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 […]
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 […]
Science fiction 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 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 […]
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 […]
The Gate to Futures Past
{4.5/5} “Now we know they didn’t die off. Instead, the Hoveny hid themselves so well other spacefaring species had no idea they still existed or where. And a thousand years later, a new generation sent ships like this to Cersi — and who knows where else — in what I assure you was a very […]
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 tie-in novels by year
Here’s an update to this list. Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2024 Greg Cox TOS: Lost to Eternity Dayton Ward TNG: Pliable Truths 2023 Derek Tyler Attico The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko John Jackson Miller SNW: The High Country Dayton Ward DISCO: Somewhere to Belong 2022 […]
Best science fiction novels by year
Here’s an update to this list. I haven’t read any science fiction novels published in 2024 yet. Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2023 Annalee Newitz The Terraformers Sue Burke Dual Memory Mur Lafferty Chaos Terminal Ann Leckie Translation State Robert J. Sawyer […]
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 […]