Rick Novy
Science Fiction Writer
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2008
Ellison, Harlin - The Glass Teat
An interesting look into the past.
Wolfram, Herwig - History of the Goths
Good Lord this is dry.
Past Years
Abel, Morrison, and Wolff - Exploration of the Universe
Acance and Quismorio, Jr. - Candon: Nostalgia and Reflection
Allen, Robert L. - The Port Chicago Mutiny
Alvarez, Walter - T.Rex and the Crater of Doom
Andrews, Excell, and Carrington - Manual of Fish Health
Appelbaum, Judith - How to get Happily Published
Arfkin - Mathematical Methods for Physicists
Atkins, P.W. - The Periodic Kingdom
An interesting tour for the non-chemist.
Barber, Terry Anne - The Simple Guide to Garden Ponds
Barnwell, Nayebi, and Richardson - Speech Coding
Beiser - Physics
Bickham - The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
Bolles, Richard Nelson - What Color is Your Parachute? 1995
Boruchowitz, David E. - The Simple Guide to Freshwater Aquariums
Bova, Ben - The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells
Bowman, Senior, and Uslenghi - Electromagnetic and Acoustic Scattering by Simple Shapes
Bowman, Frank - Introduction to Bessel Functions
Boy Scouts of America - Boy Scout Handbook
Boy Scouts of America - Tiger Cub Handbook
Boy Scouts of America - Wolf Cub Handbook
Boy Scouts of America - Bear Cub Handbook
Boy Scouts of America - Webelos Handbook
Boy Scouts of America - Boy Scout Fieldbook
Bradley and Smith - Calculus
Bretnor, Reginald, ed. - The Craft of Science Fiction
Brookbank, George - Desert Landscaping
Invaluable for desert dwellers.
Browne and King - Self Editing For Fiction Writers
Buffett, Mary - Buffettology
A waste of time.
Campbell, Christy - Air War Pacific
Card, Orson Scott - How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
Card, Orson Scott - Characters and Viewpoint
Required reading for all writers.
Chambers, James - The Devils Horsemen
Chen, Chih-Wen - Magnetism and Metalurgy of Soft Magnetic Materials
Chikazumi and Charap - Physics of Magnetism
Churchill, Brown, and Verhey - Complex Variables and Applications
Coren, Stanley - The Intelligence of Dogs
Loaned it to a friend and his dog chewed the corner.
Crosby, Philip - Quality is Free
Crow, Davis, and Maxfield - Statistics Manual
Davies, Paul - The Last Three Minutes
De Mente, Boye LaFayette - Discovering Cultural Japan
De Mente, Boye - Etiquette Guide to Japan
Dempsey, Mark - Robbing You Blind
Dent, Harry - The Roaring 2000's
Dow 100,000. Yeah, right.
Doctorow, Cory and Schroeder, Karl - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction
Actually, not a bad book for the beginner.
Dougherty & Robbins - sed & awk
Dozios, Lee, Schmidt, Strock, and Williams - Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
Einstein, Albert - The Meaning of Relativity
Why bother with second-hand sources?
Eisenberg, Murkoff, and Hathaway - What to Expect When You're Expecting
Recommended for first-time parents.
Eisenberg, Murkoff, and Hathaway - What to Expect: The First Year
Eisenberg, Murkoff, and Hathaway - What to Expect: The Toddler Years
Ellison, Harlan - The City on the Edge of Forever
One of his famous rants, but also a beautiful illustration of how to write a screenplay.
Ellison, Harlan - An Edge in my Voice
Ellison, Harlan - Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed
Fermi, Enrico - Thermodynamics
Ferris, Timothy - The Whole Shebang
Feynman, Richard P. - "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman."
A fun read.
Ford Motor Corporation - Measurement Systems Analysis
Fowles, Grant - Analytical Mechanics
Franklin, Jon - Writing for Story
Gailey, Harry - "Howlin' Mad" vs. the Army
Gailey, Harry - War in the Pacific From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
He borrowed a book from me to get past writers block.
Gerrold, David - The Trouble with Tribbles: The Birth, Sale, and Final Production of one Episode
Gerrold, David - Worlds of Wonder, How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
Gies, Frances and Joseph - Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel
Gilbert, Martin - Churchill
Gillett, Stephen L. - World-Building
Surprisingly good.
Goldberg, Richard Thayer - The Making of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Goldberg, Samuel - Introduction to Difference Equations
Graham, B and Dodd, D - Security Analysis
The famous book Warren Buffet devoured.
Gribbin, John - In Search of Schrodinger's Cat
Hansell, Haywood S., Jr. - The Strategic Air against Germany and Japan
Hawking, Stephen - Black Holes and Baby Universes
Hayes, Monson H. - Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling
Hersey, John - Hiroshima
A fascinating read.
Hogg and Ledolter - Applied Statistics for Engineers and Physical Scientists
Hollander, Xaviara - The Happy Hooker
Every 16-year-old boy read this when I was in high school.
Hubbard and Robinson - Intermediate Algebra
Huber, Thomas - Japan's Battle of Okinawa, April-June 1945
Imbrie, John and Imbrie, Katherine Palmer - Ice Ages
Captivating.
Ingle and Proakis - Digital Signal Processing Using MATLAB®
Jackson, J.D. - Classical Electrodynamics
The authoritative volume on electromagnetic theory.
Karnow, Stanley - In Our Image
History most Americans don't know but should.
Karnow, Stanley - Vietnam
Kercheval - Building Fiction
King, Stephen - On Writing
The writing advice is questionable, but the personal stories are worth the price of admission..
Kitchen, Martin - Europe Between the Wars
Kiyosaki, Robert - Retire Young, Retire Rich
Kerzner, Harold, Ph.D. - Project Management
Full of himself. PhD in big letters on the cover to make sure we know.
Knight, Damon - Creating Short Fiction
Required reading for writers (if you can find a copy).
Knopp, Konrad - Infinite Sequences and Series
Kreyszig, Erwin - Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Lamott, Anne - Bird by Bird
Many writers swear by it. I am not one of them.
Lebedev, N.N. - Special Functions and their Applications Lemay - Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 3.0 in a Week
It doesn't take a week to learn simple HTML.
Leon-Garcia, Alberto - Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering
Lighthill, M.J. - An Introduction to Fourier Analysis and Generalized Functions
Limbaugh, Rush - The Way Things Ought to Be
Lochner and Matar - Designing for Quality
Lockyer, T.M. - Vector Partical Physics
Lonely Planet - Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands (Greenland section only)
Lonely Planet - The Philippines
Lonely Planet - The Solomon Islands
Lyons, Michael J., World War II, A Short History
Machiavelli, Niccolo - The Prince
Required reading for gamers and writers.
Mathews and Walker - Mathematical Methods of Physics
McPherson, James M. - Battle Cry of Freedom, The Civil War Era
Menzel, Donald and Pasachoff - A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
Best value out there for a star guide.
Milin, Irene and Mike - How to Buy and Manage Rental Properties
Don't Bother.
Mills, Dick - Aquarium Fish
Moen, Nolan, and Provost - Improved Quality Through Planned Experimentation
Molloy, John Fitzgerald - The Fraternity
The judge confirms what we already suspected.
Novabatzky and Shea - Depraved and Insulting English
Only book I know where you can look up the definition of "huskanoy."
O'Flynn and Moriarty - Linear Systems-Time Domain and Transform Analysis
Good book on LaPlace and z-transforms. O'Flynn taught the class.
Oppenheim and Schafer - Discrete-Time Signal Processing
O'Reilly, Bill - The O'Reilly Factor
Orman, Suze - The Courage to be Rich
For sheep.
O'Shaughnessy, James - How To Retire Rich
Contains the real secret.
Pascarelli, Emil,M.D. and Quilter, Debra - Repetitive Strain Injury-A Computer Users Guide
Paulos, John Allen - A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Perry and Johnson - Turbo C++ by Example
Prata, Stephen - C Primer Plus
Pring, Martin - Introduction to Technical Analysis
Prior, Robin and Wilson, Trevor - The First World War
Sacket, Goldstein, and Goldstein - Star Trek Speaks
Sanders, E.P. - The Historical Figure of Jesus
The authors wimp out and don't offer a historical explanation for the ressurection.
Sagan, Carl - Cosmos
Schliewen - Aquarium Fish
Scott, Allen W. - Understanding Microwaves
Required reading for all RF engineers.
Sheets, Carlton - How To Buy Your First Home or Investment Property With No Down Payment
Caveat emptor, but does contain a lot of good information.
Shilov, Georgi - Linear Algebra
Sheehan, William - The Planet Mars, A History of Observation and Discovery
Sosnoff, Martin - Silent Investor, Silent Loser
Like reading Finnegan's Wake: a complete waste of time.
Stanley, T. and Danko, W. - The Millionaire Next door
Common sense.
Stinnett, Robert B. - George Bush: His World War II Years
(King George I).
Stowers, James - Yes, You Can...Achieve Financial Independence
Strunk and White - The Elements of Style
Swokowsk, Earl W. - Calculus with Analytic Geometry
Sykes, Christopher - No Ordinary Genius-The Illustrated Richard Feynman
Takei, George - To the Stars
Intereting life of Mr. Sulu, including his internment.
Turabian, Kate - A Manual for Writers
Weinberg, Stephen - Dreams of a Final Theory
Whitten, Gailey, and Davis - General Chemistry
Yudkin, Marcia - Freelance Writing for Magazines and Newspapers
Ziegler, Philip - The Black Death
Zinsser, William - On Writing Well
Fiction
2008
Stirling, S. M. - Dies the Fire
Captivating view of the decay of society.
Hogan, Ernest - Smoking Mirror Blues
Very odd.
Wilhelm, Kate - The Mile Long Spaceship
Short fiction with some cool ideas, written before their time.
Wilson, Robin Scott, ed. - Clarion
Short fiction from the early years of Clarion.
Forward, Robert L. - Dragon's Egg
One of the most creative first contact stories ever.
Gerrold, David - When Harlie Was One
The ending disappointed me (Sorry David). I'm too afraid of machine-rule.
Robert J. Sawyer - Calculating God
A bit Deus ex Machina, but then, that was the whole point, wasn't it.
Past Years
Abbott, Edwin A. - Flatland
It had the benefit of being first.
Adams, Douglass - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Adams, Douglass - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Adams, Douglass - Life, the Universe, and Everything
Adams, Douglass - So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish
Adams, Douglass - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Anderson, Poul - The Boat of a Million Years
A fun story of a guy who just never dies.
Anderson, Poul - The Day of Their Return
Anderson, Poul - Agent of the Terran Empire
Anderson, Poul - A Stone in Heaven
Anderson, Poul - Ensign Flandry
Anderson, Poul - Flandry of Terra
Anderson, Poul - Trader to the Stars
Anderson, Poul - The High Crusade
Anderson, Poul - The Long Night
Anderson, Poul - The Night Face
Anderson, Poul - The Game of Empire
Anderson, Poul - Inconsistent Star
Anderson, Poul - Tau Zero
Anderson, Poul - A Night of Ghosts and Shadows
Anderson, Poul - Conflict
Anderson, Poul - The Dancer From Atlantis
Anderson, Poul - Mauri and Kith
Asimov, Isaac - Foundation
Asimov, Isaac - Second Foundation
Asimov, Isaac - Foundation and Empire
Asimov, Isaac - I, Robot
Asimov, Isaac - Nemisis
Asprin, Robert - Myth Conceptions
Asprin, Robert - Myth Directions
Asprin, Robert - Another Fine Myth
Asprin, Robert - Hit or Myth
Aylwen, Axel - The Falcon of Siam
A great story ruined by the ending.
Banks, Iain M. - The Algebraist
Space opera at it's best. I'm proud I guessed the right answer.
Barone, Sam - Dawn of Empire
Local Arizona writer.
Bear, Greg - Heads
Weird.
Bear, Greg - STTOS - Corona
Benchley, Peter - Jaws
Blish, James - A Life for the Stars
Blish, James.- Star Trek 1
Blish, James.- Star Trek 2
Blish, James.- Star Trek 3
Blish, James.- Star Trek 4
Blish, James.- Star Trek 5
Blish, James.- Star Trek 6
Blish, James.- Star Trek 7
Blish, James.- Star Trek 8
Blish, James.- Star Trek 9
Blish, James.- Star Trek 10
Bond, Larry - Red Phoenix
Bova, Ben - Mars
Hard SF with deep characters.
Bradbury, Ray - The Martian Chronicles
I don't remember it.
Bradbury, Ray - The Illustrated Man
Brunner, John - The Infinitive of Go
Brust, Steven - Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill
Buckell, Tobias - Crystal Rain
Toby is an emerging star unafraid to break the rules.
Budrys, Algis - Who?
Good, but you must look at the copyright date before reading.
Bujold, Lois McMaster - The Vor Game
Very funny.
Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game
Leaves you wanting more.
Card, Orson Scott - Empire
Scott's first attempt at technothriller.
Carey, Diane - STTNG - Ghost Ship
Chalker, Jack - The Demon at Rainbow Bridge
Clancy, Tom - The Hunt for Red October
Clancy, Tom - Red Storm Rising
Clancy, Tom - The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Clancy, Tom - Clear and Present Danger
Clancy, Tom - The Sum of All Fears
Clarke, Arthur C. - 2001: A Space Oddysey
Clarke, Arthur C. - 2010: Oddysey Two
Clarke, Arthur C. - Rendezvous With Rama
Clarke, Arthur C. and Lee, Gentry - Rama II
A painful experience of Gentry Lee's early prose.
Clavell, James - Shogun
Clavell, James - Tai-Pan
Collier, James Lincoln & Collier, Christopher - My Brother Sam is Dead
Cooper, Sonni - STTOS - Black Fire
Crispin, A.C. - STTOS - Yesterday's Son
DeChancie - Castle For Rent
Del Ray, Lester - Step to the Stars
Preposterous today, but look at the copyright date.
de Saint-ExupÁéry, Antoine - The Little Prince
Dickson, Gordon R. - The Alien Way
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - The Sign of Four
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - A Study in Scarlet
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - The Hound of the Baskervilles
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - The Valley of Fear
Drake, David - Hammer's Slammers
Duane, Diane - STTOS - The Wounded Sky Duane, Diane - STTOS - My Enemy, My Ally
Dvorkin, David - STTOS - The Trellisane Confrontation
Ellison, Harlan - Approaching Oblivion
Ellison, Harlan - The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
Ellison, Harlan (ed.) - Dangerous Visions
Required reading for SF fans.
Ellison, Harlan - Spider Kiss
Based on Ellison's time touring with a band.
Farmer, Philip Jose - Father to the Stars
Farmer, Philip Jose (as Kilgore Trout) - Venus on a Half Shell
Written in the style of Vonnegut but gets old fast.
Flint, Eric - 1632
Flynn, Michael - In the Country of the Blind
Ford, John M. - The Final Reflection
Forward, Simon A. - Doctor Who - Drift
Foster, Alan Dean - A Call To Arms
Foster, Alan Dean - The Black Hole
Foster, Alan Dean - Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Foster, Alan Dean - Star Trek Log 1
Foster, Alan Dean - Star Trek Log 2
Foster, Alan Dean - Star Trek Log 3
Foster, Alan Dean - Star Trek Log 4
Gerrold, David - A Matter For Men
Gerrold, David - The Man Who Folded Himself
One of the most creative time travel stories out there.
Gerrold, David - Alternate Gerrolds
David gave me this book.
Gerrold, David - The Martian Child
Based on David's experience adopting a child. Different from the movie.
Gerrold, David - A Day for Damnation
Gerrold, David - A Rage for Revenge
Gerrold, David - Voyage of the Star Wolf
Gerrold, David - With a Finger in my I
Gerrold, David - Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Harrison, Harry - The Stainless Steel Rat
Harrison, Harry - West of Eden
Harvard Lampoon - Bored of the Rings
Heinlien, Robert - Starship Troopers
Heinlien, Robert - The Moon is Harsh Mistress
Herbert, Frank - Dune
Hernon, Peter - 8.4
Awful.
Hubbard, L. Ron - Battlefield Earth
Forget Dianetics. This book is great.
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 1: The Invaders Plan
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 2: Black Genesis
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 3: The Enemy Within
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 4: An Alien Affair
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 5: Fortune of Fear
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 6: Death Quest
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 7: Voyage of Vengeance
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 8: Disaster
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 9: Villainy Victorious
Hubbard, L. Ron - Mission Earth part 10: The Doomed Planet
Maybe not worth the time invested.
Klass, Judy - STTOS - The Cry of the Onlies
Lame.
L'Amour, Louis - The Rider of Lost Creek
Laumer, Keith - Worlds of the Imperium
Laumer, Keith - Dinosaur Beach
Not what you expect.
Larson, Glen A., and Thurston, Robert - Battlestar Galactica
Lucas, George - Star Wars
Mangan, Jack - Spherical Tomi
First novel by my friend, Jack.
Marshak, Sondra and Culbreath, Myrna - STTOS - Triangle
Maxey, James - Bitterwood +McCormmach - Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist
McIntyre, Vonda - Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
McIntyre, Vonda - STTOS - The Entropy Effect
McSherry, Jr. (ed) - The Fantastic World War II
Murdock, M.S. - STTOS - Web of the Romulans
Niven, Larry - The Integral Trees
One of the most creative milieus in all literature.
Niven, Larry - The Smoke Ring
One of the most creative milieus in all literature.
Niven, Larry - Ringworld
Niven, Larry - Ringworld Engineers
Niven, Larry - N-Space
Niven, Larry - Convergent Series
Niven, Larry - Man-Kzin Wars
Niven, Larry - Man-Kzin Wars II
Niven, Larry - Man-Kzin Wars III
Niven, Larry - Man-Kzin Wars IV
Niven, Larry & Barnes, Steven - The Barsoom Project
Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry - Lucifer's Hammer
A bestseller for a reason.
Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry - The Mote in God's Eye
One of the most creative milieus in all literature.
Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry - Footfall
Niven, Larry, Pournelle Jerry, and Flynn, Michael - Fallen Angels
You might not understand if you aren't fen.
Niven, Larry - A Gift from Earth
Orwell, George - 1984
Orwell, George - Animal Farm
Pohl, Frederik - The Voices of Heaven
Pohl, Frederik - Black Star Rising
Pohl, Frederik - O Pioneer!
Roddenberry, Gene - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Saberhagen, Fred - Berserker
If you think the Borg are nasty...
Sagan, Nick - Idlewild
Sawyer, Robert J. - Illegal Alien
Sewell, Anna - Black Beauty
Shakespere, William - Othello
Smith, Cordwainer - Quest of the Three Worlds
Smith, Martin Cruz - Gorky Park
Steinbeck, John - The Pearl
Steinbeck, John - The Grapes of Wrath
Sturgeon Theodore - More Than Human
Takai, George and Asprin, Robert - Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe
Taylor, Theodore - The Cay
Twain, Mark - Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Hobbit
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Two Towers
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Return of the King
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Silmarillian
Vardeman, Robert E. - STTOS - Mutiny on the Enterprise
Vardeman, Robert E. - STTOS - The Klingon Gambit
Vonnegut, Kurt - Breakfast of Champions
Wonderfully irreverant.
Vonnegut, Kurt - Welcome to the Monkey House
Vonnegut, Kurt - Cat's Cradle
Ice nine.
Vonnegut, Kurt - Slaughterhouse Five
Weinstein, Howard - STTOS - The Covenant of the Crown
Wentz, Michael L. - Resurrection of Liberty
Wiggin, Kate Douglas - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Wingrove, David - Chung Kuo - The Middle Kingdom
(c) 2005-2008 by Rick Novy
Last update: 9 June, 2008