8/06 UPDATE: My New Year’s Resolution

By John DeNardo | Friday, September 1st, 2006 at 12:00 am

This is the August 2006 update of my New Year’s Resolution to (almost) read a short story a day.

QUICK STATS:

   STARTING SF-POINTS^©: 276

   SF-POINTS^© EARNED THIS MONTH: 62 (QUOTA: 31)

   YEAR-TO-DATE SF-POINTS^©: 338 (YTD QUOTA: 243)

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DATE READ	YEAR WRITTEN	STORY	AUTHOR	SOURCE	RATING	TYPE	POINTS	YTD POINTS
08/02/06	1929	“The Star-Stealers”	Edmond Hamilton	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer		NV	2	278
08/04/06	1931	“The Prince of Space”	Jack Williamson			NA	4	282
08/05/06	1949	“Enchantress of Venus”	Leigh Brackett			NA	4	284
08/06/06	1950	“The Swordsmen of Varnis”	Clive Jackson			VI	[.25]	284
08/06/06	1955	“The Game of Rat and Dragon”	Cordwainer Smith			SS	1	285
08/06/06	1972	“Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerly Dead”	Robert Sheckley			SS	1	286
08/08/06	1966	“Empire Star”	Samuel R. Delany			NA	4	290
08/09/06	1990	“Weatherman”	Lois McMaster Bujold			NA	4	294
08/10/06	2005	“The Canadian Who Came Almost All The Way Home From The Stars”	Jay Lake And Ruth Nestvold	The Year’s Best Science Fiction #23 edited by Gardner Dozois		NV	2	296
08/11/06	2005	“Triceratops Summer”	Michael Swanwick			SS	1	297
08/11/06	2005	“The Blemmye’s Strategem”	Bruce Sterling			NV	2	299
08/12/06	2005	“Amba”	William Sanders			NV	2	301
08/12/06	2005	“Search Engine”	Mary Rosenblum			SS	1	302
08/13/06	2005	“Piccadilly Circus”	Chris Beckett			NV	2	304
08/13/06	1975	“Ranks of Bronze”	David Drake	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer		SS	1	305
08/14/06	1999	“Temptation”	David Brin			NA	4	309
08/14/06	2005	“Little Faces”	Vonda N. Mcintyre	The Year’s Best Science Fiction #23 edited by Gardner Dozois		NV	2	311
08/15/06	2005	“La Malcontenta”	Liz Williams			SS	1	312
08/15/06	2005	“The Children of Time”	Stephen Baxter			SS	1	313
08/17/06	2005	“Comber”	Gene Wolfe			SS	1	314
08/17/06	2005	“Zima Blue”	Alastair Reynolds			NV	2	316
08/17/06	2005	“Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck”	Neal Asher			NV	2	318
08/18/06	2005	“The Great Caruso”	Steven Popkes			SS	1	319
08/18/06	2005	“Planet of the Amazon Women”	David Moles			NV	2	321
08/20/06	2005	“Gold Mountain”	Chris Roberson			NV	2	323
08/21/06	2005	“The Fulcrum”	Gwyneth Jones			NV	2	325
08/21/06	2005	“Mayfly”	Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy			SS	1	326
08/22/06	2005	“Two Dreams on Trains”	Elizabeth Bear			SS	1	327
08/23/06	1987	“A Gift from the Culture”	Iain M. Banks	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer		SS	1	328
08/24/06	1999	“Orphans of the Helix”	Dan Simmons			NV	2	330
08/26/06	1997	“The Well Wishers”	Colin Greenland			NA	4	334
08/29/06	1997	“Escape Route”	Peter F. Hamilton			NA	4	338