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Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:53:35 PM No.24635536 [Report] >>24635644 >>24635648 >>24635658 >>24635703 >>24635817 >>24635865 >>24636184 >>24636241 >>24636501 >>24636514 >>24636570
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I want to get into science fiction but I dont care about science at all, I have no understanding of science.
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 10:54:03 PM No.24635540 [Report] >>24635673 >>24635691 >>24635704
Start with the Greeks.
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:21:33 PM No.24635626 [Report] >>24635673
Start with the Geeks.
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:27:46 PM No.24635644 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
I would recommend watching Stephen E. Andrews' yt series on sf genre theory. Really opened my mind up and made me want to read more science fiction.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLClUjyQA4BcaAlpEkZJWRBehHhQOqBifE
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:29:13 PM No.24635648 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
Start with the Cheese
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:32:28 PM No.24635658 [Report] >>24635808 >>24636466
>>24635536 (OP)
Watch 2001 A Space Odyssey
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:38:40 PM No.24635669 [Report]
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Perfect for science fiction, then
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:40:53 PM No.24635673 [Report] >>24635700 >>24635860
>>24635540
>>24635626
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_True_Story
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:48:14 PM No.24635691 [Report]
>>24635540
https://sacred-texts.com/cla/luc/true/index.htm
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:52:22 PM No.24635700 [Report] >>24635760
>>24635673
Ah, I didn't scroll down. I ordered some Lucian recently because I was re-reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra and had the urge to translate übermensch into greek. Apparently, it turns out Nietzsche got it from another Lucian story/dialogue.
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:53:27 PM No.24635703 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
It'll usually be explained for you in the book.
Anonymous 8/13/2025, 11:53:28 PM No.24635704 [Report]
>>24635540
Suck lot of dicks
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 12:19:41 AM No.24635760 [Report] >>24635792
>>24635700
>it turns out Nietzsche got it from another Lucian story/dialogue
Which one?
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 12:35:06 AM No.24635792 [Report]
>>24635760
https://lucianofsamosata.info/wiki/doku.php?id=home:texts_and_library:dialogues:voyage-to-the-lower-world
https://research.library.fordham.edu/phil_babich/56/
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 12:40:32 AM No.24635808 [Report] >>24635890
>>24635658
>Watch
Why not read?
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 12:43:59 AM No.24635817 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
Start with the Greeks.
Read about the Golden Fleece.
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 1:01:52 AM No.24635860 [Report]
>>24635673
Nice. Glad I logged in today.
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 1:03:11 AM No.24635865 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
Science fiction isn’t about science
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 1:20:21 AM No.24635890 [Report]
>>24635808
The movie is more interesting
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 1:26:32 AM No.24635901 [Report]
What about an understanding of speculation or the speculative arts in general.
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 4:05:33 AM No.24636148 [Report]
The time machine
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 4:29:57 AM No.24636184 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
Neither did Ray Brabury.
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 5:11:08 AM No.24636241 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
Science fiction bores me now because we know the future is gonna be ai slop and phone zombies now
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 8:02:53 AM No.24636466 [Report] >>24636557
>>24635658
The book is prob the GOAT s.f. book alongside The Time Machine.
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 8:15:42 AM No.24636493 [Report]
Philip K. Dick
Brian Aldiss
Jack Vance
Alfred Bester
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 8:21:44 AM No.24636501 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
>I dont care about science at all, I have no understanding of science
Don't worry, neither do the people who write science fiction
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 8:29:20 AM No.24636514 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
It doesn't matter bro science is just a vibe.
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 9:12:42 AM No.24636557 [Report]
>>24636466
Oh Lord is that so?
It's one of the few sci fi books I've read, and I only read it to understand the movie
Very meh book
Anonymous 8/14/2025, 9:26:10 AM No.24636570 [Report]
>>24635536 (OP)
There’s always space opera