I think on average, Scifi stories are better suited for tv than movies. Sure there are outliers, but i find that good scifi stories are often pretty long and have a lot of information to get across to the viewer.

I really hope that my favorite scifi books get adapted into mini series’ or TV shows rather than movies, especially Hyperion.

I have a hazy memory of a movie from an 80's childhood.

An alien boy (I believe the actor had Progeria?) comes to Earth and is shot by a local on the ramp of his spaceship.

I remember this made me cry so hard, I was inconsolable, but have very few other memories of this movie (TV movie possibly?). It may have been set in the Old West?

Sorry I'm so vague.

I just watched Ridley Scott's new post apocalytpic film The Dog Stars. I almost didn't go. Reviews were very midiocre and general sentiment here and elsewhere leaning towards negative. I had the ticket and said screw it, how bad can it be and went.

I had read several comments from Redditors who's main gripe was they felt the movie didn't have a point or they didn't get what it was supposed to be about. This is a real headscratcher as the main character Hig's actions and the script conveyed very well the reason for the journey he was taking.

SPOILERS: The film is about loss, dealing with loss, and finding the strength to move on and do your best to start a new life after tragedy. Pretty simple and I thought the film converyed this well.

I didn't ever feel The Dog Stars was boring or plodding. I thought all the actors were fantastic. I've never seen Jacob Elordi (Hig) in anything and thought he carried the film well. Brolin was Brolin and perfect in his role. Great to see Guy Pearce and he had a great character.

I don't think The Dog Stars is a perfect film. I didn't like the Grand Junction twist very much. I felt it was a little over the top, but it was still interesting and made sense in the overall message of the film.

I would recommend this film to anyone who like post apocalytpic stories. Maybe some reason for the negativity it's an attention span thing as this is not a fight or flight constant action movie. In the end I thought it was paced well, had beautiful cinematography and I was invested in the main character. Sometimes you just have to go see for yourself. Glad I did.

1. This is the M2-Exo Carbine from Obsolete. However, about a year or so ago. Somebody on instagram had posted a picture of a Ma Duece in a chassis system. The post has been since deleted and I would like to know of anybody has caught the picture and had it saved.

   1. A TV show/ miniseries/movie back in the early 2000's. I distinctly remember it starting out as a US-Russia joint space operation where astro/Cosmonauts were on a completed space station. China, for whatever reason, launches missiles at the station. The station defenses manage to down all but one missile and the missile kills the crew. The US and Russia go to war with China over it. I distinctly remember either an F15/16/18 and a Mig downing a lone Chinese aircraft. I dont remember it much, but Ive been going insane trying to figure it out.

This blew my mind, in its calm yet manic way. Reading it was like lifting weights for me, slow but calculated. As opposed to the energetic movements of doing cardio. Slowburn into mindfuckery.

Although the ending was quite anti-climactic, a bit of a let-down if I am being honest, it was also human. Horselover Fat came back, and when he did, he was better (although being separated again from Phil after being healed made me question: is he really better? LOL). I like the part when he started seeing the world in his quest. And seemed healthier and happier.

It may not have the action I normally go for, but it was cool enough to see through to the end.

Neuromancer is remarkable, the environment and the advanced yet deteriorating technology strongly evoke the feel of Blade Runner.

This is the work that either created or significantly brought attention to the cyberpunk genre.

While it has its flaws and isn’t exactly a simple read, it possesses a vitality and foresight of what the future might hold that few can rival.

If you appreciate darker, immersive, and thought-provoking sci-fi, it is certainly worth your time, if i search, i read the neuro 2, is really cool.

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I need a new sci-fi book series. What do you recommend based on the below:

LOVED Hamilton's Commonwealth saga and everything in that universe. All three trilogies. I would read 100 books set in that universe.

Loved Robinson's Mars trilogy.

Liked Baxter's Xeelee Sequence books. Generally liked his other books too, although the quality varies.

Liked Aldiss' Heliconia trilogy (although the end was depressing).

Did not like the Expanse. I like the universe but find it poorly written (although maybe I should give it another chance).

Hello there,

I want to decorate one of my room with a SF style, and more precisely with spaceships paints, print, canvas etc, any support that i can pin on the walls.

But while searching on the net i dont find any good things. So did some of us know a good site who propose quality arts of iconic starships ? Like the Enterprise, Rocinante, Daedalus, Battlestar etc...

Thx :)

Basically I just need to get these thoughts and feelings out of my mind and heart because otherwise I might explode. As you can see, I have an hour left. For those who have read it, Portia’s team is on the hull about to enter, Karst and his team are about to exit I’ve been emotional since the death of Fabianwhich hit me surprisingly hard. I was not expecting to feel so much for one individual when the individuals are little blips in the millenium time frame of the story. But they captured my heart, no pun intended.

And now, as they are about to face each other, on ones side using Vulcan like logic from a cold hearted, and I think maybe scared, Scientist, (a description that fits two parties in this sort of three party confrontation) the Gilgamesh crew are not yet tapping into the very thing that makes us human, a capacity to be illogical for the better. And the other side tried to offer a… hand and it was thrust back at them. My heart is pounding, my breath is held and I am torn between hope and the path the story seems to be taking. I can’t help but hope anyway. It’s who I am. Just as Kern and Vitas can’t change their nature, just as the spiders had to try their way first, I still hope.

And I’m about to find out.

FYI - I’d seen this series recommended so many times I decided to just go all in and start it without reading the blurb or any description. So it’s been a wild and fun ride. I had no idea what to expect but it wasn’t spiders. That’s for sure!!

What I like: red rising, enders game, project hail mary, the illuminea files

What I hated: dune, children of time

On the fence about: hyperion, empire of silence

Basically I just want a book that will make me want to get through to the next chapter, the books I dislike almost always because I don’t care for the characters.

Please any suggestions would be welcome

Any combination of scifi/ fantasy/ horror is welcome as well.

To celebrate the new Lego Enterprise bridge set which is coming out in September, I designed a diorama based on one of the most famous TOS episodes, 'Arena' - the one where Kirk is forced to battle the reptilian Gorn. The set is 298 pieces, and you can find instructions to build it on Rebrickable.

In this episode first aired in 1967, Kirk is forced to battle the mysterious reptilian Gorn by an even more mysterious species known as the Metrons. Marooned (mysteriously) on a barren asteroid, Kirk fails to stop the lumbering, hissing reptile with a series of weapons ranging from his bare fists to sticks and rocks. He finally manages to shoot it down with a crude firearm cobbled together from items lying around the landscape. But when he has the Gorn at his mercy, Kirk spares its life and passes the Metrons' test. 

The set includes some rotating plates so Kirk and the Gorn can take swings at each other, as well as a few weapons scattered around for Kirk to scavenge. It also recreates the famous Vasquez Rocks filming location with its jagged sandstone rock formations. The Rocks are an instantly recognisable location for Trek fans and film lovers in general. Located just north of L.A., they've featured in at least ten Star Trek episodes, from The Original Series to Picard, as well as dozens of other movies since the 1930s, from Apache to Army of Darkness and Austin Powers.

The MOC doesn't include the Kirk minifigure, which can be added from the upcoming Enterprise bridge set (11385). For the Gorn, I used a Bossk head from Star Wars - apologies for crossing the franchise streams! The torso and legs from a Lego Chima minifig also worked surprisingly well for the quite specific sci-fi-reptile-in-an-apron look.

Starships and bridges are all very well, but let's never forget the other foundational element of the Star Trek franchise: William Shatner having a fistfight in some sand. I hope you enjoy it!

The Children series gets all the love, and honestly it deserves it.

But Eden is such a wildly imaginative, relentlessly fun adventure through some of the most incredible set pieces I’ve enjoyed.

I feel this book deserves a little more love. I never see people talk about it.

I love you, Dr. Rat.

These are some pages from a sci-fi comic I write called MythFall. Art is by Allie Preswick with letters by Haley Rose-Lyon. It's a soft sci-fi where magic coexisting in a world with space ships and wormholes. I love a splash page with a star field in it, but I wanted to share some of the smaller character moments. It's surprising how much world building you can pack in to those.

Here's the story:

An ancient king tells a lie to save his people from their gods. 5,000 years later, that lie is now the founding myth of an interstellar republic, but a terrorist group knows a truth that can destroy everything -- even the gods themselves.

5 years ago, they kidnapped the crown princess. Searching for answers, her little brother teams up with the disgraced embassy that lost her. But the threat they find is older, and more magical, than they're prepared for.

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Star Wars defined the genre for space fantasy, but besides that Stargate, Dune, and Gattaca were influences on the story. People have compared it to Babylon 5, but I didn't watch that show until after I was well into writing this.

Would you enjoy sci-fi about an alien culture worshipping a greek-style pantheon?

Would you recommend any lesser known soft sci-fi that works in magic or other fantasy elements?

I'm a huge fan of the kind of space trucker, futuristic but junky tech feel of the Alien movies or the Mothership roleplaying game. Blade Runner and other Philip K Dick stuff leans a little cyberpunk but still gives me that vibe. Murderbot Diaries to a lesser extent, mainly because I just didn't love the writing. What's the name of this subgenre and what are some of your favorite examples of it? Get as niche or as mainstream as you please.

I am wondering if anyone has suggestions for audio books that are currently included in the audible subscription. Not sure if the offers are similar / the same globally, but I am based in Germany (though I only listen to English language audio books).

It seems to me that most of the included stuff is rather unknown and maybe not the best quality. Often the first entry of longer series. Though occasionally I have seen some gems there (some time ago they had most of the Alastair Reynolds audiobooks included for example)

My personal preferences are the type of sci-fi that involves far off worlds, space ships, aliens, exploration, maybe some war.

I know that Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force series) is on there, tried it, but did not really get into it.

Put up some artwork in my new study from my two favourite books: The Dispossessed, portrait of Arthur C Clarke illustrated from a page from Childhoods End and similarly a portrait of Ursula Le Guin from a page of a Wizard of Earthsea.

I will be honest: I really didn't like the second Avatar film, so I don't know if I want to commit to the third one. I thought the first one was pretty cool, even though it was kind of like a knockoff of colonials taking Native American land, just in space—so it was a generic plot with interesting CGI. I'm more of a Pacific Rim kind of guy, but you know, the second movie ruined the franchise. I have seen both Avatar movies; I just haven't committed to this third one. I would like honest opinions on whether it's worth the watch. I was planning on renting it when my daughter comes to visit me this coming weekend, so I don't know, what do you guys think?

I just watched Synchronic and was blown away. I really dig the time travel aspect and it’d be cool to see another movie where the character(s) travel not back in time not just within the past 100 years but back hundreds, even thousands of years. I’ve seen time travel movies before but none that touch the breadth of this one.

I used to be a diver myself. When I played Subnautica a while ago, that old feeling came up again - the pull down, where the light stops, and at the same time the compulsion to keep shining anyway. That's exactly what I wanted to capture here: isolation and the urge to explore in one picture.

Painted in oil on wood. The frame is completely self-designed, 3D printed and hand-ground and assembled - should look like a find from a foreign colony, not a picture from the hardware store.

Well, it's Saturday, and I was hoping to follow up on a post I made a month or so ago. A lot of people kindly expressed interest in the Get Lost series (the first book of which, Lost Souls, is available for free online), and I was wondering if some of those who had read the first book (or series) could share their thoughts on it?

For those who aren't familiar, this is a space opera setting that should appeal to anyone who enjoys the Firefly/Expanse/Killjoys dynamic of a small ship and crew getting in over their heads. Or, to use one of the shorter blurbs I have for the first book:

Maurice "Moss" Foote used to be somebody. Now he's back to square one, using his last hundred credits to get his old ship back and start over. But someone has stowed away on board, someone whose untrustworthy memory is the key to a mystery that's worth a fortune to the right (or wrong) people.

The Get Lost Saga starts here

I recently watched Appleseed, and I have to say, it didn't disappoint me. However, what I found during Masamune Shirow’s adaptation was not what I expected. Directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama, this anime, I would say classic was just what I needed. I appreciate anyone who cares to read my thoughts on the film, and any comments would be appreciated.

Hi there. I'm a massive scifi and quiz/trivia/crossword nerd.

One of my favorite games is "Connections", where there's a grid of 4x4 tiles, each with an entity. Usually a name, but could be technology, locations, vehicles...

These 16 can be arranged in 4 groups of 4 elements, connected by something. Find the connectons, win the game!

While creating it, the thing I struggled the most was fine tuning the difficulty. If you want any variety in a daily puzzle, you need many entities. But the more you take, the more obscure they become. So came the necessity of adding scifi-adjacent universes, like superheroes, in order to add more characters with broad recognition.

Anyway - I have had my family and some friends try the game, but they are not really the scifi fans I created this for.

I would love if you could play with it and let me know how you find it, both in terms of difficulty and fun.

The game is called Stargrid. No ads, no login, no registration... link goes straight to the game and you can start playing immediately. There's also an archive of the previous ten or so days, also free.

Thank you!

According to newer Star Wars shows, the Star Wars galaxy doesn't have turbolasers that can fire in the gigatons of TNT. (10v9)

What other sci-fi universes have conventional weapons that can fire in teratons of TNT? (10v12)

Petatons of TNT? (10v15)

For example, phasers in Star Trek fire in the petatons.