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History PhD. Joachim Boaz maps the more esoteric inclines and declines of science fiction between 1945-1985. When SF tackles the greater morass of things and our oblique interiors he is happy. His website Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations charts these movements. https://sciencefictionruminations.com/

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Alex Schomburg's interior art for Robert Borski's "The Apocalypse of Harry Jones" in Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine (September 1977)

SFRuminations, to scifi
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French SF author Jean-Louis Curtis (1917-1995) was born on this day. I reviewed his sole SF collection: The Neon Halo (1956, trans. 1958) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2021/12/22/book-review-the-neon-halo-jean-louis-curtis-1956-trans-1958/

SFRuminations, to scifi
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Ed Earl Repp (1901-1979) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1669

L, Jack Gaughan, 1949; R, Robert Fuqua, 1938

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SFRuminations, to scifi
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Wallace West (1900-1980) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1140

L, Ed Emshwiller, 1963; R, Milton Luros, 1951

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I've reviewed West's deceptively creepy and queasy “Eddie For Short” (1953) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/08/21/short-story-reviews-sherwood-springers-no-land-of-nod-1952-and-wallace-wests-eddie-for-short-1953/

SFRuminations, to scifi
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Bob Leman (1922-2006) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?12249

L, David A. Hardy, 1977; R, Barclay Shaw, 1980

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SFRuminations, to scifi
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Everyone wants to remake the good stuff... what about remakes of the truly awful shows with fantastic potential in their ideas?

My suggestion: a modern version of Ark II (1976) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127989/?ref_=ls_t_19

"Three young scientists travel around the country in the 25th century after the world has been ravaged by pollution. In their hi-tech RV (called Ark II), they study the land and help out those in need."

Is that not a fantastic premise?
#scifi #sciencefiction #TV #show #history

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You'd have a devilish conundrum at the heart of the show with the occupants of the hi-tech transportation device living easy lives in comparison to the wreckage around them. You'd have a Star Trek-filled landscape of tough moral decisions. You would also have modern relevance with a world in which we have NOT been good stewards and our youth have to take charge.

Food for thought! :)

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@isaackuo Yeah, thinking far more loose interpretation than remake. But there are also lots of remakes that are only vaguely connected to their originals.

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@foolishowl I think there are more than you think. Two that come to mind -- The Changes (1975) and The New People (1969-1970)

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@eldadoinquieto What?!

“Extrapolations" (2023) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13821126/

Incorporated (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4118466/

The 100 (2014-2020) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2661044/

There are so many....

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@foolishowl And another -- the Logan's Run TV show! It's a post-apocalyptic wasteland outside the domes.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075527/?ref_=ls_t_11

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@foolishowl I also suggest taking a look at some of the more radical formulations of the post-apocalyptic future that exist in the 70s and 80s.

Charnas' Walk to the End of the World (1974) and Motherlines (1978) come to mind. I know the first one is a bit earlier than the show... but it's a great one!

My review: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2015/07/30/book-review-walk-to-the-end-of-the-world-suzy-mckee-charnas-1974/

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@foolishowl Another far more radical than simply a rebuild 80s example that comes to mind -- Joan Slonczewski. The Wall Around Eden (1989)

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@eldadoinquieto That's not what you originally said. You said that producers now wouldn't make a TV show that would reveal the impact of climate change. There are plenty. Realistic or not, they exist.

And another brand new horror movie about climate change! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16280912/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1

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@eldadoinquieto If anything, it's the perfect moment to make a TV show on that topic -- climate change is an IN subject both in the US and out.

A band-new Korean TV show about climate change (sort of, its partially caused by an external cause as well, alas, probably a bad example): Black Knight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Knight_(South_Korean_TV_series)

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@ubergrog Yeah, Damnation Alley is pretty terrible.

I reviewed the book a few years ago on my site: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2017/07/31/book-review-damnation-alley-roger-zelazny-1969/

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Things like "Jail-Jamas" are why all of our parents divorced.

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@ruralgloom "Meh." I read it as a sneaky way to market a sex costume. And thus an adventurous time in the bedroom.... Haha

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@ruralgloom Costumes for a couple in bed. I am unsure how fun sexy time isn't the reality. Despite how it's marketed...

SFRuminations, to history
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New history purchase!

SFRuminations, to scifi
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Oliviero Berni's cover art detail for the 1982 edition of John Brunner's Polymath (variant title: Castaways' World) (1963)
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

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Lindsay Gutteridge (1923-2007) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2190

L, Chris Foss, 1973; R, Vincent Di Fate, 1974

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SFRuminations, to random
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What pre-1985 science fiction are you reading? + Update No. XII

Come participate in the discussion: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/05/19/what-pre-1985-science-fiction-are-you-reading-update-no-xii/

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@MSchneiberg I remember enjoying both the book and the film. Feel free to join the community on the site! That's my primary forum for SF discussion.

I have reviewed a few Bradbury shorts in the last year or so. My slow and late return to his work.

“Almost the End of the World” (1957) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/10/10/future-media-short-story-review-ray-bradburys-almost-the-end-of-the-world-1957/
“The Highway” (1950) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/06/15/short-story-reviews-ray-bradburys-the-highway-1950-and-leslie-a-croutchs-the-day-the-bomb-fell-1950/
“The Pedestrian” (1951) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/01/28/future-media-short-story-review-ray-bradburys-the-pedestrian-1951/

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@MSchneiberg My about page gives a good sense of what I am interested in: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/about/

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@MSchneiberg I discuss the date range in this podcast interview as well: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/07/14/updates-podcast-interview-and-vintage-sf-discussion-extravaganza/

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