Comments by "" (@davidbockoven161) on "7 Philosophical Science Fiction Novels You Need to Read" video.

  1. I took a screenwriting class on a lark a few years ago (this was just for fun as I already have a PhD in English), and I ended up doing a very loose adaptation of The Glass Bead Game. It's a book I think about a lot. Apparently, someone has created an actual Glass Bead Game IRL. It looks sort of interesting.
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  2. I tend to think that the entire genre of alternative history is one that is great for some good old fashioned philosophical pondering: how might things have gone differently given different circumstances. Two of my favorites in this genre are Man in the High Castle by Dick (I tend to like the book more than the TV series) and Years of Rice and Salt by Robinson.
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