Erkenntnisse aus Ruinen (David R. George III Revelations and Dust) 07.04.2020-17.05.2020 41
89 Star Trek – The Fall Band 2 Der karminrote Schatten (Una McCormack The Crimson Shadow) 18.05.2020-08.06.2020 22
90 Star Trek – The Original Series Band 7 Früher war alles besser (Greg Cox No Time Like the Past) 23.05.2020-08.06.2020 17
91 Star Trek – The Original Series Band 4 Der Friedenstifter (Jerry Oltion Mudd in Your Eye ) 14.06.2020-05.07.2020 22
92 Star Trek – The Fall Band 3 Auf verlorenem Posten (David Mack A Ceremony of Losses) 09.06.2020-18.07.2020 40
93 Star Trek – Voyager Band 11 Sühne (Kirsten Beyer Atonement) 14.10.2019-30.07.2020 291
94 Star Trek – Titan Band 7 Gefallene Götter (Michael A. Martin Fallen Gods) 31.07.2020-07.08.2020 8
95 Star Trek – The Original Series Band 2 Feuertaufe: Spock – Das Feuer und die Rose (David R. George III Spock – The Fire and the Rose) 18.07.2020-31.08.2020 45
96 Star Trek – The Fall Band 4 Der Giftbecher (James Swallow The Poisoned Chalice) 19.07.2020-09.09.2020 53
97 Star Trek – The Next Generation Band 11 Das Licht der Fantasie (Jeffrey Lang The Light Fantastic) 08.08.2020-17.10.2020 71
102/1 Star Trek – The Original Series Band 9 Miasma (Greg Cox Miasma) 13.10.2020-12.11.2020 31
98 Star Trek – Prometheus Band 1 Feuer gegen Feuer (Bernd Perplies & Christian Humberg Fire with Fire) 18.07.2020-21.11.2020 127
99 Star Trek – Prometheus Band 2 Der Ursprung allen Zorns (Bernd Perplies & Christian Humberg The Root of All Rage 22.11.2020-28.11.2020 7
102/2 Star Trek – The Next Generation Der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind (James Swallow The Stuff of Dreams) 18.10.2020-29.11.2020 43
100 Star Trek – The Fall Band 5 Königreiche des Friedens (Dayton Ward Peaceable Kingdoms) 10.09.2020-09.12.2020 91
101 Star Trek – Prometheus Band 3 Im Herz des Chaos (Bernd Perplies & Christian Humberg In the Heart of Chaos) 29.11.2020-10.12.2020 12
102/3 Star Trek – Titan Abwesende Feinde (John Jackson Miller Absent Enemies) 30.11.2020-14.12.2020 15
103 Star Trek – The Next Generation Band 12 Jagd (John Jackson Miller Takedown) 15.12.2020-30.12.2020 16