Speculative fiction about historical gradualism: I'm looking for SF stories which begin in the real historical world (past or present) and then gradually diverge from it,
without any single decisive turning point.
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posted by RogerB
on Sep 19, 2012 -
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What books and short stories would you use for a class trying to teach about science by reading science fiction?
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posted by straight
on Feb 29, 2012 -
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Looking for a science fiction novel written by a Libertarian elected to (I think) the Montana legislature.
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posted by CCBC
on Sep 6, 2011 -
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Give your best examples of the SF/ Survivalist/ Wish Fullfillment sub-genre "libertarian engineers do everything better" or "objectivist superman saves history". More specifically ones where someone is the last man on earth/sendt back in time and constructs a free market utopia through sheer smarts and rationality ( with himself on the top of it, of course).
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posted by The Whelk
on Jun 9, 2011 -
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I'm getting back into reading for pleasure after years of avoiding it during college. I've found fantasy books easy to get back into, but have no idea where to start with sci-fi!
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posted by Logic Sheep
on Feb 20, 2011 -
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Since I went to worldcon in Montreal last year, I'm eligible to nominate SF works for the Hugo awards this year. I'd like to try to stretch out from the more mainstream authors, can you help me diversify the 2010 Hugo award nominations?
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posted by Envoy
on Jan 12, 2010 -
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Science fiction - filter: I used to read and love Dick, Farmer, LeGuin, and others who coupled great writing with directly confronting sex, violence, and societal change. What contemporary authors might I like?
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posted by Forktine
on May 28, 2009 -
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Looking for sci-fi/speculative fiction that deals with the issue of colonization, immigration, and refugees. The more details the better! Specifically looking for stories that deal (at least partly) with the stories of the immigrants themselves, and not just the abstract idea.
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posted by sarahkeebs
on Apr 4, 2009 -
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Wanted: Science Fiction Books moved by a great central idea such as: Ringworld by Larry Niven or The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
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posted by MasonDixon
on Mar 25, 2009 -
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Help me choose a couple of my next books: Which Dune sequels and which Gene Wolfe book to buy?
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posted by ersatz
on Sep 28, 2008 -
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I'm looking for a series of hardback science fiction anthologies I dimly remember from childhood (sometime in the mid 80s). I think it had a one word title with a number, and the series went up to at least number five. I remember two stories in particular...
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posted by Artw
on Jan 13, 2008 -
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I am looking for books similar in style with Christopher Priest's "The Prestige". What i want is complex stories, epistolary in structure where the plot has to be puzzeled together by the reader.
posted by ilike
on Mar 22, 2007 -
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Which
Dune novel or novels by Frank Herbert or his successors refers to mentats as cultivating "the naive mind"? The only place I can find it is in the Wikipedia article on mentats (endlessly cloned around the Web).
posted by rwhe
on Oct 27, 2005 -
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The "Red Dwarf" sci-fi comedy series. If I had to choose between
just the books, or
just the DVDs, which one should I go with?
posted by brownpau
on Sep 12, 2004 -
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Who can recommend some good time travel fiction? (Yes, I'm a geek)
posted by Robot Johnny
on Jun 10, 2004 -
46 answers
