Jon
Wish list as of 2/2/2020 Editing in progress, Forgive weird Formatting things
Contents
- 1 Experiences
- 2 Music
- 3 Books
- 3.1 Misc Books
- 3.2 *Phillip Reeve*
- 3.3 Arthur C. Clarke
- 3.4 Bryan Davis
- 3.5 *Brian Jacques*
- 3.6 Patrick Rothfuss
- 3.7 Robert Silverberg
- 3.8 D.J. Machale
- 3.9 Brent Weeks
- 3.10 Joel Shepherd
- 3.11 Danielle Trussoni
- 3.12 Anne Mcaffrey
- 3.13 George R.R. Martin
- 3.14 Paulo Bacigalupi
- 3.15 Mira Grant
- 3.16 Justina Ireland
- 3.17 Emily St. John Mandel
- 3.18 James S.A. Corey
- 3.19 Tomi Adeyemi
- 3.20 Kameron Hurley
- 3.21 Erin Morgenstern
- 3.22 Ruthanna Emrys
- 3.23 Ransom Riggs
- 3.24 Rachel Hartman
- 3.25 Katherine Addison
- 3.26 Andy Duncan
- 3.27 Neil Gaiman
- 3.28 Ann Leckie
- 3.29 Cixin Liu
- 3.30 David Mitchell
- 3.31 Chen Quifan
- 3.32 N.K Jemisen
- 3.33 Lila Bard
- 3.34 Rivers Solomon
- 3.35 Brooke Bolander
- 3.36 Rena Barron
- 3.37 S.B. Divya
- 3.38 Saad Z. Hossain
- 3.39 Naomi Kritzer
- 3.40 Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- 3.41 Chris Kluwe
- 3.42 *Christopher Paolini*
- 3.43 Elizabeth Moon
- 4 Games/Nerd Items
- 5 Movies
- 6 TV Series( DVD sets)
- 7 Clothing
- 8 Miscellaneous
Experiences
- Gaming or Anime Conventions (Gencon, Acen, Anime midwest, Blizzcon, E3, PAX, etc.)
- Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida (Harry Potter World, Animal Kingdom)
- Hiking and Camping - State parks etc.
- Playing with or swimming with various sea Creatures (Dolphins, Turtles)
- Book signing or talk by some of my favorite authors (See below for ideas)
- Community volunteering / poverty alleviation: Homeless shelters, FMSC, Pet Shelters etc.
- Swimming in lake Michigan/walking along the beach (preferably in warmer weather)
- Six Flags Great America/ Theme and amusement parks (Season Pass for 2020 acquired!)
- Seeing My turtle, or the Pangolins at Brookfield Zoo (Hamill Family Play zoo, By the name of Too-chey)
- Cubs Baseball games @ Wrigley Field
Music
I have a Spotify Premium account so I listen to what I want most of the time, these are more in the realm of physical media I would appreciate
Handel's Messiah, *NEEDTOBREATHE*(*Rivers in the Wasteland), Rich Mullins( I would like some of his lesser known songs if possible), Crowder( I Know a Ghost), Skillet, Anberlin
Other online music/cds (These are Internet artists I follow(ed) and would like to support)
Lindsey Stirling: Shatter Me, Brave Enough
Peter Hollens: https://peterhollens.com/store/c/album/
Taylor Davis: https://www.taylordavisviolin.com/store/
I am also a fan of Classical music, Especially violins and brass. CDs or electronic copies of larger works would be appreciated. I have nothing specific enough.
Big Band, Jazz, Swing era Music
Books
Honestly, I will love just about anything you give me. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure, or interesting History books (a la Malcom Gladwell) are my current favorites
Misc Books
The Irresistible Revolution (Shane Claibourne),
Introverts in the Church (from Intervarsity Press)
*Phillip Reeve*
Mortal Engines, A Darkling Plain, Infernal Devices, Predator's Gold,
Larklight, Starcross, Mothstorm
A Web of Air, Scrivener's Moon
Railhead, The Blacklight Express, Station Zero*L.E. Modesitt Jr.*
The Towers of the Sunset, The Magic Engineer , The Order War , Fall of Angels , The Chaos Balance , The White Order , The Colors of Chaos , Magi'i of Cyador , Wellspring of Chaos , Natural Ordermage , Mage-Guard of Hamor , Arms-Commander , Cyador's Heirs , Heritage of Cyador , The Mongrel Mage , Outcasts of Order , The Mage-Fire War , Recluce Tales: Stories from the World of Recluce
Arthur C. Clarke
Imperial Earth
Bryan Davis
Children of the Bard: Song of the Ovulum, From the Mouth of Elijah, The Seventh Door
Tales of Starlight: Masters & Slayers, Third Starlighter, Exodus Rising
Dragons of Starlight: Starlighter, Warrior. Diviner, Liberator
Echoes from the Edge: Beyond the Reflection's Edge, Eternity's Edge, Nightmare's Edge Reapers
Adam, The Bride Collector, Sanctuary, Outlaw, Hacker, Water Walker, A.D. 33
*Brian Jacques*
The Sable Queen
The Angel's Command
Voyage of Slaves
The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns
The Redwall Cookbook
The Rogue Crew
Patrick Rothfuss
The Lightning Tree
How Old Holly Came to Be
Robert Silverberg
Majipoor Chronicles, Valentine Pontifex, The Mountains of Majipoor, Sorcerers of Majipoor, Lord Prestimion, King of Dreams, Tales of Majipoor
D.J. Machale
Pendragon Series: Book Eight: The Pilgrims of Rayne Book Nine: Raven Rise Book Ten: The Soldiers of Halla
Pendragon Before the War: Book One of the Travelers Book Two of the Travelers Book Three of the Travelers
Morpheus Road: The Light The Black The Blood
Brent Weeks
The Perfect Shadow
The Light Bringer series: The Black Prism The Blinding Knife The Broken Eye
Joel Shepherd
23 Years on Fire
Operation Shield
Originator
Jeanne Duprau
The Diamond of Darkhold
Danielle Trussoni
Angelopolis
Anne Mcaffrey
Dragonsingers
DragondrumsMaxwell King
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
George R.R. Martin
Any of the Wild Cards Series besides Book 1, and Inside Straight
Paulo Bacigalupi
Shipbreaker
Drowned Cities
Tools of War
The Water Knife
Mira Grant
Feed
Justina Ireland
Dread Nation
Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
James S.A. Corey
Leviathan Wakes
Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Blood and Bone
Kameron Hurley
The Light Brigade
Erin Morgenstern
The Night Circus
Ruthanna Emrys
Winter Tide
Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Rachel Hartman
Seraphina
Katherine Addison
The Goblin Emperor
Unspoken Name
Andy Duncan
Agent of Utopia
Neil Gaiman
Good Omens
Ocean at the End of the Lane
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Justice
Cixin Liu
The Three Body Problem
Supernova Era
David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks
Chen Quifan
Waste Tide
N.K Jemisen
The Fifth Season
Lila Bard
A Darker Shade of Magic
Rivers Solomon
An Unkindness of Ghosts
Brooke Bolander
The only Harmless Great Thing
Rena Barron
Kingdom of Souls
S.B. Divya
Contigency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Possible Situations
Saad Z. Hossain
The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday
Naomi Kritzer
Catfishing on Catnet
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Chris Kluwe
Otaku
*Christopher Paolini*
The Fork, The Witch, and The Worm
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Elizabeth Moon
The Deed of Paksenarrion novels
- Sheepfarmer's Daughter
- Divided Allegiance
- Oath of Gold
Paladin's Legacy or Legend of Paksenarrion novels
- Oath of Fealty
- Kings of the North
- Echoes of Betrayal
- Limits of Power
- Crown of Renewal
Heris Serrano trilogy
- Hunting Party (July 1993)
- Sporting Chance (September 1994)
- Winning Colors (August 1995)
Esmay Suiza continuation
- Once a Hero
- Rules of Engagement
Suiza and Serrano
- Change of Command
- Against the Odds
Games/Nerd Items
https://magic.wizards.com/en/content/magic-gathering-2019-holiday-gift-guide ( It would be really hard to go wrong with anything from this gift guide, Apparel or stocking stuffers are better than physical cards these days.)https://www.blizzardgearstore.com/games/world-of-warcraft/murloc-world-of-warcraft-plush-toy/
Magic the Gathering Extra Products
Planechase: Anthology
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
Explorers of Ixalan (MTG Standalone Product)
Heroes of Dominaria
Tabletop Board/Card Games
World of Warcraft: the Board Game,
Betrayal at House on the Hill,
Android: Netrunner,
Sushi Go!
Catan Starfarers
Art Books
- The Art of Magic the Gathering: Zendikar
- The Art of Magic the Gathering: Kaladesh
- The Art of Magic the Gathering: Amonkhet
- The Art of Magic the Gathering: Dominaria
- The Art of Magic the Gathering: Ravnica
- World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 1
- World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 2
- World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 3
- The Art of World of Warcraft
Alita Battle Angel
Replica Damascus Blade ( Small or life size, doesn't matter)
Complete Series Box Set
Model/Action figures (I have the 3 mini-epics from WETA workshop and all the Funco POP! Alita figures), there are some 1/6th scale figures that also look really cool but are super pricey, perhaps a collective gift?
Movies
( I want to own these or need them to complete collections)
The Princess Bride, The Lion King(original animated version)
Now You See Me, Now You See Me 2,
X-men: Days of Future Past, X-men: First Class, X-Men - Apocalypse,
*Dead Poet's Society, *Big Hero 6,
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Star Wars Episode VIII: the Last Jedi, Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 & 2, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald,
Tomb Raider(2018), Ready Player One, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Playing With Fire, A Beautiful day in The Neighborhood, Abominable,
John Wick I,II, III
I would be interested in a complete collection of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but that is a lot of movies and I only have just a few right now.
Studio Ghibli Films
( I currently own My Neighbor Totoro, and Castle in the Sky):Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Grave of the Fireflies
Kiki's Delivery Service
Only Yesterday
Porco Rosso
Whisper of the Heart *
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Ponyo
Arrietty
From Up on Poppy Hill
The Wind Rises
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
TV Series( DVD sets)
Thirteenth Doctor ( Season 11)
Person of InterestSeasons 1-5
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Complete Collection of the original Series (3 seasons I believe named Water, Earth, Fire)
The Legend of Korra complete series
Clothing
*Zip Up Hooded Sweatshirts*
https://www.blizzardgearstore.com/games/starcraft/mens-j!nx-blue-starcraft-washed-pullover-hoodie/
Harry potter themed Shirts (Generics are fine but house preference is Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin if you are thinking that way)
Hats- Two lines of thinking, either more curved brim baseball hats like the ones I wear now,
OR i am looking for a formal wear hat to wear for nice occasions with a suit/dress clothes
Miscellaneous
A New Sleeping Bag for Camping
Stuffed Animal/ blankets or pillows: Turtle themes Preferred
https://gear.blizzard.com/us/game/world-of-warcraft/world-of-warcraft-murloc-plushie
https://gear.blizzard.com/us/games/world-of-warcraft/world-of-warcraft-alliance-throw-blanket
https://gear.blizzard.com/us/game/world-of-warcraft/world-of-warcraft-elekk-plushie
Niffler Plushie (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
Reflective clothing/LED strips for night walking/biking or a bike light
A New Bike Seat, A whole new bike (heard Police Auctions are great places for lightly used-cheap ones)
If all of the above fails here's a current list of favorite games/shows/things to work with:
World Of Warcraft, StarCraft, Magic the Gathering, Doctor Who, Kingdom Hearts, Avatar:Last Airbender, Sword Art Online, Legend of Korra, Turtles, Armadillos, Angels, Dragons, Kittens, Paladins, Knights, Harry Potter, Alita Battle Angel, Mr. Rogers, Pangolins, Star Wars,