tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146591810616867072.post7268889045850263044..comments2024-02-27T19:40:09.504-07:00Comments on Section 244: RIP Ray BradburyMichael Hoskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302540308587868138noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146591810616867072.post-54652637742667994932022-07-31T11:12:41.919-06:002022-07-31T11:12:41.919-06:00There are many Bradbury stories all over OTR and s...There are many Bradbury stories all over OTR and several great episodes of sci fi works that most sci fi fans recognize. I love 451 and read it in junior high. However, something that detracts from his sci fi is how unrealistic it is and even was, apparently by the 1950's. The Martian Chronicles apparently take place in an alternate universe where we have men on Mars already to the point of treating native Martians like American Indians. The second most well known one involves astronauts going to Mars and meeting family members. Eh, this is horror, which is fine but just because a story has a rocket doesn't make it science fiction. This is probably why Bradbury is more popular in general but you seldom hear anyone who is a sci-fi person in general who ranks him very high. Challenge of Space is sort of sci fi/real where those things meet. SciFi 68 is up there with the NBC shows in terms of scripts with a couple of episodes being highly touted on the various fora.<br /><br />I read all of Asimov's robot/Foundation books, as they merged towards the end and I remember it being pretty on track in terms of science except maybe for the ease of going to Trantor. These were hard sci fi as Heinlein's are and Clarke's are. Bradbury is more like Star Wars in terms of science but its portray of robots and computers is much more well done. Pretty much all of 2001 and 2010 were consistent with reality in terms of what humans can achieve as was the recent Brad Pitt movie, Ad Astra. The first Alien movie seemed pretty much within limits. I am not sure about the flying cars or the noir setting amongst amazing technical prowess but Blade Runner along with 2001 are basically the only two great sci fi movies in history. Alien is too but that's very much like Jaws/Grizzly in space but with some really good A.I. stuff and the great Ripley character.<br /><br />Most hard sci fi unfortunately involves robots and computers, not that I mind, I love such A.I.-oriented fiction but it does limit the genre. No, Star Wars allowed by Star Wars is fantasy in genre. Old time radio had many great episodes of sci fi and it virtually always get robots/computers right. Although we weren't there yet, speculative computer scientists could see the future with computers becoming more interactive and human-like but also being a potential menace to humankind. <br /><br />Yes, rest in peace. Your work was often too good for sci fi and 451 was like 1984 in terms of regard concerning the intrusive state. Jane Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860550544008642749noreply@blogger.com