My SF, F & H Reading: 2010
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shannon_aI usually post about my non-SFFH reading here at LJ, but I don't constantly post about my science-fiction, fantasy, and horror reading because (1) it'd be a lot of posts -and- (2) I keep track of my reading at the Xenagia Index.
Here's a summary of my reading for 2010, with some notes, in order of reading. I've also included my rating of the book on a scale of 1-10 for each:
Traveller Reading
1/6/10: Voyage of the Planetslayer [6], by Jefferson P. Swycaffer
2/22/10: The Complete Hammer's Slammers, Volume One [6], by David Drake
3/3/10: Revolt & Rebirth [5], by Jefferson P. Swycaffer
4/18/10: The Backwards Mask [6], by Paul Brunette
5/30/10: A Long Way Home [2], by Terry McInnes
12/20/10: Diaspora Phoenix [5], by Martin Dougherty
In 2009 I did a lot of Traveller fiction reading to prep myself for my Traveller campaign. I continued that in 2010, but I slowed down as I got busier with other stuff (read: my RPG history book). If you want more info on these, take a look at my 21(!) reviews of Traveller Fiction. Generally, though: not as good as non-Traveller fiction. I still have a handful of things to read, which I expect to finish in 2011.
Note that some of these books (the Drake) were Traveller influences rather than Traveller novels.
Dumarest Saga, by E.C. Tubb
1/10/10: #1: The Winds of Gath [7]
3/1/10: #4: Kalin [6]
5/22/10: #3: Toyman [7]
10/12/10: #6: Lallia [6]
In 2010 I was still reading these kind of out of order because I was still collecting the books. Order matters a little, in any case, not a lot. Overall, I love these books. They're short and not deep but they do have great action adventure. I have some concerns about later books, post-stroke, from what I've heard, but we'll see when I get there. (I do now have the complete set.)
Ender's Books, by Orson Scott Card
1/10/10: A War of Gifts [7]
1/17/10: Ender's Game [10]
1/25/10: Ender's Shadow [8]
2/20/10: Ender in Exile [3]
3/3/10: The Authorized Ender Companion [6]
Even though I think Orson Scott Card is a bigoted piece of crap, I can't help but continue to read (and reread) his Ender books. Nothing has been as good as the first two (Game & Speaker), but the returns to the old setting are nice. I meant to reread more of the Ender books last year, but seem to have gotten distracted (perhaps because of the bad new book).
Fables, by Bill Willingham
1/23/10: Peter & Max [5]
Not as good in this (OK) novel as in the (excellent) comic.
Star Trek: New Frontier, by Peter David
2/9/10: #14: Stone & Anvil [8]
3/6/10: SS Collection: No Limits [6]
8/13/10: #15: After the Fall [5]
8/20/10: #16: Missing in Action [7]
I've generally liked Peter David's New Frontier novel series. It's light, it's fun, it's got great characters, and it's set in the Star Trek universe. I slowed down in my reading not because I got tired of it, but because I'm almost done with the series and want to savor the last remaining ones. When I'm done, I need to find a new Star Trek series. I'm thinking about some by David Mack.
The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher
2/20/10: #5: Death Masks [8]
4/5/10: #12: Changes [9]
5/7/10: #6: Blood Rites [8]
8/18/10: #7: Dead Beat [7]
11/29/10: #8: Proven Guilty [8]
Kimberly & I have been reading the older novels aloud (her first time through them, my second), while I of course scoop up the newer books as soon as they arrive. I continue to love them as well-written modern fantasy action-pulp fun. Now if only the books had names that told you what they were!
Vlad Taltos, by Steven Brust
2/26/10: #1: Jhereg [7]
3/28/10: #2: Yendi [7]
5/5/10: #3: Teckla [7]
6/15/10: #4: Taltos [7]
7/29/10: #5: Phoenix [8]
9/21/10: #6: Athyra [6]
11/17/10: #7: Orca [7]
I've had these sitting on my bookshelves unread for something over a decade. I finally gave them a try after I saw a comparison between them and the Spenser books. Turns out they're light, fun, well-characterized, and consistently good.
The Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson
2/28/10: #2: Deadhouse Gates [8]
9/16/10: #3: Memories of Ice [9]
I usually can't deal with thick, dense books, but Erikson really keeps things moving along and manages to create an interesting setting while driving a very tangled plot. Still, I can't manage more than one or two of these a year. I've got #4 on top of my pile of plane-and-vacation reading, for my Hawaii trip this year.
Time Travelers Never Die, by Jack McDevitt
3/3/10: [9]
I love time travel books. I don't know if that's because of Doctor Who, because of The Man Who Folded Himself, or just because they can be really clever when done right. This one was definitely done right.
Assorted Doctor Who Books
3/15/10: SS Collection: Decalog [5]
4/8/10: 2nd PDA: World Game [6], by Terrance Dicks
8/9/10: 2nd/4th PDA: Heart of TARDIS [6], by Dave Stone
8/15/10: NF: Inside the TARDIS [6], by James Chapman
8/31/10: 7th PDA: Independence Day [2], by Peter Darvill-Evans
9/29/10: 7th PDA: Relative Dementias [7], by Mark Michalowski
10/28/10: 6th PDA: Players [5], by Terrance Dicks
12/26/10: 6th PDA: Synthespians [5], by Craig Hinton
I started reading original Doctor Who books this year, mainly because of interest in the New Adventures (more on those presently). I've also been picking up some other books though, including some short story collections and various stories of "previous" doctors (which at the time meant #1-7), called the Past Doctor Adventures. On average, they're pretty average.
Warbreaker, by Brandon Sanderson
3/21/10: [7]
I was very impressed with Sanderson's fantasy writing chops and want to read more. However, he's another pretty dense author, and I haven't quite had the energy to do so since I read this one.
The 4400
3/22/10: Welcome to Promise City, by Greg Cox [5]
I was very happy to learn there were a series of post-4400 TV show novels, but unfortunately I've only been able to get the first through a library. And ... not worth buying.
The Soldier Books, by Gene Wolfe
3/30/10: #1: Soldier of the Mist [9]
7/5/10: #2: Soldier of Arete [8]
10/17/10: #3: Soldier of Sidon [7]
Kimberly and I have been reading through most of Gene Wolfe's series as part of our read-aloud. In 2010, that brought us to his Soldier books. I liked them more than I ever had before, thanks to the time and attention I could give them while reading aloud. Kimberly: not so much.
Odd and the Frost Giants, by Neil Gaiman
4/6/10: [7]
A light diversion. I'd like more like American Gods or even Neverwhere, please.
Books by Michael Moorcock
4/13/10: Kane #1: City of the Beast [5]
7/30/10: NF: Letters from Hollywood [7]
9/16/10: Kane #2: Lord of the Spiders [5]
9/25/10: Kane #3: Masters of the Pit [5]
11/7/10: Bastable #1: The War Lord of the Air [6]
11/25/10: Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles [6]
12/7/10: Bastable #2: The Land Leviathan [6]
I largely fell off my (re)read-everything-by-Michael-Moorcock project this year, after finishing the fantasies and moving on to science fantasies that I don't find very good. Nonetheless, I read through several. I really need to get back to some of his better series.
Doctor Who: The New Adventures
4/29/10: #1: Timewyrm: Genesys [7], by John Peel
5/15/10: #2: Timewyrm: Exodus [6], by Terrance Dicks
5/28/10: #3: Timewyrm: Apocalypse [7], by Nigel Robinson
6/16/10: #4: Timewyrm: Revelation [8], by Paul Cornell
7/7/10: #5: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible [6], by Marc Platt
7/22/10: #6: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [6], by Andrew Cartmel
8/26/10: #7: Cat's Cradle: Witchmark [5], by Andrew Hunt
9/14/10: #8: Nightshade [7], by Mark Gatiss
9/22/10: #9: Love and War [8], by Paul Cornell
10/10/10: #10: Transit [8], by Ben Aaronovitch
10/10/18: #11: The Highest Science [6], by Gareth Roberts
11/7/10: #12: The Pit [6], by Neil Penswick
12/1/10: #13: Deceit [6], by Peter Darvill-Evans
12/10/10: #14: Lucifer Rising [7], by Andy Lane & Jim Mortimore
12/31/10: #15: White Darkness [6], by David McIntee
When I started collecting Doctor Who books, it was really because I wanted to read these: a coherent and chronological set of adventures with the 7th Doctor that started off right where the series ended. And, I've been generally happy with them. The "trad" adventures generally run the gamut from OK to good, but some of the "rad" adventures are quite good--even as pure science fiction. I've written notes on all the books I've read in this series at Xenagia in a thread calledThe New Doctor Who Adventures.
Terry Brooks Books
5/2/10: Landover #2: The Black Unicorn [6]
9/1/10: Shanarra: Bears of the Black Staff [5]
I started reading Terry Brooks books a few years ago as one of several books-I-read-when-a-teen reread projects. Thus far Landover has failed to grab me. I'd say the same of the Shanarra books, but the epic scope he's playing with right now actually interests me (and the Shanarra books I'm reading are actually recent ones, not the ones I read while young).
MythAdventures, by Robert Asprin
5/9/10: Little Myth Marker [6]
5/15/10: MYTH Inc Link [4]
I started rereading the MythAdventure books after Asprin's death. They were one of my first books-I-read-when-a-teen that I started rereading. This year, I kind of petered out, due to the decrease in the series quality shortly after I stopped reading it as a teenager.
A Time Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter
5/12/10: #1: Time's Eye [7]
I got interested in Baxter again after the sadly defunct FlashForward came on the air. Apparently I liked this, but book #2 slipped off my to-read list, and now the previous books almost gone from my head. Maybe it wasn't actually a [7].
Old Man's Universe, by John Scalzi
5/21/10: Old Man's War [9]
7/17/10: The Ghost Brigades [7]
7/24/10: The Sagan Diary [2]
I immediately fell in love with Scalzi's writing when I read Zoe's Tale the other year when it was nominated for the Hugo or Nebula. Since then, I've been reading the rest.
Other RPG Fiction
6/9/10: Forgotten Realms: The Orc King [6], by R.A. Salvatore
11/18/10: Pathfinder: Players [6], by Dave Gross
Every once in a while I dive into fiction for other RPGs, on the theory that it'll immerse me in the worlds. Usually the writing is just adequate, sadly.
Wild Cards
6/14/10: #20: Suicide Kings [6]
I've enjoyed the new trilogy of Wild Cards books. I want to go back and reread the earlier ones, as I never finished the original 12-book series.
Ports of Call, by Jack Vance
6/28/10: [5]
I usually love Jack Vance, but this one was kind of dull mainly due to its totally picaresque structure.
In the last few years I've also read the the Demon Princes series and one of his SF singletons. I now want to go back and reread some of the other SF set in the same universe.
British Summertime, by Paul Cornell
6/28/10: [7]
I grew fond of Cornell for his Doctor Who writing, so I'm now hunting down his couple of other novels. I liked this one. Another should arrive in the mail this coming week.
Merchant Princes, by Charles Stross
7/3/10: #6: The Trade of Queens [7]
I quite liked this series, but it was so continuous that it would have read better back-to-back, not at one a year. Fortunately I got 4 of the 6 books from Moe's a few weeks ago. I'm sure I'll pick up the last two and reread everything in a couple of years.
Guardians of the Flames, by Joel Rosenberg
7/23/10: #5: The Warrior Lives [5]
When I read these when I was a teenager, I hadn't realized that Rosenberg was a right-wing whacko nut. Now, his pro-gun message is soooooo obvious in these books. Nonetheless I enjoyed them up until #4 or #5, which is about where I stopped when I was teenager.
Percy Jackson & The Olympians, by Rick Riordan
10/2/10: #1: The Lightning Thief [6]
I was interested in a fun new fantasy YA now that Harry Potter is gone and done. This just wasn't it, because it tried too hard simultaneously to-be and not-to-be Harry Potter. Maybe the second book is better? Maybe I won't find out ...
The Books of Swords, by Fred Saberhagen
10/7/10: #1: The First Book of Swords [7]
10/24/10: #2: The Second Book of Swords [4]
11/15/10: #3: The Third Book of Swords [7]
I've been wanting to reread some Saberhagen for years, and this year I finally got started on his 12-16 book Swords series. I read through the original trilogy, and they weren't as great as I remembered, but their greatness was mostly in their inventiveness.
Berserker Series, by Fred Saberhagen
10/16/10: Berserker [5]
And some more Saberhagen. These shorts just didn't do it for me. I should try the first Berserker novel and see if I like that any better.
Revelation Universe, by Alastair Reynolds
12/22/10: Chasm City [8]
I read Revelation Space many years ago and loved it. Now that Reynolds has more books out, I'm ready to start reading through them all. A reread of Revelation Space is next.
Here's a summary of my reading for 2010, with some notes, in order of reading. I've also included my rating of the book on a scale of 1-10 for each:
Traveller Reading
1/6/10: Voyage of the Planetslayer [6], by Jefferson P. Swycaffer
2/22/10: The Complete Hammer's Slammers, Volume One [6], by David Drake
3/3/10: Revolt & Rebirth [5], by Jefferson P. Swycaffer
4/18/10: The Backwards Mask [6], by Paul Brunette
5/30/10: A Long Way Home [2], by Terry McInnes
12/20/10: Diaspora Phoenix [5], by Martin Dougherty
In 2009 I did a lot of Traveller fiction reading to prep myself for my Traveller campaign. I continued that in 2010, but I slowed down as I got busier with other stuff (read: my RPG history book). If you want more info on these, take a look at my 21(!) reviews of Traveller Fiction. Generally, though: not as good as non-Traveller fiction. I still have a handful of things to read, which I expect to finish in 2011.
Note that some of these books (the Drake) were Traveller influences rather than Traveller novels.
Dumarest Saga, by E.C. Tubb
1/10/10: #1: The Winds of Gath [7]
3/1/10: #4: Kalin [6]
5/22/10: #3: Toyman [7]
10/12/10: #6: Lallia [6]
In 2010 I was still reading these kind of out of order because I was still collecting the books. Order matters a little, in any case, not a lot. Overall, I love these books. They're short and not deep but they do have great action adventure. I have some concerns about later books, post-stroke, from what I've heard, but we'll see when I get there. (I do now have the complete set.)
Ender's Books, by Orson Scott Card
1/10/10: A War of Gifts [7]
1/17/10: Ender's Game [10]
1/25/10: Ender's Shadow [8]
2/20/10: Ender in Exile [3]
3/3/10: The Authorized Ender Companion [6]
Even though I think Orson Scott Card is a bigoted piece of crap, I can't help but continue to read (and reread) his Ender books. Nothing has been as good as the first two (Game & Speaker), but the returns to the old setting are nice. I meant to reread more of the Ender books last year, but seem to have gotten distracted (perhaps because of the bad new book).
Fables, by Bill Willingham
1/23/10: Peter & Max [5]
Not as good in this (OK) novel as in the (excellent) comic.
Star Trek: New Frontier, by Peter David
2/9/10: #14: Stone & Anvil [8]
3/6/10: SS Collection: No Limits [6]
8/13/10: #15: After the Fall [5]
8/20/10: #16: Missing in Action [7]
I've generally liked Peter David's New Frontier novel series. It's light, it's fun, it's got great characters, and it's set in the Star Trek universe. I slowed down in my reading not because I got tired of it, but because I'm almost done with the series and want to savor the last remaining ones. When I'm done, I need to find a new Star Trek series. I'm thinking about some by David Mack.
The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher
2/20/10: #5: Death Masks [8]
4/5/10: #12: Changes [9]
5/7/10: #6: Blood Rites [8]
8/18/10: #7: Dead Beat [7]
11/29/10: #8: Proven Guilty [8]
Kimberly & I have been reading the older novels aloud (her first time through them, my second), while I of course scoop up the newer books as soon as they arrive. I continue to love them as well-written modern fantasy action-pulp fun. Now if only the books had names that told you what they were!
Vlad Taltos, by Steven Brust
2/26/10: #1: Jhereg [7]
3/28/10: #2: Yendi [7]
5/5/10: #3: Teckla [7]
6/15/10: #4: Taltos [7]
7/29/10: #5: Phoenix [8]
9/21/10: #6: Athyra [6]
11/17/10: #7: Orca [7]
I've had these sitting on my bookshelves unread for something over a decade. I finally gave them a try after I saw a comparison between them and the Spenser books. Turns out they're light, fun, well-characterized, and consistently good.
The Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson
2/28/10: #2: Deadhouse Gates [8]
9/16/10: #3: Memories of Ice [9]
I usually can't deal with thick, dense books, but Erikson really keeps things moving along and manages to create an interesting setting while driving a very tangled plot. Still, I can't manage more than one or two of these a year. I've got #4 on top of my pile of plane-and-vacation reading, for my Hawaii trip this year.
Time Travelers Never Die, by Jack McDevitt
3/3/10: [9]
I love time travel books. I don't know if that's because of Doctor Who, because of The Man Who Folded Himself, or just because they can be really clever when done right. This one was definitely done right.
Assorted Doctor Who Books
3/15/10: SS Collection: Decalog [5]
4/8/10: 2nd PDA: World Game [6], by Terrance Dicks
8/9/10: 2nd/4th PDA: Heart of TARDIS [6], by Dave Stone
8/15/10: NF: Inside the TARDIS [6], by James Chapman
8/31/10: 7th PDA: Independence Day [2], by Peter Darvill-Evans
9/29/10: 7th PDA: Relative Dementias [7], by Mark Michalowski
10/28/10: 6th PDA: Players [5], by Terrance Dicks
12/26/10: 6th PDA: Synthespians [5], by Craig Hinton
I started reading original Doctor Who books this year, mainly because of interest in the New Adventures (more on those presently). I've also been picking up some other books though, including some short story collections and various stories of "previous" doctors (which at the time meant #1-7), called the Past Doctor Adventures. On average, they're pretty average.
Warbreaker, by Brandon Sanderson
3/21/10: [7]
I was very impressed with Sanderson's fantasy writing chops and want to read more. However, he's another pretty dense author, and I haven't quite had the energy to do so since I read this one.
The 4400
3/22/10: Welcome to Promise City, by Greg Cox [5]
I was very happy to learn there were a series of post-4400 TV show novels, but unfortunately I've only been able to get the first through a library. And ... not worth buying.
The Soldier Books, by Gene Wolfe
3/30/10: #1: Soldier of the Mist [9]
7/5/10: #2: Soldier of Arete [8]
10/17/10: #3: Soldier of Sidon [7]
Kimberly and I have been reading through most of Gene Wolfe's series as part of our read-aloud. In 2010, that brought us to his Soldier books. I liked them more than I ever had before, thanks to the time and attention I could give them while reading aloud. Kimberly: not so much.
Odd and the Frost Giants, by Neil Gaiman
4/6/10: [7]
A light diversion. I'd like more like American Gods or even Neverwhere, please.
Books by Michael Moorcock
4/13/10: Kane #1: City of the Beast [5]
7/30/10: NF: Letters from Hollywood [7]
9/16/10: Kane #2: Lord of the Spiders [5]
9/25/10: Kane #3: Masters of the Pit [5]
11/7/10: Bastable #1: The War Lord of the Air [6]
11/25/10: Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles [6]
12/7/10: Bastable #2: The Land Leviathan [6]
I largely fell off my (re)read-everything-by-Michael-Moorcock project this year, after finishing the fantasies and moving on to science fantasies that I don't find very good. Nonetheless, I read through several. I really need to get back to some of his better series.
Doctor Who: The New Adventures
4/29/10: #1: Timewyrm: Genesys [7], by John Peel
5/15/10: #2: Timewyrm: Exodus [6], by Terrance Dicks
5/28/10: #3: Timewyrm: Apocalypse [7], by Nigel Robinson
6/16/10: #4: Timewyrm: Revelation [8], by Paul Cornell
7/7/10: #5: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible [6], by Marc Platt
7/22/10: #6: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [6], by Andrew Cartmel
8/26/10: #7: Cat's Cradle: Witchmark [5], by Andrew Hunt
9/14/10: #8: Nightshade [7], by Mark Gatiss
9/22/10: #9: Love and War [8], by Paul Cornell
10/10/10: #10: Transit [8], by Ben Aaronovitch
10/10/18: #11: The Highest Science [6], by Gareth Roberts
11/7/10: #12: The Pit [6], by Neil Penswick
12/1/10: #13: Deceit [6], by Peter Darvill-Evans
12/10/10: #14: Lucifer Rising [7], by Andy Lane & Jim Mortimore
12/31/10: #15: White Darkness [6], by David McIntee
When I started collecting Doctor Who books, it was really because I wanted to read these: a coherent and chronological set of adventures with the 7th Doctor that started off right where the series ended. And, I've been generally happy with them. The "trad" adventures generally run the gamut from OK to good, but some of the "rad" adventures are quite good--even as pure science fiction. I've written notes on all the books I've read in this series at Xenagia in a thread calledThe New Doctor Who Adventures.
Terry Brooks Books
5/2/10: Landover #2: The Black Unicorn [6]
9/1/10: Shanarra: Bears of the Black Staff [5]
I started reading Terry Brooks books a few years ago as one of several books-I-read-when-a-teen reread projects. Thus far Landover has failed to grab me. I'd say the same of the Shanarra books, but the epic scope he's playing with right now actually interests me (and the Shanarra books I'm reading are actually recent ones, not the ones I read while young).
MythAdventures, by Robert Asprin
5/9/10: Little Myth Marker [6]
5/15/10: MYTH Inc Link [4]
I started rereading the MythAdventure books after Asprin's death. They were one of my first books-I-read-when-a-teen that I started rereading. This year, I kind of petered out, due to the decrease in the series quality shortly after I stopped reading it as a teenager.
A Time Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter
5/12/10: #1: Time's Eye [7]
I got interested in Baxter again after the sadly defunct FlashForward came on the air. Apparently I liked this, but book #2 slipped off my to-read list, and now the previous books almost gone from my head. Maybe it wasn't actually a [7].
Old Man's Universe, by John Scalzi
5/21/10: Old Man's War [9]
7/17/10: The Ghost Brigades [7]
7/24/10: The Sagan Diary [2]
I immediately fell in love with Scalzi's writing when I read Zoe's Tale the other year when it was nominated for the Hugo or Nebula. Since then, I've been reading the rest.
Other RPG Fiction
6/9/10: Forgotten Realms: The Orc King [6], by R.A. Salvatore
11/18/10: Pathfinder: Players [6], by Dave Gross
Every once in a while I dive into fiction for other RPGs, on the theory that it'll immerse me in the worlds. Usually the writing is just adequate, sadly.
Wild Cards
6/14/10: #20: Suicide Kings [6]
I've enjoyed the new trilogy of Wild Cards books. I want to go back and reread the earlier ones, as I never finished the original 12-book series.
Ports of Call, by Jack Vance
6/28/10: [5]
I usually love Jack Vance, but this one was kind of dull mainly due to its totally picaresque structure.
In the last few years I've also read the the Demon Princes series and one of his SF singletons. I now want to go back and reread some of the other SF set in the same universe.
British Summertime, by Paul Cornell
6/28/10: [7]
I grew fond of Cornell for his Doctor Who writing, so I'm now hunting down his couple of other novels. I liked this one. Another should arrive in the mail this coming week.
Merchant Princes, by Charles Stross
7/3/10: #6: The Trade of Queens [7]
I quite liked this series, but it was so continuous that it would have read better back-to-back, not at one a year. Fortunately I got 4 of the 6 books from Moe's a few weeks ago. I'm sure I'll pick up the last two and reread everything in a couple of years.
Guardians of the Flames, by Joel Rosenberg
7/23/10: #5: The Warrior Lives [5]
When I read these when I was a teenager, I hadn't realized that Rosenberg was a right-wing whacko nut. Now, his pro-gun message is soooooo obvious in these books. Nonetheless I enjoyed them up until #4 or #5, which is about where I stopped when I was teenager.
Percy Jackson & The Olympians, by Rick Riordan
10/2/10: #1: The Lightning Thief [6]
I was interested in a fun new fantasy YA now that Harry Potter is gone and done. This just wasn't it, because it tried too hard simultaneously to-be and not-to-be Harry Potter. Maybe the second book is better? Maybe I won't find out ...
The Books of Swords, by Fred Saberhagen
10/7/10: #1: The First Book of Swords [7]
10/24/10: #2: The Second Book of Swords [4]
11/15/10: #3: The Third Book of Swords [7]
I've been wanting to reread some Saberhagen for years, and this year I finally got started on his 12-16 book Swords series. I read through the original trilogy, and they weren't as great as I remembered, but their greatness was mostly in their inventiveness.
Berserker Series, by Fred Saberhagen
10/16/10: Berserker [5]
And some more Saberhagen. These shorts just didn't do it for me. I should try the first Berserker novel and see if I like that any better.
Revelation Universe, by Alastair Reynolds
12/22/10: Chasm City [8]
I read Revelation Space many years ago and loved it. Now that Reynolds has more books out, I'm ready to start reading through them all. A reread of Revelation Space is next.