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What's science fiction without the machines? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 month ago by infinite_ass@leminal.space to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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I mean, we could speculate and explore the strange future and stuff. Just without that tired trope of "well, science and technology progressed a bunch and then we got this really great machine".

I mean there's gotta be another way. Examples?

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

The Godmakers by Frank Herbert

Self-Reference ENGINE by Toh EnJoe

*Bonus: Low (comic series) from Image

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

+1 for Anathem. Such a good book. It has about 5 different parts where I thought, "remember when this book was about blank."

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Cat's Cradle and Anathem are among my absolute favorites.