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March 16, 2021

Books 11-20: A Ranking

Rankings 1984, Alfred Bester, Big Brother, censorship, doublethink, dystopia, Espers, Fahrenheit 451, Farmer in the Sky, Foundation, George Orwell, I Robot, Isaac Asimov, justice, mass media, overexposition, penal system, precrime, psychohistory, Ray Bradbury, Red Planet, Robert A. Heinlein, Space Cadet, The Demolished Man, The Martian Chronicles, The Three Laws of Robotics, Thought Police, utopia, worldbuilding

My ranking of books 11-20 on my list. The best and worst might not be what you think.

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June 12, 2018

The Sci-Fi Aspirational Tale

Sci-Fi Themes aspirational stories, idealism, morality, Star Trek, utopia

Aspirational, or idealistic, science fiction, such as Star Trek, shows us what we could be by actually showing us what we could be!

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January 10, 2018

The Quest to Overcome Humanity: Black Mirror’s Warning

Sci-Fi Themes Black Mirror, blocking, fear, human nature, optimization, robots, science fiction, utopia

The show Black Mirror shows us the consequences of attempting to overcome humanity.

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November 10, 2016

Book 8: Lost Horizon: A Novel of Shangri-La

Book Reviews belief, doubt, freedom, James Hilton, paradise, science fiction, utopia

My review of Lost Horizon by James Hilton, the eighth book on my list!
 

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May 16, 2016

Utopia/Dystopia

Sci-Fi Themes dystopia, free will, freedom, human nature, post-utopia, utopia

Today I’d like to talk a little bit about the post-utopian theme found in The Time Machine (and other sci-fi stories of course). 

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