Reading List
Here’s a list of the books, magazines, and other publications I’m reading or have completed.
2008 Reading List
Books, Fiction
The Briar King, Greg Keyes
The Charnel Prince, Greg Keyes
The Servant of the Manthycore, Michael Ehart
The Ice Dragon, George R. R. Martin
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
The Worm Ouroboros, E. R. Eddison
Eaters of the Dead, Michael Crichton
The Return of the Sword, Jason M. Waltz (Ed.)
The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
Thieves’ World, Robert Asprin (Ed.) (Re-read)
Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn, Robert Lynn Asprin (Ed.)
Shadows of Sanctuary, Robert Lynn Asprin (Ed.)
Storm Season, Robert Lynn Asprin (Ed.)
The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Books, Non-fiction
Universities in the Middles Ages, Alan B. Cobban
The Wandering Scholars, Helen Waddel
Life in the Medieval University, Robert S. Rait
Magazines
Archaeology, January/February 2008
Ancient American, Volume 12, Number 76
All Possible Worlds, Volume 1, Issue 1
All Possible Worlds, Volume 1, Issue 2
Paradox, Issue 7, Summer 2005
Flashing Swords, Issue 9
Archaeology, March/April 2008
Cricket, September 2007
Archaeology, May/June 2008
Parabola, Spring 2008
Paradox, Issue 10, Winter 2006-2007
Paradox, Issue 11, Autumn 2007
Parabola, Vol. 5, No. 2, May 1980
Archaeology, July/August 2008
Flashing Swords, Issue 10
Tales
“Something Wicked This Way Plumbs,” Vylar Kaftan, Shimmer
“What Child is This I Asked the Midnight Clear,” Ken Scholes, Shimmer
“King Rainjoy’s Tears,” Chris Willrich, In Lands That Never Were (re-read)
“The Sworn Sword,” George R. R. Martin, in Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King
“The Thief with Two Deaths,” Chris Willrich, Fantasy & Science Fiction (June 2000)
“Penultima Thule,” Chris Willrich, Fantasy & Science Fiction (August 2006)
“A Wizard of the Old School,” Chris Willrich, Fantasy & Science Fiction (August 2007)
“The Burning River,” S. C. Bryce, Flashing Swords (Issue 1)
“The Demon War,” S. C. Bryce, Flashing Swords (Issue 3)
“The Dragon’s Scale: Rise of the Necromancer Part One” S. C. Bryce, Flashing Swords (Issue 6)
“To Find Peace: Rise of the Necromancer Part Two,” S. C. Bryce, Flashing Swords (Issue 7)
“Little Death,” Chris Willrich, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Mid-December 1994
“Wizard’s Six,” Alex Irvine, Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2007
“First Was the Word,” Sheila Finch, Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2007
Articles and Chapters
“How the Stirrup Changed Our World,” by Dan Derby, in Strange Horizons
“Schools and Scholars,” by Marjorie Rowling, in Life in Medieval Times
“Where Head and Tail Meet: E. R. Eddison’s The Worm Ouroboros,” by Ryan Harvey, at swordandsorcery.org
Archived Reading Lists
2007
My Library
View my online library (a work in progress) at LibraryThing.
