omg my fave:

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[1] https://ifanyonebuildsit.com/

These are the authors of the Expanse series. They started a new series called The Captives War and it's a really good sci-fi read.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mercy_of_Gods

An animated series by Mike Judge [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Side_Effects

Superb Netflix drama looking at how a 13yo boy ends up killing a female classmate. The performances are amazing; the kid got an Emmy etc. etc.

'It stood head and shoulders above every other programme made this year. The No 1 TV show of 2025 is, of course, the drama about 13-year-old Jamie Miller, accused of murdering a female classmate after being radicalised online. Stephen Graham, who starred in and co-wrote Adolescence with Jack Thorne is essentially the best actor we have, but there wasn’t a single

Also Netflix. Reminiscent at times of 'The West Wing' - which is also back on Netflix and worth binging - 'The Diplomat' is a brilliant mixture of high drama and some brilliant comic moments.

Movie pick: [1]The Life of Chuck [youtube.com]. Life-affirming in the face of all that life may throw at one (streaming on Hulu now).

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsKjnrrPTB0

It is not a masterpiece and not as good as the first season, but still better than the rest this year.

Anime: New Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt.

Book: not from 2025,but I read it this year: "It Didn't Start with You" by Mark Wolynn. PTSD stuff.

Movie: No contenders for this year, it was all uniform Hollyweird shit.

But maybe you can help? So here's the mess I've gotten myself into. I do not believe that I watched a single movie in 2025, so my answer for that one has to be "Null". Don't watch much TV these years, though I'm frequently obliged to eat while the news is on TV. I remember lots of stuff about bears in 2025... Certainly not a "favorite" given the news stories of 2025 and nothing else comes to mind from the snips and bits that have caught my eye.

So that leaves books, where I have too many to choose from. The

I just watched 'Marty Supreme'. I give it a thumbs down. Said to be loosely based on table tennis player Marty Reisman, but only if by 'loosely' you mean very little in common. For example, Reisman was a champion table tennis player in the era of hard rubber bats but in the movie he isn't even a champion yet when he is defeated by a Japanese player with the new sponge rubber bat. I know I'm prejudiced because I used to play the game, but I would have preferred a movie more closely aligned with Reismans' rea

Anime : Vivy, Kaiju No. 8, Spy X Family

Book : Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle

Movie : Superman by James Gunn

I finally got through PC Magazine's DOS Power Tools that I purchased back in the early 90s (crazy thick book). Fantastic read, although a little outdated now. I also found this great series called Breaking Bad while sailing the high seas. As far as anything more "modern" ... nope, nothing seemed to interest me.

Excellent debut by Devon Eriksen. Hard core science fiction, meticulously worked out mechanics and physics, didn't find any continuity issues, superb novel. Modern but has a very Analog/Galaxy pulp fiction flavor throughout. Very much looking forward #2 next year. Author has [1]direct sales at his site [devoneriksen.com] delivered via bookfunnel as well as retail channels.

[1] https://devoneriksen.com/

Uncomfortable, beautifully shot, nuanced, and at times both hilarious and horrifying. It's a contender for "best movie of all time" in my books.

An excellent [1]documentary about Mad Magazine, its history, etc. [imdb.com] It's got all the needless celebrity testimonials, but there's relatively little of that. It mostly features the people who actually worked there.

[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5194352

The problem was it was so self-contained I don't think it had a hook to stay in people's minds.

I still haven't seen the new demon Slayer or the new dragon maid movies because I'm not going all the way to a theater so I'll just have to wait till next year when they hit streaming...

I did like Tojima wants to be a Kamen Rider. And the second season of go-go loser ranger. It's weird there are two deconstructions of tokusatsu in one year though. Especially because I only got it around watching concrete r

Okay, some of his books are approaching a century old now... but they're all new to ME. (and I realize he isn't obscure; I just hadn't read any of his stuff until now)

If you enjoy the golden age of mysteries style (e.g. Doyle, Christie, Marsh), and you haven't previously read him - he's worth a look.

The silo series. The first book (Wool) is already a two season series on AppleTV+, and until the 3rd and 4th eeasons are released, reading the books provides additional details.

Shift provides the background information for how we got to where we are in Wool. Dust concludes the series and wraps it all up. There is a final short novel Sil0 (with a zero) which provides details on "everyone else" as well as an epilogue to the series.

I suggest reading first, the TV series then provides an interesting adaptation

Movies: Sinners, it was so so. Shows: The Pitt, a medical drama which I liked. Books: none

(Some of them were published in earlier years)

Moonshot: Inside Pfizer's Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible

All or Nothing: The Authorized Story of Steve Marriott

Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

Magnificent Principia: Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece

Path Lit by Lightning; The Life of Jim Thorpe

The Cost of Liberty: The Life of John Dickinson

When Einstein Walked with Godel: Excursions t

Fantastic books and the tv show was excellent as well, can't wait for more.

Fallout has been very good as well, and hoping season 2 holds up.

Stranger Things continues to be good.