Cowboys and Aliens
Posted on 08/13/2022 11:42:57 AM PDT by MNDude
2001? A wrinkle in time? I, Robot?
What are the best science for books in your opinion?
On the Beach
Day of the Triffids
The Stand
BookMarking
I so love threads like this.
Thank you, FRiend.
It'll bomb at the box office just like the female ghostbusters. They'll lose millions.
The next Bond movie should go back to their roots in 1960s. Cigarette smoking and martini drinking James Bond who is politically incorrect.
Any recent favorites of yours?
I know that Hollywood prefers sci-fi aimed at teen and young adult boys like super-heroes and transformers. That's a shame because there are hundreds of novels, novellas, and short stories that have more thoughtful messages and more interesting story lines. Oh well. That's what I get for thinking...haha.
Precisely. When I was a teenager I plowed through a ton of science fiction. I liked many writers, but I loved Larry Niven. I particularly liked his "The Mote in God's Eye." I don't know what I would think of it now. In 2016 I tried reading Niven's "Footfall," my first sci-fi novel in decades. It was worth reading, good but not great.
I have wanted for "Mote" to be be made into a film ever since I read the book.
Foundation Trilogy - Best for a multipart story. Hint…. It ties together loose ends dangling from earlier novels and short stories. Issac Asimov
Lensman Series - Best pulp series. Great read for a rainy day binge. E.E. Doc Smith
Yes, pretty much anything by Heinlein.
I agree, it got too convoluted.
If the Abbott Zerke talking about his cat to the dying woman does not make to weep, you ain’t human
No one has mentioned my very favorite author, Edmond Hzmilton.
He wrote mainly SF short stories, such as:
He that hath wings,
The man who evolved
Alien earth
And so many more.
Hamilton’s stories were published in the 30’s pulp Sci Fi mags, such as Weird Tales, Amazing stories etc.
I have a book “The best of Edmond HAmilton” I i highly recommment it for thoroughly enjoyable reading!
Stranger was what stopped me reading RAH. All that goopy hippies stuff.
1. Dune.
Love it, hate it? It’s the champion. Nothing else comes close.
2. Farenheit 451
Dystopia at its finest.
3. Planet of the Apes
Heston’s film is better, but this a masterpiece.
Honorable mentions: Cat’s Cradle, Lord of Light, 2001, Brave New World, Foundation
I’ll probably reread at least the first few Garrett books before long. Glad I had read some Nero Wolfe stories before Garrett came along, makes them even funnier.
I just checked Amazon for Breakaway Station. Copies are going from $33 to $95 plus shipping. Guess I won’t be getting that one anytime soon.
The most recent SciFi book that I read is 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne (Paris: Hetzel, 1872). Although the story is not very believable, Verne's description of exotic locales and the cutting-edge technology as of c.1869 is stunning.
Cadwell Chronicles (3 books) - Jack Vance
Earth Abides - George Stewart
The Stand - Stephen King
The Diamond Age — Neal Stephenson
Old Man’s War - John Scalzi
Poul Anderson authored a number of “future history” series, each containing multiple works. Several as grouped by reviewers and compilers:
1. Technic Civilization
2. Maurai/Kith
3. Psychotechnic League
4. History of Rustum
5. Hoka (with Gordon Dickson)
6. Tomorrow’s Children
7. [no recognized series title; contains _The Star Fox_ and _Fire Time_]
He went to lengths to devise alien worlds and fictional/alternate/autochthonous societal structures that were physically, astronomically, geologically, biologically, psychologically, and ethically possible; historically honest; and feasible.
He pioneered the sub-genre of an imagined world that was possible and workable, in accordance with human knowledge of physics, our own planet, and knowledge of existing planets - something more than a mere backdrop for the characters, and constraining/permitting their actions/exploits.
Anderson’s first novel to attempt this was _War of the Wing-Men_ (serialized in as “The Man Who Counts” in _Astounding_, 1958), belonging to the Technic Civilization series.
He succeeded to varying degrees, admitting late in life that it had been a tough task to achieve any believable degree of consistency from one novel or story to the next, while still crafting a tale that could satisfy readers while standing on its own.
And continues to be!
May not be filmable!
Yea! Finally, someone listed:
Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein 1973
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