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Our [New Scientist] writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time (www.newscientist.com)

submitted 5 months ago by AFKBRBChocolate to c/sciencefiction

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This is an interesting list. It's missing some of the true great classics, like Frankenstein, and it has a number of unusual, less well known titles, but there's a lot to like on it. There's certainly a lot for people to disagree about, but it may well have your less often cited favorites, too. What do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Really pleased to see 17776 getting some recognition. I don't even like American football and I love that story.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't decide if I wanted to add that one to my reading list or not. I hadn't heard of it before, and I'm not at all a sports guy, but it sounds interesting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

reading list

It's not purely text. Wikipedia describes it as "a serialized speculative fiction multimedia narrative", which I think is pretty accurate.

Link here: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well that's... really interesting. I love it when people experiment with new ways of telling a story. That might move this up much higher on my list. Thanks for the link.

[–] Dozzi92 3 points 5 months ago

It's chaos, but Jon Bois is amazing at putting order to even the most chaotic things. If you don't know him, he's purely a sports guy, but he has a number of video series on YouTube that are absolutely great watches, regardless of whether you like sports. I hate (American) football, but he has a number of videos I watched intently, because he does a great job of analyzing random number sets and plotting them out in a way that is visually appealing. Guy is a nut, and it makes for great television (obviously not TV but yeah).

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I got around to reading 17776 today. That was fun, thanks for the recommendation!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Awesome, glad you enjoyed it!

[–] RizzRustbolt 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If American Football was like that I would probably watch it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, the 17776 version sounds way more entertaining. Especially if it is commentated by three sapient space probes.