Cite your 10 favourite brainy SciFi books/movies :

one of my favorite scifi authors is pamela sargent. earthseed and alien child are two of my favorites from her. there are so many good authors and books though. oftentimes its the style and tone of writing the author uses that appeals to different people and personalities. some bestsellers and authors i don't like or think are particularly good even if they are popular with other people and vice versa.
 
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C Clarke
A catastrophe in space, problem solving story similar to The Martian in theme without the lone hero motif.

Daemon & Freedom by Daniel Suarez
Near future socio-economic criticism with cybernetic anti-hero striving for villainy. We have to figure out what kind of cyber-culture to create.

The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin
& Voyage from Yesteryear by James P Hogan
Comparison of economic dichotomies with Hogan having the advantage of knowing technology.

The Two Faces of Tomorrow by James P Hogan
AI warfare - The Terminator in Space

Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Nuf said!

1636: The Kremlin Games by Eric Flint
20th century economics invades Russia in 1632

Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Intellectual exercise in Who Owns Knowledge?

Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
Scientific exploration of fantasy physics

The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Annoyingly complicated
 
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The Speed of Dark - Elizabeth Moon

Everything by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Down the Bright Way - Robert Reed

Galatia 2.2 Richard Powers

Eternity - Greg Bear (took that long to read it)

The Heechee series by Frederik Pohl

Daybreak Zero trilogy - John Barnes (but I will never read it again!)

And a few others... ;)
 
Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
The Gods Themselves, Asimov
Ringworld, Larry Niven
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C Clarke
Starman Jones, Robert Heinlein (though the vision of computing back then is amazingly way off)
The Chrysalids, John Wyndham
Out of the Silent Planet, C S Lewis
 
movie:
Empire strikes back (1980)

book:
Memoirs of a Space Traveler Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy (the sequel to The Star Diaries) by Stanislaw Lem

only this story:
Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy
 
The Starless Sea, by Erin Morganstern

This book could fall into the sci-fi genre, but also fantasy. Finished it a few months ago, and it was excellent in terms of the writing and overall whimsical nature of the plot. But, there is time travel involved and at times, it got a bit confusing, although there comes a point when everything comes together and makes sense. Some critics have complained about the meandering of the plot, but I think that’s part of the story. It’s a book about books, and how our lives are really just stories that have no ending, if they’re able to be retold by others.
 
Ex Machina
Solaris--Recent release
Bladerunner
Dune--Original
Contact
Midnight Special
War of the Worlds--Original
The Time Machine--Original
Her
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers --Original
 
Looking forward to Jordan Peele's next film coming out this month, ''Nope.'' I'll give it a chance, even though it's in the horror genre.

''Brainy sci-fi'' meets horror...hmm, that's not easy to pull off well.
 
wegs said:
The Starless Sea, by Erin Morganstern

This book could fall into the sci-fi genre, but also fantasy. Finished it a few months ago, and it was excellent in terms of the writing and overall whimsical nature of the plot. But, there is time travel involved and at times, it got a bit confusing, although there comes a point when everything comes together and makes sense. Some critics have complained about the meandering of the plot, but I think that’s part of the story. It’s a book about books, and how our lives are really just stories that have no ending, if they’re able to be retold by others.
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Sounds like a Norm MacDonald joke, long with barely a punchline. The moth joke is my favorite.
 
Seattle said:
Sounds like a Norm MacDonald joke, long with barely a punchline. The moth joke is my favorite.
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You...would definitely not enjoy this book, Seattle. lol

It is well written, and whimsical - but it's one of those books that you're halfway through thinking...what is this book about? But, it eventually all comes together...

Edit to add - this book fits loosely in sci-fi, but probably belongs in the fantasy genre. Not sure who would be fantasizing about getting lost in a labyrinth of a library (which is essentially what this book is about), but...

It's sci-fi-ish though, in that it has a lot of time travel weirdness.
 
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wegs said:
You...would definitely not enjoy this book, Seattle. lol

It is well written, and whimsical - but it's one of those books that you're halfway through thinking...what is this book about? But, it eventually all comes together...
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Haha...sounds like William Faulkner (long and disjointed).

Kafka's "Metamorphosis" is about as sci-fi as I get.
 
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