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Booksnthreads (19 KP) rated The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in Books

Jun 4, 2018  
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams | 2017 | Children, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.5 (186 Ratings)
Book Rating
I recently reread this book and can say that it was much more enjoyable the first time when my reading and viewing was steeped in science fiction. I still really enjoyed reading it and love the tongue-in-cheek nods to science fiction.

I also had a greater appreciation for the political satire this time around; Zaphod Beeblebrox especially stood out as being much more relevant to me at this point in time.
  
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TacoDave (4110 KP) created a question about The Secret of Monkey Island in Video Games

Apr 1, 2020  
Question
Did you know that famed science fiction author Orson Scott Card ("Ender's Game") wrote dialogue for this and other Lucasarts adventure games? He specifically wrote the insults for the insult swordfights...
   
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Alice (12 KP) rated Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction in Books

Jul 3, 2018  
IP
Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction
Hannu Rajaniemi | 2016
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
<i>Many thanks for the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review</i>

Actual rating 3.5 stars

A good collection of science fiction with some really interesting concepts. I preferred His Master's Voice and the twitter Micro fiction from the collection.
  
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Bong Joon Ho recommended Things to Come (1936) in Movies (curated)

 
Things to Come (1936)
Things to Come (1936)
1936 | Action, International, Classics
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I’m anxious to find out if I will be as thoroughly excited by the film as I was by H. G. Wells’s science fiction novels when I read them as a youth."

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Elton John recommended If I Built a Car in Books (curated)

 
If I Built a Car
If I Built a Car
Chris Van Dusen | 2007 | Children
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

“Old fashioned science-fiction styling meets modern day ingenuity in these highly imaginative books – where a young boy spreads the wings of his mind to rebuild the perfect car, house, and school.”

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