Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - The End of the Apocalypse - Extra Sci Fi" video.

  1. Wow. The lights of my youth return to the world. I began my sojourn with Heinlein's Red Planet . . . my absolute favorite was Bester's Stars My Destination. Asimov's Mule. His R. Daneel Olivaw. Clarke's Childhood's End. I flowed with Zelazny's Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (but best loved Nine Princes in Amber, perhaps the flagship of the syncretic works. Eric and Corwin . . .). Niven carried me on the tenuous wings of a new physics to realms unthinkable in "There Is a Tide . . ." Paul Anderson's immortal Nickolas Van Rijn, and unmatched Tau Zero. And who can talk about Science fiction without E.E. "Doc" Smith, Cordwainer Smith, James Blish, Algis Budrys, Leigh Brackett, Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ursula Leguin's Left Handed Wilderness" . . . the mysteries of DNA. Benford. Resnick. Card . . . Ender's Game. Kieth Laumer's Retief, Harry "The Stainless Steel Rat" Harrison . . . Sergeant Deathwish Drang . . . you will be missed, but only until we get the range. Samuel R "Who stole my Sanity" Delaney. Fred Saberhagin's Berserkers . . . (cough cough) I mean Star Trek franchise's The Borg. Most were dystopians, but John Brunner and Harlan Ellison carried us farthest down that dark road. Bentfin Boomers. The Forever War. Hammer's Slammers. Jack Vance. Where to start with Jack? Araminta Station? The Last Castle? Dragon Riders? The Green Pearl? And that brings me to Frank Herbert. He made me question ethics, morals, and convictions, right and left. I'd shake his hand, if I could. Let me pose this old man question to you younger guys: How can you begin that journey today, from a cold start? It sure affected me. I still quote the Clarke Theorum and the Three Laws of Robotics for folks in topical conversations 60-70 years after they were written.
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