Necot’s Comments (group member since Jun 05, 2019)

Necot’s comments from the Hard Sci-Fi Lovers group.

PBS Spacetime makes a very good content.

Another great channel discussing many themes and concepts of SF and futurism is the one of Isaac Arthur:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFi...


I think both channels are very good in explaining the physics/chemistry in an intuitive way and in going into the details without being over technical.

Hello everyone, I joined this group some months ago but had not the occasion to write anything, but I am starting to use goodreads more often, so I tought about contributing to this discussion.

First of all, I would like to thank Tim for preparing the book shelf: I noticed many interesting titles there. I have always been curious about Greg Egan's books, unfortunately I could not get my hands on a copy yet.

A book which is pretty hard sci-fi and presents some very interesting concepts is Blindsight. Highly recommended. I especially liked how he devised the alien species and his exploration of some transhumanist concepts.

Another extremely good book, which I consider to be the most hard sci-fi book ever written, is Contact by Carl Sagan (maybe you have watched the movie adaptation). If you have an interest about astronomy, you will surely know who Carl Sagan is. The book rather than a novel might be considered a scientific speculation about a hypothetical first contact with an extra terrestrial intelligence (Carl Sagan himself worked quite a lot on the search of extraterrestrial life). It is also rich in philosophical and theological dialogues.


For last, I think all the four points proposed by Tim are good ideas which can help in developing the group further.

Other groups on goodreads propose monthly readings: a poll is created and a book is chosen, and at the end of the month a discussion about the book is opened where people can express their opinions.
This probably requires a certain amount of commitment, but I find it a good idea, which can be adapted and made more flexible according to the preferences of the group's members (we are still few, so it should be more manageable).