Preferably books but anything will do.
Badly cropped?
There is letterboxing then there is OPs image.
“We now return to Lawrence of Arabia presented in its original Ultra Cinemascope letterbox format.”
Need to get that 100:9 screen to see what is going on.
Finally a use for this:
That’s wiiiiiide
You don’t already have one? Pleeb
Na. I’m not compensating for anything.
I laughed a good bit at this one! Lol!!
Who gives a shit lol
Well done at showing everyone what a shit you are!
Well done at showing everyone what a shit you are!
The conversation is about an uncropped picture btw 😂😭
Just say you don’t know how.
I would heavily recommend the Culture series books by Iain M. Banks. They have a lot of advanced technology. Their societies are largely ship and space station based rather than on-the-ground cities but there is a huge variance across the series.
I would also recommend basically anything by Alistair Reynolds, but primarily the books in the Revelation Space series. Banks is probably a bit more accessible of an author but Reynolds is fantastic if you give him a chance. House of Suns is a good standalone novel outside the rev space series if you want a starting point.
Edit: also basically anything by Peter F. Hamilton. Fairly similar to Reynolds in scope but with quite a bit of raunchy stuff, whether that’s a positive or a negative is your preference lol. Pandora’s Star is where I’d recommend starting for him.
I love Peter F. Hamilton’s work, he’s my no. 1 author. Pandora’s Star is an excellent entry to his work, but it’s also the first of many (7?) books set in that universe (although the original story is concluded in the next novel). My recommendation for new readers is usually Fallen Dragon, as is a rare standalone novel, as well as a very entertaining read.
Nice, I have done Pandora’s Star/Judas Unchained which I liked a lot, the Void trilogy which I liked but not a lot, and the Night’s Dawn trilogy which I strongly disliked overall. Most of the time I dont have that kind of mixed experience with an author but I dont think not liking a series detracts from him in any way, it just wasnt a good fit for me. I’ll have to check out Fallen Dragon when I’m done with Neal Asher’s Brass Man.
I’ve had revelation space sitting on my pile for a little bit now, just have to finish a billion stormlight books first
A worthy pursuit, it’s the journey that matters after all
Dalinar Kholin wants to know your location.
Tell him i’m on the way, he’ll like that
“Retro futurism” is the vibe you’re looking for. Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut is a good one.
If you haven’t read any Asimov books you should give them a shot (:
:D Reminded me that there’s a huge collection of them st my local library, i might go and get some
If you’re in the US they have some of the audiobooks too! Libby is amazing
I read I, robot. But I’m yet to try anything else.
Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun and Robots of Dawn are a murder mystery/sci-fi trilogy by Asimov. They are linked to the foundation series/the rest of his interconnected novels and short stories, but they work fine as a stand alone series that isn’t a massive commitment.
Check out the legendary artist Syd Mead who pioneered this style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Mead
I wouldn’t really call it “Retro”, more “Industrial”.
Stewart Cowley did an art book of stuff like this back in the day… let’s see here…
“Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD” published in 1978.
https://archive.org/details/spacecraft2000to0000cowl/mode/1up
Stephen Baxter has a ton of hard sci fi books with a similar aesthetic, expansive stories, and interesting philosophy
Second this!
IDK, what was included in the prompt that generated it?
If I had to hazard a guess, a futuristic city based on cover art for '70s science fiction novels, several of which are on my shelf.
That’s AI?
Idk, It’s not mine. It was a yt video.
It’s very obviously AI… you’re doing really good at showing your idiocy with yoir replies here.
Nothing galvanizes someone’s opposition than calling them an idiot.
Lol he’s REALLY mad about smth.
Blushes cutely
Retrofuturism as others have said, but probably more specifically cassette-futurism
Do you read French? If so, the comic book artist Moebius is all over this.
I don’t. But I’ll check it out
He’s all over the Hoopla service if your library offers it.
Star Wars
“The Rolling Stones” by Robert A. Heinlein. Lead by Grandmother Hazel Stone, a Lunar family buy and refit an old spaceship, and head out to the Saturn colonies. Written as a YA book in the 1950s.
“Rendezvous With Rama” by Arthur C. Clarke. A spaceship is diverted from routine patrol when scientists discover that an alien spaceship is heading towards the Sun.
“Lancelot Biggs, Spaceman” by Nelson Bond. Comedic SF stories of a tramp spaceship plying the Mars/Earth run. The narrator is a radioman and the hero is a goofy genius who manages to get himself into, and out of, all kinds of scrapes.
I call it “slop”
Sorry for the AI jumpscare, I just thought it was really cool.
Star Wars / Trek
Stargate Atlantis / SG-1 later seasons (04+)
Tomorrowland (2015)
Blade Runner
Demolition Man (1993)
Judge Dredd
The fifth element
And probably many more underrated. As for books, I don’t read any :-)
As for games, the closest right now is probably Star Citizen. Wouldn’t invest in that though.
Elite Dangerous if you like space futurism. Has some planets with this vibe too, I think.
Planetary ports in Elite are just ~1km wide circles with some similar buildings, unfortunately. No sprawling metropolis settings. I love the game, but it’s still markedly empty. Planets with billions of humans are atmospheric earth-likes, which you can’t land on. Can’t approach any closer than high orbit
But the audio design is excellent
Homewold
Thanks for the recommendations
I don’t know if it has a name but my association is semi pulpy sci-fi books from the seventies and eighties.
