My Favorites

Since I am big on certain types of media, I wanted a page to list my favorites. I have linked reviews/write-ups when I had them, or remembered that I had them.

I will be expanding the movie list soon. As you can see it is rather genre driven right now.

Favorite Movies

  1. “12 Monkeys”
  2. “2001: A Space Odyssey”
  3. “Batman Begins”
  4. “Better Off Dead”
  5. “Bull Durham”
  6. “Cold Mountain”
  7. “Contact”
  8. “Dances With Wolves”
  9. “Dodgeball”
  10. “Eight Men Out”
  11. “Field of Dreams”
  12. “Forrest Gump”
  13. “Gattaca”
  14. “Memento”
  15. “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
  16. “Mr. Baseball”
  17. “Spaceballs”
  18. “Star Wars” (all six movies)
  19. “Stardust”
  20. “The 40 Year Old Virgin”
  21. “The Departed”
  22. “The Fifth Element”
  23. “The Game”
  24. “The Hunt for Red October”
  25. “The Lord of the Rings” (all three movies)
  26. “The Matrix” (The first movie of the trilogy, and ONLY the first movie!)
  27. “The Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl”
  28. “The Pursuit of Happyness”
  29. “The Village

I decided to list these alphabetically by first name, just so it looks kind of cool. If I read the complete series of books, I have listed it as the series. There are a few series that I have not completely read, therefore I only listed the books I have read and separately. There are also those that I have read a book in a series, yet only liked certain book(s) of the series (example: the first book of the Dune series by Frank Herbert).

Favorite Books/Series

  1. Alastair Reynolds - The Revelation Space novels/stories (“Revelation Space”, “Redemption Ark”, “Absolution Gap”, “Chasm City”, & “Diamond Dogs” / “Turquoise Days”)
  2. Ann-Marie MacDonald - “Fall On Your Knees”
  3. Arthur C. Clarke - “2001: A Space Odyssey”
  4. Audrey Niffenegger - “The Time Traveler’s Wife”
  5. Carlos Ruiz Zafón - “The Shadow of the Wind”
  6. Charles Frazier - “Cold Mountain”
  7. Charles Frazier - “Thirteen Moons”
  8. China Miéville - “Perdido Street Station”
  9. Cormac McCarthy - “The Road”
  10. Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos (”Hyperion” & “The Fall of Hyperion”)
  11. David Brin - “Startide Rising” (Book 2 of First Uplift Trilogy)
  12. David Brin - “The Uplift War” (Book 3 of First Uplift Trilogy)
  13. Elizabeth Haydon - The First Symphony of Ages Trilogy (”Rhapsody”, “Destiny”, & “Prophecy”)
  14. Elizabeth Moon - “The Speed of Dark”
  15. Ernest Hemingway - “The Old Man and the Sea”
  16. Frank Herbert - “Dune”
  17. Guy Gavriel Kay - “Tigana”
  18. Guy Gavriel Kay - “A Song for Arbonne”
  19. Guy Gavriel Kay - “The Lions of Al-Rassan”
  20. Iain M. Banks - “The Player of Games”
  21. Iain M. Banks - “Use of Weapons”
  22. James L. Halperin - “The Truth Machine”
  23. Jeffrey Archer - “As the Crow Flies”
  24. Jeffrey Eugenides - “Middlesex”
  25. Jeffrey Ford - “The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque”
  26. Jeff VanderMeer - “Veniss Underground”
  27. Jhumpa Lahiri - “The Namesake”
  28. John Connolly - “The Book of Lost Things”
  29. K. J. Bishop - “The Etched City”
  30. Khaled Hosseini - “The Kite Runner”
  31. Lois McMaster Bujold - “The Curse of Chalion”
  32. Margo Lanagan - “Black Juice”
  33. Max Berry - “Jennifer Government”
  34. Michael Moorcock - “Elric of Melniboné”
  35. Mitch Albom - “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”
  36. Neil Gaiman - “Stardust”
  37. Neil Gaiman - “Neverwhere”
  38. Orson Scott Card - “Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus”
  39. Paul Kearney - The Monarchies of God Series (”Hawkwood’s Voyage”, “The Heretic Kings”, “The Iron Wars”, “The Second Empire”, & “Ships From the West”)
  40. Philip Roth - “The Great American Novel”
  41. Robert J. Sawyer - “Calculating God”
  42. Robin Hobb - “Assassin’s Apprentice” (Book 1 of the Farseer Trilogy)
  43. Robin Hobb - “Royal Assassin” (Book 2 of the Farseer Trilogy)
  44. Robin Hobb - The Liveship Traders Trilogy (“Ship of Magic”, “Mad Ship”, and “Ship of Destiny”)
  45. Stefan Grabinski - “The Dark Domain”
  46. Suzanna Clarke - “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell”
  47. Thomas Mullen - “The Last Town on Earth”
  48. Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg - “Nightfall”
  49. Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle - “The Mote in God’s Eye”
  50. Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - “Good Omens”

This is the list of my ongoing (though interrupted at times) series of my favorite albums. These are in order of when I posted them, which does not reflect what I like better.

Favorite Albums

  1. Soundgarden - “Superunknown”
  2. Shawn Colvin - “A Few Small Repairs”
  3. Weather Report - “Black Market”
  4. U2 - “The Unforgettable Fire”
  5. Deep Purple - “Machine Head”
  6. The Cure - “Disintegration”
  7. Yes - “Close to the Edge”
  8. Mad Season - “Above”
  9. Cowboy Junkies - “Miles From Our Home”
  10. Rush - “Moving Pictures”
  11. School of Fish - “School of Fish”
  12. Múm - “Finally We Are No One”
  13. Suzanne Vega - “Nine Objects of Desire”
  14. Marcus Miller - “Tales”
  15. 3rd Force - “Vital Force”
  16. The Tragically Hip - “Trouble at the Henhouse”
  17. Pat Metheny Group - “Imaginary Day”
  18. Nil Lara - “Nil Lara”
  19. Pink Floyd - “Wish You Were Here”
  20. King Crimson - “Discipline”
  21. Julian “Cannonball” Adderley - “Somethin’ Else”
  22. Duncan Sheik - “Duncan Sheik”
  23. Led Zeppelin - “Presence”
  24. Tempano - “Childhood’s End / El Fin de la Infancia”
  25. Return to Forever - “Romantic Warrior”
  26. Freddie Hubbard - “Red Clay”
  27. Genesis - “Selling England by the Pound”
  28. Jeff Buckley - “Grace”
  29. Alice in Chains - “Dirt”
  30. Porcupine Tree - “Stupid Dream”
  31. Antonio Vivaldi - “The Four Seasons” Performed by Musici di Zagreb
  32. System of a Down - “Toxicity”
  33. Steely Dan - “Citizen Dan”
  34. The Beatles - “Rubber Soul”
  35. Natalie Imbruglia - “Left of the Middle”
  36. Stanley Clark, Al DiMeola, Jean-Luc Ponty - “Rite of Strings”
  37. King’s X - “King’s X”
  38. Chantal Kreviazuk - “Under These Rocks and Stones”
  39. Van Der Graff Generator - “Pawn Hearts”
  40. Jean Michel Jarre - “Oxygene”
  41. Count Basic - “Movin’ in the Right Direction”
  42. Rick Braun - “Beat Street”
  43. Poe - “Haunted”
  44. Living Colour - “Stain”
  45. Geddy Lee - “My Favorite Headache”
  46. Happy the Man - “Happy the Man”
  47. Soulhat - “Good to be Gone”
  48. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - “Trilogy”
  49. Dick Siegel - “Snap!”
  50. Rage Against the Machine - “Evil Empire”
  51. Level 42 - “World Machine”
  52. Premiata Forneria Marconi - “Per un Amico”
  53. Melissa Etheridge - “Never Enough”
  54. Tool - “10,000 Days”
  55. Mary Chapin Carpenter - “Stones in the Road”
  56. Laurie Anderson - “Mister Heartbreak”
  57. Joe Satriani - “Joe Satriani”
  58. The Cardigans - “First Band on the Moon”
  59. Acoustic Alchemy - “Against the Grain”
  60. Rush - “Counterparts”
  61. Locanda Delle Fate - “Forse le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piú”
  62. Anglagard - “Hybris”
  63. Brand X - “Unorthodox Behaviour”
  64. The Outfield - “Play Deep”
  65. Boards of Canada - “Music Has the Right to Children”
  66. Metallica - “Master of Puppets”
  67. Camel - “The Snow Goose”
  68. Sheryl Crow - “Sheryl Crow”
  69. Bozzio Levin Stevens - “Black Light Syndrome”
  70. Yes - “Drama”
  71. King’s X - “Gretchen Goes to Nebraska”

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