Lost in Space (season 1)
{4.5/5} “Just like bumper cars… where everybody dies.” Lost in Space season 1, aired in 2018 The Robinsons are on their way to a colony world when something happens and they have to abandon the Resolute. Their small Jupiter ship makes it to a planet where they find a robot whose ship crashed at the […]
StarBridge
{4.5/5} “Bringing young people of different species together, so that they may learn one another’s languages and customs, would be the best way to ensure understanding and communication in the future.” StarBridge by A. C. Crispin, published in 1989 Mahree is aboard a ship that detects a signal that turns out to be artificial in […]
Uplift
Here’s David Brin’s Uplift series, which he wrote in 2 trilogies. If he writes more books in the series, I’ll read them. The original trilogy Sundiver 1980 -> 4/5 Startide Rising 1983 -> 4.5/5 The Uplift War 1987 -> 5/5 The 2nd trilogy Brightness Reef 1995 -> 4.5/5 Infinity’s Shore 1996 -> 4.5/5 Heaven’s Reach […]
Jurassic Park
Based on books by Michael Crichton, the first 2 movies were directed by Steven Spielberg. Here are my comments on the book vs. the movie. And here are all the movies in the series. The original trilogy Jurassic Park 1993 -> 4.5/5 (+) The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 -> 4/5 Jurassic Park III 2001 […]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
{4.5/5} “Do you remember the first time you saw a dinosaur? First time you see them, it’s like… a miracle. You read about them in books, you see the bones in museums but you don’t really… believe it. They’re like myths. And then you see… the first one alive.” Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, released in […]
Foundation
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series is one of my favourites. I read the 7 books he wrote in the series many years ago. I’ve now reread them, plus the books that others wrote in the series. Asimov eventually connected his Foundation stories with the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series. I haven’t read either of […]
Psychohistorical Crisis
{4.5/5} “A good psychohistorian was as much a composer as he was a seer. Rigid musicians made bad music. Could Nejirt tell the difference between the traditions that actually buttressed the foundations of society and the thousands of trivial traditions, mere baroque decorations?” Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald Kingsbury, published in 2001 Eron Osa used to […]
Ready Player One
{3.5/5} “Yeah, try… try not to accidentally erase the whole of the Oasis on your first day.” Ready Player One, released in 2018 In 2045 everybody hangs out in the Oasis, a virtual reality where anything is possible. The creator of the Oasis left a game behind when he died — whoever wins the game […]
Old Man’s War
All of the books in this series were written by John Scalzi. If he writes any more, I will be guaranteed to read them. Old Man’s War 2005 -> 4.5/5 The Ghost Brigades 2006 -> 4.5/5 The Last Colony 2007 -> 4.5/5 Zoe’s Tale 2008 -> 4.5/5 The Human Division 2013 -> 4.5/5 The End […]
Martians Abroad
{3.5/5} “Maybe Earth wasn’t so bad after all, if it had horses. But I couldn’t think about anything without thinking about Stanton and what was going to happen next. Something was going to happen next.” Martians Abroad by Carrie Vaughn, published in 2016 Polly, a teenager on Mars, is sent by her mother to Galileo […]