So, I hear the the new Star Trek movie may have Matt Damon cast as a young Capt Kirk. Now I’ll put my hand up to being an SF fan, but IMO Star Trek should’ve been laid to rest for a good long break. Now I know there are some very good Sci-Fi series out there, I’m a fan of the new Battlestar Galactica and loved Red Dwarf. But I feel that TV and movie SF, while good, will never get near written SF.
I’ve always liked William Gibson, Ian M. Banks and Arthur C. Clarke, though I really didn’t think that the 2001 movie did the book justice and I’m not sure I’d ever like to see any of the Culture novels committed to film. The problem here, I think, lies with the studios and the fact that they want to stick to tried and tested formulas for things rather than experimenting.
Hmm, I think I’ll put Zen and the Art aside for a while and pick up “Look to Windward” again!
windlotushttp://kalidance.com/ says:
For TV fare, I heartily and lovingly recommend LEXX. It’s out there on DVD, and I’m pretty sure Sci-Fi is still running it at some obscenely late hour.
In written SF, if you haven’t taken a turn through Asimov’s huge body of work, again, hearty and loving reccs. Grab I, Robot if you want to see what a a book-ro-movie abomination is (They did WHAT to Dr. Calvin?!?), then head right for the R. Daneel Olivaw books - some of my best-beloved reading in any genre.
16 August 2006, 9:59 pm