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Gifts from the Past
Oct. 27th, 2010 09:24 pmToday's xkcd reminded me once again why science is beautiful. I still don't think any religions can beat the fact that we are made of exploding stars. And this story of light, isn't it great? And the alt-text comes with happy ending.
NewScientists asked 10 scientists and writers for recommendations of their lost sci-fi classics. Some of the choices surprised me. I obviously don't consider The Cyberiad unknown as the adventures of Turl and Klapacius were part of my mandatory reading for Polish. But on the other hand with some of those books I only know the author (Sheckley, Gunn, Amis) and of some I never even heard about (Dark Universe, Random Acts of Senseless Violence, Floating Worlds, Earth Abides).
Neil Gaiman linked to Mitch Benn's I'm Proud Of The BBC song. It's based on Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire so it's very catchy but the best part is, of course, catching all the references to the programmes (Bergerac! I was raised on that as well as other British detectives). It filled me with strange feeling of nostalgia. It made me realise how many BBC stuff I watched in my life first on Polish public television (which always was heavily based on BBC so it just reinforced the thing), then on the BBC channels available in Poland and finally through internet. I've been indoctrinated. No wonder BBC America is my favourite channel here. Now you try it :)
NewScientists asked 10 scientists and writers for recommendations of their lost sci-fi classics. Some of the choices surprised me. I obviously don't consider The Cyberiad unknown as the adventures of Turl and Klapacius were part of my mandatory reading for Polish. But on the other hand with some of those books I only know the author (Sheckley, Gunn, Amis) and of some I never even heard about (Dark Universe, Random Acts of Senseless Violence, Floating Worlds, Earth Abides).
Neil Gaiman linked to Mitch Benn's I'm Proud Of The BBC song. It's based on Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire so it's very catchy but the best part is, of course, catching all the references to the programmes (Bergerac! I was raised on that as well as other British detectives). It filled me with strange feeling of nostalgia. It made me realise how many BBC stuff I watched in my life first on Polish public television (which always was heavily based on BBC so it just reinforced the thing), then on the BBC channels available in Poland and finally through internet. I've been indoctrinated. No wonder BBC America is my favourite channel here. Now you try it :)
