Reading Roundup Wrapup: August 2012

Pick of the month: When the People Fell by Cordwainer Smith. Is there a better single-author collection of classic science fiction? Probably, but none could match this one for ideas. Smith edges out Legion Lost, Endless Nights, and Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness, all of which could have handily won this thing in a different month.

1. Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks by Paul Scoones
2. Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks by Jon Preddle
3. When the People Fell by Cordwainer Smith
4. Music to My Sorrow by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill
5. Miss Wildthyme and Friends Investigate by Stuart Douglas, Cody Schell, Jim Smith & Nick Wallace
6. Man-Kzin Wars XI by Hal Colebatch and Matthew Harrington
7. Legion Lost by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
8. The New Adventures: Tempest by Christopher Bulis
9. The Pelican History of England: 7. England in the Eighteenth Century by J. H. Plumb
10. The Obverse Quarterly, Book Two: Señor 105 and the Elements of Danger edited by Cody Quijano-Schell
11. The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detectives by Ed Brubaker
12. Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, and Reviews by John Tyndall
13. Numbers in the Dark and Other Stories by Italo Calvino
14. The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman
15. Death: At Death’s Door by Jill Thompson
16. Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O’Malley
17. Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction by Brian W. Aldiss with David Wingrove
18. Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O’Malley
19. Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O’Malley

All books acquired:
1. Antrobus Complete by Lawrence Durrell
2. The New Adventures: Tempest by Christopher Bulis
3. Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman by Marc Tyler Nobelman
4. The Obverse Quarterly: Year Two, Book One: Tales of the City edited by Philip Purser-Hallard
5. When It Changed: Science into Fiction edited by Geoff Ryman
6. Time, Unincorporated: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives, Vol. 2: Writings on the Classic Series edited by Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?
7. Star Trek / Legion of Super-Heroes by Chris Roberson
8. R.E.B.E.L.S.: The Son and the Stars by Tony Bedard
9. R.E.B.E.L.S.: Sons of Brainiac by Tony Bedard
10. Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago...., Volume 3 by David Michelinie and Walter Simonson with Archie Goodwin, Chris Claremont, Louise Jones, and Michael Fleisher
11. Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago...., Volume 4 by David Michelinie, Mary Jo Duffy, Archie Goodwin, Linda Grant, and Roy Richardson
12. Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago...., Volume 5 by Jo Duffy with Randy Stradley, Ann Nocenti, and Archie Goodwin
13. The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore
14. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower
15. The Marvelous Land of Oz by Eric Shanower
16. Ozma of Oz by Eric Shanower
17. Black Widow: Deadly Origin by Paul Cornell
18. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II by Alan Moore
19. Adventures in Oz by Eric Shanower
20. Wiped!: Doctor Who's Missing Episodes by Richard Molesworth
21. Star Trek: Corps of Engineers: Out of the Cocoon by William Leisner, Kevin Killiany, Phaedra M. Weldon, and Robert T. Jeschonek
22. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
23. R.E.B.E.L.S.: Strange Companions by Tony Bedard
24. Winsor McCay: Early Works IV by Winsor McCay
25. Winsor McCay: Early Works V by Winsor McCay
26. Winsor McCay: Early Works VI by Winsor McCay

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 432