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Favorite work of Science Fiction?

Probably Neuromancer by William Gibson for me.

Computronic 3 July 18
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Ozman Level 7 July 18, 2018
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Enders Game. The first one, the sequels got a little weird at times

Katrik Level 7 July 18, 2018

Speaker for the Dead was very good, but they went downhill fast after that.

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Also Childhood's End.

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Stranger in a Strange Land.

Ditto.

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Dune. For sure.

I saw Dune for the first time the other day. What is the big attraction to this movie?? I don't get it!

@BeeHappy

Ok..so it's like this..the books were fantastic..as a teenager I and millions of people were enthralled..

Then eventually they made a movie about the first book. That's the one featuring Sting.

Some people loved it..including many fans..because they "got it".

However many critics and non-fans didn't particularly warm to it.

I thought it was fantastic..as a fan of the books.

@BeeHappy

Just wondering which Dune you saw?

@Hitchens It was the one with Sting and actually a bunch of other well known people, at least now they are.

I didn't read the books, but I had heard about them and the movie and that there was a big fan base. I just laughed through most of it. Guess I should've read the book. Lol

@BeeHappy

It was a bit camp..due in part to its flamboyant producer...but has to be seen through a certain filter..the joy is in the detail...not the kinky leather gear. ?

@nosferatu_cat

Yea..I love writers and directors that literally create their own world ..languages..peoples..races..tribes ..planets even..these are always the best sci-fi/Fantasy movies and books..like the following gems:

Star Wars
Dune
Star Trek
Lord of the rings

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Dune.

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The Martian.

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Leviathan Wakes. I couldn’t put it down! Sleep be damned

Marz Level 7 July 19, 2018

I just finished this one too. Theres also a show which I might say is actually better than the first book! The Expanse, its on amazon prime video. Highly recommend.

@Computronic I watched the show before I read the book, and I like them both! The second book isn't as amazing. Maybe just me, but Prax isn't really that interesting.

@Marz I'm recently caught up in the whole series, waiting for book 7. All in all pretty damn engrossing. Keep at it.

@rabidazzle yeah, Prax grew on me. I’m starting book 4 now!

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Callahans Cross Time Saloon by Spider Robinson.

BillF Level 7 July 19, 2018
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For books, it's Alfred Bester (The Demolished Man is my favorite, but The Stars, My Destination is fantastic too), Jack Vance (if I had to pick one I'd go with The Languages of Pao), and Stanislaw Lem (The Futurological Congress, followed by Solaris).

For short fiction (short stories and novellas) I'm a Nancy Kress fan. I don't like her novels as much, but it seems like every year it two she brings out a ridiculously great short story.

For movies, I have a clear favorite: Forbidden Planet. There are other good ones (Gattaca, Minority Report, The Martian, and Arrival come to mind), but Forbidden Planet has stood at the top of my list for decades.

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Book: Excession by Iain M. Banks. Multistranded space opera at its finest.
Film: Has to be Blade Runner.
TV: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Music: Shredisode IV, V and VI by Anchorhead: Darth Metal. 15 minute epic death metal renditions of John William's scores for the first three Star Wars films.

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Star Wars, Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Blade Runner, A Space Odyssey, Captain America, Ironman, The Time Machine. There was a series by Pierce Anthony, Juxtaposition, which was of two worlds in one, Fantasy (magic) and Science Fiction. If your other self died in one world a door would open to grant you access to the other world.

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Old Man's War by John Scalzi

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Early Jack Vance. His sense of humour and irony were delightful!

Some of his last books were a little weak (I didn't particularly care for Ports of Call and Lurulu) but really there's no bad Vance!

@cmadler His later efforts were staid in comparison to his early works. I wonder if he was chasing a wider audience? He was never a household name like his famous peers in SF were, so perhaps his books didn't sell as well as theirs? We all have to eat, after all.

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"The Constitution of the United States of America". By The Fumbling Fathers.

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I love the genre and anything that makes me think will just be watched repeatedly. Philip K Dick is a fav.

Btbd Level 7 Sep 20, 2018

The pilot episode of Tripping the Rift

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Stargate SG1. This show embodies all the amazing qualities of humanity. Empathy, compassion, curiosity, ingenuity. By far my favorite sci-fi show. As for literature, well, there is too many for me to spend time discussing, so I will stick with television for this answer.

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i can't pick ONE! stranger in a strange land by heinlein was a mindblower but i was already a fan and there is a soft spot in my heart for the door into summer. hmm... maybe, possibly mindswap by sheckley, or fahrenheit 451 by bradbury. i adore ellison but my favorite works of his are nonfiction. the female man by joanna russ. so many! those will do for now.

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Asimov's Foundation series of course, also an old book, "The Mote in God's Eye" look it up. I never read a book twice but that one i did

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The Illuminae Files are my favorite recent surprise.

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Dune
Stranger in a Strange Land

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Halo. The video games introduced me to science fiction. After reading the books, I searched for other sci fi stories.

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Dune

Simon1 Level 7 July 19, 2018
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Blakes Seven!!!! (Am pretty certain they left out the apostrophe.
I added the exclamation marks.)
TV show from the 1970s. I missed its first release, but caught up with it recently, and loved it.

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Book: The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin.
Film: Independence day? Honestly, my brain is at a blockage so just picked one of the favorites.
Show: Doctor Who

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