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    Posted: March 14 2011 at 21:40
Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

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For me, beyond the shadow of a doubt, Gene Wolfe!! 


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Other. Ben Bova is my favorite writer of the sci-fi genre. The Dueling Machine is a particular favorite of mine.
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I'm the one who started Isaac Asimov appreciation thread so...
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:


As for Arthur C Clarke, 2001 is incredible, BUT I would say the film is far better than the book, but what´s great about it is that they do have their different take on some things without being too far apart.

As far as I know, the film 2001 (which happens to be one of my favourite films of all time) is inspired by a short story called The Sentinel, which only has a certain theme in common. The book 2001 was written after the film.
Clarke wrote 2001 the novel after the film and included his versions of various scenes and elements rather than the cinematic versions, the reasons for which he explained in The Lost Worlds of 2001, which contains a re-print of the Sentinel and also includes alternative (unfilmable) endings as I recall (it's been 30 years since I read it) Clarke wasn't happy (or completely involved) with the Kubric's ending.

Clarke wrote the novelisation based on the screenplay and not the film. I believe it came out before the film. This is why in the book the mission is to Saturn and not Jupiter as in the film. It was changed to Jupiter at a later stage I think due to technical reasons.
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Originally posted by MasoTMN MasoTMN wrote:

For me, beyond the shadow of a doubt, Gene Wolfe!! 


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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:


As for Arthur C Clarke, 2001 is incredible, BUT I would say the film is far better than the book, but what´s great about it is that they do have their different take on some things without being too far apart.

As far as I know, the film 2001 (which happens to be one of my favourite films of all time) is inspired by a short story called The Sentinel, which only has a certain theme in common. The book 2001 was written after the film.
Clarke wrote 2001 the novel after the film and included his versions of various scenes and elements rather than the cinematic versions, the reasons for which he explained in The Lost Worlds of 2001, which contains a re-print of the Sentinel and also includes alternative (unfilmable) endings as I recall (it's been 30 years since I read it) Clarke wasn't happy (or completely involved) with the Kubric's ending.


Again, the ending of the movie is far superior in it´s ambiguos way of revealing what happens with Bowman. It might be less clear what it all means, but that´s pretty much the beauty of 2001, at least the movie.

But then again, 2001 is far superior than most things in this life. It is my favorite movieWink
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For me, beyond the shadow of a doubt, Gene Wolfe!! 
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Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Check this out if you've got time...interesting "map" someone made of the history of sci-fi: http://scimaps.org/submissions/7-digital_libraries/maps/thumbs/024_LG.jpg

Warning: the image is rather big; 4400x2364 big.

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It's pretty comprehensive.

Although I never really thought Connie Willis was Cyperpunk.  I've read one of her novels and it's much more akin to time-travel.  She uses this element in a few of her novels/short fiction.

Also, there's no sign of one of my favourite Speculative Fiction authors Jeffrey Ford (unless I missed it).
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I'm surprised Michael Moorcock didn't make the list. ''The Dancers at the End of Time'' is probably my favourite Sci Fi series of books and not to mention the fact that he worked with Hawkwind on ''Warrior on the Edge of Time'' which is my favourite album of theirs.

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Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:


As for Arthur C Clarke, 2001 is incredible, BUT I would say the film is far better than the book, but what´s great about it is that they do have their different take on some things without being too far apart.

As far as I know, the film 2001 (which happens to be one of my favourite films of all time) is inspired by a short story called The Sentinel, which only has a certain theme in common. The book 2001 was written after the film.
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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:


As for Arthur C Clarke, 2001 is incredible, BUT I would say the film is far better than the book, but what´s great about it is that they do have their different take on some things without being too far apart.

As far as I know, the film 2001 (which happens to be one of my favourite films of all time) is inspired by a short story called The Sentinel, which only has a certain theme in common. The book 2001 was written after the film.
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Check this out if you've got time...interesting "map" someone made of the history of sci-fi: http://scimaps.org/submissions/7-digital_libraries/maps/thumbs/024_LG.jpg

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^ he said "aside from Fahrenheit" Wink
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Erm, Something Wicked This Way Comes? 

Edit: My bad ... I just woke up. Embarrassed Nevertheless, SWTWC is hardly forgettable and I still vividly remember "The Halloween Tree" from childhood. Everyone's entitled to their opinion though. 


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I must say I do not share the general love there seems to be around Bradbury. Aside from Fahrenheit I find him simplistic and a bit superficial, specially The Illustrated Man. Some of The Martian Cronicles stories are excellent, but others are just plain forgettable.
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I can't bellieve there's only one vote to Philip k. Dick, the greatest of all time!

And where is William Gibson? Bruce Sterling? And Kurt Vonnegut?

Solaris, form Lem, is great, and Childhood End form Clarke is one of the best books I ever read.

Ray Bradbury and Robert Heinlein are masters too.
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I like the political aspects of Herbert's Dune. Very Machiavellian.
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Username? And yes, the series has a nostalgic hold over my adolescence years, especially that particular character who I saw eye to eye with.   
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And presumably Steven Erikson, given your avatar :)
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Off the list, LEM by a long way. Read/own nearly everything that's been translated into English. I tend to like stuff with a psychological slant, hence you could add, Samuel R. Delany to my list, who seems to sh*t some people off. Something like Babel-17 an interesting enough look into the power of language. Also some of Ursula K. Le Guin's more sobering 'n' serious works; some of Hainish Cycle works are coming to mind.   

Gene Wolfe's been a recent-ish read, interesting use of experimental structure, written in an un-sci-fi, manner and for most parts skirts 'round the cliches which dissuade me from reading more from the genre.   

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