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What's science fiction without the machines? (leminal.space)
submitted 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

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

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