Hi folks!

It's been quite a while, but I hope some of you are still reading Livejournal.

Today we look at the books Goodreads has recommended to me based on books I've read from authors with a B in their name.

The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin HIcks
Almuric by Robert E. Howard
Astonishing X-Men Trilogy Collection by Joss Whedon

Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola
Big Questions #1 by Anders Nilsen
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

The Diamond Throne by David Eddings
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis
The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley

East of West #1 by Jonathan Hickman
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Land That Time Forgot by Russ Manning

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe

Hildafolk by Luke Pearson
How to Win at Everything: Even Things You Can't or Shouldn't Try to Win At by Daniel Kibblesmith

The Instrumentality of Mankind by Cordwainer Smith

The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr

The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

Many Moons by James Thurber
Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell
The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jannson
Mosses from an Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale
Northlanders, Vol. 1: Sven the Returned by Brian Wood

Out of the Depths: An Unforgettable WWII Story of Survival, Courage, and the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis by Edgar Harrell

Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K. Dick
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs
Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin

Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition by Shane Lacy Hensley
Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit by Wayne F. Hill
Sleeper, Vol. 1: Out in the Cold by Ed Brubaker
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Spider-Men #1 by Brian Michael Bendis
The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy by Stanisław Lem
Stumptown, Vol. 1 by Greg Rucka
Surrender None by Elizabeth Moon

The Terro-Human Future History Omnibus by H. Beam Piper
They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton
The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories by Nicholas Gurewitch

The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions by Arthur Bennett

The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
Who is Jake Ellis? by Nathan Edmondson

Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

And now, the authors who inspired this list, in order of times cited:

Chris A. Bolton-7

Cece Bell-6

Edgar Rice Burroughs-5

Alfred Bester-4
Terry Brooks-4
Jeffrey Brown-4
John Brunner-4

L. Frank Baum-3
Kate Beaton-3
Anthony Bourdain-3
Ray Bradbury-3
Lois McMaster Bujold-3
Cullen Bunn-3
John Bunyan-3

Zac Bissonnette-2
James Blish-2
Deborah Blum-2

Brian Michael Bendis
T. Martin Bennett
Jason Bulmahn
Virginia Lee Burton
Kurt Busiek


As always, let me know if you've read any of these books or heard interesting buzz, or you're puzzled as to who this Chris A. Bolton buy is.
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http://www.skjam.com/2014/05/30/book-review-jet-set/

Today's Goodreads recommendations are based on my "art" shelf, where I put books about art, books about artists and books about the artistic process. I don't have all that many books on this shelf, thus this will be a short post.

The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators by Richard Williams
Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! by Art Spiegelman
Comics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures by Jessica Abel
Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing
Frank, Vol. 1 by Jim Woodring
Mythology: The DC Comics Art by Alex Ross
Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork by David Chelsea
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America by David Hajdu
What It Is by Lynda Barry

See if you can spot the odd book out. You know what to do otherwise.

Back at school,
SKJAM!

Welcome to the list of books Goodread suggests based on my "sports and games" shelf. Here I put game rulebooks, books about games, books that have sports and games as a major focus or are about athletes. and gamers.

For some reason, this shelf breaks the usual rule and allows more than fifty books.

Another, Vol. 01 by Hiro Kiyohara
The Antipope by Robert Rankin

Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
Black Bird, Vol. 1 by Kanoko Sakurakouji
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
A Bride's Story 01 by Kaoru Mori

City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
City of Masks by Mary Hoffman

Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop
Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart
Demon Love Spell, Vol. 1 by Mayu Shinjo
The Diamond Throne by David Eddings
Dragon's Milk by Susan Fletcher
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis

Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller

Feed by Mira Grant
Flight from the Dark by Joe Dever
The Forests of Silence by Emily Rodda
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman

Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood
Generous Death by Nancy Pickard
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Happy Cafe, Vol. 1 by Kou Matsuzuki
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Hooked by Liz Fichera
The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber

Ink by Amanda Sun
In the Last Analysis by Amanda Cross

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron

Magyk by Angie Sage
Malice in Maggody by Joan Hess
The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

One Coffee With by Margaret Maron

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Search for Senna by Katherine Applegate
The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters
Shadowland by Meg Cabot
The Shamer's Daughter by Lene Kaaberbol
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair by David Stuart Davies
So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
Spirited Away, Volume 1 by Hayao Miyazaki
Stepping on Roses, Vol. 1 by Rinko Ueda
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Strobe Edge, Vol. 1 by Io Sakisaka

Terrier by Tamora Pierce
Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell
The Twins at St. Clare's by Enid Blyton

vN by Madeline Ashby

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Steve Jackson
Wit'ch Fire by James Clemens

The Year of Jubilo by Ruth Sawyer


As always, let me know if you have read any of these or heard interesting buzz. (I am a bit saddened that more RPG books didn't get suggested.)
SKJAM!

Hi folks!

This time we'll look at what Goodreads recommends based on my "Religion & Philosophy" shelf. Here I put religious texts, philosophical works, books with heavy religious or philosophical themes, and works where a religious figure or philosopher is the main character.

Abide in Christ by Andrew Murray
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
American Men on Being Muslim by Wajahat Ali
The Antipope by Robert Rankin
Axiomatic by Greg Egan

The Big Time/The Mind Spiders and Other Stories by Fritz Leiber
The Black Tower by Louis Bayard
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore

The Call by Michael Grant
Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 by Linda Medley
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 01 by Rei Toma
Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Doctor Mirabilis by James Blish

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Far Side by Gary Larson
The Forgotten Realms: Campaign Set by Ed Greenwood
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe

The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson
Grace's Pictures by Cindy Thomson

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis

Leaves of Grass: First and "Death-Bed" Editions by Walt Whitman
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
The Light Princess by George MacDonald

Maid-Sama! Vol. 01 by Hiro Fujiwara
Marzi by Marzena Sowa
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell
Murder and Magic by Randall Garrett

The New Teen Titans Archive, Vol. 1 by Marv Wolfman
The New Testament and the People of God by N.T. Wright

Only the River Runs Free by Bodie Thoene
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Pearl of Great Price by Joseph Smith Jr.
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Pursuit of Lucy Banning by Olivia Newport

Sanctorum Communio: A Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Scarlet Ibis: The Collection of Wonder by James Hurst
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Sexual Ethics in Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence by Kecia Ali
Spirit Nudges: Proof that Spirit Is Never Far Away by Michelle Rathore
Stranger at Stonewycke by Michael Phillips

Tune: Vanishing Point by Derek Kirk Kim

The Wednesday Witch by Ruth Chew
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
Windchaser by Scott Ciencin
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne (I would have thought "The Tao of Pooh" would be more apropos.)
Winnie the Pooh Treasury by A.A. Milne

I think some of these wander far afield from the subjects of philosophy and religion, to be honest. As always, let me know if you've read any of these, or heard interesting buzz.

SKJAM!

Hi folks!

One of the less populated shelves on my Goodreads account is "foodie." Cookbooks, books about cooks, books about food and drink, books that include a recipe for something or other, that sort of thing. So the list of books Goodreads recommends to me based on it is rather short. On the other hand, it's a very different selection from my other shelves.

Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Eating Alone by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child by Noel Riley Fitch
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pepin

Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris by A.J. Liebling

A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain

French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle

The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker and Apprentice to Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg

The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber
Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat by Grant Achatz

The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten

On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town by Susan Herrmann Loomis

The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection by Michael Ruhlman
The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City by David Lebovitz

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones

The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation by David Kamp


In related news, I'm currently reading a book about energy drinks. Oh and the book "Frances Elizabeth Willis" I reviewed recently at my blog had a surprise guest appearance by Julia Child.

Let me know if you've read any of these, or heard any interesting buzz. Or failing that, just plug your favorite book about food.

SKJAM!

One more for the road, shall we? This time we look at what Goodreads recommends to me based on my "published in the 1930s" shelf.

The major history things in the 1930s were the Great Depression and the first stirrings of World War Two in Europe and East Asia. It was the Golden Age of pulps, especially the character pulps and science fiction. Also, some really good children's books started in this decade.

The Atlas of Middle-Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad

Belgarath the Sorceror by David Eddings
Berserker by Fred Saberhagen
Brain Wave by Poul Anderson

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis
The Dreaming Jewels by Theodore Sturgeon

Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
The Floating Admiral by Detection Club
The Forge by Thomas S. Stribling

Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss
The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber
The Humanoids by Jack Williamson
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

The Instumentality of Mankind by Cordwainer Smith

Karlson on the Roof by Astrid Lindgren

Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBride
Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Magic Bedknob by Mary Norton
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement

Non-Stop by Brian W. Aldiss

Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice Provensen

Past Master by R. A. Lafferty
The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh

Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak
Rocannon's World by Ursula K. LeGuin
Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist
The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley
Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
The Story about Ping by Marjorie Flack
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

This Perfect Day by Ira Levin
Today I Will Fly! by Mo Willems
The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud by Janet Schulman

The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A.E. van Vogt

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

Young Lonigan by James T. Farrell


Let me know if you've read any of these, heard interesting buzz, or have a favorite book of the 1930s.
SKJAM!

Keeping on posting, this time we're going to look at a slightly more controversial area, books Goodreads has recommended to me based on my "gender bender" shelf. This includes both fanciful stories of boys turning into girls (and vice versa) using impossible means, and realistic stories involving more believable trans people. Not a genre so much as a theme, so most of the recommended works do not themselves have gender bending in them.

After School Nightmare, Volume 1 by Setona Mizushiro
Aquaman, Vol. 1: The Trench by Geoff Johns
Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey

Beyond the Pale by Mark Anthony
Birds of Prey, Vol. 1: Trouble in Mind by Duane Swierczynski
Black and White, Vol. 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto
The Briar King by Greg Keyes
A Bride's Story, Vol. 01 by Kaoru Mori

A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
Catwoman #0 by Ann Nocenti
China Trade by S.J. Rozan
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill

Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
The Drops of God 1 by Tadashi Agi
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio

Feast of Souls by C.S. Friedman
The Fire's Stone by Tanya Huff
From Far Away, Vol. 1 by Kyoko Hikawa

Gate 7, Volume 1 by CLAMP

Inda by Sherwood Smith

Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, Vol. 1 by Asami Tsuda
Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley

The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly
Lion of Senet by Jennifer Fallon
Love Hina, Vol. 01 by Ken Akamatsu

The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama
Mars, Volume 01 by Fuyumi Soryo
Medalon by Jennifer Fallon
Melusine by Sarah Monette
MeruPuri, Vol. 01 by Matsuri Hino
Miss Modern Vol. 1 by Waki Yamato
Moonlight Downs by Adrian Hyland
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint

100% by Paul Pope

Red River, Vol. 1 by Chie Shinohara

Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 by Hisae Iwaoka
The September Society by Charles Finch
Supergirl, Vol. 1: Last Daughter of Krypton by Mike Johnson
Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Raise Them Bones by Scott Snyder
Swordspoint by by Ellen Kushner

Tom Strong, Book 1 by Alan Moore
Transformation by Carol Berg

Vincalis the Agitator by Holly Lisle

Wandering Son: Volume 01 by Shimura Takako
What a Wonderful World!, Volume 1 by Inio Asano
Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth
Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: Blood by Brian Azzarello


The surprise repeat recommendation is Jennifer Fallon, who I have not heard of before.

As always, comment if you've read any of these or heard interesing buzz. The next shelf is likely to have a bunch of books you should have read; you'll see why when we get there.

Cheers,
SKJAM!

Hi folks!

Today we turn to what Goodreads recommends to me based on my Comedy shelf. This contains both books deliberately written as comedy, and ones I actually found funny. The existence of dark humor and sharp satire means that some of the books aren't funny to many people.

The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
All My Friends are Dead by Avery Monsen
Another Fine Myth by Robert Lynn Asprin
The Antipope by Robert Rankin
Antique Bakery, Volume 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

Beauty Pop, Vol. 1 by Kiyoko Arai
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 1 by Yoko Kamio

The Complete Fawlty Towers by John Cleese
Cowboy Bebop, Vol. 1 by Yutaka Nanten

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
A Difficulty with Dwarves by Craig Shaw Gardner
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Drinking at the Movies by Julia Wertz

Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt

Fall in Love Like a Comic!, Vol. 01 byChitose Yagami
The Far Side by Gary Larson

Girl Got Game, Book 1 by Shizuru Seino

Hana-Kimi, Vol. 1 by Hisaya Nakajo

In the Company of Ogres by A. Lee Martinez

Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, Vol. 1 byMasami Tsuda

The Late Night with David Letterman Book of Top Ten Lists by David Letterman
Love*Com, Volume 1 by Aya Nakahara
Love Hina, Vol. 01 by Ken Akamatsu
Lysistrata by Aristophanes

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 1 by Nagaru Tanigawa
Memories of the Future - Volume 1 by Wil Wheaton
Mixed Vegetables, Vol. 1 by Ayumi Komura
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

Nodame Cantabile, Vol. 1 by Tomoko Ninomiya

Otomen, Vol. 1 by Aya Kanno

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
The Portable Door by Tom Holt
Prime Baby by Gene Luen Yang

A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell

A Right to be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury by Aaron McGruder
Rosario + Vampire, Vol. 1 by Akihisa Ikeda
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

School Rumble, Volume 1 by Jin Kobayashi
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Snuff Fiction by Robert Rankin
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Tartuffe by Moliere
The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories by Nicholas Gurewitch\

Ultra Maniac, Vol. 01 by Wataru Yoshizumi
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch

The Wallflower, Vol. 1 by Tomoko Hayakawa
W Juliet, Vol. 1 by Emura


As always, if you've read any of these or heard interesting buzz, please let me know in the comments.
In other news, I reviewed the 1962 movie "Chushingura (47 Ronin)" over at my blog, http://www.skjam.com so stop by for comments there.

Stay warm,
SKJAM!

Hi folks!

I've enjoyed the last couple of weeks while recovering from the summer session of Rasmussen. Fall quarter starts Monday, bringing me classes in Finance, Economics, (more) Accounting and something called Business Capstone. Ouch.

Today, we look at a list of books recommended to me by Goodreads based on my anthology shelf. An anthology combines the pleasure of holding a good thick book in your hands with the convenience of a quick reading experience. And if you don't like one story, another will soon be along.

As always, let me know if you've read a book on this list, heard buzz about it, or have an anthology you'd plug.


Approaching Oblivion by Harlan Ellison
Axiomatic by Greg Egan

Bewere the Night by Ekaterina Sedia
Beyond Armageddon by Martin H. Greenberg
Blood and Smoke by Stephen King
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Book of the Dead by John Skipp
Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens
The Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
The Complete Stories and Poems by Lewis Carroll
The Complete Tales by Beatrix Potter

Essays and Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essential Tales and Poems by Edgar Allen Poe

Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology by James Patrick Kelly
Filter House by Nisi Shawl

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr.

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams
In a Glass Darkly by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstital Writing by Delia Sherman
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by W. B. Yeats

The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving
Leviathan Wept and Other Stories by Daniel Abraham
Looking for Jake by China Mieville
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures by Mike Ashley
Mapping the World of Harry Potter: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Explore the Bestselling Series of All Time by Mercedes Lackey
Mothers & Other Monsters: Stories by Maureen F. McHugh

The Necklace and Other Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant

The Past through Tomorrow by Robert A. Heinlein
Perrault's Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
Persistence of Vision by John Varley
Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume 1 by Robert Silverberg
Shadows Over Baker Street by Michael Reaves
Sherlock Holmes in America by Martin H. Greenberg
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit by Mike Resnick
A Study in Lavender: Queering Sherlock Holmes by Joseph R.G. DeMarco

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft

The Way of the Wizard by John Joseph Adams
What I Didn't See: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler
When the Hero Comes Home by Gabrielle Harbowy
The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories by Connie Willis
Wireless by Charles Stross
Worlds that Weren't by Harry Turtledove

You know, other than the overemphasis on Sherlockania, this would make a really good bookshelf for someone shut off from the world for a few years.

Your thoughts and comments?
SKJAM!