Monthly Archives: November 2005

These are the 20 top geeky books written in English since 1939, according to the Guardian.

1. The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams 85% (102)
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell 79% (92)
3. Brave New World — Aldous Huxley 69% (77)
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Philip Dick 64% (67)
5. Neuromancer — William Gibson 59% (66)
6. Dune — Frank Herbert 53% (54)
7. I, Robot — Isaac Asimov 52% (54)
8. Foundation — Isaac Asimov 47% (47)
9. The Colour of Magic — Terry Pratchett 46% (46)
10. Microserfs — Douglas Coupland 43% (44)
11. Snow Crash — Neal Stephenson 37% (37)
12. Watchmen — Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 38% (37)
13. Cryptonomicon — Neal Stephenson 36% (36)
14. Consider Phlebas — Iain M Banks 34% (35)
15. Stranger in a Strange Land — Robert Heinlein 33% (33)
16. The Man in the High Castle — Philip K Dick 34% (32)
17. American Gods — Neil Gaiman 31% (29)
18. The Diamond Age — Neal Stephenson 27% (27)
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy — Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson 23% (21)
20. Trouble with Lichen – John Wyndham 21% (19)

I’ve read six, but I think the other 14 are owned by Jason. I might make it my winter-break goal to read more of them.

There’s a new babe in the family! Cous’ Shannon had her very first child on Saturday.

Now I have to start thinking of cute nicknames for Tavin. Hmmm. Uncle Tom’s Tavin. Ew, no. I’ve been watching too much Family Guy. Nivat. Tavvy. Vin. Yes! In my head, secretly, I’ll refer to him as Vin.

Woot! to Shannon for giving birth succesfully, something that is a feat unto itself.

As I said earlier, I won the teeshirt contest, and now this awesome graphic is going to be spread thusly. If there’s anyone who would like one, here’s the order form!

The price is $13 per shirt, in black, brown, charcoal, red, navy, and kelly green (with white ink). There are also sweet french cut/fitted tees for $16 each in black, brown, charcoal in white ink and light pink and light blue with black ink.

Here’s me in last year’s shirt. It’s a french cut brown with white ink:

This one’s a large, so think big when choosing a size.

Orders are due by Nov 8 (what?! ah!) If you don’t have the time or discipline to get a check in the mail, or want me to pick up your shirt so you don’t pay shipping, email me at sundaykofax (at) gmail.com. We’ll work something out. Also, I know they buy extra shirts, so if you’re really inept, you might get lucky when you think about this in three months and then spend 45 minutes googling trying to remember where you read this.