Comments on: 2010 Reading (or not)

By: Angel

Angel — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:32:55 +0000

Dang, I can’t believe I forgot about good ole Analog, which somewhat ironically we used to get at the library I used to work at. You’d think I’d remember. These days I get a lot of scifi short fiction on anthologies; I tend to get Hartwell and Cramer Year’s Best every year to keep up, which the better half usually reads first since she really loves short fiction sf (not to mention reads a lot faster than I do).

Best, and keep on blogging.

By: walt

walt — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:00:16 +0000

Angel: Unfortunately, I have no record… Mysteries include some lightweight but fun page-turners (the “Burglar Who…” series by Lawrence Block); SF includes, well, some fantasy (several of Pratchett’s Discworld books, but I’m caught up other than the 8 trade paperbacks I own and haven’t yet read, #s 21-28 in the series).

18 subscriptions is fewer than I have had at times, particularly in terms of amount of text and number of issues. That includes five travel-related, three stereo & home theater-related, two business-related (paid for with miles) and one PC-related (down from five at one point).

The other SF magazine? I’m shocked: The oldest of them all: Analog. (I think it still has the highest circulation also, although Asimov’s–same publisher–might be higher. Unfortunately, “highest” these days is still pathetic, under 20,000, I think.)

How many of the books I read did I borrow? At least 90% of them, probably higher than that.

By: Angel

Angel — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:53:07 +0000

I would be curious to see what you read for the year, at least in the nonfiction and the sf parts.

Wow, 18 mags. subscriptions. That seems like a lot to me, but I do like you include the science fiction ones (what is left these days? Asimov’s. SF&F, I know. What else? Again, curious).

And speaking of lists, I should have mine out soon. This year I decided to count how many books I borrowed (public lib, my workplace, where I try to read some of the books I select when I can select, and via ILL). I think that is one thing I would be curious as well: are people borrowing books more? Or less? I know some of the people posting their lists mentioning they are reading more on e-readers.

Hope your year is getting to a good start. As always,

Best, and keep on blogging.