Between science and literature

• Dušan Spasić

  I need some novels or a collection of short stories which was influenced by Asimov's three laws of robotics?

  I need books to compare the influence of the three laws in literature.

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    Paul Schleifer replied

    "Do Androids Dream" is a delightful book, and the movie, though quite different, is excellent as well. However, though the electric animals in the book (which, sadly, appear in the movie in only a"Do Androids Dream" is a delightful book, and the movie, though quite different, is excellent as well. However, though the electric animals in the book (which, sadly, appear in the movie in only a very small way) are perfectly harmless, the androids are not, and I'm not sure the Three Laws of Robotics really exist in Dick's world. But a great read and a great film adaptation--in fact, I believe Dick called it the highlight of his career, or something like that.

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• Mariusz Maciej Leś

  Flash SF

  Anybody interested in micro (flash) fiction? How short it must be, how long can it be? what about formulas, topics, storylines... http://www.rescifing.net for more.

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    Miloš Jocić replied

    Check out my comment above, concerning Twitter short stories. There's some mighty interesting stuff there.

    Jul 21, 2011
• Graeme Smith

  How much Science is there in Sci-Fi?

  As a long-term reader of Sci-Fi, I have to say that todays Genres seem slightly light on the science It is as if by mapping all the outrageous theories in the 70's and 80's people now think that noAs a long-term reader of Sci-Fi, I have to say that todays Genres seem slightly light on the science It is as if by mapping all the outrageous theories in the 70's and 80's people now think that no new science has arisen that can capture the imagination, like early stories of space-flight, FTL, and White Radio. Yet science didn't stop in the 80's, and with the internet it is possible to find really good scientific resources to act as support data for a new genre. Instead it seems that Space Opera, and similar formula fiction is the staple of the industry, and new science just doesn't have the draw it used to. Where are the stories of Astro-Archeology that celebrate the guy with the brush, that uncovers the extremely fragile fossil? Where are the stories of Scientific Politics as a background for astounding discoveries? Where is the non-humaniform alien that isn't cat-like or soft and fuzzy, or lizardlike and subtly menacing? Do only stereotypical aliens survive the marketing process?

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    Graeme Smith replied

    Yes of course, we all know of the massive disinformation campaigns that have gone on for decades, but by now there is a hunger for the genre, that has more to do with people hooked on theYes of course, we all know of the massive disinformation campaigns that have gone on for decades, but by now there is a hunger for the genre, that has more to do with people hooked on the presupositions, and now the genre is no longer supported by the govermint, we have to put up with reprints? Does this mean we will get new disinformation only when the second cold ware starts to heat up?

    Jun 13, 2009