Books I've read since graduation, May 28, 2005:

Fiction
  • Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro (04/2005)
  • Stolen (Women of the Otherworld: Book II), by Kelley Armstrong (11/2002)
  • Dime Store Magic (Women of the Otherworld), by Kelley Armstrong (02/2004)
  • Industrial Magic (Women of the Otherworld), by Kelley Armstrong (09/2004)
  • Haunted (Women of the Otherworld), by Kelley Armstrong (05/2005)
  • Inside Job, by Connie Willis (06/2005)
  • Captain Blood: His Odyssey, by Rafael Sabatini (1922)
  • Postscripts Magazine, Number 3, ed. by Peter Crowther (Spring 2005)
  • Potshot (A Spencer Novel), by Robert B. Parker (03/2001)
  • Spotted Lily, by Anna Tambour (03/2005)
  • The Genizah at the House of Shepher, by Tamar Yellin (03/2005)
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon (05/2003)
  • Lint, by Steve Aylett (05/2005)
  • Dark Nest I: The Joiner King (Star Wars), by Troy Denning (07/2005)
  • The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, by Yann Martel (03/1993; rev. 2004)
  • Subterranean Magazine, Number 1, ed. by William Schafer (07/2005)
  • "The Dybbuk in Love", by Sonya Taaffe (08/2004)
  • The Trial, by Franz Kafka [Der Prozess; translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir] (1914-1915)
  • The Girl in the Glass, by Jeffrey Ford (08/2005)
  • Tainaron: Mail from Another City, by Leena Krohn [Tainaron: Postia toisesta kaupungista; translated from the Finnish by Hildi Hawkins] (1985)
  • Taras Bulba, by Nikolai Gogol [Taras Bul'ba; translated from the Russian by Peter Constantine] (1835; rev. 1842)
  • The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines, by John Crowley (12/2002)
  • Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore (03/2002)
  • In the Palace of Repose, by Holly Phillips (02/2005)
  • Magic for Beginners, by Kelly Link (2005)
  • The Night Life of the Gods, by Thorne Smith (1931)
  • Lords of Swords, ed. by Daniel E. Blackston (2004)
  • The Monarch of the Glen (An American Gods Novella), by Neil Gaiman (01/2004)
  • Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (Star Wars), by Troy Denning (09/2005)
  • Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman (09/2005)
  • The Five Fingers, by Gayle Rivers and James Hudson (02/1978)
  • Borges and the Eternal Orangutans, by Luis Fernando Verissimo [Borges e os Orangotangos Eternos; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa] (2000)
  • The Great Victorian Collection, by Brian Moore (1975)
  • The Light That Failed, by Rudyard Kipling (1891)
  • The Chess Garden; or, The Twilight Letters of Gustav Uyterhoeven, by Brooks Hansen (1995)
  • An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil, by Jim Munroe (2004)
  • The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov [Мастер и Маргарита; translated from the Russian by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor] (1938)
  • Poland, by James A. Michener (1983)
  • The Thousand and One Nights, ed. by Muhsin Mahdi [Alf Layla wa Layla (based on the text of the fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript); translated from the Arabic by Husain Haddawy]
  • The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, by Jan Potocki [Manuscrit Trouvé à Saragosse; translated from the French by Elisabeth Abbott] (1804-1813)
  • Seven Brothers, by Aleksis Kivi [Seitsemän Veljestä; translated from the Finnish by Richard A. Impola] (1870)
  • The Tin Drum, by Günter Grass [Die Blechtrommel; translated from the German by Ralph Manheim] (1959)
  • Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages, selected by Harold Bloom (10/2001)
  • Three Kingdoms, by Luo Guanzhong [Sanguo Yanyi; translated by Moss Roberts] (c.1370?; first known manuscript 1522)


  • Nonfiction
  • The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, by Steven Pinker (09/2002)
  • Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science, by Charles Wheelan (09/2002)
  • War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges (09/2002)
  • The Sibling Society, by Robert Bly (01/1996)
  • Chance: A Guide to Gambling, Love, the Stock Market, & Just About Everything Else, by Amir D. Aczel (10/2004)
  • How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology & Markets, by Andy Kessler (06/2005)
  • Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, by Scott McCloud (1993)
  • Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss (11/2003)
  • A People's History of the United States: 1492 - Present, by Howard Zinn (1980; rev. 2003)
  • Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas, by John Shirley (2004)
  • Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition, by Czesław Miłosz [Rodzinna Europa; translated from the Polish by Catherine S. Leach] (1958)
  • Time, the Familiar Stranger, by J. T. Fraser (1987)
  • The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, by Joel Bakan (03/2004)
  • Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay, LL.D. (1841)
  • Kwangju Diary: Beyond Death, Beyond the Darkness of the Age, by Lee Jai-eui [Chugŭm ŭl nŏmŏ sidae ŭi ŏdum ŭl nŏmŏ (1985) and O ilp’ al kŭ sam kwa chugŭm ŭi kirok (1989); translated from the Korean by Kap Su Seol and Nick Mamatas] (1985; rev. 1989)
  • Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty, by Muhammad Yunus with Alan Jolis (10/1998)
  • A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, by Karen Armstrong (02/1993)
  • The Western Intellectual Tradition: From Leonardo to Hegel, by Jacob Bronowski & Bruce Mazlish (06/1960)
  • Culture and Prosperity: The Truth About Markets - Why Some Nations Are Rich but Most Remain Poor, by John Kay (05/2003)
  • Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, by Matt Ridley (09/1999)


  • Poetry
  • Postcards from the Province of Hyphens, by Sonya Taaffe (2005)
  • View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems, by Wisława Szymborska [translated from the Polish by Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh] (05/1995)
  • Oracles: A Pilgrimage, by Catherynne M. Valente (2005)
  • Selected Poems, by Ondra Lysohorsky [translated from the Lachian and German by Ewald Osers, Hugh McKinley, Isobel Levitin, W.H. Auden and Lydia Pasternak Slater] (1971; poems from 1934-1969)
  • A Treatise on Poetry, by Czesław Miłosz [Traktat Poetycki; translated from the Polish by Robert Hass] (1956)
  • The Prodigal, by Derek Walcott (10/2004)


  • Graphic Fiction
  • Astro City: Life in the Big City TPB, by Kurt Busiek, art by Brent Anderson (1995-1996)
  • Astro City: Confession TPB, by Kurt Busiek, art by Brent Anderson (1996-1997)
  • Astro City: Family Album TPB, by Kurt Busiek, art by Brent Anderson (1996-1997)
  • Astro City: The Tarnished Angel TPB, by Kurt Busiek, art by Brent Anderson (1997-1998)
  • Mystique, Vol. 1: Drop Dead Gorgeous TPB, by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Jorge Lucas (2004)
  • Mystique, Vol. 2: Tinker, Tailor, Mutant, Spy TPB, by Brian K. Vaughan (2004)
  • The Ultimates, Vol. 1 HC, by Mark Millar, art by Bryan Hitch (2002-2003)
  • 1602 HC, by Neil Gaiman, art by Andy Kubert (2003-2004)
  • Sandman Mystery Theatre, Vol. 1: The Tarantula TPB, by Matt Wagner, art by Guy Davis (1993)
  • Lucifer, Vol. 7: Exodus TPB, by Mike Carey, art by Peter Gross and Ryan Kelly (2003-2004)
  • Lucifer, Vol. 8: The Wolf Beneath the Tree TPB, by Mike Carey (2004)
  • Dawn: Lucifer's Halo TPB, by Joseph Michael Linsner (1997)
  • Planetary, Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories TPB, by Warren Ellis, art by John Cassaday (1998-1999)
  • Planetary, Vol. 2: The Fourth Man TPB, by Warren Ellis, art by John Cassaday (2000-2001)
  • Planetary, Vol. 3: Leaving the 20th Century TPB, by Warren Ellis, art by John Cassaday
  • Point Blank TPB, by Ed Brubaker, art by Colin Wilson (2002-2003)
  • Sleeper, Vol. 1: Out in the Cold TPB, by Ed Brubaker, art by Sean Philips (2003)
  • Grendel: Devil by the Deed, by Matt Wagner (1983)
  • Grendel: Devil's Legacy TPB, by Matt Wagner, art by The Pander Brothers (1986-1987)
  • The Legend of GrimJack, Vol. 1 TPB, by John Ostrander, art by Tim Truman (1983)
  • The Legend of GrimJack, Vol. 2 TPB, by John Ostrander, art by Tim Truman (1983-1984)
  • GrimJack: Killer Instinct, by John Ostrander, art by Tim Truman (2005)
  • Black Widow: Homecoming TPB, by Richard K. Morgan, art by Bill Sienkewicz (2004-2005)
  • Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons TPB, by Bill Willingham (2004-2005)
  • Hellblazer: Red Sepulchre TPB, by Mike Carey (2002-2003)
  • Hellblazer: Black Flowers TPB, by Mike Carey
  • Hellblazer: All His Engines HC, by Mike Carey (2005)
  • Supreme Power, Vol. 1: Contact TPB, by J. Michael Straczynski
  • Supreme Power, Vol. 2: Powers & Principalities TPB, by J. Michael Straczynski
  • Concrete, Vol. 1: Depths TPB, by Paul Chadwick
  • Superman: Secret Identity TPB, by Kurt Busiek (2004)
  • 100 Bullets, Vol. 1: First Shot, Last Call TPB, by Brian Azzarello, art by Eduardo Risso
  • 100 Bullets, Vol. 2: Split Second Chance TPB, by Brian Azzarello, art by Eduardo Risso
  • 100 Bullets, Vol. 3: Hang Up on the Hang Low TPB, by Brian Azzarello, art by Eduardo Risso
  • 100 Bullets, Vol. 4: A Foregone Tomorrow TPB, by Brian Azzarello, art by Eduardo Risso
  • 100 Bullets, Vol. 5: The Counterfifth Detective TPB, by Brian Azzarello, art by Eduardo Risso
  • 100 Bullets, Vol. 6: Six Feet Under the Gun TPB, by Brian Azzarello, art by Eduardo Risso
  • 100 Bullets, Vol. 7: Samurai TPB, by Brian Azzarello, art by Eduardo Risso
  • 100 Bullets, Vol. 8: The Hard Way TPB, by Brian Azzarello, art by Eduardo Risso
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, by Hayao Miyazaki (1982-1984) [translated from the Japanese by David Lewis, Toren Smith and Matt Thorn]


  • Movies
  • Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, by George Lucas (2005)
  • Superman, by Richard Donner (1978)
  • Superman II, by Richard Lester (1980)
  • Supergirl (Director's Cut), by Jeannot Szwarc (1984)
  • Immortel (ad vitam), by Enki Bilal (2004)
  • Land of the Dead, by George A. Romero (2005)
  • Life as a House, by Irwin Winkler (2001)
  • The Thin Red Line, by Terrence Malick (1998)
  • The Fisher King, by Terry Gilliam (1991)
  • Cinderella Man, by Ron Howard (2005)
  • Trois Couleurs: Blanc, by Krzysztof Kieslowski (1994)
  • Trois Couleurs: Rouge, by Krzysztof Kieslowski (1994)
  • Million Dollar Baby, by Clint Eastwood (2004)
  • Melinda and Melinda, by Woody Allen (2004)
  • Saved!, by Brian Dannelly (2004)
  • Closer, by Mike Nichols (2004)
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Michel Gondry (2004)
  • Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2004)
  • Cronos, by Guillermo del Toro (1993)
  • Der Untergang, by Oliver Hirschbiegel (2004)
  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Terry Gilliam (1988)
  • Darkman, by Sam Raimi (1990)
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin, by Judd Apatow (2005)
  • London Voodoo, by Robert Pratten (2004)
  • Shrek 2, by Andrew Adamson with Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon (2004)
  • Ghost World, by Terry Zwigoff (2000)
  • Serenity, by Joss Whedon (2005)
  • A State of Mind, by Daniel Gordon (2004)
  • Saraband, by Ingmar Bergman (2003)
  • Batman Begins, by Christopher Nolan (2005)
  • Team America: World Police, by Trey Parker (2004)
  • The Phantom of the Opera, by Joel Schumacher (2004)
  • Cidade de Deus, by Fernando Meirelles with Kátia Lund (2002)


  • Television
  • Battlestar Galactica (2003)
  • Battlestar Galactica, Season 1 (2004-2005)
  • Battlestar Galactica, Season 2, eps. 1-10 (2005)
  • Over There, Season 1, Eps. 1-2 (2005)
  • Angel, Season 3 (2002)
  • Lost, Season 1 (2004-2005)
  • Alias, Season 1
  • Dead Like Me, Season 1
  • Dead Like Me, Season 2

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