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Any Sci-Fi fans???

Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
edited February 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
I'm a big sci-fi geek. Love books, movies, short stories, comics everything. I read a lot of Asimov and Philip K Dick amongst others. Dune is my favourite book of all time. there's nothing better than kicking back and watching Blade Runner or 2001 for the umpteenth time too
So what about you? what's your favourite movie/book/author whatever, and why. Come on, I can't be the only nerd here.
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    You're not alone! :ugeek: I'm not big on sci-fi but I love it none the less, I'm a science addict. I love the exploration of philosophy through sci-fi! And even thou i'm not a star trek expert i consider star trek interesting than star wars, and star trek the next generation was the best star trek there is! And of course futurama is the most amazing show in the known universe!
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Man, you're right about Futurama! Best show ever. A friend of mine is a theoretical physicist and he tells me that a lot of the science jokes go far deeper than most people will ever know.

    I agree with you on the philosphical point asweel. The best sci-fi is the kind that use the worlds they create as allegories for more important themes, rather than just having space battles and such. I think a lot of people tend to dismiss sci-fi because they just think of things like star wars, but if they delve a bit deeper they would find hugely intelligent works that can easily rival any other genre.
    Not that there's anything wrong with a good laser gun fight though ;)
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    I wish I have a theoretical phycisist friend! But you couldn't be more right! There's anything wrong with a good laser gun fight!

    By the way are zombies part of the sci fi culture?
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    arq wrote:
    You're not alone! :ugeek: I'm not big on sci-fi but I love it none the less, I'm a science addict. I love the exploration of philosophy through sci-fi! And even thou i'm not a star trek expert i consider star trek interesting than star wars, and star trek the next generation was the best star trek there is! And of course futurama is the most amazing show in the known universe!
    Oops...you have a typo in this post.....it should read Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was the best Star Trek there is.... :twisted: :mrgreen: :geek: :ugeek: :P
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,690
    tybird wrote:
    arq wrote:
    You're not alone! :ugeek: I'm not big on sci-fi but I love it none the less, I'm a science addict. I love the exploration of philosophy through sci-fi! And even thou i'm not a star trek expert i consider star trek interesting than star wars, and star trek the next generation was the best star trek there is! And of course futurama is the most amazing show in the known universe!
    Oops...you have a typo in this post.....it should read Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was the best Star Trek there is.... :twisted: :mrgreen: :geek: :ugeek: :P
    Then there'd still be a typo, it says 'best' ;)

    And to the OP's question - yeah but I haven't read too much. Latest ones were the Mote in God's Eye and it's sequel, Rendezvous with Rama (and none of it's sequels), and The Spin and it's sequel (one more to go).

    I have the 4 disc Blade Runner blu ray but shamefully haven't given it much attention (yet).
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    tybird wrote:
    arq wrote:
    You're not alone! :ugeek: I'm not big on sci-fi but I love it none the less, I'm a science addict. I love the exploration of philosophy through sci-fi! And even thou i'm not a star trek expert i consider star trek interesting than star wars, and star trek the next generation was the best star trek there is! And of course futurama is the most amazing show in the known universe!
    Oops...you have a typo in this post.....it should read Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was the best Star Trek there is.... :twisted: :mrgreen: :geek: :ugeek: :P

    you're right! But in a parallel universe or in the holodeck you're right! Lol
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    arq wrote:
    I wish I have a theoretical phycisist friend! But you couldn't be more right! There's anything wrong with a good laser gun fight!

    By the way are zombies part of the sci fi culture?
    I think zombies occupy a bit of a grey area between Sci-fi and horror. Which can work quite well when done properly, like in I am Legend(Written by Richard Matheson), but can turn out to be shitstorm if handled badly, like in I Am Legend(starring Will Smith)

    Dude check out the Blade Runner box-set. It takes a while to get through. There's so much material there but it's totally worth it.

    Anyone ever read The Ender series by Orson Scott Card. I stumbled on them last year on my holiday to the USA, and thought it was great. I read the 1st two books but Haven't been able to find the rest of them back here.
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Maybe I would have to take more seriouly my geek side!
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    arq wrote:
    Anyone ever read The Ender series by Orson Scott Card. I stumbled on them last year on my holiday to the USA, and thought it was great. I read the 1st two books but Haven't been able to find the rest of them back here.
    I haven't read the books, but I just read an article about Orson Scott Card today. Apparently, he's a batshit crazy homophobe. Which is disappointing, because I hear he's a damn good writer.
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I haven't read the books, but I just read an article about Orson Scott Card today. Apparently, he's a batshit crazy homophobe. Which is disappointing, because I hear he's a damn good writer.
    shit, that is disappointing :( What a dickhead. And those books were so goddam good.
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I haven't read the books, but I just read an article about Orson Scott Card today. Apparently, he's a batshit crazy homophobe. Which is disappointing, because I hear he's a damn good writer.
    shit, that is disappointing :( What a dickhead. And those books were so goddam good.

    i have the same problem with other authors, I'm nor going to give my money to any of them, maybe I'll miss a couple of good books but I rather keep my ground.
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Yep. I'll be doing that too. It's the right thing to do.
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  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    arq wrote:
    I wish I have a theoretical phycisist friend!

    this is the best :-)

    i'm also a sci-fi fan...enjoy reading Asimov (is Bradbury considered sci-fi?), grew up watching star trek :-) gooood stuff!
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Not really into Sci fi novels so much, I like Fantasy novels but that being said.... I am a DIE HARD FAN of the sci fi genre when it relates to TV/Movies, seriously anything....
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    arq wrote:
    I wish I have a theoretical phycisist friend!

    believe me, you really don't :D
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  • j-bugj-bug Posts: 272
    i love John Wyndham,Assimov,etc.

    i was bought up on sci-fi.

    watching sci-fi was the only prober family time we got! :lol:
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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Massive Sci-Fi and Fantasy geek here.

    I just bought the Firefly box set and I'm looking forward to dedicating a couple of evenings too it :geek:
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  • j-bugj-bug Posts: 272
    Firefly is my favorite.cowboys in space!its win all the way really!
    Seek,
    Find be yourself.
    Don't follow the herd.
    Don't repeat in spite of the encores.
    Be yourself.
    Otherwise you'll bore us.
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    j-bug wrote:
    Firefly is my favorite.cowboys in space!its win all the way really!
    I love Firefly so much. such a shame it was cancelled prematurely.
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  • j-bugj-bug Posts: 272
    there have been never ending rumours of a second series.i guess they arent doing it after all?
    Seek,
    Find be yourself.
    Don't follow the herd.
    Don't repeat in spite of the encores.
    Be yourself.
    Otherwise you'll bore us.
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    I doubt it'll happen. I thgink it'd be tough to recapture what they had aswell. And I'd miss Wash :(
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  • j-bugj-bug Posts: 272
    but there are so many questions i want answered...like YESTERDAY *sigh*

    anyone remember Lex?
    Seek,
    Find be yourself.
    Don't follow the herd.
    Don't repeat in spite of the encores.
    Be yourself.
    Otherwise you'll bore us.
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Anyone seen the trailer for James camerons new film Avatar? Gotta say I'm not overly impressed.
    http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=25639
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Anyone seen the trailer for James camerons new film Avatar? Gotta say I'm not overly impressed.
    http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=25639
    It does sorta look like they're putting the shiny blue CGI cart before the actual horse. I saw a comment on Twitter yesterday: "When James Cameron reinvents the Smurfs, he goes all out."

    Hah. Got the cart/horse order wrong. That'll learn me to talk.
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    arq wrote:
    I wish I have a theoretical phycisist friend!

    believe me, you really don't :D

    why not!?! :shock:
    my list of desired friends:

    evolutionary biologist
    theoretical mathematician
    theoretical phisicist
    neurologist
    astrolomer
    WW2 historian
    economist

    that would be an awesome group of people to have for dinner and to go to a PJ concert!
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Ha, well if you get the physicist, chances are they'll be some class of mathemetician as well. And this guy's brother is a historian (Kinda) so I got half your list covered wioth one pair of twins :P
    Hardcore scientific folk tend to be fairly pedantic though. takes a bit of getting used to.
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Ha, well if you get the physicist, chances are they'll be some class of mathemetician as well. And this guy's brother is a historian (Kinda) so I got half your list covered wioth one pair of twins :P
    Hardcore scientific folk tend to be fairly pedantic though. takes a bit of getting used to.

    I know those bastards sometimes are pedantic but i have a lot of patience and I could be an pedantic asshole too, but I have all sort of friends and people sometimes doesn't undestand how I could have lunch with the person who clean the office and have dinner with the more snobish people in the office, so I don't mind pedantic people if they have something intellectually stimulant to say, I'm always hungry for knowledge and some fart jokes at the same time :lol:
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    arq wrote:
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Ha, well if you get the physicist, chances are they'll be some class of mathemetician as well. And this guy's brother is a historian (Kinda) so I got half your list covered wioth one pair of twins :P
    Hardcore scientific folk tend to be fairly pedantic though. takes a bit of getting used to.

    I know those bastards sometimes are pedantic but i have a lot of patience and I could be an pedantic asshole too, but I have all sort of friends and people sometimes doesn't undestand how I could have lunch with the person who clean the office and have dinner with the more snobish people in the office, so I don't mind pedantic people if they have something intellectually stimulant to say, I'm always hungry for knowledge and some fart jokes at the same time :lol:
    I think you'd fit right into my group of friends :lol:
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    arq wrote:
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Ha, well if you get the physicist, chances are they'll be some class of mathemetician as well. And this guy's brother is a historian (Kinda) so I got half your list covered wioth one pair of twins :P
    Hardcore scientific folk tend to be fairly pedantic though. takes a bit of getting used to.

    I know those bastards sometimes are pedantic but i have a lot of patience and I could be an pedantic asshole too, but I have all sort of friends and people sometimes doesn't undestand how I could have lunch with the person who clean the office and have dinner with the more snobish people in the office, so I don't mind pedantic people if they have something intellectually stimulant to say, I'm always hungry for knowledge and some fart jokes at the same time :lol:
    I think you'd fit right into my group of friends :lol:

    nice! Count me in!

    That reminds me of futurama:
    proffesor: I cam smell Uranus from here...
    fry: Uranus hehehe
    proffesor: scientifics changed the name of uranus because they were tired of that joke.
    Fry : how is it called now?
    Proffesor: urectum

    very deep intellecual bathroom humor :D
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    My favourite part:

    Fry: You got that from the internet? In my time it was just used to download pornography
    Professor: Oh that's still true
    (on screen)
    woman: Doctor, now that we've solved the worlds garbage problems maybe you could help me with my sexual inhibitions
    Doctor: with gusto (and begins to undress)
    :D:D:D:D:D
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