2017 is generally regarded as a bad year, but for me, it was fine. Time moved on from last year‘s celebrity death apocalypse to threats of actual apocalypse, but personally, I managed to avoid any direct effects. I can’t pretend that Canada is immune from the growing evil in the United States, yet it hasn’t manifested in ruining my life in any significant ways. My first full year as a science writer has been good fun, and I somehow managed to get a novel out too. None of my close family or friends died. I’m healthy.
It’s easy to focus on the negative things, especially when you’re searching the whole world for them, but the fundamental things that make my life unique have all been good in 2017.
Here’s a recap of stuff I liked this year. I’m not sure anyone cares, but I have an obsession with keeping track of things, because it’s nice to think that everything I do matters. Something’s gotta matter, right? Anyway, this list enables that craziness. Thanks for being an enabler. Thanks a lot. Maybe you’ll find something new here that you end up liking.
Music I Liked in 2017
15. Ed Sheeran – ÷. His appearance on Game of Thrones could qualify for worst thing of the year, but this album is actually pretty good.
Shows I Liked in 2017
- Twin Peaks
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Halt & Catch Fire
- Stranger Things
- The Punisher
- Master of None
- Game of Thrones
- Black Mirror
- Trailer Park Boys
- Ozark
- The Walking Dead
- The Expanse
Movies I Liked in 2017
- Get Out
- Blade Runner 2049
- Logan
- It
- Guardians of the Galaxy 2
- The Devil’s Candy
- Better Watch Out
- I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Any More
- The Void
Books I Liked in 2017
- Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell – The Disaster Artist. Nothing is more inspiring to me than books about unusual people finding success in their own unusual ways.
- Cory Doctorow – Walkaway. I was lucky enough to be invited to an early look at this book, and wrote this blog post on Tor.com about it: Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway and the Power of Small Ideas.
- Elizabeth Hand – Wylding Hall
- Stephen Graham Jones – Mongrels
- Stephen Kozeniewski – The Hematophages
- Jeff VanderMeer – Acceptance
Video Games I Liked in 2017
- Zelda
- Mario
- Universal Paperclips
- Overwatch
- Resident Evil 7
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