Happy reading,
Robert Grumbine
For Kids
Aiken, Joan. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Alexander, Lloyd Prydain series
Carroll, Lewis Alice in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis Through the Looking Glass
Cooper, Susan The Dark is Rising, etc
Corbett, Scott The Lemonade Trick, etc.
Eddison, E.R. The Worm Ouroboros
Kendall, Carol The Gammage Cup.
L'Engle, Madeleine Wrinkle in Time
Lewis, C.S. The Narnia books
Lovett, Margaret The great and terrible quest.
MacDonald, George The Princess and Curdie, etc
McKenzie, Ellen Kindt Taash and the Jesters
Norton, (first name?) The Borrowers
Humor
Adams, Douglas Dirk Gently books
Anthony, Piers Xanth series
Barry, Dave Bad Habits
Barry, Dave Greatest Hits
Bryson, Bill The Lost Continent
Cahill, Tim A wolverine is eating my leg
Coren, Alan Speeches of President Amin
Culbertson, Eli Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying
Cuppy, Will How to Attract a Wombat
Cuppy, Will How to become extinct
Davies, Robertson Tempest Tost
Edgerton, Clyde Walking Across Egypt
Freeberg, Stan It Only hurts when I laugh
Gardner, Craig Shaw Ballad of Wuntvor Trilogy
Gardner, Craig Shaw Cineverse Cycle
Gardner, Craig Shaw Ebenezum Trilogy
Gorey, Edward AMPHIGOREY
Gorey, Edward AMPHIGOREY ALSO
Gorey, Edward AMPHIGOREY TOO
Griffith, Bill Are we having fun yet
Heller, Joseph God Knows
Hite, Molly Class Porn
Holt, Tom Expecting Someone Taller
Portis, Charles Dog of the South
Sharpe, Tom Wilt
Toole, John Kennedy A confederacy of Dunces
Tyler, Anne Searching for Caleb
Wilde, Oscar The Importance of being Ernest
Humorous mysteries
Anderson, James The Affair of the Blood-stained Tea Cosy
Block, Lawrence Bernie Rhodenbarr (detective)
Borthwick, J. S. Sarah Deane (detective)
Brett, Simon Charles Paris (detective)
Brown, Rita Mae Rest In Pieces
Brown, Rita Mae Wish You Were Here
Crispin, Edmund Gervase Fen (detective)
Debin, David Nice Guys Finish Dead
Dickson, Carter Sir Henry Merrivale (detective)
Fish, Robert L Death Cuts the Deck
Friedman, Kinky Elvis, Jesus and Coca-cola
Hall, Parnell Stanley Hastings (detective)
Hess, Joan Claire Malloy (detective)
Hess, Joan Maggody series (Arly Hanks (detective))
Kaminsky, Stuart Toby Peters series
MacLeod, Charlotte Kelling and Bittersohn (detectives)
MacLeod, Charlotte Peter Shandy (detective)
McBain, Ed Downtown
McDonald, Gregory various
Perry, Thomas Island
Perry, Thomas Metzger's Dog
Peters, Elizabeth Amelia Peabody (detective)
Piesman, Marissa Nina Fischman (detective)
Sanders, Lawrence McNally (detective)
Sayers, Dorothy L. Murder Must Advertise
Taylor, Phoebe Atwood Asey Mayo series
Thomas, Leslie Dangerous Davies, The Last Detective
Tilton, Alice (pseudonym of Taylor, Phoebe Atwood)
Watson, Colin Flaxborough Chronicles
Westlake, Donald Dortmunder 'gang' series
Westlake, Donald Trust me on this
Books on what books to read
Pearlman, Mickey What to Read
Raabe, Tom Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction
Fadiman, C. The Lifetime Reading Plan
Hinkley, Karen and Barbara American Best Sellers: A Readers Guide to Popular Fiction
Parsons, Nicholas The Book of Literary Lists
Weber, J. Sherwood, ed. Good Reading: A Guide for Serious Readers
Raphael, Frederic, & Kenneth McLeish The List of Books=
Ward, Philip A Lifetimes's Reading: The World's 500 Greatest Books
Gilbar, Steven The Book Book
Gilbar, Steven Good Books: A Book Lover's Companion
Book-of-the-Month Club The Well-Stocked Bookcase: Sixty Enduring Novels by Americans Published Between 1926-1986
Some Fantasies and more Fantasy-oriented SF
Adams, Douglas Hitchhiker series
Anderson, Poul The Broken Sword
Anthony, Piers Xanth series
Beagle, Peter The Folk of the Air
Bisson, Terry Talking Man
Bradley, Marion Z. Darkover series
Bradley, Marion Zimmer Mists of Avalon
Bull, Emma Finder
Bull, Emma War for the Oaks
Card, Orson Scott Alvin Maker series
Card, Orson Scott Ender series
Card, Orson Scott Songmaster
Carroll, Jonathan The Land of Laughs, Bones of the Moon
Charnas, Suzy M. Walk to the End of the World & The Vampire ??
Cooper, Susan The Dark Is Rising series (Over Sea Under Stone, The Dark Is Rising, Greenwich, The Grey King, Silver On The Tree)
Crowley, John Little, Big
De Camp, L. Sprague & Fletcher Pratt - Complete Incompleat Enchanter
Dean, Pamela Tam Lin
Delaney 4 novels set in Neveryon
Donaldson, Stephen The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Duane, Diane Wizardry series
Dunsany, Lord The King of Elfland's Daughter
Eddings, David The Belgariad
Eddison, E.R. The Worm Ouroubouros
Ford, John M The Dragon Waiting
Garcia Marquez, G. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gardner Grendel
Goldman, William The Princess Bride
Goldstein, Lisa Red Magician
Goldstein, Lisa Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon
Hambly, Barbara
Hazel, Paul Yearwood
Henderson, Zenna The People: No Different Flesh.
Jones, Diana Wynne Archer's Goon, Time City, others
Kushner, Ellen Swordspoint
Kushner, Ellen Thomas the Rhymer
Lackey, Mercedes
Le Guin, Ursula Dispossessed, etc.
Le Guin, Ursula Earthsea tetralogy,
Le Guin, Ursula Left Hand of Darkness, The
Lee, Tanith Night's Master, Death's Master
Lee, Tanith Red as Blood
Lieber, Fritz Fafrd and Gray Mouser books
Linklater, Eric The Wind on the Moon
MacAvay, Roberta The Black Dragon, Twisting The Rope, others
MacAvoy, R.A. A Trio for Lute (Damiano-trilogy)
McCaffrey, Anne Dragonriders of Pern series
McKinley, Robin Deerskin
McKinley, Robin The Blue Sword, Hero & Crown, Beauty.
Miller & Lee Conflict of Honors, Agent of Change, Carpe Diem
Moon, Elizabeth Paksenarrion trilogy
Morrow, James Only Begotten Daughter
Pangborn Davy
Pearce, Philippa Tom's Midnight Garden
Powers, Tim Last Call
Powers, Tim The Stress of her Regard, The Anubis Gates
Pratchett & Gaimen Good Omens
Pratchett, Terry Discworld books, e.g. The Colour of Magic
Pratchett, Terry and Neil Gaiman Good Omens
Rivkin, J.F. Silverglass, Witch of Rhostshyl (& one more)
Roberson, Jennifer early books of the Song of Homana or Songs of the Cheysuli (?)
Shea, Michael Nifft the Lean
Sherman, Delia The Porcelin Dove
Shetterly, Will Elsewhere
Shetterly, Will Nevernever
Swanwick, Michael The Iron Dragon's Daughter
Tepper, Sheri Beauty
Tepper, Sheri Grass
Tepper, Sheri Raising the Stones
Tolkein, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings
Undset Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy
Vance, Jack The Dying Earth-books
White, T.H. Once & Future King
Williams, Tad Memory, Sorrow and Thorn-trilogy
Willis, Connie short stories
Wolfe, Gene Book of the New Sun series
Wolfe, Gene Soldier of the Mist, Soldier of Arete
Wrede, Patricia re-telling of the fairy tale Snow White & Rose Red
Yolen, Jane Sister Light, Sister Dark
Yolen, Jane The One Armed Queen (in progress?) (trio)
Yolen, Jane White Jenna
Zelazny, Roger Amber series
Some Dystopian stories
Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid's Tale
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray The Pedestrian (short story)
Brunner, John Stand on Zanzibar
Brunner, John The Sheep Look Up
Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange
Disch, Thomas M. Camp Concentration
Heinlein, Robert Revolt in 2100
Huxley, Aldous Ape and Essence
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Huxley, Aldous Island
Levin, Ira This Perfect Day
Lieber, Fritz Perfect People
Lucas, George (screenplay) Bova, Ben (novel) THX-1138
Orwell, George 1984
Schulman, J. Neil The Rainbow Cadenza
Wells, H. G. The Time Machine
Zamyatin, Yevgeny We
Science versus non-
Basri, Saul A. A deductive theory of Space-Time
Bauer, Henry H. Scientific Literacy and the Myth of the Scientific Method
Bhaskar, Roy A realist theory of science
Broughton, Richard Parapsychology: The controversial Science
Cartwright, Nancy How the laws of physics lie
Chalmers, Alan Science and its fabrication
Chalmers, Alan What is this thing called Science
Explaining Science : A Cognitive Approach
Feyerabend, Paul Against Method
Feyerabend, Paul Farewell to Reason
Frazier, Ken Paranormal Borderlands of Science
Futuyma, Douglas J. Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution
Gardner, Martin Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Giere, Ronald Explaining Science
Hansel, C. E. M. ESP, a Scientific Evaluation
Harding, Sandra The Science Question in Feminism
Harding, Sandra Whose Science? Whose Knowledge
Kuhn, Thomas Structure of Scientific Revolution
Kurtz, Paul (ed) A skeptics' guidebook to parapsychology
Lakatos, Imre Proofs and Refutations
Laudan, Larry Science and Relativism
Lewin, Rober Bones of Contention
Marks, David and Richard Kammann The Psychology of the Psychic"
Newton-Smith, W. H. The Rationality of Science
Nye, Andrea Words of Power: A Feminist Reading in the History of Logic
Suppe, Fred The Semantic Conception of theories and scientific realism
Young, Davis Christianity and the Age of the Earth
Science for the interested layman
Dawkins, Richard Selfish Gene
Dawkins, Richard Extended Phenotype
Dawkins, Richard Blind Watchmaker
Ferris, T. Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Weber, Robert (ed.) A Random Walk in Science
Weber, Robert (ed.) More Random Walks in Science
Gribben, John In Search of Schrodinger's Cat
Kuhn, Thomas Structure of Scientific Revolution
Rucker, Rudy Mind Tools
Baker, Robert A. (ed.) A Stress Analysis of a strapless evening gown
McPhee, John Basin and Range
McPhee, John In Suspect Terrane
McPhee, John Rising from the Plains
McPhee, John The control of nature
Polar Books
Armstrong, Sir Alexander A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage: With Numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure During Nearly Five Years Continuous Service in the Arctic Regions While in Search of the Expedition Under Sir John Franklin
Barr, William Overland to Starvation Cove: With the Inuit in Search of Franklin
Beattie, Owen Frozen in Time
Beechey, Frederick W. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Bering's Strait, to Cooperate with the Polar Expeditions
Benton, Pierre The Arctic Grail
Briggs, Jean L. Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family
Burnford, Shiela One Woman's Arctic
Goetzmann, William H. and Kay Sloan Looking Far North: The Harriman Expedition to Alaska 1899
Haines, John Meade The Stars, The Snow, The Fire: Twenty-Five Years in the Northern Wilderness
Hakluyt, Richard The Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation
Hund(s?)ford, Roland Shackleton
Hunt(s?)ford, Roland The Last Place on Earth
Hunt, William R. Stef: A Biography of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian Arctic Explorer
James, Thomas Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James
Kizzia, Tom Wake of the Unseen Object: Among the Native Cultures of Bush Alaska
Lonsdale, Hugh Cecil Lowther A Victorian Earl in the Arctic: The Travels and Collections of the Fifth Earl of Lonsdale 1888-89
Lopez, Barry Arctic Dreams
Lopez, Barry H. Crossing Open Ground
M'Clintock, Leopold The Voyage of the Arctic Fox in the Arctic Sea
Malaurie, Jean The Last Kings of Thule: With the Polar Eskimos, as They Face Their Destiny
McPhee, John A. Coming Into the Country
Mowat, Farley Arctic Trilogy (Tundra, The Polar Passion, ?)
Mowat, Farley Ordeal by Ice
Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North
Nelson, Richard K. Hunters of the Northern Forest: Designs for Survival Among the Alaskan
Nelson, Richard K. Shadow of the Hunter: Stories of Eskimo Life
Norman, Howard Northern Tales: Traditional Stores of Eskimo and Indian Peoples
Osborn, Sherard Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal
Parry, Sir William Edward Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years 1819-20 in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper
de Poncins, Gontran Kabloona
Rasky, Frank The North Pole or Bust
Richardson, Sir John Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist With Franklin 1820-1822
Rundall, T. Narratives of the Voyages Toward the North-West
Shackleton, Ernest South
Stafansson, Vilhjalmur The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
The Book of the Eskimo
Van Kirk, Sylvia Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-Trade Society
Some Science Fiction
Asimov, Isaac Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation Isaac Asimov
Clarke, Arthur C. Childhood's End
Bradbury, Ray The Martian Chronicles
Heinlein, Robert A Stranger in a Strange Land
Brunner, John Stand on Zanzibar
Verne, Jules 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
Anderson, Poul Tau Zero
Asimov, Isaac I Robot
Bester, Alfred The Demolished Man
Blish, James Cities in Flight (Collective title for 4 books, Earthman Come Home is the strongest individual)
Bova, Ben (ed.) SF Hall of Fame volume IIb
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Brin, David Startide Rising, The Uplift War
Cherrhy, C. J. The Faded Sun
Clarke, Arthur C. Rendezvous With Rama
Del Rey, Lester Nerves
Ellison, Harlan (ed) Dangerous Visions, Again Dangerous Visions
Gunn, James The Listeners
Haldeman, Joe All My sins Remembered
Herbert, Frank Dune
Huxley Brave New World
L'Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time
Miller, Walter M. Jr. A Canticle for Liebowitz
Orwell, George 1984
Pohl, Frederick and Cyril Kornbluth The Space Merchants
Serling, Rod The Twilight Zone (anthology)
Zelazny, Roger Lord of Light
Population Biology
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I promised to summarize the suggestions I received for undergraduate texts
for a population biology course. Below is a list of those books that were
suggested.
Ron Etter
etter@umbsky.cc.umb.edu
Ayala, F.J. 1982. Population and Evolutionary Genetics. The Benjamin
Cummings, CA.
Begon, M. and Mortimer, M. 1992. Population Ecology. Blackwell,
Oxford.
Cockburn, A. 1991 Introduction to Evolutionary Ecology, Blackwell
Press.
Crow, J.F. 1986. Basic concepts in population, quantitative, and
evolutionary genetics. W.H. Freeman and Co., NY
Elseth, G.D. and K.D. Baumgardner 1981. Population Biology. D. Van
Nostrand, New York.
Emlen, J.M. 1984. Population Biology - The coevolution of Population
Dynamics and Behavior. Macmillan, NY
Emmel, T.C. 1976. Population Biology. Harper & Row, NY.
Futuyma, D. Evolutionary Biology
Hartl, D.L. 1988. A Primer of population genetics, 2 ed. Sinauer Assoc.,
Sunderland, MA
Hedrick 1984 Population Biology, Jones and Bartlett, MA
Hedrick. P.W. 1985. Genetics of Populations. Jones and Bartlett, MA.
Maynard Smith, J. 1990 Evolutionary Genetics. Oxford
Pianka, E.R. 1994. Evolutionary Ecology. Harper Collins, NY.
Roughgarden, J. 1979 Theory of Population Genetics and Evolutionary
Ecology" (MacMillan)
Solbrig, O.T. and D.J. Solbrig. 1979. Introduction to Population Biology
and Evolution. Addison-Wesley, MA.
Wilson & Bossert 1971 A Primer of Population Biology. Sinauer Assoc.,
Sunderland, MA