Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece – Michael Benson
A much more focused and specific biographical work.
Art History
Bernini: His Life and His Rome – Franco Mormando
Bernini is a great master of the Baroque, had a fortunate and adventurous life.
Trillion Year Spree – Brian W. Aldiss
A very thorough history of sci fi
Ways of Seeing – John Berger
This slim Art History book has little history in it. It has lots of politics, and some pretty strong opinions about where art and politics intersect…
Failures in Polymathy 