Best Of’s & Reviews

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A few popular “The Year’s Best” collections in English, although predominantly including Anglophone writers, are those edited by
Gardner Dozois
David Hartwell
Jonathan Strahan
Clarkesworld Anthologies


A few lists recommending “must read” SF novels:
Abebooks (in chronological order)
Best SF
Dark Roasted Blend
NPR’s Top 100 SF & Fantasy Books
Ranker
Recs for Chinese sf
Recs for French, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish sf
Recs for Japanese sf
21 Best Space Opera Novels
-Author Jeffrey Carver’s list of SFF recommendations (includes written works for new and ambitious readers, Nebula Award winners, omelette Nebula and Hugo Awards list, short fiction, film and video, excellent resources, writing help resources, books and workshops on writing, and further reading lists)


A few lists recommending “must watch” SF filmed work:
-IGN’s “Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Shows”
IMDb (all)
IMDb (international)
-Rotten Tomatoes’ “150 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time”
-Boston.com’s TV “top 50 list”
Flickchart (all-time best SF movie list from interactive website)


More sites with “Top/Best Of’s” lists:
-ArtForge’s list “Top Sci-Fi”
-GoodRead’s “Best Science Fiction” list
-ISFDB’s Top 100 Lists (lists for more recently-updated resources included)
-Solar Guard’s list of 1950’s SF TV site and discussion page


Lists galore!:
-A list recommending “must read” SF short stories/novellas
-A list recommending the 23 Best Non-English Sci Fi Books
-A list recommending the 23 Best SF Books by Female Authors
-A list recommending the 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
-A list recommending 150 Essential Sci-Fi Movies to Watch Now


Some sites that review recent SF releases:
The New York Review of SF
Worlds Without End
ScienceFiction.com (features articles on movies, TV series, comics, video games, books, and science and tech in real life!)


Questions, suggestions, and recommendations:
These are welcome and may be sent to Arielle Saiber: [email protected]


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