December 27th
12:24
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io9. Lists 10 Science Fiction Movies For People Who Don't Think They Like Science Fiction

Overall a pretty solid list.  But how could they include The Truman Show but not Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?!  I’d say that the technology in Truman Show is not too far-off from the real world, whereas Eternal Sunshine has a mind-erasing machine!  And Eternal Sunshine does everything the film version of Total Recall tried to do about memories, only a million times better.

#Inception      #WALL-E      #The Incredibles      #The Iron Giant      #Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind      #Christopher Nolan      #Pixar      #Children of Men      #A Scanner Darkly      #Phillip K. Dick      #Brave New World      #E.T.      #io9.     
November 17th
16:44
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Similarities Between Historical Fiction and Science Fiction

io9.’s Daily 10 compares themes present in both historical and science fiction.  It’s a very cool list, and it makes points about both genres that you might not have thought of before.  My favorite point is the first, about world-building.  I love reading about the vastness and diversity of well-developed fictional worlds.  (Part of why I liked A Feast for Crows more than some is because it spent a lot of time showing us places we’d never seen before, particularly Dorne and Sunspear, home of the Martells.)

#io9.      #Mad Men      #Neal Stephenson      #Doctor Who      #The Matrix      #Boardwalk Empire      #A Song of Ice and Fire      #Steampunk      #Firefly      #Serenity      #Dune      #Terminator      #His Dark Materials      #Star Wars      #Phillip K. Dick      #Battlestar Galactica      #Alien      #Aliens      #House Martell      #Unbowed Unbent Unbroken