Reorbiting Venus into a near Earth-like orbit

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I'm not at all sure what happened to 2010. Or, indeed January 2011.

So, very belatedly, here's what I read last year:

• Vortex: New Soviet Science Fiction


• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams


• Long, Dark Tea-time of the Soul - Douglas Adams


• Superluminal - Vonda N. McIntyre


• Triton - Samuel R. Delany


• Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett


• Grunts! - Mary Gentle


• The Family Trade - Charles Stross


• The Hidden Family - Charles Stross


• The Clan Corporate - Charles Stross


• The Merchants War - Charles Stross


• The Revolution Business - Charles Stross


• Cyberabad Days - Ian Mcdonald


• Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger


• All the Windwracked Stars - Elizabeth Bear


• Linger Awhile - Russell Hoban


• Catch the Lightning - Catherine Asaro


• Wireless - Charles Stross


• The Trade of Queens - Charles Stross


• Winterstrike - Liz Williams


• Kraken - China Miéville


• Zima Blue - Alastair Reynolds


• Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury


• The City & The City - China Miéville


• Light - Margaret Elphinstone


• The Vengeance of Rome - Michael Moorcock


• The Better Mousetrap - Tom Holt


• Walking on Glass - Iain Banks


• Ilario: The Lion's Eye - Mary Gentle


• Matter - Iain M. Banks


• Lightborn - Tricia Sullivan


• A Snowball in Hell - Christopher Brookmyre


• Anathem - Neal Stephenson


• Started Early, Took My Dog - Kate Atkinson


• Wake - Robert J. Sawyer

and, likewise, watched:

• The Net TV


• Avatar Cinema


• Moon Rental


• Flightplan Rental


• Alice in Wonderland Cinema


• The Good Shepherd


• In the Loop TV


• In Bruges Rental


• Wall-E Rental


• The Boat That Rocked Rental


• The Dark Knight Rental


• Up Rental


• The Golden Compass Rental


• Burn After Reading Rental


• Kill Bill, Volume 1 Rental


• Pulp Fiction Rental


• Going Postal


• The Beiderbecke Collection


• Frost/Nixon Rental


• Julie and Julia Rental


• An Education Rental


• A Very Peculiar Practice


• Juno Rental


• The Departed Rental


• A Touch Of Class Rental


• Inception Cinema


• A Single Man Rental


• District 9 Rental


• Irresistible Rental


• Kill Bill, Volume 2 Rental


• Kinky Boots Rental


• Gosford Park


• Million Dollar Baby Rental


• North By Northwest Rental


• The Shawshank Redemption


• Me and Orson Welles Rental


• Once Rental


• Precious Rental


• V for Vendetta


• A Very Peculiar Practice (Season 2)


• A Very Polish Practice


• State of Play Rental


• Taken Rental


• The Commitments


• Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Rental


• The Lovely Bones Rental


• The Proposal Rental


• The American President


• Strictly Ballroom


• Chocolat TV


• No Country For Old Men


• Brassed Off


• The Fabulous Baker Boys


• The Wire : Complete HBO Season 1

There, that was exciting wasn't it?