0 Entertainment Library ++--;; 1 Movie Recommendations ++--;; 2 .Top 75 My wife and I go to movies pretty regularly, usually seeing more than 50 movies per year. Occasionally, when the topic is science fiction, I'll go by myself. But we go to the vast majority of these together. We set aside Friday and Saturday night for what we call "date-night, party night", which means we try to go out together - often the movies! Here's our take on the best movies of the last decade. 300 American President, The Back to the Future Billy Elliot Blues Brothers, The Bonneville Braveheart Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dances with Wolves Dave Dish, The Duet Elephant Man, The Fargo Field of Dreams Forest Gump Full Monty, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, The Gladiator Godfather, The Good Will Hunting Green Mile, The Hancock Iron Man It's a Wonderful Life Juno Kill Bill Mama Mia Matrix, The Meet Joe Black Men in Black Million Dollar Baby Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Mrs. Henderson Presents My First Mister Ned Kelley Nurse Betty O Brother, Where Art Thou Open Range Other Boleyn Girl, The Passion of the Christ, The Patton Phenomenon Pianist, The Pleasant Ville Quigley Down Under Rain Man Ray Regarding Henry Rookie, The Roxanne Rudy Saving Private Ryan Schindler's List Searching for Bobby Fisher Second-Hand Lion Secretary Shall We Dance Shawshank Redemption Shine Shipping news, The Silence of Lambs, The Sleepless in Seattle Sling Blade Terminator, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The Tin Cup Unforgiven Walk the Line Wedding Crasher, The 'gbs_10250 ++--;; 2 2000 (and earlier) Some movies, regardless of age, are still fun to watch. I hope you'll find this list of recommendations a good match for your own tastes! If you see something in this list that is from a later year (2000-2008), please let me know. I had some trouble with one of my history files and I may have gotten a few mixed later movies mixed into this list. I'm doing a manual search to make sure all of these are pre-2000 releases. Drama, Action 1. 300 2. A Civil Action 3. A Few Good Men 4. A River Runs Through It 5. An Officer and a Gentleman 6. Big Chill, The 7. Bodyguard, The 8. Braveheart 9. Bridges of Madison County, The 10. Cast Away 11. City of Angels 12. Clear and Present Danger 13. Coming to America 14. Dances with Wolves 15. Dave 16. Driving Miss Daisy 17. Emperor's Club, The 18. Enigma 19. Fargo 20. Field of Dreams 21. Finding Forrester 22. Firm, The 23. Fugitive, The 24. Ghost 25. Godfather, The 26. Good Will Hunting 27. Great Debators, The 28. Green Mile, The 29. Hope Floats 30. Hunt for Red October, The 31. Kramer vs Kramer 32. Lake House, The 33. Les Miserables 34. Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 35. Natural, The 36. Ocean's Eleven 37. Open Range 38. Panic Room 39. Patton 40. Pelican Brief, The 41. Quigley Down Under 42. Rain Man 43. Ransom 44. Saving Private Ryan 45. Scent of a Woman 46. Schindler's List 47. Shawshank Redemption 48. Shine 49. Silence of Lambs, The 50. Sixth Sense, The 51. Speed 52. Terminator, The 53. Titanic 54. Top Gun 55. True Lies 56. Twister 57. Unforgiven 58. Untouchables, The 59. Witness Drama, Light 1. An Unfinished Life 2. Being Julia 3. Cider House Rules, The 4. Constant Gardner, The 5. Elephant Man, The 6. Hilary and Jackie 7. Horse Whisperer, The 8. Hotel Rwanda 9. It's a Wonderful Life 10. Juno 11. K-Pax 12. Kill Bill 13. Life as a House 14. Martian Child 15. Meet Joe Black 16. Ned Kelley 17. Nell 18. Phenomenon 19. Pianist, The 20. Pleasant Ville 21. Pulp Fiction 22. Regarding Henry 23. Rudy 24. Seabiscuit 25. Searching for Bobby Fisher 26. Second-Hand Lion 27. Sling Blade 28. Spanish Prisoner, The 29. Thelma and Louise 30. Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The 31. Truman Show, The Comedy 1. A League of Their Own 2. A Prairie Home Companion 3. About Schmidt 4. American President, The 5. As Good as it Gets 6. Back to the Future 7. Blazing Saddles 8. Blues Brothers, The 9. City Slickers 10. Elf 11. Forest Gump 12. Full Monty, The 13. Good Morning, Vietnam 14. Grumpy Old Men 15. Harvey 16. Home Alone 17. Miss Congeniality 18. Mr. Baseball 19. Must Love Dogs 20. Night at the Museum 21. Ratatouille 22. Roxanne 23. Runaway Bride 24. Sleepless in Seattle 25. Sweet Home Alabama 26. Tin Cup 27. What Women Want 28. When Harry Met Sally 29. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 30. You've Got Mail SciFi 1. Matrix, The 2. Men in Black 'gbs_10251 ++--;; 2 2000-20007 This list contains movies from the last few years, a typical starting point for folks wanting to pick out a movie to watch! It's not all the movies we've watched, just the ones we recommend. Drama, Action 1. A Beautiful Mind 2. An Unfinished Life 3. Aviator, The 4. Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius 5. Bourne Identify, The 6. Bourne Supremacy, The 7. Chicago 8. Cinderella Man 9. Clearing, The 10. Cold Mountain 11. Count of Monte Cristo, The 12. Don't Say a Word 13. Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story 14. Dreamgirls 15. Enemy at the Gate 16. Erin Brockovich 17. Flyboys 18. Four Feathers 19. Frequency 20. Gladiator 21. Good Night, and Good Luck 22. Good Shepherd, The 23. Inside Man 24. Insomnia 25. Interpreter, The 26. Italian Job, The 27. Kingdom of Heaven 28. Last Samurai 29. Legend of Zorro, The 30. Man on Fire 31. Manchurian Candidates, The 32. Men of Honor 33. Million Dollar Baby 34. Monster's Ball 35. Mystic River 36. National Treasure 37. Perfect Storm, The 38. Perl Harbor 39. Phone Booth 40. Pride and Prejudice 41. Ray 42. Red Dragon 43. Rookie, The 44. Serendipity 45. Spider-Man 2 46. Spiderman 47. Sum of All Fears, The 48. Swordfish 49. Vertical Limits 50. Walk the Line 51. We Were Soldiers 52. Patriot, The Drama, Light 1. Before Sunset 2. Billy Elliot 3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 4. Duet 5. Girl with the Pearl Earring, The 6. Gosford Park 7. Greenfingers 8. Ladies in Lavender 9. Legend of Bagger Vance, The 10. Little Miss Sunshine 11. Lost in Translation 12. Memoirs of a Geisha 13. Mrs. Henderson Presents 14. My First Mister 15. Nowhwere in Africa 16. Nurse Betty 17. Passion of the Christ, The 18. Pay It Forward 19. Proof 20. Secretary 21. Shall We Dance 22. Shipping news, The Comedy 1. A Knight's Tale 2. About a Boy 3. America's Sweethearts 4. Break-up, The 5. Bringing Down the House 6. Charlie and the Chocoloate Factory 7. Dish, The 8. Family Stone, The 9. Finding Neverland 10. Hitch 11. In Good Company 12. Last Holiday 13. Love Actually 14. Meet the Fockers 15. Nights at the Museum 16. O Brother, Where Art Thou 17. Pacifier, The 18. Somethings Gotta Give 19. Terminal, The 20. Thing About My Folks, The 21. Wedding Crasher, The 22. Wedding Date, The SciFi 1. Blade 2 2. King Kong 'gbs_10252 ++--;; 2 2008 Here are the movies we saw in 2008. The ones with asterisks are the ones we recommend. Drama, Action 1. 21 2. Bank Job, THe 3. Bucket List, The 4. Counterfeiters, The 5. Great Debaters, The 6. Hancock 7. Happening, The 8. Hellboy II 9. Indiana Jones - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 10. Sex and the City 11. Step Up 2 The Streets 12. Untraceable 13. Vantage Point *********** Drama, Light 1. Bonneville ********** 2. Mama Miak ********** 3. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day ************ 4. Other Boleyn Girl, The ************ 5. Under the Same Moon ********** Comedy 1. 27 Dresses 2. Baby Mama 3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall 4. Get Smart 5. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl 6. Kung Fu Panda 7. Made of Honor *********** 8. WALL-E 9. You Don't Mess with the Zohan SciFi 1. 10,000 BC 2. Cloverfield 3. Hancock 4. Happening, The 5. Incredible Hulk, The 6. Iron Man ************* 7. Jumper 8. Wanted 'gbs_10253 ++--;; 2 2009 Drama, Action 1. Angels and Demons 2. Crank 2 3. Duplicity 4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 5. Inglorious Basterds 6. International, The 7. Public Enemies 8. State of Play 9. Taken 10. Taking of Pelham 123, The 11. The Hurt Locker ******* Drama, Light 1. Julie and Julia ******** 2. Last Chance Harvey ******** 3. Reader, The ******** 4. Soloist, The ******** 5. Time Traveler's Wife, The 6. Wendy and Lucy Comedy 1. 500 Days of Summer 2. Funny People 3. Hangover, The 4. He's Just Not That Into You 5. New in Town ****** 6. Night at the Museum 2 7. Pink Panther 2 ****** 8. Proposal, The ****** 9. The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past 10. Up ****** SciFi 1. District 9 ******** 2. Knowing 3. Moon ******* 4. Push 5. Race to Witch Mountain 6. Star Trek ******** 7. Terminator Salvation 8. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 9. Underworld Rise of the Lycans 10. Watchmen 11. X-Men Origins: Wolverine 'gbs_10254 ++--;; 1 Science Fiction ++--;; 2 .Top 10 Books Well, ok it is actually the top 14 books that get my personal recommendation. 1. Ender's Game - Card, Orson Scott 2. Dragon's Egg - Forward, Robert L. 3. Way of the Pilgrim - Dickson, Gordon R. 4. Methuselah's Children - Heinlein, Robert A. 5. The Weapon Makers - Van Vogt, A.E. 6. The Dragon Masters - Vance, Jack 7. Moving Mars - Bear, Greg 8. Adam Link Robot - Binder, Eando 9. Armageddon 2419 A.D. - Nowlan, Philip Francis 10. Anton York, Immortal - Binder, Eando 11. The Galaxy Primes - Smith, Edward E. 12. I, Robot - Asimov, Isaac 13. More Than Human - Sturgeon, Theodore 14. City - Simak, Clifford 'gbs_10255 ++--;; 2 .Top 10 Series Well, ok, it's not really 10. But that title sounds better than Top 8. 1. Smith, E.E. "Doc" - Triplanetary, First Lensman, Galactic Patrol, Gray Lensman, Second Stage Lensman, Children of the Lens 2. Dickson, Gordon R. - Dorsai, Necromancer, Soldier Ask Not, Tactics of Mistake 3. Asimov, Isaac - Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation 4. Cherryh, C.J. - Foreigner, Invader, Inheritor 5. Van Vogt, A.E. - World of Null-A, Pawns of Null-A, Null-A 6. Forward, Robert L. - Dragon's Egg, Starquake 7. Niven, Larry - The Magic Goes Away, The Magic May Return 8. Donaldson, Stephen - Lord Foul's Bane, The Illearth War, The Power That Preserves, The Wounded Land, The One Tree, White Gold Wielder Ok, I just threw in the Donaldson series because it's a favorite of mine. It's fantasy/horror, not science fiction. 'gbs_10256 ++--;; 2 Award Winners I once had over 15,000 SciFi books, but it took so much room that I decided to pare down to a smaller collection. I'm now trying to build it back up to cover Aldiss, Brian W. Collection: The Moment of Eclipse 1972-BSFA Helliconia Spring 1983-Camp 1983-BSFA Helliconia Winter 1986-BSFA Amis, Kingsley The Alteration 1977-Camp Anderson, Poul Genesis 2001-Camp Asaro, Catherine The Quantum Rose 2002-Neb Asimov, Isaac Foundation's Edge 1983-Hugo The Gods Themselves 1973-Hugo 1973-Neb 1973-Dit Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid's Tale 1987-Clarke Ballard, J.G. The Unlimited Dream Company 1980-BSFA Banks, Iain M. Excession 1997-BSFA Feersum Endjinn 1995-BSFA Baxter, Stephen The Time Ships 1997-PKD 1996-Camp 1996-BSFA Vacuum Diagrams 2000-PKD Bear, Greg Darwin's Radio 2001-Neb Moving Mars 1995-Neb Benford, Gregory Timescape 1981-Neb 1981-Camp 1981-BSFA 1981-Dit Bester, Alfred The Demolished Man 1953-Hugo Bethke, Bruce Headcrash 1996-PKD Bishop, K. J. The Etched City 2004-Dit Bishop, Michael No Enemy But Time 1983-Neb Blaylock, James P. Homunculus 1987-PKD Blish, James A Case of Conscience 1959-Hugo Brin, David Startide Rising 1984-Hugo 1984-Neb The Postman 1986-Camp The Uplift War 1988-Hugo Broderick, Damien Striped Holes 1989-Dit The Dreaming Dragons 1981-Dit The White Abacus 1998-Dit Brunner, John Stand on Zanzibar 1969-Hugo 1970-BSFA The Jagged Orbit 1971-BSFA Buckner, M. M. War Surf 2006-PKD Bujold, Lois McMaster Barrayar 1992-Hugo Falling Free 1989-Neb Mirror Dance 1995-Hugo Paladin of Souls 2004-Hugo 2005-Neb The Vor Game 1991-Hugo Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Talents 2000-Neb Cadigan, Pat Fools 1995-Clarke Synners 1992-Clarke Calvino, Italo Cosmicomics 1970-Dit Card, Orson Scott Ender's Game 1986-Hugo 1986-Neb Seventh Son 1989-Dit Speaker for the Dead 1987-Hugo 1987-Neb Carey, Peter Illywacker 1986-Dit Chandler, A. Bertram False Fatherland 1969-Dit The Big Black Mark 1976-Dit The Bitter Pill 1975-Dit 1971-Dit Chapman, Stepan The Troika 1998-PKD Cherryh, C.J. Cyteen 1989-Hugo Downbelow Station 1982-Hugo Clarke, Arthur C. Rendezvous with Rama 1974-Hugo 1974-Neb 1974-Camp 1974-BSFA The Fountains of Paradise 1980-Hugo 1980-Neb Clarke, Susanna Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell 2005-Hugo Clifton/Riley, Mark/Frank The Forever Machine 1955-Hugo Colombo, John Robert Friendly Aliens: Thirteen Stories ... 1982-Aur Wendigo: An Anthology of Fact ... 1983-Aur Coney, Michael G. Brontomek! 1977-BSFA Czerneda, Julie E. In the Company of Others 2002-Aur de Lint, Charles Jack the Giant Killer 1988-Aur Delany, Samuel R. Babel-17 1967-Neb The Einstein Intersection 1968-Neb Denton, Bradley Buddy Holly Is Alive & Well on Ganymede 1992-Camp Dick, Philip K. A Scanner Darkly 1979-BSFA Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 1975-Camp The Man in the High Castle 1963-Hugo Disch, Thomas M. Camp Concentration 1969-Dit On Wings of Song 1980-Camp Dorsey, Candas Jane Black Wine 1998-Aur Dowling, Terry For as Long as You Burn 1988-Dit Rynosseros 1991-Dit The Ones Who Walk Away Behind the Eyes 1983-Dit Wormwood 1992-Dit Duncan, Dave Children of Chaos 2007-Aur West of January 1990-Aur Egan, Greg Permutation City 1995-Camp 1995-Dit Quarantine 1993-Dit Teranesia 2000-Dit Elliot, Will The Pilo Family Circus 2007-Dit Emshwiller, Carol The Mount 2003-PKD Evans, Christopher Aztec Century 1994-BSFA Farmer, Philip Jose To Your Scattered Bodies Go 1972-Hugo Ford, John M. Growing Up Weightless 1994-PKD Gaiman, Neil American Gods 2002-Hugo 2003-Neb Geary, Patricia Strange Toys 1988-PKD Gentle, Mary Ash: A Secret History 2001-BSFA Ghosh, Amitav The Calcutta Chromosome 1997-Clarke Gibson, William Mona Lisa Overdrive 1989-Aur Neuromancer 1985-Hugo 1985-Neb 1985-PKD 1985-Dit Virtual Light 1995-Aur Grant, Richard Through the Heart 1993-PKD Greenland, Colin Take Back Plenty 1991-Clarke 1991-BSFA Griffith, Nicola Slow River 1997-Neb Grimwood, Jon Courtenay End of the World Blues 2007-BSFA Felaheen 2004-BSFA Haldeman, Joe Camouflage 2006-Neb Forever Peace 1998-Hugo 1999-Neb 1998-Camp The Forever War 1976-Hugo 1976-Neb 1976-Dit Harding, Lee Dancing Gerontius 1970-Dit Fallen Spaceman 1972-Dit Harrison, M. John Nova Swing 2007-Clarke Heinlein, Robert A. Double Star 1956-Hugo Starship Troopers 1960-Hugo Stranger in a Strange Land 1962-Hugo The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 1967-Hugo Herbert, Frank Dune 1966-Hugo 1966-Neb Hoban, Russell Riddley Walker 1982-Camp 1983-Dit Holdstock, Robert Lavondyss 1989-BSFA Mythago Wood 1985-BSFA Ingpen, Robert Australian Gnomes 1980-Dit Jones, Gwyneth Bold as Love 2002-Clarke Life 2005-PKD Kay, Guy Gavriel The Wandering Fire 1987-Aur Tigana 1991-Aur Kelleher, Victor Beast of Heaven 1985-Dit Kernaghan, Eileen Songs from the Drowned Lands ... 1985-Aur The Snow Queen 2001-Aur Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon 1967-Neb Kress, Nancy Probability Space 2003-Camp Lake, David The Man Who Loved Morlocks 1982-Dit Walkers on the Sky 1977-Dit Le Guin, Ursula K. Compass Rose 1986-Dit Tehanu: The Last Book of Earth 1991-Neb The Dispossessed 1975-Hugo 1975-Neb The Left Hand of Darkness 1970-Hugo 1970-Neb Leiber, Fritz The Big Time 1958-Hugo The Wanderer 1965-Hugo Lowachee, Karin Cagebird 2006-Aur MacLeod, Ken The Sky Road 2000-BSFA Malzberg, Barry N. Beyond Apollo 1973-Camp McAuley, Paul J. Fairyland 1997-Camp 1996-Clarke Four Hundred Billion Stars 1989-PKD McCaffrey, Anne The White Dragon 1979-Dit McDevitt, Jack Omega 2004-Camp Seeker 2007-Neb McDonald, Ian King of Morning, Queen of Day 1992-PKD River of Gods 2005-BSFA McIntyre, Vonda N. Dreamsnake 1979-Hugo 1979-Neb The Moon and the Sun 1998-Neb McMullen, Sean Mirrorsun Rising 1996-Dit Merle, Robert Malevil 1974-Camp Mieville, China Iron Council 2005-Clarke Perdido Street Station 2001-Clarke Miller, Walter M. A Canticle for Leibowitz 1961-Hugo Moon, Elizabeth The Speed of Dark 2004-Neb Moorcock, Michael Gloriana 1979-Camp Morgan, Richard K. Altered Carbon 2004-PKD Market Forces 2005-Camp Moriarty, Chris Spin Control 2007-PKD Murphy, Pat Points of Departure 1991-PKD The Falling Woman 1988-Neb Niven, Larry Ringworld 1971-Hugo 1971-Neb 1972-Dit Nix, Garth Lirael 2002-Dit Noon, Jeff Vurt 1994-Clarke Ossian, John Let it Ring 1973-Dit Panshin, Alexei Rite of Passage 1969-Neb Piercy, Marge Body of Glass 1993-Clarke Pohl, Frederik Gateway 1978-Hugo 1978-Neb 1978-Camp Man Plus 1977-Neb The Years of the City 1985-Camp Pollack, Rachel Unquenchable Fire 1989-Clarke Powers, Tim Dinner at Deviant's Palace 1986-PKD The Anubis Gates 1984-PKD Pratchett, Terry Pyramids 1990-BSFA Priest, Chris The Affirmation 1982-Dit The Space Machine 1977-Dit Priest, Christopher Inverted World 1975-BSFA The Extremes 1999-BSFA The Separation 2003-Clarke 2003-BSFA Reynolds, Alastair Chasm City 2002-BSFA Roberts, Keith Grainne 1988-BSFA Robinson, Kim Stanley A Fire Upon the Deep 1993-Hugo Blue Mars 1997-Hugo Green Mars 1994-Hugo Pacific Edge 1991-Camp Red Mars 1994-Neb 1993-BSFA Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2001-Hugo Rucker, Rudy Software 1983-PKD Russell, Mary Doria The Sparrow 1998-Clarke 1998-BSFA Russo, Richard Charles Subterranean Gallery 1990-PKD Russo, Richard Paul Ship of Fools 2002-PKD Ryman, Geoff 253: The Print Remix 1999-PKD Air 2006-Clarke 2006-BSFA The Child Garden 1990-Camp 1990-Clarke Sawyer, Robert J. Flashforward 2000-Aur Golden Fleece 1992-Aur Hominids 2003-Hugo Mindscan 2006-Camp Starplex 1997-Aur The Terminal Experiment 1996-Neb 1996-Aur Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann The Healer's War 1990-Neb Schroeder, Karl Permanence 2003-Aur Shaw, Bob Orbitsville 1976-BSFA The Ragged Astronauts 1987-BSFA Sheffield, Charles Brother to Dragons 1993-Camp Silverberg, Robert A Time of Changes 1972-Neb Simak, Clifford D. WayStations 1964-Hugo Simmons, Dan Hyperion 1990-Hugo Sladek, John Tik-Tok 1984-BSFA Slonczewski, Joan A Door Into Ocean 1987-Camp Smith, Michael Only Forward 2001-PKD Stephenson, Neal Quicksilver 2004-Clarke The Diamond Age 1996-Hugo Sterling, Bruce Distraction 2000-Clarke Islands in the Net 1989-Camp Stewart, Sean Nobody's Son 1994-Aur Passion Play 1993-Aur Sullivan, Tricia Dreaming in Smoke 1999-Clarke Sussex, Lucy Scarlet Rider 1997-Dit Swanwick, Michael Stations of the Tide 1992-Neb Taylor, Keith Bard III: The Wild Sea 1987-Dit Tolkien, J.R.R. The Silmarilion 1978-Dit Turner, George Beloved Son 1979-Dit The Destiny Makers 1994-Dit The Sea and Summer 1988-Clarke Yesterday's Men 1984-Dit van Belkom, Edo Wolf Pack 2005-Aur Vinge, Joan D. The Snow Queen 1981-Hugo Vinge, Vernor A Deepness in the Sky 2000-Hugo 2000-Camp Rainbows End 2007-Hugo Watson, Ian The Jonah Kit 1978-BSFA Whiteford, Wynne Lake Of The Sun 1990-Dit Wilder, Cherry The Luck of Brins Five 1978-Dit Wilhelm, Kate Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang 1977-Hugo Williams, Sean The Crooked Letter 2005-Dit The Resurrected Man 1999-Dit Williams/Dix, Sean/Shane Echoes of Earth 2003-Dit Evergence 2: The Dying Light 2001-Dit Geodesica: Ascent 2006-Dit Williamson, Jack Terraforming Earth 2002-Camp Willis, Connie Doomsday Book 1993-Hugo 1993-Neb Lincoln's Dreams 1988-Camp To Say Nothing of the Dog 1999-Hugo Wilson, Robert Charles Blind Lake 2004-Aur Darwinia 1999-Aur Mysterium 1995-PKD Spin 2006-Hugo The Chronoliths 2002-Camp Wolfe, Gene The Citadel of the Autarch 1984-Camp The Claw of the Conciliator 1982-Neb The Shadow of the Torturer 1982-BSFA Zebrowski, George Brute Orbits 1999-Camp Zelazny, Roger Lord of Light 1968-Hugo This Immortal 1966-Hugo 'gbs_10257 ++--;; 2 Hard SF Writers My preferences are generally for hard science fiction novels. I can't say as I have a good definition of what is or isn't a hard sf book, but that doesn't stop me from mentally categorizing books that way. The website http://www.hardsf.net has a list of about 100 authors they've identified as having produced hard science fiction works. For my tastes, it contains several author that are (at best) borderline hard sf authors. However, it's a great place to start, so I suggest you give them a visit! Here's my own list of authors whose name roll off my tongue when I talk about authors whose work is predominantly hard science fiction. 1. Baxter - Stephen 2. Bear - Greg 3. Benford - Gregory 4. Brin - David 5. Forward - Robert 6. Haldeman - Joe 7. Hogan - James P. 8. McDevitt - Jack McDevitt 9. Niven - Larry 10. Pournelle - Jerry 11. Sheffield - Charles 12. Vinge - Joan D. 13. Vinge - Vernor This list is way too short. It misses the bulk of what I would guess are about 50 authors whose body of work can be classified as consistently hard science fiction. So I'll be updating this list with additional recommendations over the next few weeks. 'gbs_10258 ++--;; 2 My Bookshelf There's no better way to find out which books someone likes than to see what they have on their bookshelf. These are the books which I've decided are worth the storage space they use. I used to have a collection of about 15,000 SciFi books but they took up so much space that I decided to downsize to the books you see listed below. But once again I'm expanding my collection - to include most of the award-winning novels and personal favorites, but probably no more than 1,000 books. * Asimov, Isaac o I, Robot o The Rest of the Robots o Foundation Series + Foundation + Foundation and Empire + Second Foundation + Foundation's Edge - missing + Foundation and Earth - missing + Prelude to Foundation - missing + Forward the Foundation - missing * Anderson, Poul o Beyond the Beyond o Conflict o Explorations o Inconstant Star * Baxter, Stephen o Manifold Space o The Light of Other Days (with Arthur Clarke) * Bear, Greg o Songs of Earth and Power o The Wind from a Burning Woman o Series + Eon + Eternity + Legacy * Benford, Gregory o The Martian Race o Shiva Descending o Series + In the Ocean of Night + Across the Sea of Suns + Great Sky River + Tides of Light + Furious Gulf + Sailing Bright Eternity * Berry, Stephen Ames o BioWar Series + The Biofab War + The Battle for Terra Two + AI War + Final Assault * Binder, Eando o Adam Link - Robot o Anton York, Immortal * Brin, David o SunDiver * Butler, Octavia E. o Pattern Master * Card, Orson Scot o The Folk of the Fringe o Ender Series + Ender's Game + Speaker for the Dead + Xenocide o Alvin Journeymaker Series + Seventh Son + Red Prophet + Prentice Alvin + Alvin Journeyman + Heartfire * Carver, Jeffrey, A. o The Rapture Effect * Cherryh, C.J. o Hunter of Worlds o The Morgaine Saga o Foreigner Series + Foreigner + Invader + Inheritor + Precursor o Foreigner Series II + Defender (H) + Explorer (H) + Destroyer (H) + Deliverer (H) o Chanur Series + Pride of Chanur + Chanur's Venture + Kif Strike Back + Chanur's Homecoming + Chanur's Legacy * Clarke, Arthur o The Light of Other Days (with Stephen Baxter) o The Songs of Distant Earth * Cramer, John o Einstein's Bridge * Dickson, Gordon R. o Ancient My Enemy o Beginnings o Invaders! o Mission to Universe o Pro o The Last Master o The Way of the Pilgrim o Dorsai Series + Dorsai! + Necromancer - missing + Solder Ask Not + Tactics of Mistake + Spirit of Dorsai + Lost Dorasi - missing + Final Encyclopedia Vol 1 + The Chantry Guild + Young Bleys - missing + Other + Final Encyclopedia Vol 2 - missing + The New Dorsai Companion * Donaldson, Stephen R. o Covenant Series + Lord Foul's Bane + The Illearth War + The Power That Preserves + The Wounded Land + The One Tree + White Gold Wielder o Gap Series + Gap into Conflict - missing + Gap into Vision - missing + Gap into Power - missing + Gap into Madness - missing + Gap into Ruin - missing * Dozois, Gardener o Year's Best SF * Forward, Robert L. o Dragon's Egg o Starquake o TimeMaster * Gerrold, David o Generation o Series + A Matter for Men + A Day for Damnation + A Rage for Revenge + A Season for Slaughter * Haldeman, Joe o All My Sins Remembered o Infinite Dreams o Study War No More o There is no Darkness * Halperin, James L. o The First Immortal * Hamilton, Peter o Reality Series + Reality Dysfunction - missing + The Expansion - missing + The Neutronium Alchemist - missing + The Naked God * Hartwell, David G. o Ascent of Wonder (with Cramer) o The Hard SF Renaissance (with Cramer) o Year's Best SF - 1,3,4,6 * Heinlein, Robert o Methuselah's Children * Henderson, Zenna o The People Series + Pilgrimage + The People: No Different Flesh * Kress, Nancy o An Alien Light * Leguin, Ursula K. o Wizard Series + A Wizard of Earthsea - missing + The Tombs of Atuan + The Farthest Shore * Macleod, Ken o Engine CIty * McDevitt, Jack o A Talent for War o Eternity Road o Odyssey * Niven, Larry o A Gift From Earth o Crashlander o Man-Kzin Wars: I, II, III, IV, IX o N Space o The Burning City (with Pournelle) o The Draco Tavern o The Flight of the Horse o The Magic Goes Away o The Magic May Return * Nowlan, Philip Francis o Armageddon 2419 A.D. * Pohl, Frederik o The World at the End of Time o The Other End of Time o HeeChee Series + Gateway + Beyond the Blue Event Horizon + Heechee Rendezvous + Annals of the Heechee * Reynolds, Alastair o Redemption Ark * Sawyer, Robert o Hominid Series + Hominid + Human + Hybrid * Sheffield, Charles o The Mind Pool o Transvergence * Smith, E.E. "Doc" o The Galaxy Primes o Lensman Series + Triplanetary First Lensman + Galactic Patrol + Gray Lensman + Second Stage Lensman + Children of the Lens o Skylark Series + The Skylark of Space + Skylark Three + Skylark of Valeron + Skylark Duquesne * Turtledove, Harry o Colonization Series + Colonization: Down to Earth (H) + Colonization: Second Contact + Colonization: Aftershocks * Van Vogt, A.E. o The Silkies o The War Against the Rull o The Weapon Makers o The World of Null-A o Pawns of Null-A o Null-A * Vance, Jack o The Dragon Masters * Varley, John o Titan Series + Titan + Wizard + Demon * Weber, David o Mutineers Series + Mutineers' Moon + The Armageddon Inheritance - missing + Heirs of Empire - missing * Williamson, Jack o Humanoid + The Humanoid Touch 'gbs_10259