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Here’s an updated version of this list. I have added soundtracks that I heard first in 2018. The big winner of 2018 is Lorne Balfe for his masterpiece Mission: Impossible — Fallout. Year Winner Runner Ups Honourable Mentions 2018 Mission: Impossible — Fallout Avengers: Infinity War Freaks Ocean’s Eight Soul Solo: […]
{4.5/5} “Danger, Will Robinson.” Lost in Space season 3, aired in 2021 After narrowly escaping rampaging robots the 97 children of the expedition, with Judy as captain, were supposed to end up at the colony at Alpha Centauri. But they ended up following a different radar signature to the Fortuna, a ship thought lost 20 […]
Here’s an updated version of this list. I decided to add some to the bottom of the list, going back to 1959. Many of the old soundtracks are from John Barry or Henry Mancini. Year Winner Runner Ups Honourable Mentions 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Justice League Blade Runner 2049 Pitch Perfect […]
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 […]
Here’s an update to this list. Winner Runner Ups Decade Author Title Author Title 2020s Matt Haig The Midnight Library Robert Jackson Bennett Shorefall Claire North Notes from the Burning Age Jo Walton Or What You Will 2010s Claire North The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Julie […]
Here’s an update to this list. Winner Runner Ups Decade Author Title Author Title 2020s Adrian Tchaikovsky The Doors of Eden Becky Chambers The Galaxy, and the Ground Within Marina J. Lostetter Noumenon Ultra Robert J. Sawyer The Oppenheimer Alternative John Scalzi The Last Emperox […]
{4.5/5} “What was I supposed to do? You’re the only superhero person that I know.” Black Widow, released in 2021 After the Sokovia Accords, Natasha Romanoff finds a secluded place in Norway to hang out. When a mysterious figure arrives to take something she doesn’t know she has, she finds a specific old photo of […]
Here’s an update to this list. Novels Best of the best ENT: Rise of the Federation — Live by the Code by Christopher L. Bennett VOY: Full Circle by Kirsten Beyer VOY: A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer B5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages #1 — Casting Shadows by Jeanne Cavelos B5: The […]
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 […]
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 (%) 1984: Spring – A Choice of Futures by Arthur C. Clarke The Ancestor’s Tale by […]