Stolen from phoenixfalls, I'm keeping her version of the instructions:

SF MistressworksCriteria were adult SF titles only (no fantasy or YA) published before 2000. Original instructions were to bold those I've read and italicize those I own but haven't read yet [I'm just going to use italics for books I want to read, even if I don't own it yet]; I added ( Read more... )

Here's NPR's list of the top 100 SF/Fantasy novels and series, according to popular vote... because it's popular vote, there are definitely a few WTF entries and a bunch of brilliant books that are missing, but overall it's fun to think about anyway...

Bolding is for books/series I've read
Italics are for books/series I plan on reading
Underlining ( Read more... )

I've been so good about not procrastinating on the 'net at work this year. I'm backsliding. What can ya do?

Swiped from jpercevalHere's Entertainment Weekly's list of the top movies of the last 25 years. Go through their list and BOLD the ones you have seen, ITALICIZE those you love/would watch over and over again, STRIKE OUT those you dislike strongly ( Read more... )

- Describe me in one word... just one single word. Positive or negative.
- Leave your word in a comment before looking at what words others have used.
- Then post this meme to your own journal, if you feel like it.

My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 4.87, Libertarian: 4.24

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And this time an SF/F version!

SF/fantasy novels everyone must read
The Guardian has come up with a list of 1000 novels everyone must read. (well every Guardian reader anyway). This is the Science Fiction & Fantasy component.

The ones in bold I've read; the ones that are underlined I loved; the ones that are in strikethrough I hated (I don't have ( Read more... )

Your rainbow is shaded red and violet.

What is says about you: You are a passionate person. You appreciate beauty and craftsmanship. You get bored easily and want friends who will keep up with you. You are patient and will keep trying to understand something until you've mastered it.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

( The ultimate LJ obsession test )

from a random stranger's LJ (yes, I'm procrastinating, why do you ask?)

bold what you've done, italicize what you'd like to do.

( damn, this is a long list )

I read 72 books in 2008, not counting re-reads! (would have been 73 - tied with last year - if I hadn't gotten a copy of The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde with the last four chapters missing -- grr! I'm waiting for my replacement order to come in so I can finish)

( bibliophilia )