The Masterworks Meme: Science Fiction
Time for another meme! I found this one at The Speculative Scotsman. It contains all the science fiction books from the Gollanz Masterworks of SFF collection. How it works: Bold the stuff you’ve read, italicize the stuff you own, but haven’t read, and leave normal everything else. Feel free to join in! (The Speculative Scotsman notes that “some of the SF Masterworks were released in a line of special hardcovers – denoted by roman numerals – as well as the paperbacks we all own a few of, so there are a few duplicates in the list.” This will account for some repeats on the list.) Here goes: I – Dune – Frank HerbertII – The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le GuinIII – The Man in the High Castle – Philip K. DickIV – The Stars My Destination – Alfred BesterV – A Canticle for Leibowitz – Walter M. Miller, Jr.VI – Childhood’s End – Arthur C. ClarkeVII – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress – Robert A. HeinleinVIII – Ringworld – Larry NivenIX – The Forever War – Joe HaldemanX – The Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham 1 – The Forever War – Joe Haldeman2 – I Am Legend – Richard Matheson3 – Cities in Flight – James Blish4 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick5 – The Stars My Destination – Alfred Bester6 – Babel-17 – Samuel R. Delany7 – Lord of Light – Roger Zelazny8 – The Fifth Head of Cerberus – Gene Wolfe9 – Gateway – Frederik Pohl10 – The Rediscovery of Man – Cordwainer Smith 11 – Last and First Men – Olaf Stapledon12 – Earth Abides – George R. Stewart13 – Martian Time-Slip – Philip K. Dick14 – The Demolished Man – Alfred Bester15 – Stand on Zanzibar – John Brunner16 – The Dispossessed – Ursula K. Le Guin17 – The Drowned World – J. G. Ballard18 – The Sirens of Titan – Kurt Vonnegut19 – Emphyrio – Jack Vance20 – A Scanner Darkly – Philip K. Dick 21 – Star Maker – Olaf Stapledon22 – Behold the Man – Michael Moorcock23 – The Book of Skulls – Robert Silverberg24 – The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds – H. G. Wells25 – Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes26 – Ubik – Philip K. Dick27 – Timescape – Gregory Benford28 – More Than Human – Theodore Sturgeon29 – Man Plus – Frederik Pohl30 – A Case of Conscience – James Blish 31 – The Centauri Device – M. John Harrison32 – Dr. Bloodmoney – Philip K. Dick33 – Non-Stop – Brian Aldiss34 – The Fountains of Paradise – Arthur C. Clarke35 – Pavane – Keith Roberts36 – Now Wait for Last Year – Philip K. Dick37 – Nova – Samuel R. Delany38 – The First Men in the Moon – H. G. Wells39 – The City and the Stars – Arthur C. Clarke40 – Blood Music – Greg Bear 41 – Jem – Frederik Pohl42 – Bring the Jubilee – Ward Moore43 – VALIS – Philip K. Dick44 – The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K. Le Guin45 – The Complete Roderick – John Sladek46 – Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said – Philip K. Dick47 – The Invisible Man – H. G. Wells48 – Grass – Sheri S. Tepper49 – A Fall of Moondust – Arthur C. Clarke50 – Eon – Greg Bear 51 – The Shrinking Man – Richard Matheson52 – The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch – Philip K. Dick53 – The Dancers at the End of Time – Michael Moorcock54 – The Space Merchants – Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth55 – Time Out of Joint – Philip K. Dick56 – Downward to the Earth – Robert Silverberg57 – The Simulacra – Philip K. Dick58 – The Penultimate Truth – Philip K. Dick59 – Dying Inside – Robert Silverberg60 – Ringworld – Larry Niven 61 – The Child Garden – Geoff Ryman62 – Mission of Gravity – Hal Clement63 – A Maze of Death – Philip K. Dick64 – Tau Zero – Poul Anderson65 – Rendezvous with Rama – Arthur C. Clarke66 – Life During Wartime – Lucius Shepard67 – Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang – Kate Wilhelm68 – Roadside Picnic – Arkady and Boris Strugatsky69 – Dark Benediction – Walter M. Miller, Jr.70 – Mockingbird – Walter Tevis 71 – Dune – Frank Herbert72 – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress – Robert A. Heinlein73 – The Man in the High Castle – Philip K. Dick74 – Inverted World – Christopher Priest75 – Kurt Vonnegut – Cat’s Cradle76 – H.G. Wells – The Island of Dr. Moreau77 – Arthur C. Clarke – Childhood’s End78 – H.G. Wells – The Time Machine79 – Samuel R. Delany – Dhalgren (July 2010)80 – Brian Aldiss – Helliconia (August 2010) 81 – H.G. Wells – Food of the Gods (Sept. 2010)82 – Jack Finney – The Body Snatchers (Oct. 2010)83 – Joanna Russ – The Female Man (Nov. 2010)84 – M.J. Engh – Arslan (Dec. 2010) So, of the 80+ books above, I have read 9 and own around 40 (minus the repeats). That’s pretty pathetic. I am officially ashamed of myself. The only excuse I have is that I have been predominately focused on contemporary SF literature, and the books above, despite the dates in parenthesis, are mostly older books. I am happy to have read some Philip K. Dick, though. Not a lot of folks can say that! Feel free to steal the meme and do it yourself. Leave a link in the comments!
Video Found: Let Me In (Film Trailer)
I have my reservations about Let Me In, the American remake of the amazing Swedish film Let the Right One In. Most of that has to do with my general disinterest in Hollywood’s remake industry, which tries to re-apply every foreign film to the American market, often poorly. I also have problems with the fact that the original Swedish film is barely two years old; it seems too soon to start remaking things. But the trailer below does look fantastic. Whether it will be a good movie is hard to say, but it does seem like they’ve worked hard to maintain the atmosphere. Maybe this will be one of those good remakes. Who knows? Here’s the trailer (below the fold):