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Felt like writing some of my thoughts about Aestus, by S. Z. Attwell. This is basically all spoilers - I have spoiler-free reviews on my Bookwyrm.
As Aestus Book 1 is a finalist in the SPSFC competition this weekend, I felt it was a good time to write something more detailed about why I love these books.
Slight disagreement: Books and series are both fantastic, and yet: There are a bunch of great #SciFi sagas and novels, but hard #SF as TV series on that level?
The series absolutely excels in its art form, the novels only shine very brightly in their, due to the much bigger competition.
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“As it turned out, imagining the fate of seven billion people was far less emotionally affecting than imagining the fate of one.”
― Neal Stephenson #Booklovers#scifi#quotes
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It is, but unsurprisingly, American culture usually works with this kind of plot in the same way real cops often do in America.
The very idea of cops starting a shootout doesn't leave much difference between Spacecops and Spacebandits.
Let's assume someone eventually calls the Spacecops to deal with Humans bothering the rest of the universe with radio.
Once they arrive and find out what we're really up to, what will they do?
In the end, Klaatu's choices are still intelligible. Is he really alien?
Spielberg's Close Encounters are much closer.
Aliens from Daneliya's Kin-dza-dza! ask you to do something impossible, or they make a sound you don't know and vice versa.
If you think it's inconsequential, well... it's not. There are dire consequences. Such, that you're not even able to describe them.
That's alien.
And it's also a movie a would recommend to everyone.
There are some fun hidden details in Fringe. For instance, in the parallel universe of the series, when the Observers come out of the movie theatre after having watched Back to the Future, Eric Stoltz is listed as the main actor (episode 2x15).
Stoltz was in fact initially cast as Marty McFly, and they recorded several scenes with him before he was replaced by Michael J. Fox. Apparently, that didn't happen in the parallel universe 😁
I have been gathering a few #SciFi books from the 1990's from different places like #Baen#Publishers. Some are a little "interesting", but a couple are rather good. So far.
Many Worlds: David Lindsay and Alternative Realities
‘Colin Wilson overstated the case when he called A Voyage to Arcturus “the greatest novel of the twentieth century”; but its cult status is undeniable.’
Stuart Kelly looks at David Lindsay’s A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS (1920), and examines a tradition of alternate realities in Scottish fiction going back to Walter Scott & REDGAUNTLET
Finally got around to reading Foundation by Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest sci-fi genre authors out there, one of the pioneers in it too. It did not disappoint.
What other shows to watch for fans of Star Trek?
Hi all, maybe this community can help recommend some new shows. I’m looking for Star Trek-like ‘world-of-the-week’ stuff....