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Discussion on: Growing up, what were the most influential pieces of sci-fi media for you?

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riidom • Edited
  1. Star Wars, but the book, written after the movie. I needed a few years to realize there is a movie too :)
  2. Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon The Stars
  3. The Black Hole (movie from 1979)

(all of these in german translation, when it comes to prose, the foreign-language-barrier definitely sits between me and my entertainment value)

And how I feel about them now? Well I have to guess, I sadly lost all my books from that time. I think the Star Wars book may feel weird now, since the movie blends in whether you want or not. Vernor Vinge's book I would read again, it's timeless. And The Black Hole.. uff.. I think it'd show its age in a bad way nowadays.

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Utkarsh Talwar

Haha isn't that the best when you discover another related piece of media exists in the same franchise? I was so happy when I first saw the Percy Jackson movie only to then discover there's a book series, which I promptly started reading!

Ahh I feel your comment about The Black Hole movie. It probably has some problematic elements, I assume?