SF & fantasy TV shows
Here’s an update to this list. 5/5 3rd Rock from the Sun 5 5 5 Agents of SHIELD 4.5 4.5 5 5 5 5 5 4.86 Angel 5 5 5 5 5 5 Babylon 5 4.5 […]
Why the Mona Lisa?
The Mona Lisa is certainly a beautiful painting, but there are lots of other beautiful paintings too. Why is this one so famous? Noah Charney answers the question here on TED-Ed. It’s a combination of factors, including a brazen theft in 1911. Why is the Mona Lisa so famous? – Noah Charney
Best fantasy & science fiction movies by year
Here’s an update to this list. I didn’t watch as many movies as usual in 2021 so there are not too many additions to this list. Hopefully I will catch up soon on some that I missed. Year Winner Runner Ups 2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2020 Palm Springs Bill & Ted Face […]
Best tie-in novels by year
Here’s an update to this list. Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2021 Christopher L. Bennett TOS: Living Memory Cassandra Rose Clarke TNG: Shadows Have Offended 2020 Una McCormack PICARD: The Last Best Hope Christopher L. Bennett TOS: The Higher Frontier Kirsten Beyer VOY: To Lose the Earth […]
Best science fiction novels by year
Here’s an update to this list. Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2021 Becky Chambers The Galaxy, and the Ground Within 2020 Adrian Tchaikovsky The Doors of Eden Marina J. Lostetter Noumenon Ultra Robert J. Sawyer The Oppenheimer Alternative John Scalzi The Last Emperox […]
Best fantasy novels by year
Here’s an update to this list. Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2021 Claire North Notes from the Burning Age 2020 Matt Haig The Midnight Library Robert Jackson Bennett Shorefall Jo Walton Or What You Will 2019 Jo Walton Lent Melissa Caruso The Unbound Empire […]
Author discovery of the year
Here’s an update to this list. I read a bunch of new authors this year. The big winner is Cixin Liu for The Three-Body Problem and its sequels. Runner ups are Dave Duncan for West of January, Melissa Caruso for The Tethered Mage and its sequels, Cory Doctorow for Down and Out in the Magic […]
The Silent City
{4.5/5} “‘The cities are a relic of the past.’ The program has said it over and over. ‘A buried past, Elisa, a disastrous past. The humans now living don’t need them. They have the right to live their own lives, to decide their own fate. Some legacies can be crushing.’” The Silent City by Elisabeth […]
The Child Garden
{4.5/5} “Milena sat on the bus in her boiled gloves and saw a nervous light in the eyes of the actors, a fervour for accomplishments completed in youth. She saw the unfailing smiles of people in the markets, and the smiles seemed to be symptoms of disease. It seemed to Milena that nearly everything she […]
Other TV shows I’ve watched lately
This is the talk/late show edition of this list. These are some shows that I haven’t necessarily seen full episodes of, but I’ve seen lots of clips from. The previous iteration of this list is here. The Amber Ruffin Show Amber Ruffin, who also works on Late Night with Seth Meyers, gives her unique perspective […]