Sci-fi appreciation thread

karmacazee · Post by **karmacazee** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:52 pm

For years I was never really into it. Liked a few tv shows and whatnot, but as I get older the nerd within is blossoming quite nicely.

Just finished reading Alfred Bester's 'The Demolished Man' and 'The Star's My Destination'. Both seriously, seriously mind blowing books.

Now I'm reading 'Neuromancer' by William Gibson. Not too sure what's going on entirely, but I still quite like it.

Oh, and the new Stargate is quality, as was Battlestar Galactica.

Come on Sci-fi geeks, share with us your favourite books, tv shows and movies.

DRTY · Post by **DRTY** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:55 pm

Alien

Event Horizon

District 9

I've never liked any Sci-Fi TV series', and can't say I've read any books. I can't stop reading science books though if that's any relevance. Some of the stuff out there is so mind blowingly amazing I just can't bring myself to read fiction now.

I'm game for Sci-Fi films though. There's a major lack of good ones though

bandshell · Post by **bandshell** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:00 pm

Alien!

Heinlein!

Phillip K Dick!

Blade Runner!

DRTY · Post by **DRTY** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:09 pm

bandshell wrote:
Blade Runner!

So so good!

bandshell · Post by **bandshell** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:12 pm

Darkstar!

karmacazee · Post by **karmacazee** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:14 pm

bandshell wrote:Darkstar!

Haven't seen that yet. May very well have to watch it online later....

firky · Post by **firky** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:14 pm

The Takeshi Kovacs triology by Richard Morgan is a must read if you like hadboiled cyberpunk, one of the best I have read. The first one is Altered Carbon. Apart from a couple of films and things, I much prefer sci-fi as a novel.

Ima · Post by **Ima** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:17 pm

ya have to watch equilibrium - killer of emotions, which has some really nice acid music in it

SwordRaven · Post by **SwordRaven** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:35 pm

You'll get into Neuromancer, suddenly everything makes sense and it kicks off. Also read the sequels Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive. Top stuff.

manillathrilla · Post by **manillathrilla** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:38 pm

dr who
x files
twilight
jason in space
planet of the apes
october skies
the breakup

bandshell · Post by **bandshell** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:41 pm

karmacazee wrote:
bandshell wrote:Darkstar!
Haven't seen that yet. May very well have to watch it online later....

It's amazing. Picked it up on DVD two or three years ago for a fiver.

the artful dodger · Post by **the artful dodger** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:50 pm

Alien
Alien's
Alien 3
Blade runner
The Thing
Star wars: the empire strike's back
Star wars: A new hope
Star wars: Return of the jedi
The hitchiker's guide to the galaxy
Planet of the ape's
Predator
Sunshine
The war of the world's
The day the earth stood still
2001: a space oddesey

alien pimp · Post by **alien pimp** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:30 pm

Dune is the best book I've ever read, and not because i read just a dozen
and the hallmark tv adaptation wasn't bad at all, much better than the miserable lynch version

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:58 pm

bandshell wrote:
Phillip K Dick!

i was actually going to make a Phillip K Dick appreciation thread till i saw this thread

imo hes not really sci fi but whatever

i heard he got 68 final pages done in a day on average thanks to amphetamine

SwordRaven · Post by **SwordRaven** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:37 pm

alien pimp wrote:Dune is the best book I've ever read, and not because i read just a dozen
and the hallmark tv adaptation wasn't bad at all, much better than the miserable lynch version

I agree with everything you say. Also check out the Sci-Fi Channel's Children of Dune adaption

86. · Post by **86.** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:44 pm

wow I used to watch Stargate before 2000...they still make new episodes?

that was good.

Star Trek next generation and deep space nine were good.

District 9 is a bit overrated imo. but the different concept they took with it was good.

zhelives · Post by **zhelives** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:42 pm

dune & p.k. dick!!! asimov's foundation series & a.c. clarke's space oddysseys are classics and should not be overlooked. robert anton wilson (my fav author after pkd) has some quasi-sci-fi stuff. check out his illuminatus! trilogy. i dont consider it sci fi, but some do. whatever it is, the world needs more of it.

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:51 pm

Dark City
Blade Runner
Cypher
Abyss
Ghost In The Shell
Gattaca
Angel-A
Vexille
Futureworld
Soylent Green
District 9

Province · Post by **Province** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:55 pm

star wars (obviously)

metropolis.

bandshell · Post by **bandshell** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:58 pm

Silent Running
Rollerball (The original not the god awful remake)
Ray Bradbury
The Stainless Steel Rat
John Wood Campbell Jr.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Who's read "Who Goes There?", the novella "The Thing" is based on?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Goes_There%3F

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