My life in books

In 2010, I was in an odd mood, and ended up reading an awful lot of older science fiction I had read years before, perhaps as a kind of comfort reading.

The science fiction re-reads (with a couple of new reads I'm including here because they were recent books in a series I had first read ages ago) include a number of books by F. M. Busby and Steve Perry. One thing that ties these two authors together in my mind is that both of them wrote, as part of a longer series, a book focused on a kick-ass black woman, and that the original editions of both of these books had covers in which their black, female protagonist was prominently featured - fully dressed and looking like the professional warrior she was. And I've never forgotten either cover.

So here are my SF re-reads of 2010:

Frederick Pohl & C.M. Korncbuth, The Space Merchants

Mack Reynolds, Mercenary from Tomorrow

John Wyndham, Chocky

Alexei Panshin, Rite of Passage

James Schmitz, Telzey Amberdon

Henry Kuttner, Mutant

F. M. Busby, Rebel’s Quest
F. M. Busby, Star Rebel
F. M. Busby, Zelde M’tana
F. M. Busby, Young Rissa
F. M. Busby, Rissa and Tregare
F. M. Busby, The Long View
F. M. Busby, Alien Debt
F. M. Busby, Rebel Seed

Steve Perry, The Man Who Never Missed
Steve Perry, Matadora
Steve Perry, The Machiavelli Interface
Steve Perry, The 97th Step
Steve Perry, The Albino Knife
Steve Perry, Black Steel
Steve Perry, Brother Death
Steve Perry, The Omega Cage