Why did science fiction stop moving forward?

Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by quickben on Monday September 25, 2017 @02:41PM (#15332873)

Tv always played it safe.

Books are where it's at.

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Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by toxicFork on Monday September 25, 2017 @03:08PM (#15333101)

Can you recommend a few good books that take risks?

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Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by orless on Monday September 25, 2017 @03:12PM (#15333152)

Anathem by Neal Stephenson. You need to get through the first 100 or so pages and then it clicks in. Blue Bacon Fat by Vladimir Sorokin.

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Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by kobeya on Monday September 25, 2017 @03:17PM (#15333187)

Anything by Alastair Reynolds (but Revelation Space is a good place to start).

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Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by tfandango on Monday September 25, 2017 @03:53PM (#15333530)

Yes! Revenger is a good start too.

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Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by kobeya on Monday September 25, 2017 @03:56PM (#15333552)

Also the audiobooks of Reynolds work are wonderful themselves. The narrator John Lee is a master of his art form:

https://tantor.com/narrator/john-lee.html

(Sadly he did not narrate Revenger, which is part of why I haven't experienced it yet. Thanks for the tip though and I'll add it to my list. John Lee did do all of the Revelation Space universe however, including the short stories.)

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Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by krisdol on Monday September 25, 2017 @03:08PM (#15333109)

120 Days of Sodom

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Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by nasalgoat on Monday September 25, 2017 @05:18PM (#15334256)

Basically anything by Neal Asher.

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