What I’m Reading: 2025

1. Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World, by Michael J. Benton, illustrated by Bob Nicholls. See the companion website Dinosaur feathers and colour for an accessible synopsis of the science behind recent advances in dinosaur paleontology.
2. ★ New Adventures in Space Opera, edited by Jonathan Strahan. This post is partly inspired by Strahan’s own Consumed in 2025 list.
3. New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3, edited by Oliver Brackenbury.
4. New Edge Sword & Sorcery #4, edited by Oliver Brackenbury.
5. The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks.
6. The Profitable Artist, published by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
7. Playing with Pop-ups, by Helen Hiebert. Packed with inspiration for papercraft mail art!
8. Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist, by Jane Rosenberg.
9. ★ The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024, edited by Hugh Howey and John Joseph Adams.
10. The Mercy of Gods, by James S. A. Corey
11. ★ A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers
12. James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice Sheldon, by Julie Phillips
13. Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #49, edited by Kelly Link and Gavin Grant
14. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, by Becky Chambers
15. Never Say You Can’t Survive, by Charlie Jane Anders
16. Where the Axe is Buried, by Ray Nayler
17. Twelve Trees, by Daniel Lewis
18. Blacks on John Brown, edited by Benjamin Quarles
19. Alpha 6, edited by Robert Silverberg

Comics

I read a variety of comics on Hoopla via the library. Listed here are some series I’ve completed or kept up to date with:

• Paper Girls: The Complete Story (Image Comics), written by Brian K. Vaughan with art by Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson, and Jared K. Fletcher.
• Conan the Barbarian (Titan Comics), written by Jim Zub with art by Rob De La Torre, Doug Braithwaite, and Danica Brine.
• The Savage Sword of Conan (Titan Comics), by various writers and artists.
• The Witcher (Dark Horse Comics), by various writers and artists.

Posted on Sunday, January 12th, 2025. Tags: reviews.