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I really love this era of sci-fi, a kind of short window between the immature boy fantasies before and the dull hard SF the came after. The weirdness, the hallu
by vodou 3y ago
I really love this era of sci-fi, a kind of short window between the immature boy fantasies before and the dull hard SF the came after. The weirdness, the hallucinatory, the craziness! And most importantly, so many great writers.
- windowshopping 3y agoEnders game, speaker for the dead, ringworld, and many others are post-1983. Are those dull hard sci fi?
- demondemidi 3y ago"Ender's Game" is a little boy fantasy, almost literally.
- ur-whale 3y ago> Enders game, speaker for the dead Truly not in the same category as stuff from e.g. PKD, by a very wide margin, especially speaker for the dead.
- windowshopping 3y agoWell, matter of opinion, and judging by critics' lists your opinion is the minority.
- zem 3y agonot to mention the vorkosigan series!
- ur-whale 3y ago> the dull hard SF the came after To be fair to the crowd that came after, the average consumption of creativity-enhancing substances was a lot less in the 80's and forward than in the [60's, early 80's] period.
- andybak 3y agoDoesn't Hard SF both predate and postdate New Wave? It's a thread that weaves through the whole of science-fiction. (heck - didn't Jules Verne once diss H.G. Wells for not being "hard sci-fi enough"?)
- runeofdoom 3y agoIf you're seeking weirdness and hallucinatory craziness, I think Peter Watts, Tamsyn Muir, and Charles Stross (among many others) can absolutely deliver.
- cromniomancer 3y agoAnother fun offshoot combining New Wave and Cyberpunk is Transrealism. Rudy Rucker has a way with illustrating immense mathematical ideas while keeping the zany hippie dreams alive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrealism_(literature) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrealism_(literature)