My Top Ten Lists

As of July, 2005


Books, Sci Fi

  1. Ender’s Game & Speaker for the Dead (Orsen Scott Card)
  2. The Disposessed (Ursula LeGuin)
  3. The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
  4. Childhood’s End (Arthur C. Clarke)
  5. Songmaster (Orsen Scott Card)
  6. Wild Seed (Octavia Butler)
  7. Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert Heinlein)
  8. The Mote in God’s Eye (Larry Niven)
  9. The Merro Tree (Katie Waitman)
  10. Kindred (Octavia Butler)
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Beggars in Spain (Kress), Foundation (Asimov), Hammer of God (Clarke), A Wizard of Earthsea (LeGuin), Left Hand of Darkness (LeGuin), The Word for World is Forest (LeGuin), Ringworld (Niven), Alvin Prophet (Orsen Scott Card), A Game of Thrones (George Martin), Harry Potter and the Sorcercer’s Stone (Rowling)

Games

  1. Sid Meier's Civilization computer game -- I can't play this anymore; too addictive!!
  2. Go
  3. Chess
  4. Poker
  5. Scrabble
  6. Boggle
  7. Backgammon
  8. Magic: The Gathering
  9. Bridge
  10. Wiz-War
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Tetris Attack (Nintendo), Diplomacy, Settlers of Cataan, Advanced Civilization

Sports

  1. Soccer
  2. Table Tennis
  3. Karate (Kojosho style)
  4. Basketball (only to play)
  5. Raquetball
  6. Ultimate Frisbee
  7. Baseball (I'm a lifelong Giants fan)
  8. Wrestling (real wrestling, not "pro")
  9. Fencing
  10. Water Polo
HONORABLE MENTIONS: --

Movies

  1. West Side Story
  2. Sixth Sense
  3. Cinema Paradiso
  4. Good Will Hunting
  5. Sound of Music
  6. The Go Masters
  7. The Fellowship of the Ring
  8. The Seven Samurai
  9. The Shawshank Redemption
  10. Pulp Fiction
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Shakespeare in Love
HAVEN’T SEEN: Titanic, Rainman, and lots of others that are supposed to be excellent. I'm more into books than movies. :)
EXCELLENT, BUT NOT IN MY TOP TEN: Jagged Edge, many James Bond movies, Braveheart, A Boy and His Dog, Yellow Submarine, Shrek, Breakfast Club

Musical Plays

  1. Le Miserable (awesome!)

Books, non-fiction

  1. Gödel, Escher, Bach (Hofstader)
  2. The Mythical Man Month
  3. The Treasure Chest Enigma

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Real Choices, New Voices (D. Amy)

Composers & Musicians

  1. Beethoven
  2. Offspring
  3. Tsaichovsky (spelling?)
  4. Alex Alakaksis of Everclear (spelling wrong, probably)
  5. Santana
  6. White Stripes
HONORABLE MENTIONS: ?
NOT: Bach

Types of Music

  1. Alternative Rock (Live 105 type stuff)
  2. Classical
  3. Rock ‘n roll oldies
  4. Reggae
  5. Jazz (Smooth)
HONORABLE MENTION: Gospel, Salsa, Folk
I DON'T EVEN LIKE: Country, Hard Rap, Acid, Heavy Metal