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Here’s an update to this list. Collections Best of the best I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Nightfall by Isaac Asimov Virtual Unrealities by Alfred Bester The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card Exhalation by Ted Chiang Stories of […]

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Here’s an update to this list. It only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 11 years). Best of the best Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks Navigator by Stephen Baxter The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter Existence by David Brin […]

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Last Chance to See… by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams The Roving Mind by Isaac Asimov (%) El Deafo by Cece Bell Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh 1984: Spring – […]

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Gai-jin by James Clavell Noble House by James Clavell Shogun by James Clavell Tai-pan by James Clavell Whirlwind by James Clavell Generation X by Douglas Coupland Aztec by Gary Jennings Too Many […]

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Here’s an update to this list. It only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 11 years). Best of the best Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin Early Riser by Jasper Fforde Replay by Ken Grimwood How to Stop Time by Matt Haig The Midnight Library by Matt […]

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Hyperbole and a Half – Allie Brosh Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Frank Miller Battlestar Galactica: Complete Omnibus V.1 – Greg Pak Serenity: No Power in the ‘Verse – Chris Roberson Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 3 – Greg Rucka The Amazing Spider-man […]

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Here’s an update to this list. The Original Series I don’t read all of these but I do pick up the ones that are written by authors I know or look particularly interesting. I’ve also reread a few of the best older ones. Spock Must Die! by James Blish 1970 -> 2/5 The Entropy Effect […]

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Here’s an update to this list. Year Winner Runner Ups 2022 The Adam Project Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness     Dual     Jurassic World Dominion     Luck     The Sea Beast     Turning Red 2021 Encanto Black Widow   The Mitchells vs. the Machines Finch     Free […]

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2021 David Mack ST: Coda — Oblivion’s Gate Christopher L. Bennett TOS: Living Memory   Una McCormack The Autobiography of Mr. Spock Cassandra Rose Clarke TNG: Shadows Have Offended       Una McCormack DISCO: Wonderlands       James […]

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2022 Mur Lafferty Station Eternity Emily St. John Mandel Sea of Tranquility       John Scalzi The Kaiju Preservation Society 2021 Sue Burke Immunity Index Becky Chambers The Galaxy, and the Ground Within   Andy Weir Project Hail Mary […]

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