Science Fiction

Only 482 more years until Idiocracy. Should be great.

Whenever I see lists of top science fiction anime I feel like the vast majority of the given shows aren't even science fiction. Unless all it takes to be science fiction is to be fiction and have some science. Maybe so and I'm just being a bit a snob, I don't know. I'm open to discuss the matter.

Anyway, here are some of my favorite science fiction anime. I'm curious if anyone else has some favorites that I have maybe never heard of.

• Legend of the Galactic Heroes This is likely my all time favorite scifi anime. It's quite long and the list of characters quite extensive which isn't my usual forte, but there is just something so comfy about this show.

• Blame! This is a bit of a weird manga to say the least. There probably aren't many manga with less dialogue. Regardless I still feel like I took an endless journey across a structure of a scale I can barely comprehend.

• Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Regrettably I have not seen the original, but this more modern remake seems to be true to the classic style.

• Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise A visually beautiful movie with all hand drawn backgrounds and animations. A tale about a group of individuals who have a dream of building the first rocket ship to make it to space.

-This post is a work in progress- -If you have anything you would like me to add here let me know-

Here are some resources for getting started on your science fiction adventure.

Book Sources

• Good Reads
• Hachette Books
• Tor Books

Classic Authors

• Isaac Asimov
• Frank Herbert
• Robert A. Heinlein
• Frank Herbert
• William Gibson
• George Orwell
• Arthur C. Clarke

Popular Authors

• Andy Weir
• Martha Wells
• Alastair Reynolds
• John Scalzi
• Cixin Liu
• Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Dan Simmons

It'd be nice to start a thread that has a lot of info for people who are looking for reviews or recommendations.

For instance, https://sff180.com/ does a solid job, particularly with their youtube channel, of keeping me informed about books that are coming out. Where do you go for your info?

What are you some underrated or lesser known science fiction movies that you recommend?

I've never met anyone that has seen this movie despite it being relatively recent and with some popular actors, but I'd highly recommend Prospect (2018). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7946422/

It's not a very big budget movie, but it has great aesthetics I think and an engaging story. I'm looking for some new science fiction movies to watch either old or new.

What are some of your favorite science fiction books and why? If you had to pick only a few. As of writing this post my favorites are the following.

• The Quantum Magician
• Three Body Problem
• Children of Time

I tend to like in-depth explanations of the fictional science that exists in-universe as well as a good mystery.