I decided to make a few short lists of good things I read/watched/played in 2007. So, here they are:

NOVELS:
1) Naomi Novik's "Temeraire" series
2) James Clavell's "Shogun"
3) Robin Hobb's "The Liveship Traders" trilogy
4) Terry Pratchett's "The Truth"
5) Craig Russell's "Blood Eagle"

GAMES:
1) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2) Fahrenheit
3) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
4) Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
5) Sid Meier's Pirates!

MOVIES:
1) Arthur and the Minimoys
2) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
3) The Fifth Element
4) Happy Feet
5) The 9th Company

COMICS & WEBCOMICS:
1) Paul Taylor’s “Wapsi Square”
2) Tom Siddell’s “Gunnerkrigg Court”
3) Juan Diaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido’s “Blacksad: Red Soul”
4) Tracy J. Butler’s “Lackadaisy”
5) Mike Krahulik & Jerry Holkin’s " Penny Arcade”

SUMMARY:
- Novels: the books speak for themselves, only a quick digression - each time I hear peans about Sapphira from Eragon trilogy – "how Paolini created a real, true dragon etc." – I snicker. Compare Sapphira to Bialolecka’s Pozeracz Chmur (translation: Cloudeater, a short version of "Good White Flyer, Soaring High And Eating Clouds Of The Same Colour As Himself" ), Novik’s Temeraire and Hobb’s Tintaglia. Not this league, dear friends. Paolini’s Sapphira has the character of an old, grumpy aunt, while those dragons have some animal anarchy in their actions and words. Plus, Cloudeater has fur. How many dragons you know, that have fur?

- Games: frankly, the first place was meant for The Witcher. But, due to sudden twist of fate (read: PC not meating the minimal requirements), I could not play it. Therefore, my former type for place two lands on the first.

- Movies: another sudden change. Recently, I thought I’d put PoC at the top. But, after I saw the current Number One, I knew this is my true type.

- Comics & Webcomics: as you easily noticed, 4/5 of this list consists of webcomics. Well… that’s mostly what I read of this category. On the third place, though, we have very interesting Blacksad. Maybe next year will bring more regular comics.

NOTE: on those lists I put only novels/games/movies/comics I finished. That is the reason why I didn’t add Deus Ex and “Tai-Pan” – I merely began them.

And Happy New Year!