Great review. Your inspiration shines through. I loved the part you mentioned "not possible but necessary". And your discussion of love transcending space and time. I think so many people missed that main point of the movie. Great job!
Question of the day: What do you wish you could experience for the first time again (book/movie/tv)? My answer: This movie of course, but let me give a non- obvious answer. Hmmm. Maybe Kim Possible So the Drama lol. That was everything for me when it came out. Peak cinema actually.
Firefly for Tv, For the movie either The Fifth Element or The Count of Monte Cristo 2002, for the book The Foundations Trilogy by Isaac Asimov, I have no mouth and I must scream by Harlan Ellison, or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Omnibus by Philip K. Dick.
this was TRULY so thought provoking and well-spoken and structured and i’ve never been interested in interstellar but watching THIS made me want to put it on ASAP 😩😩 and read ALL these books holy shit the arthur c. clark excerpt was GODSENT also, maybe off topic, but close encounters of the third kind made me, a zoomer, grieve the fact that i was born too early for commercial space travel and contact with extraterrestrial species
oh, how I adore your comment 🥺💜💜 Thank you so much for watching- also, I actually have never seen close encounters and now you mentioning it has me wanting to get around to it!!
Oh, you're musical too. Olivia, you are one-in-a-million. Talented, intelligent, kind, beautiful - you're compelled to devour knowledge and driven to create. There's probably very little you couldn't do in life
Great Recommendations. Huge fan of Ted Chiang, going to check out some of the other recs. Really enjoyed Interstellar. The movie has so much heart but it's also messes with your mind. A great combo
I love long videos, and the poetry reading is beautiful! I love science fiction, and especially the type that isn't Star Treky (even though I am a closeted Trekkie) but the one that is slower and deeper and asks such philosophical questions... Thank you for the recommendations
I have not read or seen Foundation, but have heard good things! And since I enjoy the author's short story so much I look forward to eventually checking out the books!
@@iLiviesimone Another series (books and/or series on Amazon) is The Expanse... it is ery hard science fiction, and by most scientists considered the most scientifically accurate in terms of physics and space travel... I found the series better than the books, but both good. One aspect that is interesting is how expending beyond earth and colonising the rest of the solar system (primarily for resources such as water, etc.) meant exporting inequality... a new oppressed group emerges that can't even live on earth due to growing up in low G who labour for the benefit of Earth and Mars... it is probably politically also realistic in what will happen if we venture out into space with how the Musks and Bezosess are going about it...
LOVE Interstellar. For so many reasons, but one strong point is the science involved. It's nice to see movies actually use real concepts to create a thrilling story.
Love this! Your energy and passion for what you talk about is really refreshing. I'm working on something with some Interstellar inspired devices, and I had NO idea there was a book behind the science for it. I now have another book to buy. I really love the Tower of Babylon story from Ted Chaing's collection, great rec too!
Hey Nick 😃 Glad to be able to share that Interstellar book- I wish it were more on the radar! And the Tower of Babylon was a favorite from that collection for sure. What a way to start it out!
@@iLiviesimone Awesome. Have you read Good Morning, Midnight. And it also has a movie adoption on Netflix. I still need 2 read 2001 A Sapce Odyssey and watch it. I uave yet to watch Interstellar.
i also have self-made gargantua art on my wall and saw hans zimmer live and i learnt to play the interstellar medley on piano so we are basically the same person now
That picture shows the black hole's accretion disc (physics degree) the thing that held back my enjoyment of Interstellar was that right in the middle Anne Hathaway, not that it was corny or something, but she states the thesis of the film right to our faces! let me figure that out! (creative writing minor) my two academic fronts conflicted in my wish to love the film but inability to fully do so. The Last Question !!!!! so good.
Hi Olivia, I'm so glad you went on to see (and read!) "2001" as well - it's a milestone in SF cinema, and as you noted, has had a huge influence on so many stories that came after, from "Interstellar" to "The Martian" to "Gravity". Besides the novelisation which you've read, there's another book called "The Lost Worlds of 2001" which I think would interest you; it's about all the twists and turns and alternative elements that were considered during the development of the film, and some of the production details. If you enjoyed the novelisation, I would agree that "Rendezvous With Rama" is another story with most of the "classic" Arthur C. Clarke elements. Another good one, if a little less well-known, is "The Fountains of Paradise"; I won't give any spoilers, except to say that Sri Lanka (where Clarke lived for much of his life) has a prominent and unusual role at the centre of the story. I don't know if you've seen the original Carl Sagan version of "Cosmos" (1980), but I would highly recommend it. Some of the production values are a little dated, but Sagan's humanity and sense of wonder at the universe around us still shine through. There's a companion book, also called "Cosmos", which is very good too. And before that, there is the BBC series "The Ascent of Man" (1973), which actually inspired the team to make "Cosmos" in the first place. Written and presented by the mathematician, science historian, and polymath Dr Jacob Bronowski, it's an awe-inspiring odyssey through science, art, and the rise of technological civilisation in all its wonder and terror. What do I wish I could experience again for the first time? That's a really hard question, there are so many things that come to mind! But... then I thought of a day so long ago, it almost feels like something from one of Tolkien's earlier ages of the world, but still crystal clear in my memory: it was 1972, and the ABC here in Australia was showing the live TV pictures from Apollo 16. There on the screen were John Young and Charlie Duke exploring the magnificent dusty-grey desolation of Cayley - Descartes; but if I glanced up through the lounge room window above the TV set, I could see the Moon three-quarters full in the blue sky. I was only five years old, but I still understood: there were human beings up there, where I was looking, so far away, and the awe of that realisation has never quite left me. So that's what I'd pick to experience for the first time again, if I could.
Hi Andrew!! Thanks for the various recommendations- the Lost Worlds book in particular sounds really interesting 🤓 and I love the experience you shared. What an amazing memory!
You won't be disappointed with Rendezvous with Rama. It's a grand adventure, and if you follow it up with the sequel you'll find it goes a step beyond again. Definitely one of his best stories.
Another nonfiction book to add to the pile is "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" by Janna Levin, PhD in theoretical physics from MIT, professor of physics and Astronomy at Bernard College of Columbia University and much more. As you may surmise from the title, she has a sense of humor. Yes, seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey and reading the novel in 1968 (9?) was revelatory. The film is an artistic masterpiece by any standard, but also a little cryptic. The novel explains things better without diminishing the visual glories of the film. The climax of the film was/is utterly amazing, but my personal favorite part is the scene as the PanAm (remember them?) aerospace plane approaches and docks with the Earth orbiting space station to "The Blue Danube" waltz by Johann Strauss II. For the question of the day, I would go with falling in love again with the woman that I married, the mother of our only child. Love is the best thing that our benighted species still manages to pull off. Music is a close second. Cue the kalimba.
Even though we could see it coming, my sister and I were still gaping at the screen when it had that creepy zoom in on the pod/Hal, then cut to Frank floating away. And thank you for the recommendation Stephen! Also, the last part of your comment was so beautiful- how sweet! **plays kalimba**
I think if I coukld re-experience a particular piece of media for the first time again it would be the book of 2001. It's my absolute favourite, I still get chills at the thought of the line "My god, it's full of stars". Another book I'd recommend that would potentially fit on this list is Stanislaw Lem's Fiasco and also Solaris. Solaris is better known but I prefer Fiasco personally. Both unique takes on alient contact, from what I've seen. Lem existed during the golden age of sci-fi writing but I feel like he acted as a sort of counter-point to the USA writers whom he considered to be a bit too 'blockbuster-y'.
That line in 2001- I am right there with you. I had heard it before, just not knowing where it came from. And still when I finally reached it, with the context of all that led up to that moment... just, wow. Even the description right before it of the monolith and size/look. And thank you for the recommendation! Would love to add to this list
@@iLiviesimone Totally agree! I love how since the aftermath of HAL the main character had been solo on the ship and I feel like his solitary and incredibly routine life at that point is emphasized, then he finds the monolith and everything turns on its head. What a book.
Kip Thorne's book is on my shelf, too! It's on my list, right after Sam Kean's "The Disappearing Spoon". For me, the experience of utter awe I felt when I finished Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy is something I would love to have again. Maybe I'm looking into a rose-tinted rear view mirror, but those books left me virtually gobsmacked.
@@iLiviesimone Hope the books won't disappoint you. I was around 17 back then, and had up to them leaned more toward light, adventurous SF(Star Wars and similar films/books). Still, it was after I had read Clarke's 2001, which I really liked, but which didn't have a comparable impact on me as Foundation. Anyway, I immensely enjoyed your video, bought me some Ted Chiang while at it, and now I am really looking forward to your thoughts on "Rendezvous with Rama".
I love Interstellar so much and I’m not sure I ever would have thought to look up book recommendations based on it, but I’m so glad I found this video because I bet I might love some of these too!!
After the Last Question and other more heavy, great Sci-fi, do yourself a favor and read "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy". It definitely references these works.
This is such a great list! I haven't watched Interstellar but it is on my list now. I have read most of these books. I highly recommend The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin if you haven't read it. Very in line with this list.
You are a breath of fresh air in a dusty world :) Quick question - have you ever read the Ragnarok trilogy by John Meaney? It's a really ambitious and complex sci-fi epic.
@@iLiviesimoneI don’t know if it’s exactly a favourite of mine - it has its limitations, but it’s one of the few things I’ve read recently. I don’t read much, certainly not as much as you, but the Foundation series by Asimov is probably the best thing I’ve read - for it’s visionary audacity if nothing else! It’s especially mind-blowing to consider it was conceived by Asimov in the 1940s. It’s so imaginative and thought-provoking. It really formed my understanding of the world as web of interconnected systems. The Ragnarok series is also extremely imaginative and creative in its worldbuilding. The story spins many threads together throughout time and space and I love that sort of variety and scope. If I had a complaint it would be that it was almost too disjointed at times and hard to follow. Though that’s probably due to me reading it piecemeal over a number of months. I would definitely recommend it as it’s great fun to read. I’m sure you would be able to get through it quite quickly 🙂
I have a couple of suggestions for you. Try reading the novel "The Abyss" by Orson Scott Card (there's several books titled the Abyss, so make sure you get the right one, by Orson Scott Card). And then watch the extended (directors cut version) movie of the same title (released in 1989) by James Cameron it's a great sci-fi story and movie, and one of my favorite sci-fi novels. Also, a great horror/thriller is a book called "Phantoms", by Dean Koontz. If you haven't read any Koontz, he's a must, I guarantee you'll love him. He's one of the best horror writers I've ever read. And he has hundreds of books. I have no idea how he can write so many books. After reading the book give the 1998 movie "Phantoms" a watch. Another great book by Koontz is "Watchers", they made a movie based on it, but it was really bad, and didn't follow the book, so you probably would want to skip that movie, but the book is terrific! I haven't read a Koontz book yet that wasn't great.
Funny you ask since that came up during the parent teacher meeting in the movie lol and yes. Though admittedly I have not done thorough research into why people believe it is a hoax, so who knows- I'm assuming you don't believe we went?
@@iLiviesimone @iLivieSimone You would be correct. The basic underling fallacy that a technology based around physics beyond the pale accomplished in the terms of the first and every try followings sucess considering the dynamics is quite implausible. Not simply that in itself but the official narrative of humanity not having been back because of a "loss of engineering properties" is grotesquely insulting to the fact any technology developed 50 plus years ago is not only replicated but improved upon in the most dramatic of comprehendible standards. Only a fool would believe such Science was lost with the overall "value" of it's existence to modern Governance.
There are so many films I wish I could see it again for the first time: The Shawshank Redemption, Jurassic Park, LoTR tFoTR, LoTR TTT, LoTR RoTK, Interstellar, The Usual Suspects, Avengers Infinity war and Endgame. Books trend the same way, the Andromeda Strain, Prey, Jurassic World, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings ( it is technically one book) the Giver, to Kill a Mockingbird, the Sphere and With the Old Breed.
@@iLiviesimone Being there at Midnight with other Tolkien fans was great, although the begging tone was different I wasn't sure I was going to like it as much. but those feelings quickly dissipated, by the siege of Helms Deeps, I was complete enthralled. to go back and watch that again would be amazing.
I watched your Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit review. I would be interested in a review of C. S. Lewis' Space Trilogy. I think you would like it. He combines midevl and modern (in the 1940's) thought on the solar system. But, it is a fantasy. He said that it's a fairy tale for grownups, so don't expect a sci-fi.
Just finished listening to 2001 space odyssey audiobook. I will watch the movie soon. When you said the book starts wayyy back. Whew, you weren't kidding lmao. I had to pause half way through the book and remind myself that this book was written 50+ years ago.I couldn't believe it. It didn't feel outdated at all. I loved how it made me feel like I WAS THERE. you can definitely see how it influenced interstellar. *SPOILER ALERT* loved how the robot here was "evil". I watched a clip of the movie when it betrayed Dave. It was so scary. I just can't believe it came out half a century ago.
I love your comment so much- right there with you. Had to keep checking when it was made! Do you plan to continue the series? I think I will eventually. I think they did a really good job of making Hal unsettling/scary in the film too
@@iLiviesimone yes, I might continue the series but I need to read contact by Carl Sagan first. You said the book is heavy on politics which I like. I don't see many sc Fi books and movies discussing how politicians and religious figures will react if we found alien life out there, in depth.
First of all your hair is looking gorgeous. 🤌🏽❤️... Am glad to see you talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey cause I have been wanting to read it ever since I watched an interview with the author, Carl Sagan and Stephen hawking together. It was really interesting. It's on RUclips, if you haven't watched it, I highly recommend you to do so.
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Great review. Your inspiration shines through. I loved the part you mentioned "not possible but necessary". And your discussion of love transcending space and time. I think so many people missed that main point of the movie. Great job!
Question of the day: What do you wish you could experience for the first time again (book/movie/tv)?
My answer:
This movie of course, but let me give a non- obvious answer. Hmmm. Maybe Kim Possible So the Drama lol. That was everything for me when it came out. Peak cinema actually.
Arrival by Denis Villeneuve! It is an amazing SciFi!!!
The movie About Time.
🎶 What is that? That freaky thing?
It's just a naked mole-rat. 🎶
Firefly for Tv, For the movie either The Fifth Element or The Count of Monte Cristo 2002, for the book The Foundations Trilogy by Isaac Asimov, I have no mouth and I must scream by Harlan Ellison, or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Omnibus by Philip K. Dick.
Dark on Netflix. Interstellar is one of my favorite movies, but DARK is perfection. Just watch it.
I saw interstellar..... And I'm here 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿. Thank you!!
💜💜 Thanks for watching!
You're back! And I'm loving your hair!
💜💜 Thanks Veena!
this was TRULY so thought provoking and well-spoken and structured and i’ve never been interested in interstellar but watching THIS made me want to put it on ASAP 😩😩 and read ALL these books holy shit the arthur c. clark excerpt was GODSENT
also, maybe off topic, but close encounters of the third kind made me, a zoomer, grieve the fact that i was born too early for commercial space travel and contact with extraterrestrial species
oh, how I adore your comment 🥺💜💜
Thank you so much for watching- also, I actually have never seen close encounters and now you mentioning it has me wanting to get around to it!!
Oh, you're musical too. Olivia, you are one-in-a-million. Talented, intelligent, kind, beautiful - you're compelled to devour knowledge and driven to create. There's probably very little you couldn't do in life
You flatter me too much!
Great Recommendations. Huge fan of Ted Chiang, going to check out some of the other recs.
Really enjoyed Interstellar. The movie has so much heart but it's also messes with your mind. A great combo
Definitely a great combo- a favorite even! Happy reading :)
I love long videos, and the poetry reading is beautiful! I love science fiction, and especially the type that isn't Star Treky (even though I am a closeted Trekkie) but the one that is slower and deeper and asks such philosophical questions... Thank you for the recommendations
Have you seen Foundation? Series based on Asimov's book series... it is beautiful...
I have not read or seen Foundation, but have heard good things! And since I enjoy the author's short story so much I look forward to eventually checking out the books!
@@iLiviesimone Another series (books and/or series on Amazon) is The Expanse... it is ery hard science fiction, and by most scientists considered the most scientifically accurate in terms of physics and space travel... I found the series better than the books, but both good. One aspect that is interesting is how expending beyond earth and colonising the rest of the solar system (primarily for resources such as water, etc.) meant exporting inequality... a new oppressed group emerges that can't even live on earth due to growing up in low G who labour for the benefit of Earth and Mars... it is probably politically also realistic in what will happen if we venture out into space with how the Musks and Bezosess are going about it...
LOVE Interstellar. For so many reasons, but one strong point is the science involved. It's nice to see movies actually use real concepts to create a thrilling story.
Yes!
Love this! Your energy and passion for what you talk about is really refreshing. I'm working on something with some Interstellar inspired devices, and I had NO idea there was a book behind the science for it. I now have another book to buy. I really love the Tower of Babylon story from Ted Chaing's collection, great rec too!
Hey Nick 😃
Glad to be able to share that Interstellar book- I wish it were more on the radar! And the Tower of Babylon was a favorite from that collection for sure. What a way to start it out!
Omg yes I have been looking for more space books thank you so much. 🛰
Happy to share! 🌌
@@iLiviesimone Awesome. Have you read Good Morning, Midnight. And it also has a movie adoption on Netflix. I still need 2 read 2001 A Sapce Odyssey and watch it. I uave yet to watch Interstellar.
I'm so late to this video! These recs are incredible, and I've even added a few to my tbr :D Really looking forward to reading Contact!
Thanks Tori!! Oh I’d love to know your thoughts on Contact
You had me at Interstellar!
i also have self-made gargantua art on my wall and saw hans zimmer live and i learnt to play the interstellar medley on piano so we are basically the same person now
I love this 😂😂👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
That picture shows the black hole's accretion disc (physics degree) the thing that held back my enjoyment of Interstellar was that right in the middle Anne Hathaway, not that it was corny or something, but she states the thesis of the film right to our faces! let me figure that out! (creative writing minor) my two academic fronts conflicted in my wish to love the film but inability to fully do so. The Last Question !!!!! so good.
interstellar is my fave movies and i own the science of interstellar so this video is made for me!
I'm so glad 💜☺️
Love your videos! I've got some good things to read now
Hi Olivia, I'm so glad you went on to see (and read!) "2001" as well - it's a milestone in SF cinema, and as you noted, has had a huge influence on so many stories that came after, from "Interstellar" to "The Martian" to "Gravity". Besides the novelisation which you've read, there's another book called "The Lost Worlds of 2001" which I think would interest you; it's about all the twists and turns and alternative elements that were considered during the development of the film, and some of the production details.
If you enjoyed the novelisation, I would agree that "Rendezvous With Rama" is another story with most of the "classic" Arthur C. Clarke elements. Another good one, if a little less well-known, is "The Fountains of Paradise"; I won't give any spoilers, except to say that Sri Lanka (where Clarke lived for much of his life) has a prominent and unusual role at the centre of the story.
I don't know if you've seen the original Carl Sagan version of "Cosmos" (1980), but I would highly recommend it. Some of the production values are a little dated, but Sagan's humanity and sense of wonder at the universe around us still shine through. There's a companion book, also called "Cosmos", which is very good too. And before that, there is the BBC series "The Ascent of Man" (1973), which actually inspired the team to make "Cosmos" in the first place. Written and presented by the mathematician, science historian, and polymath Dr Jacob Bronowski, it's an awe-inspiring odyssey through science, art, and the rise of technological civilisation in all its wonder and terror.
What do I wish I could experience again for the first time? That's a really hard question, there are so many things that come to mind!
But... then I thought of a day so long ago, it almost feels like something from one of Tolkien's earlier ages of the world, but still crystal clear in my memory: it was 1972, and the ABC here in Australia was showing the live TV pictures from Apollo 16. There on the screen were John Young and Charlie Duke exploring the magnificent dusty-grey desolation of Cayley - Descartes; but if I glanced up through the lounge room window above the TV set, I could see the Moon three-quarters full in the blue sky. I was only five years old, but I still understood: there were human beings up there, where I was looking, so far away, and the awe of that realisation has never quite left me. So that's what I'd pick to experience for the first time again, if I could.
Hi Andrew!!
Thanks for the various recommendations- the Lost Worlds book in particular sounds really interesting 🤓
and I love the experience you shared. What an amazing memory!
Great video
You won't be disappointed with Rendezvous with Rama. It's a grand adventure, and if you follow it up with the sequel you'll find it goes a step beyond again. Definitely one of his best stories.
Ooh, looking forward to it!
If you liked Ted Chiang's stories, you might like the short story collection "The Wandering Earth" by Cixin Liu. The title story was made into a film!
Ooh, thanks for this recommendation :)
Another nonfiction book to add to the pile is "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" by Janna Levin, PhD in theoretical physics from MIT, professor of physics and Astronomy at Bernard College of Columbia University and much more. As you may surmise from the title, she has a sense of humor.
Yes, seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey and reading the novel in 1968 (9?) was revelatory. The film is an artistic masterpiece by any standard, but also a little cryptic. The novel explains things better without diminishing the visual glories of the film. The climax of the film was/is utterly amazing, but my personal favorite part is the scene as the PanAm (remember them?) aerospace plane approaches and docks with the Earth orbiting space station to "The Blue Danube" waltz by Johann Strauss II.
For the question of the day, I would go with falling in love again with the woman that I married, the mother of our only child. Love is the best thing that our benighted species still manages to pull off. Music is a close second. Cue the kalimba.
Even though we could see it coming, my sister and I were still gaping at the screen when it had that creepy zoom in on the pod/Hal, then cut to Frank floating away.
And thank you for the recommendation Stephen!
Also, the last part of your comment was so beautiful- how sweet! **plays kalimba**
@@iLiviesimone To find out what happened to Frank Poole, I suggest "3001: The Final Odyssey" by Clarke (1997, 4th novel of the series).
Each of the stories in Ted Chiang's "The Stories of your Life" is memorable and remarkable because it's both epic and intimate and personal!
That is definitely a nice touch of his! That he takes those unique concepts and makes them personal too
I think if I coukld re-experience a particular piece of media for the first time again it would be the book of 2001. It's my absolute favourite, I still get chills at the thought of the line "My god, it's full of stars".
Another book I'd recommend that would potentially fit on this list is Stanislaw Lem's Fiasco and also Solaris. Solaris is better known but I prefer Fiasco personally. Both unique takes on alient contact, from what I've seen. Lem existed during the golden age of sci-fi writing but I feel like he acted as a sort of counter-point to the USA writers whom he considered to be a bit too 'blockbuster-y'.
Great video by the way!
That line in 2001- I am right there with you. I had heard it before, just not knowing where it came from. And still when I finally reached it, with the context of all that led up to that moment... just, wow. Even the description right before it of the monolith and size/look.
And thank you for the recommendation! Would love to add to this list
@@iLiviesimone Totally agree! I love how since the aftermath of HAL the main character had been solo on the ship and I feel like his solitary and incredibly routine life at that point is emphasized, then he finds the monolith and everything turns on its head. What a book.
Kip Thorne's book is on my shelf, too! It's on my list, right after Sam Kean's "The Disappearing Spoon".
For me, the experience of utter awe I felt when I finished Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy is something I would love to have again. Maybe I'm looking into a rose-tinted rear view mirror, but those books left me virtually gobsmacked.
Yeah... the way you just described this makes me want to read it soon 😆
@@iLiviesimone
Hope the books won't disappoint you. I was around 17 back then, and had up to them leaned more toward light, adventurous SF(Star Wars and similar films/books). Still, it was after I had read Clarke's 2001, which I really liked, but which didn't have a comparable impact on me as Foundation.
Anyway, I immensely enjoyed your video, bought me some Ted Chiang while at it, and now I am really looking forward to your thoughts on "Rendezvous with Rama".
I love Interstellar so much and I’m not sure I ever would have thought to look up book recommendations based on it, but I’m so glad I found this video because I bet I might love some of these too!!
Happy to share! Thank you for watching :)
After the Last Question and other more heavy, great Sci-fi, do yourself a favor and read "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy". It definitely references these works.
Thanks for the recommendation! That's one I've always wanted to get around to and I got a copy the other day, so maybe sometime soon :)
I loveddd Terra Two and never see anyone talk about it! Can’t wait to try out other books on this list.
Yay! Nice to talk about the books that sometimes go under the radar- happy reading :)
This channel is really profound.
Terra Two was great. It deserved hype
Glad you enjoyed it!
Audio books read by Liv coming soon ♥️
This is such a great list! I haven't watched Interstellar but it is on my list now. I have read most of these books. I highly recommend The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin if you haven't read it. Very in line with this list.
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve heard a lot of good thing of that authors work
Hope you enjoy the film when you check it out 😄
You are a breath of fresh air in a dusty world :)
Quick question - have you ever read the Ragnarok trilogy by John Meaney? It's a really ambitious and complex sci-fi epic.
Thank you for watching :) And I have not! So thanks for the recommendation (just looked it up). Is it a favorite series of yours?
@@iLiviesimoneI don’t know if it’s exactly a favourite of mine - it has its limitations, but it’s one of the few things I’ve read recently. I don’t read much, certainly not as much as you, but the Foundation series by Asimov is probably the best thing I’ve read - for it’s visionary audacity if nothing else! It’s especially mind-blowing to consider it was conceived by Asimov in the 1940s. It’s so imaginative and thought-provoking. It really formed my understanding of the world as web of interconnected systems.
The Ragnarok series is also extremely imaginative and creative in its worldbuilding. The story spins many threads together throughout time and space and I love that sort of variety and scope.
If I had a complaint it would be that it was almost too disjointed at times and hard to follow. Though that’s probably due to me reading it piecemeal over a number of months.
I would definitely recommend it as it’s great fun to read. I’m sure you would be able to get through it quite quickly 🙂
PS - My second favourite book/series is probably the Earthsea Quartet - I really should resolve to read more Le Guin!
I have a couple of suggestions for you. Try reading the novel "The Abyss" by Orson Scott Card (there's several books titled the Abyss, so make sure you get the right one, by Orson Scott Card). And then watch the extended (directors cut version) movie of the same title (released in 1989) by James Cameron it's a great sci-fi story and movie, and one of my favorite sci-fi novels.
Also, a great horror/thriller is a book called "Phantoms", by Dean Koontz. If you haven't read any Koontz, he's a must, I guarantee you'll love him. He's one of the best horror writers I've ever read. And he has hundreds of books. I have no idea how he can write so many books. After reading the book give the 1998 movie "Phantoms" a watch. Another great book by Koontz is "Watchers", they made a movie based on it, but it was really bad, and didn't follow the book, so you probably would want to skip that movie, but the book is terrific! I haven't read a Koontz book yet that wasn't great.
Interstellar is indeed fascinating ... May I ask you Livy, Do you believe we went to the Moon?
Funny you ask since that came up during the parent teacher meeting in the movie lol
and yes. Though admittedly I have not done thorough research into why people believe it is a hoax, so who knows- I'm assuming you don't believe we went?
@@iLiviesimone @iLivieSimone You would be correct. The basic underling fallacy that a technology based around physics beyond the pale accomplished in the terms of the first and every try followings sucess considering the dynamics is quite implausible. Not simply that in itself but the official narrative of humanity not having been back because of a "loss of engineering properties" is grotesquely insulting to the fact any technology developed 50 plus years ago is not only replicated but improved upon in the most dramatic of comprehendible standards. Only a fool would believe such Science was lost with the overall "value" of it's existence to modern Governance.
There are so many films I wish I could see it again for the first time: The Shawshank Redemption, Jurassic Park, LoTR tFoTR, LoTR TTT, LoTR RoTK, Interstellar, The Usual Suspects, Avengers Infinity war and Endgame.
Books trend the same way, the Andromeda Strain, Prey, Jurassic World, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings ( it is technically one book) the Giver, to Kill a Mockingbird, the Sphere and With the Old Breed.
I only recently got on the LotR train and already wish I could see the opening to The Two Towers for the first time again hahahaha
@@iLiviesimone Being there at Midnight with other Tolkien fans was great, although the begging tone was different I wasn't sure I was going to like it as much. but those feelings quickly dissipated, by the siege of Helms Deeps, I was complete enthralled. to go back and watch that again would be amazing.
I watched your Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit review. I would be interested in a review of C. S. Lewis' Space Trilogy. I think you would like it. He combines midevl and modern (in the 1940's) thought on the solar system. But, it is a fantasy. He said that it's a fairy tale for grownups, so don't expect a sci-fi.
Just finished listening to 2001 space odyssey audiobook. I will watch the movie soon.
When you said the book starts wayyy back. Whew, you weren't kidding lmao. I had to pause half way through the book and remind myself that this book was written 50+ years ago.I couldn't believe it. It didn't feel outdated at all. I loved how it made me feel like I WAS THERE. you can definitely see how it influenced interstellar.
*SPOILER ALERT* loved how the robot here was "evil". I watched a clip of the movie when it betrayed Dave. It was so scary. I just can't believe it came out half a century ago.
I love your comment so much- right there with you. Had to keep checking when it was made! Do you plan to continue the series? I think I will eventually.
I think they did a really good job of making Hal unsettling/scary in the film too
@@iLiviesimone yes, I might continue the series but I need to read contact by Carl Sagan first. You said the book is heavy on politics which I like. I don't see many sc Fi books and movies discussing how politicians and religious figures will react if we found alien life out there, in depth.
@@missyaman7053 Would love to know you thoughts when you get to that one!
Another recommendation for INTERSTELLAR fans is THE FOREVER WAR by Joe Haldeman.
Thanks for this!
@@iLiviesimone You're very welcome :)
Hey fellow interstellar lover
Hello!
First of all your hair is looking gorgeous. 🤌🏽❤️... Am glad to see you talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey cause I have been wanting to read it ever since I watched an interview with the author, Carl Sagan and Stephen hawking together. It was really interesting. It's on RUclips, if you haven't watched it, I highly recommend you to do so.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the recommendation!