OK, I'm in, with three provisos: 1) I refuse to read any book that was made into a movie starring Arnold Schwartzenegger. 2) I reserve the privilege of adding titles, especially from Russian and Czech science fiction; I am shocked at the absence of the Russian Evgenii Zamiatin's We, one of the great books of 20th-century literature, not to mention science fiction; nor did the voters consider Karel Capek's R.U.R. and War with the Newts, great books from a visionary Czech writer.  Both are on a par with Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury; neither write trilogies of 1000s of pages, like J. R. R. Tolkien, when 300 would have served just as well. 3) I will explore science fiction from China and India, in hopes of discovering some insight into the emergence of two great countries.  If Lisa and Theo can live with these provisos -- and what are they going to do? trash talk? -- then I'm in.  I've just begun Mary Woolstonecraft's Frankenstein on my new Kindle.

Joe/Dad/Grandad