Not every book or movie is created equal.  Some hit, and some miss quite badly. Of course, the hit or miss depends also on who is viewing. 

I thought it might be fun to track those that hit or miss with me each month.  So, here’s what I’ve been watching and reading in September (at least so far), and how we fared together.

Hit List

Mamma Mia! (movie)

Wall•E (movie)

Omkara (movie)

The Forbidden Kingdom (movie)

Night at the Museum (movie)

Koyaanisqatsi (movie)

Drumline (movie)

Strangers, Gods, and Monsters (Richard Kearney)

a man without a country (Kurt Vonnegut)

The Book Thief (Markus Zasuk)

Between the Ceiling and the Moon (Deborah Gordon Cooper)

Brutal Imagination (Cornelius Eady)

The Martian Race (Gregory Benford)

R.U.R. (Karel Capek)

3001:  The Final Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)

The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)

Poetry, Star*Line, and Ploughshares magazines

    (latest issue)

Miss List

The Clone Wars (movie)

Babylon A. D. (movie)

Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull (movie)

Tamburlaine Must Die (Louise Welsh)

    • disappointing, because I certainly expected a “hit” here!

Neither Hit Nor Miss

American Flyers (movie)

Great Expectations (movie)

“Red Fiddler” (short story by Dave Freer and Eric Flint)

[all the links above are to places where I’ve discussed the work mentioned a little more fully]