Reading Roundup Wrapup: January 2022

Pick of the month: Four Novels of the 1960s by Philip K. Dick. I've had this for ages, but finally got around to reading it because The Man in the High Castle was the oldest Hugo-winning novel I hadn't read. It turned out to be great stuff, so I plowed on through and read everything in the book, which all turned to be great stuff. (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was a reread, but all the others were new.) Even when they fizzle out a bit (as I felt Ubik did), they're captivating, fascinating reads. I am going to go on and read through the other Dick LOAs as soon as I am able!

All books read:

1. The Age of Chaos: Collected comic strips from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine by Colin Baker, John M Burns, Barrie Mitchell, Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Lee Sullivan, et al.
2. Transformers: Space Pirates by Simon Furman, Dougie Braithwaite, Bryan Hitch, Dan Reed, Lee Sullivan, et al.
3. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill
4. The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 5 edited by Neil Clarke
5. Doctor Who: The Wintertime Paradox by Dave Rudden
6. Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor: Hidden Human History by Jody Houser, Roberta Ingranata, and Rachael Stott
7. Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Ubik by Philip K. Dick
8. Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor: Old Friends by Jody Houser, Roberta Ingranata, and Rachael Stott
9. The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill
10. Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor: Time Out of Mind by Jody Houser, Roberta Ingranata, et al.
11. Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords: A Little Help from My Friends by Jody Houser and Roberta Ingranata
12. Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill
13. Land of the Blind: Collected Comic Strips from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine by W. Scott Gray, Lee Sullivan, Gareth Roberts, Martin Geraghty, Dan Abnett, et al.
14. Doctor Who Comic: Alternating Current by Jody Houser and Roberta Ingranata 

A lot of low-effort stuff I usually think of as "background reading" (my daily Titan Doctor Who comic, the Oz books I read to my son) while in the foreground I am still working through this winter's Dickens novel, Little Dorrit. Pray I finish it this month... only 400 pages to go!

All books acquired:

1. Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
2. Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
3. The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
4. The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
5. The Transformers: Best of UK: Time Wars by Simon Furman et al.
6. Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill
7. The James Bond Omnibus, Volume 002 by Jim Lawrence, Yaroslav Horak, et al. 
8. The Hopes and Fears of All the Years and Other Doctor Who Christmas Short Trips
9. The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 2 edited by Neil Clarke
10. The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6 edited by Neil Clarke

#1-2 were belated Christmas presents, and #3-4 were my own acquisitions to match.

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 680 (up 2)