Bzomak

I can see Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama working as a one-off TV series, the sort which is 10 or 13 episodes long.

Some which I have re-read recently and still enjoyed:

  William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy

  Frank Herbert's Dune series

  Isaac Asimov's Foundation series

  Frederik Pohl's "Gateway"

  Robert Heinlein's "The Moon is a harsh Mistress"

Some which I remember liking when I read them many years ago as a teenager:

  E.E. Doc Smith's Lensman series

  David Brin's Uplift series

  Peter F. Hamilton's Greg Mandel trilogy and The Night's 

Dawn trilogy

  Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game"

  George R. Dickson's "Dorsai!"

I have absolutely no problem with them changing the rules and regs between seasons. I find seeing which team/driver rises to the new challenge to be a fascinating part of F!. But it does rather annoy me when they change the rules within a season. That always feels like interference and moving the goalposts...

Indeed! Looking at projects like this and Piston are helping me get to grips with the language in a much more useful manner than working through the various guides/tutorials.