Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014

Goodreads ima nešto što se zove Reading Challenge. Igra se sastoji u tome da korisnik izazove sebe da će tokom godine pročitati određeni broj naslova, pa uz pomoć Goodreadsa prati koliko je kada pročitao.

Ovo je naročito zgodno stoga što Goodreads ne prati samo romane, već i stripove, rpg sourcebookove i svašta još nešto. Ako ima ISBN, ima ga na Goodreadsu. 

Ove godine odredio sam da ću pročitati 200 naslova. Da bih igru učinio poštenijom, odlučio sam da u neću računati sveske stripova već isključivo trejdove, integrale ili druge duže forme, kao ni priče već samo novele, romane ili antologije/zbirke priča. 

Ove godine neću ni odustajati od započetih naslova, te ću stoga pažljivije birati šta ću da čitam.

Nameće se pitanje izbora. 

Neke romane ću neizostavno čitati jer postoji mogućnost da će me neko zvati da ih prevodim. Neke ću čitati jer su nastavci meni dragih serijala. Neke ću čitati jer sam bolestan, pa želim da se podsetim starih miljenika - a neke jer je to stvar opšte kulture. 

Šta pod tim mislim?

Najznačajnije žanrovske nagrade nesumnjivo su Hugo i Nebula. Njima se može pridodati još svašta nešto, ali rešio sam da za merilo žanrovske valjanosti pored ove dve uzmem Lokusovu nagradu.

Podvukao sam crtu sa krajem dvadesetog veka i sastavio spisak romana koji su u dvadeset prvom veku dobili ove tri nagrade.

Hugo Award for Best Novel

2001    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
2002    American Gods by Neil Gaiman
2003    Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
2004    Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
2005    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
2006    Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
2007    Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
2008    The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
2009    The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2010    The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi/The City & the City by China Miéville
2011    Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
2012    Among Others by Jo Walton
2013    Redshirts by John Scalzi


Nebula Award for Best Novel

2001     The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
2002    American Gods by Neil Gaiman
2003    The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
2004    Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
2005    Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
2006    Seeker by Jack McDevitt
2007    The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
2008    Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
2009    The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
2010    Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
2011    Among Others by Jo Walton
2012    2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson


Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

2001     The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin    
2002     Passage by Connie Willis    
2003     The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson    
2004     Ilium by Dan Simmons    
2005     The Baroque Cycle (i.e. Quicksilver; The Confusion; The System of the World) by Neal Stephenson    
2006     Accelerando by Charles Stross    
2007     Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge    
2008     The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon    
2009     Anathem by Neal Stephenson    
2010     Boneshaker by Cherie Priest    
2011     Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis    
2012     Embassytown by China Miéville
2013     Redshirts by John Scalzi

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

2001     A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
2002     American Gods by Neil Gaiman
2003     The Scar by China Miéville
2004     Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
2005     Iron Council by China Miéville
2006     Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
2007     The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
2008     Making Money by Terry Pratchett
2009     Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
2010     The City & the City by China Miéville
2011     Kraken by China Miéville
2012     A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
2013     The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross

Locus Award for Best First Novel

2001     Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
2002     Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
2003     A Scattering of Jades by Alexander C. Irvine
2004     Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
2005     Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
2006     Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired by Elizabeth Bear
2007     Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon/Throne of Jade/Black Powder War’ by Naomi Novik
2008     Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
2009     Singularity's Ring by Paul Melko
2010     The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
2011     The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
2012     The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
2013     Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

Kao što vidite, ima dosta preklapanja. Takođe, dosta romana pripadaju nekim serijalima. Bilo kako bilo, rešio sam da pročitam sve što je dobilo neku od ovih nagrada, a ako je to nešto deo serijala, onda ću pročitati i serijal.

Rekao bih da će mi to dati dobro polazište za moj Goodreads Reading Challenge od 200 knjiga za ovu godinu.

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