I love reading and I would certainly do it more often if I had the time to. Here is a list of books I've read (with personal comments) in no particular order. The rating states how much I enjoyed reading the book and has nothing to do with anything else.
Technical and reference books (both printed and online) are not included in this list. Some older dates may not be accurate but, frankly, who cares anyway?
| Name | Author | Category | Read | My rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1995 | ★★★★ | Well developed, all in all good but not great |
| Foundation and Empire | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1995 | ★★★ | Good too |
| Relato de un náufrago | Gabriel García Márquez | Fiction | 1996 | ★★★★★ | Great story. The movie "Castaway" is base on this one but, as usual, is way worse. |
| Second foundation | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1996 | ★★★★★ | The best foundation book! |
| Foundation's edge | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1997 | ★★★★ | Very enjoyable reading |
| Prelude to Foundation | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1998 | ★★ | Kind of boring. Lot of plot but few action. First chronological book in the Foundation saga. But read "Foundation" first or you'll miss the fun |
| Forward the foundation | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1999 | ★★★★★ | Entertaining and intriguing, but only if you've read the other Foundation books before. |
| Foundation and earth | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1999 | ★ | Mixes robots and foundation universe, but it's very slow and irritating |
| Caves of steel | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1999 | ★★★★ | Very nice plot, intriguing |
| The naked sun | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1999 | ★★★★ | Nice characters, but kind of slow |
| Robots of dawn | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1997 | ★★★★ | Good plot |
| Robots and empire | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1998 | ★★★★ | The only book that broke the first law of robotics by its own creator (Mr.Asimov) |
| The bicentennial man | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1999 | ★★ | Good plot, but the book is not worth it. |
| The end of eternity | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 1999 | ★★★★★ | Best time-travel story I've read. Superb plot |
| The time machine | H.G. Wells | Sci-fi | 2000 | ★★★★★ | Pure all-time classic. Rocks. |
| Childhood's end | Arthur Clarke | Sci-fi | 2001 | ★★★★★★ | Outstanding |
| The demon haunted world | Carl Sagan | Science | 2001 | ★★★★★ | Very though-provoking. Inteligent thoughts about faith in science and why religion should be avoided |
| A brief history of time | Stephen Hawking | Science | 2004 | ★★★★★ | Great explanations about modern physics. |
| Fantastic voyage | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 2001 | ★★ | Lacks character development, but it based on a movie plot so that could be the reason. |
| Hamlet | William Shakespeare | Medieval | 2001 | ★★★ | I read it, I liked it, and that's it. No big thoughts about this one. |
| Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Medieval | 2001 | ★★ | Ancient english, hard to grasp |
| The masks of time | Robert Silverberg | Sci-fi | 2003 | ★★★ | Interesting plot, but awful ending |
| A journey to the interior of the Earth | Jules Verne | Sci-fi | 2002 | ★★★★★ | A great story from the grandfather of Sci-fi |
| The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy | Douglas Adams | Sci-fi | 2005 | ★★★★ | Extremely funny, more like a sci-fi novel parody |
| The universe in a nutshell | Stephen Hawking | Science | 2004 | ★★★ | Good compilation of modern physics. Mainly focused in string theory. Easy reading and well illustrated |
| Hector Servadac | Jules Verne | Sci-fi | 2001 | ★★★★★ | A not-so-know but excellent Verne's book |
| The gods themselves | Isaac Asimov | Sci-fi | 2003 | ★★★★★★ | Very creative story about a three-sex not-humanoid alien race. Beautiful and very touching. |
| Neuromancer | William Gibson | Sci-fi | 2003 | ★ | This one *should* be good. Unfortunately I read it in spanish and didn't get it, so I blame translation. Gotta try the english version one day . |
| Billions and billions | Carl Sagan | Science | 2004 | ★★ | Talks about taking care of the planet and our race. |
| Dune | Frank Herbert | Sci-fi | 2002 | ★★★★ | Very good |
| Dune messiah | Frank Herbert | Sci-fi | 2002 | ★★ | Boring |
| Children of Dune | Frank Herbert | Sci-fi | 2003 | ★★★★ | Entertaining |
| God emperor of Dune | Frank Herbert | Sci-fi | 2003 | ★★★★★ | Thought-provoking |
| Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury | Sci-fi | 2002 | ★★★ | A good Bradbury's one, but I don't quite like Bradbury very much. |
| The illustrated man | Ray Bradbury | Sci-fi | 2002 | ★★ | A compilation of short stories. Interesting, but not much |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | Sci-fi | 2002 | ★★★ | Good utopian book, but 1984 or a Brave New World are way better |
| 1984 | George Orwell | Sci-fi | 2003 | ★★★★★★ | Masterpiece. Hands down. Beware: psycologically depressing. |
| A brave new world | Aldous Huxley | Sci-fi | 2002 | ★★★★★★ | Best sci-fi I've read, along with "1984", only this one is not so tought (ie. "happier") |
| Crime and punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Fiction | 2004 | ★★★★ | A classic, deep and dark but, if I may, a little slow. |
| The terminal man | Micheal Crichton | Sci-fi | 2004 | ★★ | interesting, at times. very bad ending. |
| Beyond human | Theodore Sturgeon | Sci-fi | 2004 | ★ | Never got into this one. Gotta read again I guess, sometime... |
| Patas para arriba | Eduardo Galeano | Society | 2005 | ★★★★★★ | Deep thoughts about the post-war era and the US driven world |
| Rendezvous with Rama | Arthur Clarke | Sci-fi | 2005 | ★★★★★★ | Very intriguing. Another masterpiece from Mr.Clarke |
| Dancing Barefoot | Wil Wheaton | Biography | Aug, 2005 | ★★ | Too slow, Star Trek oriented. Should've been merged with "Just a Geek" |
| Just a geek | Wil Wheaton | Biography | Sep, 2005 | ★★★★★ | Wonderful. Gives you a pretty good idea of how the crappy Hollyword world works. A little slow though. |
| Ender's game | Orson Scott Card | Sci-fi | Mar, 2007 | ★★★★ | The first half is kind of boring, but the second half is breathtaking. |