Eclectic lists of SF & fantasy movies
I previously pointed to some lists of SF & fantasy books. Now it’s time for movies. Peter Sykes has a few lists for SF books, TV shows, and movies. He used to have a section for fantasy but it seems it’s gone. Here is the movie list: Top 100 Sci-Fi Films DigitalDreamDoor is a site […]
Authors all of whose books I have or will read
Here’s an update to this list. There are a few authors for whom I’ve read all of their books, and a few that I’m very close on or intend to be. Here they are: Douglas Adams I’ve read 5 of his 7 novels plus 1 nonfiction book. I’ve reread 2 of them. Isaac Asimov I’ve […]
Fantasy novels
Here’s an update to this list. It only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 13 years). Best of the best Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin The Quicksilver Court by Melissa Caruso Early Riser by Jasper Fforde Replay by Ken Grimwood How to Stop Time by Matt […]
SF & fantasy collections & anthologies
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 […]
Deadpool & Wolverine
{4.5/5} “Want to talk about what’s haunting you, or should we wait for a third act flashback?” Deadpool & Wolverine, released in 2024 Wade Wilson attempts to join the Avengers but Happy Hogan rejects him. Eventually he gets a job as a used car salesman. Then he gets hauled in to the Time Variance Authority. […]
SF & fantasy TV shows
Here’s an update to this list. 5/5 3rd Rock from the Sun 5 5 5 5 5 4.5 4.92 Agents of SHIELD 4.5 4.5 5 5 5 5 5 4.86 Andor 5 5 Angel 5 5 […]
Best fantasy & science fiction movies by year
Here’s an update to this list. I didn’t watch as many movies this past year as usual, but I did watch a few more from 2023 — an astonishing year for science fiction and fantasy movies. Year Winner Runner Ups 2023 Barbie 57 Seconds Elemental 65 Asteroid City Babylon 5: […]
Best fantasy novels by year
Here’s an update to this list. I haven’t yet read any fantasy novels published in 2024. Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2023 Travis Baldree Bookshops & Bonedust James Morrow Behold the Ape 2022 Naomi Novik The Golden Enclaves Travis Baldree Legends & Lattes Robert Jackson Bennett […]
Author discovery of the year
Here’s an update to this list. The big winner is Naomi Novik for A Deadly Education and its sequels, otherwise known as the Scholomance trilogy. Runner ups are Naomi Kritzer for Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories, Laura J. Mixon for Up Against It, Roger MacBride Allen for Caliban and its sequels, and Mickey Zucker […]
A Bug’s Life
{4/5} “You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up.” A Bug’s Life, released in 1998 Every year the ants harvest a bunch of food and leave it for the grasshoppers, who come and eat it and then leave. But this year Flik accidentally knocks over the pile of food […]