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The Red One
- celticninja 5y agoI think that sci-fi really doesn't get enough credit for inspiring the future. The ideas permeate other fictional universes years and years later, and they seep through to reality though scientists, many of whom are fans of the genre. Amazing.
- manigandham 5y agoIt doesn't? I think most popular culture already identifies sci-fi as synonymous with "the future".
- fit2rule 5y agoIts often used as a slur, as if it is a form of sub-meaningful literature.
- telesilla 5y agoThe book, on Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/788 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/788
- Sebb767 5y ago> A Court in Germany ordered that access to certain items in the Project Gutenberg collection are blocked from Germany. Project Gutenberg believes the Court has no jurisdiction over the matter, but until the issue is resolved, it will comply. Pity. Do you have a mirror?
- Stratoscope 5y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20180718091512/https://gutenberg.org/files/788/788-h/788-h.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20180718091512/https://gutenberg... https://archive.is/MgQWL https://archive.is/MgQWL
- imglorp 5y agoBlocked from Germany... why?
- mavhc 5y agoWas that the inspiration for https://alias.fandom.com/wiki/Mueller_Device https://alias.fandom.com/wiki/Mueller_Device ?
- yanovskishai 5y agoReminds an idea from Tarkovsky's Stalker https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film) Despite the fact that the film is officially based on Strugatsky 1972 novel Roadside Picnic, the sphiere idea from resemblance 'the Room'.
- jl6 5y agoThought this was going to be about the RED One 4K camera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Digital_Cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Digital_Cinema
- jshmrsn 5y agoI thought this was going to be about the U.S. 1st Infantry Division: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(United_States) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(Unite...
- quijoteuniv 5y agoI though it was going to be about the red pill in the matrix https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill
- max_ 5y ago>The "Red One" of the title refers to a giant red sphere, of apparently extraterrestrial origin.. Sounds like an inspiration from 2001: A space Odyssey. Only that in 2001 it was a cuboid instead of a sphere and the color was black instead red
- lapnitnelav 5y agoThe other way around as C. Clarke's work is younger than this one. Also reminds me of Barjavel's 'The ice people' which has a large golden sphere buried deep under the ice in Antarctica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ice_People_(Barjavel_novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ice_People_(Barjavel_novel...
- acheron 5y agoFrom what I remember, the monolith part of 2001 came from Clarke’s earlier story The Sentinal, in which IIRC it was a transparent tetrahedron. Since the story and movie of 2001 were made simultaneously, I think Clarke/Kubrick ended up switching to black so it would look better on screen.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoThe books state that the monolith had the same proportions in more than three dimensions, making it impossible to understand from our limited perspective. A remaster with current CGI could make the monolith look even more otherworldly.
- keiferski 5y agoThe "Red One" of the title refers to a giant red sphere, of apparently extraterrestrial origin, that the headhunting natives worship as their god and to which they perform human sacrifices. Bassett becomes obsessed with the Red One and in the end is sacrificed himself. Sounds like a predecessor of the Michael Crichton book/film Sphere. A spacecraft, presumed to be of alien origin, is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, estimated to have been there for nearly 300 years...Soon after, Goodman and the others eventually stumble upon a large, yet perfect sphere hovering in the cargo bay. They cannot find any way to probe the inside of the sphere, as the fluidic surface seems to be impenetrable. Upon observation, Goodman ominously notes the sphere reflects everything in the room except them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_(1998_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_(1998_film)
- cainxinth 5y agoAlso reminds me of the "The Priest's Tale" from Dan Simmons' "Hyperion," i.e. the jungle tribe worshipping and making scarifies to an alien artifact part.
- remarkEon 5y agoAlso reminds me of this classic tale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness