SPLANCHNICS: The Society for the Preservation of Literature, the Arts, Numinosity, Culture, Humor, Nerdiness, Inspiration, Creativity & Storytelling
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SPLANCHNICS: The Society for the Preservation of Literature, the Arts, Numinosity, Culture, Humor, Nerdiness, Inspiration, Creativity & Storytelling
The Essential Sci-Fi
Clare and Hannah share their Top Five lists for the sci-fi genre. This could be your reading list for the year.
Hannah's List:
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Never Let Me Go by Kasuo Ishiguro
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Bonus extras:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller
Clare's List:
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, volume 1: 1929-1964 by Robert Silverberg, editor (1970)
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
1984 by George Orwell
Bonus extras:
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
The Martian by Andy Weir
Voyage to Alpha Centauri by Michael O'Brien
Intro and outro music (“Splanchnics Riff)” composed and performed by Clare T. Walker.
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Theme music: “Splanchnics Riff” composed and performed by Clare T. Walker