Your mission--if you choose to accept it--is to read, watch, listen, and review 42 sci-fi related items. (Items isn't the best word, but how else would you define all that this challenge could involve). What's acceptable? Practically everything: short stories, poetry (???), novellas, novels, episodes of TV shows, episodes of radio shows, movies, comic books, graphic novels, audio books, essays or articles about science fiction or science fiction writers, biographies of science fiction authors. This isn't quite as intimidating as it sounds. This is much more than a reading challenge. It would be intimidating (in all likelihood) to try to read that many books. But when you make each short story, each TV show episode count as individual items, then it is much more manageable I hope! (This challenge could be as easy as watching Season 1 and Season 2 of Stargate SG-1, for example.)
Since this is the first year that I've been participating with online reading challenges, I was pretty happy to stick with the couple that I had selected and see how I went ... then I saw this one and there was no way I could resist.
I love science fiction, but a lot of my sci-fi obsession comes in the form of television series (Star Trek, Stargate, Babylon 5 etc) so, though I am sure their fair share will creep in onto my list, I am intending to use this challenge to:
a) read some classic sci-fi
b) watch some of those sci-fi movies people always mention that I have never actually seen
c) find myself a nice new television series to obsess over ... like I really need a new one :)
*NOTE: I am running behind in my reviews, but will link to them as I write them.
1. The X-Files. Created by Chris Carter. (1993 - 2002)
- Season One. (1993)
- Season Two. (1994)
- Season Three. (1995)
- Season Four. (1996)
- Season Five. (1997)
- Season Six (1998)
- Season Seven (1999)
- Season Eight (2000)
- Season Nine (2001)
2. Firefly. Complete Series. (2002)
3. Serenity. Written and directed by Josh Whedon. (2005)
4. The Mist - Stephen King. (1980)
5. Titan A.E. Directed by Don Bluth. (2000)
6. Stargate: Atlantis. Created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper. (2004-2008)
- Season One. (2004)
- Season Two. (2005)
- Season Three. (2006)
9. Star Trek: Generations. Directed by David Carson. (1994)
10. Star Trek: First Contact. Directed by Jonathan Frakes. (1996)
11. Star Trek: Insurrection. Directed by Jonathan Frakes. (1998)
12. Star Trek: Nemesis. Directed by Stuart Baird. (2002)
13. Stargate: the Movie. Directed by Roland Emmerich. (1994)
14. Stargate: SG:1. Created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner. (1997-2007)
- Season One. (1997)
- Season Two. (1998)
- Season Three. (1999)
- Season Four. (2000)
- Season Five. (2001)
- Season Six. (2002)
- Season Seven. (2003)
- Season Eight. (2004)
- Season Nine. (2005)
- Season Ten. (2006)
15. Changing Planes - Ursula Le Guin (2004)
16. Wall-E. Directed by Andrew Stanton. (2008)
17. Stargate: The Ark of Truth. Directed by Robert C. Cooper. (2008)
18. Stargate: Continuum. Directed by Martin Wood. (2008)
19. Star Trek: The Next Generation. Created by Gene Roddenberry. (1987-1994)
- Season One. (1987)
- Season Two. (1988)
- Season Three. (1989)
- Season Four. (1990)
- Season Five (1991)
- Season Six (1992)
- Season Seven (1993)
20. Star Trek in Myth and Legend - Thomas Richards (1997)
23. Cleopatra 2525. Created by R.J. Stewart (2000 - 2001)
- Season 1 (2000)
24. Aeon Flux. Directed by Karyn Kusama. (2005)
25. Innerspace. Directed by Joe Dante. (1987)
26. Andromeda. Created by Gene Roddenberry and Robert Hewitt Wolfe. (2000 - 2005)
- Season 1 (2000)
- Season 2 (2001)
27. A House of Cards (Star Trek: New Frontier, Book 1) - Peter David (1997)
29. Babylon 5. Created by J. Michael Straczynski. (1993 - 1998)
- Season 1 (1993)
- Season 2 (1994)
- Season 3 (1995)
- Season 4 (1996)
- Season 5 (1997)
30. Star Trek: Voyager. Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor (1995 - 2001)
- Season 1 (1995)
- Season 2 (1996)
- Season 3 (1997)
- Season 4 (1998)
- Season 5 (1999)
- Season 6 (2000)
- Season 7 (2001)
31. X-Files: Fight the Future. Directed by Rob Bowman (1998)
32. Farscape. Created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. (1999 -2003)
- Season 1 (1999)
- Season 2 (2000)
- Season 3 (2001)
- Season 4 (2002)
- The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)
34. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller (1993 - 1999)
- Season 1 (1993)
- Season 2 (1994)
- Season 3 (1995)
- Season 4 (1996)
- Season 5 (1997)
- Season 6 (1998)
- Season 7 (1999)
35. Investigating Firefly and Serenity: Science Fiction on the Frontier - Rhonda V. Wilcox and Tanya R. Cochran (ed.) (2008)
36. Sanctuary. Created by Damien Kindler. (2008-present)
- Season 1 - various episodes (2008)
37. His Dark Materials, Book 1: The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman (1995)
38. Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 - Mike Resnick (ed.) (2007)
39. The X-Files Movie: I Want to Believe - Directed by Chris Carter (2008)
40. Earth Abides - George Stewart (1949)
41. Battlestar Galactica. Created by Davied Eick and Ronald D. Moore. (2003-2009)
- Mini-series (2003)
- Season 1 (2004)
42. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
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