... because if I don't keep it here, I can never think of anything on the spot when people ask me what I'd like for my birthday ...
- loose-leaf tea of all descriptions...
- tech & toys
- ergonomic chair
- ...
- clothes and costumes (size), accessories
Of colours I prefer blacks and midnight blues, with the occasional splash of bright colour (red, blue, rarely yellow, never green). Generally solids rather than patterns, though a pattern can work as part of a splash of bright.- ...
- board games ("German-style")
- ...
- music
- Leaves' Eyes — Lovelorn, Vinland Saga, Njord
- books on my to-read list
- books from the IO9 "best of the decade" list (already have Glasshouse, Rainbows End and most of Harry Potter)
- Anathem by Neal Stephenson
- Blindsight (2006, Peter Watts)
- Gwyneth Jones
- Aleutian Trilogy: "White Queen", "North Wind", "Phoenix Cafe"
- Bold As Love
- David Stork — Hal's Legacy
- James Blish (ed.) — New Dreams this Morning
- Samuel R. Delany — Triton
- Walter M. Miller, Jr — A Canticle for Leibowitz
- Thomas F. Monteleone (ed.) — The Arts and Beyond
- Spider and Jeanne Robinson — Stardance
- Ian Watson (ed.) — Pictures at an Exhibition
- Roger Zelazny — Isle of the Dead
- Stephen Baxter — Xeelee novels
- Margo Lanagan (ed.) — "Black Juice"
- George R.R. Martin — A Song of Ice and Fire (A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows; already have A Game of Thrones)
- Arthur C Clarke — The Fountains of Paradise
- James Blish — Beep (1954)
- Isaac Asimov — The Stars, Like Dust
- Frederik Pohl — Heechee novels
- Harry Turtledove — "The Road Not Taken"
- Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle — Footfall
- Joan Vinge — The Outcasts of Heaven's Belt
- Tobias Buckell — Sly Mongoose
- Greg Egan — Permutation City
- Robert L Forward, Allen Steele, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Peter F Hamilton, Stephen Baxter, Cory Doctorow...
- authors that have been GoH at natcons &c
