Because I'm not enough of a geek yet.

[squeequeg]

Actually, that subject line's a lie. I tested myself on the Geek Test (at http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html) and ended up a Major Geek with a score in the mid-40s. Impressive, considering my computer and math skills are close to nil.

So. I have a lot of books on my "to read" list. But I need more.

Recommendations, anyone? What do you think I should have read by now in my brilliant career? What's on your bedside table? What's been stuck in your head for a while now? Fantasy and science fiction are my usual genre of choice for fun reading, but I'll experiment gladly.

You know, I just realized this is an inverse of sigerson's most recent post. Dammit, twin, get outta my head!

Eventually I may follow suit and post some recommendations as well. But right now I just want to see what's out there, what I've missed.

Comments

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Hm. Will it hurt me to go straight to the second book without stopping at the first?

[anacrucis.livejournal.com]

they are written in such a way to be somewhat expositorialy redundant, so you don't *need* to read them in any particular order - it's just my preference to do so.

The first one - well - on the one hand, it is perhaps one of the weakest that I've read so far, but on the other, does sort of establish the main characters, their relationships to each other, and a little bit of 'where they're coming from' - and the introduction of a character named Sophie in book 2 has a little more meaning if you've just been reading all about Aubrey's first command, His Majesty's Sloop-of-war, Sophie.

But as far as the story goes, you're not missing much if you skip straight to 2.