January 2010 Archives

In June 2004 I decided to start tracking all of the books I read. Sometime since then, I decided to make my way through the list of Hugo and Nebula award winning sci-fi books (I track my progress here). So it comes as no surpise (to me at least) that 69 of the 101 books I've read since June 2004 have been sci-fi. Tonight I was thinking back on all of the great books I've read, and I decided to come up with a top 5 list. So, here are my top 5 favorite sci-fi books, ordered by original publication date:

Dune by Frank Herbert
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge

Honorable mention goes to Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. It's not traditional sci-fi, but an excellent fiction novel with an emphasis on science about the Allied codebreakers of WWII.

Kara is 18 weeks along now so her tummy is poking out quite a bit. Last night when I came to bed I put my hand on her belly and felt 5 good kicks. That was the first movement I've felt during this pregnancy! Then today we had an ultrasound done to find out the sex of the baby... and his junk was clearly on display! Seeing him squirm around in there was pretty cool.

So with this new evidence, I guess it's real, we're having another baby. Until last night, I kind of thought Kara was just getting fat. :p

Here's a pic of the little dude: