Another 2013 Update

Announcement Post

Review Site

Announcement Post

Challenge Page

I won’t pretend that you all aren’t already aware of these two challenges but as you might have guessed, I’m participating in both and I want to put out my reading list out there for comments/critique.  If somehow, you don’t know about these events, you should.

2013 Sci-Fi Experience posts

This promises to be an awesome (non)challenge as it was last year.  I’ve already added two of my recent reviews and hope to get a few more in.  After the 2012 Experience, I decided to make a better effort at TV/Film so I’m working on that this year.

Existing Posts:

A Fire Upon the Deep – Vernor Vinge

Forever Peace – Joe Haldeman

Planned Posts

Whichever other Hugo winners I’m able to get to

Star Trek (1960’s)

I recently decided to give the influential TV series from the sixties a shot.  When I was younger, my Mom considered herself a “trekkie” (now I understand it’s more appropriate to say “trekker”?), so I have some limited experience with The Next Generation.  I have little to know memory of seeing any from the original series though, so I hope someone will help me with this.  Prior to the 2013 Sci-Fi Experience, I watched the Pilot and the first episode of season 1, “The Man Trap”.  I’m wondering if this is a series one ought to watch from start to finish or if I’ll be well served enough by trying to hit some of the most memorable/influential episodes first.  If the former is most appropriate, I’ll do that but if the latter is the case, I need some help picking some episodes to watch.  I know that there were some episodes written by Hugo winners, and that would be interesting, but I really want to see the episodes that are standards for SF fans.

The Brother from Another Planet (1984) – Directed by John Sayles

While planning, I was in the right mood for this one and I didn’t think many other people would be reviewing it.

DRAFT WoGF Picks

Here, I’ve noted the 12 Women of Genre Fiction that I originally picked to read.  Then I remembered that one of the stipulations is to pick an author randomly so I plopped Ali in front of the WWEND All Female Authors page and asked her to randomly pick an author for whatever reason she wanted.  So I have one extra author listed here, but I fully expect this list to change.  WWEND is still adding authors and they promise to make it hard on us by adding new lists/authors throughout the year, forcing us to reconsider our author list.  I like it.  Anyway, here’s my list with some possible titles as well, if you have a different suggestion or think I might really like an author I haven’t listed, please let me know!

Definite WoGF picks:

Ali’s Random Pick

Ann Radcliffe – The Mysteries of Udolpho (it’s the only title on WWEND)

Hugo Winners

Susanna Clarke – Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Jo Walton – Among Others

Possible WoGF picks:

Margaret Atwoood –The Handmaid’s Tale (Likely)

Lauren Beukes – Zoo City (But Moxyland seems cool too)

Evangeline Walton – The Mabinogion

C.S.Friedman – Black Sun Rising (This was a recommendation from SJ)

P.D. James – The Children of Men

Diana Wynne Jones – Howl’s Moving Castle

Margo Lanagan – Tender Morsels

The audiobook is read by Michael Page – he killed The Lies of Locke Lamora so I couldn’t pass this up!

Hope Mirrlees – Lud-in-the-Mist

Nnedi Okorafor –Who Fears Death (Likely)

Cherie Priest – Boneshaker