Author discovery of the year
Here’s an update to this list. The big winner is Martha Wells for The Murderbot Diaries. Runner ups are Beth Revi for Chaotic Orbits, Joe Hart for Obscura, Nina Kiriki Hoffman for Star Trek: Voyager — Echoes, and Michael Schuster and Steve Mollmann for Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes. Further runner ups are Ryan North […]
DC Universes
DCU The 1st 2 movies of this new universe bode well for the new direction. Superman 2025 -> 5/5 Supergirl 2026 -> 5/5 Clayface 2026 Man of Tomorrow 2027 DCEU This universe has concluded and the new DCU universe has taken over starting in 2025. Justice League movies Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016 […]
Bobiverse
These are all the novels in Dennis E. Taylor’s Bobiverse series. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 2016 -> 4.5/5 For We Are Many 2017 -> 4.5/5 All These Worlds 2017 -> 4.5/5 Heaven’s River 2020 -> 4.5/5 Not Till We Are Lost 2024 -> 4.5/5
The Murderbot Diaries
Here are all the books in Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries series. If she writes more, I will read them. All Systems Red 2017 -> 5/5 Artificial Condition 2018 -> 5/5 Rogue Protocol 2018 -> 5/5 Exit Strategy 2018 -> 5/5 Network Effect 2020 -> 4.5/5 Fugitive Telemetry 2021 -> 4.5/5 System Collapse 2023 -> 4.5/5 […]
The Clan Chronicles
Here are all of Julie E. Czerneda’s books in The Clan Chronicles. If she writes any more, I will read them. The Trade Pact A Thousand Words for Stranger 1997 -> 4.5/5 Ties of Power 1999 -> 4.5/5 To Trade the Stars 2002 -> 4.5/5 Stratification Reap the Wild Wind 2007 -> 4.5/5 Riders of […]
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 […]
Best movies of the 2020s
Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best A Man Called Otto Amsterdam Barbie Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Cleaner Elemental Emma. Encanto Enola Holmes 2 The Fall Guy Finch Foe Fly Me to the Moon Glass Onion Godzilla Minus One Guardians of […]
Best movies of the 2010s
Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best 50/50 About Time The Adjustment Bureau The Aeronauts American Hustle Arrival Avengers: Endgame Barney’s Version A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood The Big Sick Bird Box The Bookshop The Bourne Legacy The Boxtrolls Bridesmaids Brooklyn Butter The Call Captain Fantastic Cloud Atlas Collateral Beauty Crazy, […]
Tie-in books
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 […]