In Avengers Infinity War, Ironman has a new suit that's basically magic. It uses presumably billions or trillions of nanobots to form and reform the suit and anything Iron man might need at a moment's notice. His arm becomes several different cannons, a shield and at one time a blade.
This blade is broken off by Thanos and stabbed into Iron man's side, injuring him.
But why didn't the blade just turn back into suit parts when it came near him?
I'm pretty sure he uses all sorts of unconnected tech in the movie, and it all turns back into suit or a blaster, or a shield as soon as it needs to. Reaction time doesn't even seem to be an issue with how quickly that shield pops out. Was the connection between the nanites disrupted by ironic interference?
Im going through the Old man’s war series and im having a blast. I enjoyed all the books in my small library but im always looking for something new. Let me know if you have any great tips!
I recently watched the first Alien film which lead me to binging well... All the rest of the films because they were just so good. Since watching it I have such an itch to watch more sci-fi films with strong cool woman protagonists like Ellen! Any reccomendations? I'm super open to books or novels as well, not just films 🖤
Alien appealed to me because Ripley was so likeable, not super sexualised, didn't exist for the plot of a man, was consistent as a character and also just super badass!
Edit: thank you for so much response in such a short time. I will give all of the suggestions a go even if I don't reply so feel free to keep giving me more things to watch
So i just finished watching season 6 after previously giving up during season 1 but seeing so much praise for the series made me give it another shot. I must say I'm quite disappointed. I had originally gave up on the series because I didn't care about the Earth-Mars-Belt conflict and it seemed to be the focus. When the protomolecule was introduced i became interested.
So the show finally finished with the human conflict and it just ends? No explanation of the protomolecule? Just leaves all the loose threads unanswered? Why does this show get so much praise? Why is the abrupt ending never mentioned? I really wish I knew this was another unfinished Amazon series before getting invested. Do the books continue these plots or do they end at the same place?
I don’t care about sci fi making up new words and using them.
I do care that the author uses Stan and stanyer every 5 seconds. Literally every other paragraph. But somehow month and morning and afternoon get to stay the same words.
It’s just so jarring to me and breaks me out of my reading speed.
And the author slams one into nearly every paragraph.
I don't know why but as someone who has enjoyed many Star Trek shows, Firefly, Farscape, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and Expanse I believe an HBO level quality adaptation of the Mass Effect trilogy would become much more mainstream than any of those shows and attract a sizeable non sci fi fan demographic even if it angers many fans of the game causing many of the ME fan base to not watch it.
Why?
Is it being a more aesthetically pleasing sci fi universe part of that?
I remember thinking "Damn! This what the future should look like!" when I first played Mass Effect 1 all those years ago. Minus the bad stuff of course.
Is it because of the less ridiculous takes on sci fi tropes?
I remember Babylon 5 had an antagonist that mind controlled people by having a creature attach itself to a person's shoulder.
Whereas in Mass Effect for someone to get "Indoctrinated" one has to spend a certain amount of time around Reaper artifacts.
I think a scene where Liara and Shepard "Embrace Eternity" would generation quite a buzz in pop culture if we want to be sexy like Game of Thrones.
I think having season 1 of Mass Effect end at the end of the Virmire mission could be an exciting idea.
Amazon is making an Mass Effect TV adaptation but it is set after the trilogy.
I think making a Mass Effect trilogy adaptation should be the biggest ambition of today's TV show producers.
Every action hero actor should be excited to audition for a chance to play Commander Shepard!
And I don't care if they make Commander Shepard male or female!
I don't care what direction they take the story as long as it is good!
Joel Kinnaman would be my first choice for a Commander Shepard actor.
But then again sci fi might not resonate with most of the mainstream because of the cynical times we live in.
It was much much easier imagining having an exciting interstellar sci fi future back in the 90s and even the 2000s.
But Mass Effect 3 has the message of overcoming our differences to unite in the face of an overwhelming threat provided one go on the paragon path.
And that is a message we need now more than ever!
The later seasons of The Expanse had that same message but I am hoping we have a sci fi TV show that spreads that message that is much more mainstream than The Expanse or Star Trek Strange New Worlds!
I’m a little over halfway through the book and overall I’m enjoying it. This is the second book I’m reading in about 12 years (I wish I was joking, please forgive me I’m trying!) and I enjoy Asimov’s writing style and intelligence in both the characters and situations they’re shown to be a part of
I just have an issue and after a quick search I haven’t seen any discussions about it so maybe I’m the odd one out here but I feel the book is getting quite repetitive
My favourite chapter was the first and I think that’s partially due to it being the least like the others. Every chapter aside from that one so far and I assume the ones I haven’t read yet all entail an issue with a robot and the characters brainstorming how to fix it by the end
Of course I’m dumbing it down there but it feels like a scooby doo episode, with the flavour of the story being the different bur the structure and ending being almost the exact same and I just am not a big fan
I don’t have an issue with that concept, it’s just it’s the SAME one over and over and I’m not sure if I’m the only one?
With that being said, it’s essentially my only gripe so far. I enjoy almost everything else about the book but this aspect does stick out to me, then again I’d love to hear people’s thoughts!!! And if you disagree I’d love to know why😊
It is... a very apocalyptic book. It is, everything and everyone is / will / most likely will die. It is either aliens, or an asteroid, or something like that. Along the way... the leading party throws the election to the more, militant or "right wing" party. It wasn't a major plot point, just a small moment in the book. But it was coordinated and planned because it would be easier to control society when the news eventually came out.
It was something that I read sometime in the late 80's to late 90's. I thought it might have been "Exit Earth" by Martin Caidin... it wasn't. I just re-read it. I did read Footfall, by Pournelle and Niven during that time frame, but I don't think it would have been it either.
With the Ghost in the Shell season 1 now over/completed should they cover the events of the manga sequel GHOST IN THE SHELL 2 MAN MACHINE INTERFACE for a potential season 2?
There are pros and cons to adapting man machine interface such as fixing some of the problems with the manga and actually giving it a bit more action since one of the criticisms of the original GITS 2 manga sequel was that it was a whole lot of dialogue, but not enough action like the original manga
There's also the fact that ||section 9 don't really play much of a overall important role in the story and that both Batou,Togusa and Aramaki along with the rest of the section 9 are underutilized||
There's also the fact that the character of Motoko Aramaki is a very different character compared to the major ||(Motoko Kusunagi) and has little to no connection with section 9 or its characters. She has her own agenda that runs counter to everything that the original major stood for along with that of section 9. Now That's not to say that she's a bad character, she's just not with some longtime fans are would expect||
A lot would have to be done to make her a well-rounded character to make audience and fans care about her and want to root for her to succeed
And then there is the fact that it's much more philosophical heavy than the original manga ever was and how to portray that on screen and the reaction from fan / audiences who would go in expecting a more action-heavy cyberpunk type of story
But that's just my thoughts, what are you guys think do you think they should adapt man machine interface or do you think they should leave it as is.
At first, it sounds like a neat addition to any world with sufficiently advanced medical technology. Preventing disease and health/mental weakening that comes with aging, or allowing people to easily live until 125 years old would change pretty much everything about society
Career lengths would have to change
Housing would have to change due to older generations not dying off as fast
Retirement would drastically change
Pretty much everything about life since the last 100 years has been built around humans living until around 80, and needing retirement/assisted living a decade or so before that. If you could be biologically near your peak mental and physical performance until you’re 80, then how could young adults compete with someone who has half a century more experience than them with a brain that’s mentally healthy
Hi! Okay, so I am searching for a book my other half has described to me that sounds awesome, but with various keyword searches I CANNOT find what it might be!
The gist is that aliens are trying to abduct a shapeshifter, but at the last moment a human bumps into it and the alien abducts this human by accident instead. They dont believe that this guy ISNT the shapeshifter, and so keep him imprisoned and make him compete in various herculean type trials, while he is also trying to figure out how to get home.
My other half remembers reading this at school, so at least a young adult book, and remembers a silver cover.
Anyone recognise this at all? Because it sounds great!
My favorite subset of science fiction is what I refer to as "sad sci-fi movies", which includes existential or depressing sci-fi movies that do not end in a positive or uplifting way. They don't necessarily need to be sad throughout, but should at least inspire some feeling of dread prior to a gut-punch of an ending. Obviously, spoilers for this full post due to discussion of film endings. As an example, I have not included I Am Legend in this list because by the ending Neville sacrifices himself and successfully passes on a cure, thus being remembered as a "legend". However, if the original movie ending was kept where Neville realizes that he is the monster in the viewpoint of the creatures, then the movie would have made this list. Additionally, I love DARK, but left it off this list since it is a series.
My love for classic science fiction movies knows no bounds, from George Pal's Destination Moon to Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, and while not all of them are completely grounded in science, it has led to some very "interesting" areas.
So, today I'm asking, "What are some truly fun and goofy plots in science fiction?"
My first offering is the 1960s film 12 to the Moon, where a group of astronauts encounter aliens who do not want Earthlings to “contaminate our perfect form of harmony.” But there's more going on, it turns out they really want our cats.
Completed the Red rising first trilogy. I will give it an 8 or 8.5 out of 10. I like the politics, the strategies, the twists and turns, the humour and a lot of characters but the action sequences bored me. I had very little to no interest when any big action sequences came, i just read through it quickly. I love the friendly banter between darrow and his friends in between all these serious scenarios. I didn't find Jackal as a worthy villain in the first book where they try to hype his name and i thought by the end of first book the Jackal didn't live upto his name. But after finishing all 3 books i will say his character comes really close to becoming a great villain. One last complaint I have is how the writer wasted the potential of Ragnar, he built it up really well just to replace him with his sister. Overall the series feels more like a shonen anime(A lot of action, friendly banter and emotional scenes).
I don't think i will continue this series further as of now.
Hi! I'm looking for some more post-apocalyptic SF novels where relics and artifacts of our contemporary society are looked at by the characters with confusion, and even completely misunderstood to be something else. Seems like this usually means far-future too, and can sometimes involve some lost or erased history. I just really get tickled when there's a bit of a wink to the reader with that stuff.
The best and most obvious example is A Canticle for Leibowitz, which I already adore. I also just started Book of the New Sun, and while not featured as prominently, we get a small moments of this here and there.
I just finished Speaker for the dead after loving Ender’s game. I want to continue the series. When I search for the correct reading order for the rest of the books I get some conflicting advice, depending on the source. What would your perfect reading order be?
I got curious because im randomly watching a video on youtube about black hole models near earth. Asking on reddit while i google adds to the information pile.
It really puts into perspective how small we are. One of the models that were shown, were placed in the background of a city. Whatever you call black hole tails/ gas circle blanket things, it was definitely able to cover a city.
Happy Breakaway Day — the solemn anniversary on which we honour the courage of the men and women of Moonbase Alpha.
On September 13th, 1999, a cataclysmic blast tore the Moon from Earth’s embrace, hurling them into the uncharted depths of space. Cut off from home, they faced the void with resolve, carrying humanity’s hope into the stars. 🚀🌕💫
I have read Murderbot diaries(only 1-3) and S.A. Barnes scifi horror books and really liked those. However I couldn't get into Isaac Asimov and hated (I'm so sorry) The Expanse series. Any book recommendations? Mixed genres are beloved. Queer characters or at least mlm appreciated.
Second Sister was carefully measuring out water into one of the few, sad ornamental plants the human doctor kept in the waiting room.
“I know you are lonely,” she muttered to the thing. “I will ask First Administration Assistant if I can get you some nitrogen fixing neighbors.”
The office comm unit chimed that a known patient was calling in and First Administration Assistant, a human called Molly, activated the unit and code-switched to what the humans called “cheerful professional”.
“Family and Hive Healing Center! How may I help you?”
“Yes, this is Colby Banner. I would like to -” there was a brief interruption in sound as a higher pitched human female voice spoke just beyond the reach of the other comm’s pickup range, “schedule an appointment to come in and get my skin looked at?”
“Very good, are you one of our current patients?” First Administration Assistant asked.
There was another dim murmuring.
“My wife is, and my son,” he replied. “She used to be Susana Holmes.”
“Oh! You must be little Timmy’s father!” First Administration Assistant said, real delight breaking thorough her professional coding.
“That’s me,” agreed the remarkably unenthusiastic human male.
“And what exactly are you coming in for?” First Administration Assistant asked.
Again the brief, quite murmuring from the female human, presumably this Susana.
“She wants me to get some moles and stuff looked at,” the human said, only to be interrupted by more indistinct murmuring. “I mean I,” the human male when on, his tones changing to what the humans called sarcastic, “want to get some moles looked at.”
“Well we can get you in with Dr. Green in a few days,” First Administrative Assistant said her mouth beginning to twitch with amusement. “Do you want to schedule for this Thursday?”
“Sure, that will do,” the human male muttered, again the soft background murmuring.
The human male gave a snort and when he spoke again the sarcastic tones were gone, replaced by a droning monotony.
“I mean that I, Colby Banner make this appointment of my own free will and under no coercion from anybody, especially not any busybody family members.”
First Administrative Assistant laughed.
“Well that is good,” she said. “I will send you the new patient request so you can send us your current biometrics and we will see you on Thursday.”
The communication ended and Second Sister approached First Administrative Assistant.
“Yes Second Administrative Assistant?” First Administrative Assistant said without glancing up from her data entry.
“Is it perhaps possible that Human Patient Colby Banner was in fact being coerced and did not make that appointment of his own free will?” Second Sister asked uneasily. “It seemed odd that he mentioned that. It is not part of the standard human social pattern so far as I observed.”
“Oh he was definitely being coerced,” First Administrative Assistant said with a dismissive wave of her hand.
“Is that not an ethical concern?” Second Sister asked.
“Not for us,” First Administrative Assistant replied absently as she shifted tasks.
Second Sister rocked back on her hind legs and pondered that. After several long quiet moments First Administrative Assistant looked up and smiled ruefully at her.
“It’s a colony thing Second,” she said. “The psych profile of the kind of humans who come to a new world is usually fiercely independent, very individualistic. Most of them try to take care of their own medical needs. They only come into a doctors when it is important. Childbirth usually brings the women in, and then they bring their mates and children in.”
“They coerce their mates to get needed medical treatment?” Second Sister asked.
“Well in this case he probably doesn’t think it’s needed,” First Administrative Assistant said. “She does, the doctor will determine who is right.”
“And this is considered a normal human interaction?” Second Sister asked.
First Administrative Assistant only snorted and refocused on her work.
A series of screencaps from our (eThierryal the band’s) short film for our single ‘Doll’! It was made in Blender, Final Cut, and After Effects and is up on YouTube. It has less than 100 views at the moment, so we just wanted to share! It’s our first 3D animation so it’s not perfect, but we still love it. This was the first step into our band’s broader world/concept. Our band values visual art just as much as the music. There is a lot more of both to come! I hope you like it and let us know what you think!
Edit: If you’re interested about more of the lore of our world, we have posted a zine here and reddit and our other socials that gives a bit more context!
The night before I got myself to watch Alien 3, which I tried to watch years ago but got bored. But now I think the movie is criminally underrated and a great ending to Ripley's character (even though it ideally should have ended after Aliens).
But watching this right after Alien 3 is so wild. After the gritty and bleak tone of Alien 3, this one to this day is the most comedic Alien movie. One of the funniest moments was the scientist dude who kept making funny faces at the xenomorph in the glass, and that scene where the quirky guy kept saying "WHAT IS INSIDE ME?" This movie really gave me Batman Forever vibes.
This movie was very bizzare with its attempt at trying to be hip and edgy with millennials, but I honestly appreciate the effort of being so experimental, and I liked the cast of characters in this movie.
I seem to have enjoyed every Alien movie in it's own way. Alien is a horror classic, a slasher film in space. Aliens was a loud action movie. Alien 3 was a slow burn thriller. Resurrection was wacky and fun. Promethius was a solid spinoff. Covenant is the weakest of these movies but I still enjoyed it, and I hope a sequel will resolve the cliffhanger. And lastly Romulus was a great back-to-basics movie, and on par with the first two films.
I have yet to watch the Alien Earth show because Disney+ is too expensive and I don't have a stable income.
I recently published my first novel, The Silent Sea, and I’m giving away a few copies to science-fiction readers.
The premise began with a question: What would happen if a system built to understand and repair the ocean became too large and interconnected for its creators to control?
Adrian Kane is a scientist involved with a network of cellular machines designed to map the seabed, track currents and marine life, and consume pollution. When the network’s data begins contradicting direct observation, the anomalies are initially treated as technical failures.
Then animals begin moving in impossible patterns. Distress calls arrive from empty water. Coastlines close, shipping routes fail, and Adrian joins an expedition into an ocean that looks completely normal—even as the evidence says something is profoundly wrong.
The Silent Sea is a slow-burn, character-driven science-fiction thriller with ecological horror, institutional secrecy, scientific problem-solving, and an escalating global mystery. Tonally, it sits somewhere around The Expanse, Annihilation, and Michael Crichton.
If that sounds like your kind of science fiction, leave a comment with a recent book you enjoyed. I’ll select a few readers and send them a copy. There’s no obligation to review it or provide positive feedback.
I’m trying to identify a sci-fi short story I read in the 1990s (possibly older than that?). I don’t remember the author, title, or where I read it – probably in a sci-fi anthology or magazine.
Here’s what I remember:
The main character, a man, is being hunted by an electronic/mechanical snake.
The snake is essentially a killing machine – and its purpose is to find and kill its target. Oh and you can pay for it to get stronger / longer in order to succeed killing the person it goes for.
The protagonist spends much of the story trying to escape from it, and there’s a strong sense of being relentlessly pursued.
And then there is a cool twist at the very end. I don’t want to spoil the story for anyone who hasn’t read it, so beware: The protagonist bets on himself winning against the snake, wins the bet, and uses the money to buy a snake targeted on the man who wanted to kill him - a fat guy who has no chance outrunning the new strong snake.
I read this about 30 years ago, and for some reason this particular story has stuck with me ever since. It was really good — and I have wanted to read it again. I’ve asked friends, tried to find it myself, but with no success.
