2009 Books Read and Films Seen

Now that it's a new year, I need to clear the slate for my reading and film lists, but I wanted to ensure that both lists did not just dissolve away into cyberspace never to be seen again (by me, at least).

My "best of" lists for 2009 readings and films are here.


2009 Reading List (Out of 4 Stars)
• Altered Carbon (Richard Morgan, 2002)  ** 1/2
• Anathem (Neal Stephenson, 2008)  ****
• Asimov's Science Fiction (Dec. 2009)  ***
• Blindsight (Peter Watts, 2006)  ****
• Calculating God (Robert J. Sawyer, 2000)  * 1/2
• A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr., 1959)  ****
• Chasm City (Alastair Reynolds, 2001)  ***
• Consider Phlebas (Iain M. Banks, 1987)  ** 1/2
• Darwin's Radio (Greg Bear, 1999)  ***
• Green Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson, 1994)  ****
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams, 1979)  ***
• Hominids (Robert J. Sawyer, 2003)  * 1/2
• The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle, 1968)  *** 1/2
• Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson, 1993)  ****
• Revelation Space (Alastair Reynolds, 2000)  *** 1/2
• River of Gods (Ian McDonald, 2006)  ****
• The Upside of Down (Thomas Homer-Dixon, 2008)  *** 1/2
• Watchmen (Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, 1986)  *****
• What is America? (Ronald Wright, 2008)  ** 1/2
• Year's Best SF 14 (Hartwell and Cramer, eds., 2009)  ***


Films Seen in 2009 (Out of 4 Stars)
• 2012 (2009)  * 1/2
• Avatar (2009)  *****
• Away We Go (2009)  *** 1/2
• Bright Star (2009)  ****
• The Brothers Bloom (2008)  ** 1/2
• The Class / Entre Les Murs (2009)  ****
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)  ***
• District 9 (2009)  *** 1/2
• Donnie Darko (2001)  ***
• Doubt (2008)  ****
• Frost/Nixon (2008)  ***
• The Hangover (2009)  ***
• Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)  ****
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)  ***
• The Informant! (2009)  *** 1/2
• I Love You, Man (2009)  ***
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)  ****
• Julie & Julia (2009)  ***
• Knowing (2009)  **
• The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)  ***
• Milk (2008)  ****
• Nine (2009)  ***
• Ponyo (2009)  ****
• Quantum of Solace (2008)  ***
• Rachel Getting Married (2008)  ****
• The Reader (2008)  *** 1/2
• Revolutionary Road (2008)  ****
• The Road (2009)  *** 1/2
• Star Trek (2009)  *** 1/2
• State of Play (2009)  ***
• Synecdoche, New York (2008)  ****
• Up (2009)  ****
• Valkyrie (2008)  ** 1/2
• Waltz with Bashir (2009)  *** 1/2
• W. (2008)  ***
• Watchmen (2009)  ****
• Where the Wild Things Are (2009)  *** 1/2
• The Wrestler (2008)  *** 1/2