tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31085320.post4592580900817948927..comments2023-12-19T05:18:41.937-05:00Comments on Words of Wonderment: Making December Science Fiction And Fantasy History MonthT. Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792175853139507757noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31085320.post-35406667356262597062010-12-07T20:45:10.261-05:002010-12-07T20:45:10.261-05:00I feel you should know what this post has precipit...I feel you should know what this post has precipitated.<br /><br />Despite my already lengthy “what-to-read” list (Item 1: 170 unread books on my shelves. Item 2: 62 unread books on that silly BBC survey list that may be worthwhile. Item 3: everything written in my book journal that was not included in 1 and 2), I was inclined to follow your lead and read <i>I, Robot</i> and <i>Hunt for the Meteor</i> (having already read and loved <i>Dune</i>). <br /><br />Therefore, I Googled <i>I, Robot.</i> Then, happening to mention to Paul that I’d begun this project, I was asked “How many Hugo winners have you read?"<br /><br />Google google google, Wiki Wiki.<br /><br />12 novels and one novella out of 1000+ novels, novellas, novelettes, short stories, and retroactively-awarded works, it would seem. Couple this with the fact that Asimov himself wrote a goodly number of books, and boom, there’s my reading list for the next 40 years…by which point there would be about 200 more in each category…<br /><br />Let the Melcatting begin.Wynnnoreply@blogger.com