Sci Fi
My sci fi index.
The world of Science Fiction is very important to me.
What is sci-fi ??
Is it space opera ? or Marvel ? Must it be "Hard Sci-fi" to be any good?
No, no, No.
I think that the answer lies in the words: Science & Fiction.
Science is full of facts, reason & logic
Fiction is full of ... well fiction ... stories & myths.
The two words are like the opposite poles of a magnet.
They shouldn't be able to exist together.
Yet they can.
This clash is what makes Sci-fi so powerful.
Sci-fi unifies the two worlds into something new and powerful.
Synthesizers and Sci-Fi go hand in hand.
Electronic music is about Futurism.
Synths and drum machines represent a new future where science and technology
hold the promise of a better world.
From special effects, to movie soundtracks they feed off each other.
I owe programs such as "Dr Who" and movies like "Star Wars", “Forbidden Planet” and “The Day The Earth Stood Still” a great debt for introducing me to electronic sounds and music. Those early films and programs were enhanced by those synths and they in turn paved the way for commercial artists like David Bowie and Pink Floyd to expose the masses to electronic music.
I'll update this post over time. .. The link can be found in the index to the right.
+ Asimov - I, Robot - - novels & Magazines
+ The Hainish Cycle - Ursula K. Le Guin
+ The Expanse - James S. A. Corey
Larry Niven
+ Known Space - Part 1 & 2 - Reading order (Belters & Slower than light travel)
+ Hugo Awards Best Sci Fi novels of the 1950's
+ Hugo Awards Best sci fi novels of the 1960's
+ Hugo Awards Best Sci Fi novels of the 1970's
+ Hugo Awards Best Sci Fi Novels of the 1980's
+ Hugo Awards Best Sci Fi novels of the 1990's
+ Hugo awards Best sci fi novel of the 2000's (2000 - 2009)
+ Hugo Awards Best Sci Fi novels for the decade 2010-2019
+ Remembrance of Earth's Past - Cixin Liu (The 3 Body Problem)
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fav books to read for people who have trouble with sci fi
+ The Three Body Problem Books 1-3
+ Diaspora & permutation city - Greg Egan
Neuromancer - willian gibson
The Man in the High Castle & Ubik - phillip k dick
Rendezvous with Rama
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Forever War
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula le guin
Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead - orson scott
A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge - the first book in the Zones of Thought series
Dune
Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson.
The Doomsday book - Connie Willis
Foundation - Isaac asimov
The Expanse series - James Corey
Hitchhikers guide
Spin - Robert Wilson
The Martian Cronicles - Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray bardbury
Red Rising - Pierce Brown
A brave new world - Huxley
1984
The Man in the High Castle & Ubik - phillip k dick
Rendezvous with Rama
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Forever War
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula le guin
Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead - orson scott
A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge - the first book in the Zones of Thought series
Dune
Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson.
The Doomsday book - Connie Willis
Foundation - Isaac asimov
The Expanse series - James Corey
Hitchhikers guide
Spin - Robert Wilson
The Martian Cronicles - Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray bardbury
Red Rising - Pierce Brown
A brave new world - Huxley
1984
Altered Carbon - Richard K. Morgan
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein
Dark matter - Blake Crouch
snow crash - neal stephenson
contact - Carl sagan
Blindight - peter wATTS
Ring - Stephen baxter
Dragons Egg - robert forward
Blood Music - GREG BEAR
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