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15375866 No.15375866 [Reply] [Original]

ITT: science fiction that is good because it's not science focused at all

more like this?

>> No.15375873
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>>15375866
Sphere is a better version of Solaris. I think the first half of it is the best thing Crichton ever wrote. It kind of falls off, but that first half, is the good shit.

>> No.15375999

>>15375866

Most of Philip K Dick is very "un-science-y" sci-fi. He doesn't really care about the science; he cares about some little guy caught up in a crazy world which probably isn't real.

Flowers for Algernon doesn't care about the science of IQ enhancement.

The Ugly Little Boy doesn't care about the science of time travel.

>> No.15376008

>>15375873

I didn't think it was that good overall, but the black mathematician was done well. Most writers are terrible at portraying intelligent people but he was believable. And entering the space-ship was pretty good.