New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983

Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by vodou on Saturday November 25, 2023 @01:13PM (#38415247)

I really love this era of sci-fi, a kind of short window between the immature boy fantasies before and the dull hard SF the came after. The weirdness, the hallucinatory, the craziness! And most importantly, so many great writers.

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Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by andybak on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:16PM (#38415781)

Doesn't Hard SF both predate and postdate New Wave? It's a thread that weaves through the whole of science-fiction. (heck - didn't Jules Verne once diss H.G. Wells for not being "hard sci-fi enough"?)

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Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by windowshopping on Saturday November 25, 2023 @01:31PM (#38415398)

Enders game, speaker for the dead, ringworld, and many others are post-1983. Are those dull hard sci fi?

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Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by zem on Saturday November 25, 2023 @04:29PM (#38416861)

not to mention the vorkosigan series!

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Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by demondemidi on Saturday November 25, 2023 @01:41PM (#38415486)

"Ender's Game" is a little boy fantasy, almost literally.

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Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by ur-whale on Saturday November 25, 2023 @01:39PM (#38415466)

> Enders game, speaker for the dead

Truly not in the same category as stuff from e.g. PKD, by a very wide margin, especially speaker for the dead.

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Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by windowshopping on Saturday November 25, 2023 @04:12PM (#38416699)

Well, matter of opinion, and judging by critics' lists your opinion is the minority.

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Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by runeofdoom on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:22PM (#38415842)

If you're seeking weirdness and hallucinatory craziness, I think Peter Watts, Tamsyn Muir, and Charles Stross (among many others) can absolutely deliver.

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Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by ur-whale on Saturday November 25, 2023 @01:38PM (#38415458)

> the dull hard SF the came after

To be fair to the crowd that came after, the average consumption of creativity-enhancing substances was a lot less in the 80's and forward than in the [60's, early 80's] period.

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Re:New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983 by cromniomancer on Sunday November 26, 2023 @12:29AM (#38419396)

Another fun offshoot combining New Wave and Cyberpunk is Transrealism. Rudy Rucker has a way with illustrating immense mathematical ideas while keeping the zany hippie dreams alive.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrealism_(literature)

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