I’m going to cram as much of the Star Wars expanded universe into my brain as possible. The original goal was to finish ALL of it before the new movie comes out. But then I started to realize how huge and sprawling it is- over 100 books, plus comics, video games, you name it.
Also reading Phillip K. Dick novels, starting with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. I’ve seen a lot of the movies based on his novels, never actually read them.
And if there’s time, re-reading the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. He’s probably become my favorite author of all time. It’s full of dazzling moments like setting foot on the north pole of Mars for the first time, and seeing the distant sun spinning around in a tiny circle- and crazy shit like a space elevator falling or what would happen to earth if the ice caps melted. All of that is tied together with wonderfully optimistic humanist philosophy.
Sci-fi summer!