Wishlist, updated 2011-March

Where to find these things:
Planet Books, Mount Lawley
White Dwarf Books, Perth City Boffins Bookshop, Perth City
Borders Bookshop, Perth City
Fantastic Planet, Perth City
eBay
Music+DVD stores
Toy stores

-BOOKS-

-Iain M Banks
* Matter (ISBN 978-1-841-494173)
* Look to Windward (ISBN 1-85723-981-4)

Noel Brunton
* How to manage the IT helpdesk (ISBN 0750638117)

Gary Chang
* Suitcase House (ISBN 9628681699)

Tom Chiarella
* Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course (ISBN: 031228716X)

David Cook
* Robot Building for Beginners (ISBN: 1893115445)

Tami D. Cowden (co-authors: Caro LaFever, Sue Viders)
* The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines (ISBN: 1580650244)

Don Figueroa
* Transformers: Ark (ISBN: 9781600100802)

Thomas C. Foster
* How to Read Literature Like a Professor : A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines (ISBN: 006000942X)

Simon Furman
* You Can Draw Transformers (with Guido Guidi)

Dick Gautier
* Drawing and Cartooning 1001 Faces (ISBN: 0399517677)

Jack Hamm
* Drawing and Cartooning for Laughs (ISBN: 0399516344)

IDW Publishing
* Transformers: The Ark - A Complete Compendium Of Transformers Animation Models (ISBN: 1600100805)

John Iovine
* PIC Robotics: A Beginner's Guide to Robotics Projects Using the PIC Micro (ISBN: 0071373241)

Robert Kernen
* Building Better Plots (ISBN: 1582972664)

Greg Costikian
* First Contract (ISBN: 0812545494)

Nancy Kress
* Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated (ISBN: 0898798159)

Donald E. Knuth
* The Art of Computer Programming (all volumes)

Scott McCloud
* Reinventing Comics

Gordon McComb
* Robot Builder's Bonanza (Tab Electronics) (ISBN: 0071362967)

Marc McCutcheon
* The Writer's Digest Sourcebook for Building Believable Characters (ISBN: 1582970270)

Myke Predko
* 123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius (TAB Robotics) (ISBN: 0071413588)

Lenn Redman
* How To Draw Caricatures (ISBN: 0809256851)

Jean Saunders
* How to Plot Your Novel (Allison & Busby Writers' Guides) (ISBN: 0749003081)

Victoria Schmidt
* 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters (ISBN: 1582970696)

Orson Scott Card
* Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing) (ISBN: 0898799279)

Bruce Sterling
* Crystal Express (ISBN: 0441124232)

E.J. Su
* MechaForce (ISBN: 1600610145)

The complete Tarbell Course in Magic, on CD

Vernor Vinge
* True Names (ISBN: 0312862075)

Rebecca Vinyard
* The Romance Writer's Handbook: How to Write Romantic Fiction & Get It Published (ISBN:0871162040)

Christopher Vogler
* The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure For Writers (ISBN: 0941188701)

Leslie Wainger
* Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies (ISBN: 0764525549)

Edwin Wise
* Animatronics: Guide to Holiday Displays (ISBN: 0790612194)

Various
* Genesis: The Art of Transformers (ISBN: 1582403228)


OTHERS


Iain Banks
	Complicity

Stephen Baxter
	Flux (ISBN: 0006476201)

James Bliss
	Messing With Minds

Susan Blu and Molly Ann Mullin
	Word of Mouth (ISBN: 0938817329)

Derren Brown
	Absolute Magic

Arthur C Clarke
	Superiority

Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister
	Peopleware (ISBN: 0932633439)

John M Ford
	From the End of the Twentieth Century (ISBN: 0915368730)

Alan Dean Foster
	With Friends Like These (ASIN: 0345323904)
	Nor Crystal Tears (ASIN: 0345324471)
	Midworld (ISBN: 0345350111)

Neil Gaiman
	Panel One: Comic Book Scripts By Top Writers (ISBN: 0971633800)

Steven Gould
	Reflex

Jack Hodgins
	A Passion for Narrative (ISBN: 0771041888)

Barry Hughart
	The Story of the Stone
	Eight Skilled Gentlemen

Diana Wynne Jones
	The Dark Lord of Derkhelm

Kaneda Masumi
	Tatakae! Chou Robot Seimeitai Transformer The Comic (ISBN: 4813000932)

Kevin Mitnick
	The Art of Deception : Controlling the Human Element of Security (ISBN:  076454280X)

Larry Niven
	Inferno (ISBN: 0671670557)

Orson Scott Card
	Future on Ice (ISBN: 0312872968)

Carroll Smith
	Engineer to Win (ISBN: 0879381868)

Brian Stableford
	How To Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

Roger Zelazny
	Jack of Shadows (ASIN: 0451159764)
	Creatures of Light and Darkness (ASIN: 0380011220)
	Coils (ISBN: 0812558774)
	Doorways in the Sand (ASIN: 006100328X)
	My Name is Legion (ASIN: 0345248678)
	Unicorn Variations (ASIN: 0380702878)
	A Dark Travelling (ASIN: 0380705672)


-CDs-

Julia Ecklar
Divine Intervention
Indistinguishable From Magic

Bob Kanefsky
Roundworm

Ookla the Mok

Kathy Mar
My Favorite Sings

Tom Smith
And They Say I've Got Talent
Debasement Tapes
Domino Death
Plugged
The Last Hero On Earth
Who Let Him In Here?

Prometheus Music
To Touch the Stars


-DVDs-

Dark City

The Fifth Element

Futurama: The Complete Collection

Max Headroom (UK, 1985. movie)

Max Headroom (USA, 1987, TV series)

Mirrormask

Seconds

THX 1138

Teen Titans (animated TV show)

The Emperor's New Groove


-Other things-

Leatherman Skeletool

Bullseye level


-Toys!-
"Generations" Cybertronian Bumblebee
"Generations" Cybertronian Optimus Prime
"Animated" Soundwave
"Animated" Swindle
"Animated" Ultra Magnus
"Animated" Shockwave / Longarm Prime
"Animated" Sentinel Prime
"Animated" Samurai Prowl
Micron Legend Shockwave (The version with the purple shoulders, head, and hands)
Masterpiece Convoy (The Japanese version with the long smokestacks and no "battle damage". Note that this is not the exceedingly similar "20th Anniversary Optimus Prime" toy, which has short smokestacks and burned-in "battle damage" patches).
"Titanium" Jetfire
"Masterpiece" Skywarp
"Cybertron" Crumplezone (The green one, not the red, orange and black "Dark Crumplezone" variant)
"G1" Skyfall
"Transmetal" Waspinator
"Beast Machines Ultra" Jetstorm