Mission Accomplished!

So, I did that thing that I said that I was going to do. So, now I'm done. In other words: its bed time.  So, now I think I'll find myself a crossword puzzle to do in bed until my eyes start closing, and then its slumberland for me.

A Variation on a Meme -- The Hugos

Some folks, like drkeys, have posted as part of a meme about the
College Board's 101 Greatest Works of Literature
(bold those you have read, underline those you want to read)

Well, I looked at that list and wasn't impressed. Oh, yeah, some of the works on there are wonderful, but some are incredibly trite, boring and awful. I admit that the same can be said for the list I am using, but I think the ratios are far more favorable here. Anyway, here are the HUGOs, awarded each year for the best SF (as judged by fans) written that year, oh, and just for fun, the ones in bold (that I have read) also have a score from 1-10 of how much I liked it. 1 = Awful, 10 = Wonderful.

1946  The Mule (Isaac Asimov) [6]
1951  Farmer in the Sky (Robert A. Heinlein)
1953  The Demolished Man (Alfred Bester)
1955  They'd Rather Be Right (Mark Clifton and Frank Riley)
1956  Double Star (Robert A. Heinlein) [6]
1958  The Big Time (Fritz Leiber)
1959  A Case of Conscience (James Blish)
1960  Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
1961  A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr) [10]
1962  A Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein) [9]
1963  The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
1964  Way Station (Clifford D. Simak)
1965  The Wanderer (Fritz Leiber)
1966  ...And Call Me Conrad (Roger Zelazny)
    Dune (Frank Herbert)
1967  The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein) [7]
1968  Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny) [10]
1969  Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner) [3]
1970  The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
1971  Ringworld (Larry Niven) [8]
1972  To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Philip José Farmer) [7]
1973  The Gods Themselves (Isaac Asimov) [9]
1974  Rendezvous with Rama (Arthur C. Clarke) [5]
1975  The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
1976  The Forever War (Joe Haldeman) [3]
1977  Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Kate Wilhelm)
1978  Gateway (Frederick Pohl) [7]
1979  Dreamsnake (Vonda McIntyre) [2]
1980  The Fountains of Paradise (Arthur C. Clarke)
1982  Downbelow Station (C. J. Cherryh)
1983  Foundation's Edge (Isaac Asimov) [8]
1984  Startide Rising (David Brin) [9]
1985  Neuromancer (William Gibson) [10]
1986  Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card) [10]
1987  Speaker for the Dead (Orson Scott Card) [4]
1988  The Uplift War (David Brin) [7]
1989  Cyteen (C. J. Cherryh)
1990  Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
1991  The Vor Game (Lois McMaster Bujold) [8]
1992  Barraya (Lois McMaster Bujold) [8]
1993  A Fire Upon the Deep (Vernon Vinge) [9]
    Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
1994  Green Mars (Kin Stanley Robinson) [5]
1995  Mirror Dance (Lois McMaster Bujold) [8]
1996  The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson) [8]
1997  Blue Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson) [3]
1998  Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
1999  To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis) [9]
2000  A Deepness in the Sky (Vernon Vinge) [9]
2001  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J. K. Rowling) [6]
2002  American Gods (Neil Gaiman)

And now you know.

Masturbate-a-thon!

Nuff Said. More info is here. Remember: its for a good cause!

Oh, one last thing, you want to be careful not to strain or injure yourself doing this. It takes months of training to be able to run a Marathon. Various training workshops (in Montreal) are available here.

I'm up.

But considering my last post, I suspect everyone has guessed that by now.

Dumb Story Bits.

( Sometimes I write drivel, but that doesn't mean you have to read it! )