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>...Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, Dune, Foundation series by Asimov... It's the most influential books ever written, not a list of books the HN crowd is mo

by navait 13y ago

>...Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, Dune, Foundation series by Asimov... It's the most influential books ever written, not a list of books the HN crowd is most likely to have read. I think there's an argument for HG wells, but Dune? really?

blumkvist 13y ago
Dune has influenced or flat out inspired plethora of writers and their novels and films. The most popular, I'd say is Star Wars, which is arguably the most recognized film of all time. Dune, in one way or another, has touched majority of the people who are alive today. And that is leaving the techno-psychological, political, sociological and philosophical arguments in the novels aside. HG2G does not belong to the list, I agree, dunno what I was thinking when including it. And if you don't call Asimov's work influential, I don't know what else constitutes as such.* * if we agree that when talking about sci-fi we should waive the test-of-time argument
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- jljljl 13y ago
  It feels a little early to make this call. Dune has influenced a certain vision of the future, but it's influence has been limited to a specific genre of literature and art. It also remains to be seen whether Dune is influential beyond the current cultural zeitgeist, since it hasn't even been around for a century yet. It's entirely possible another book or movie will come around that changes the entire aesthetic of speculative fiction, leaving Dune as a book that was popular for a particular culture as a particular time.