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Malenfant
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It also happens to be the star system that Greys are supposed to come from...
Books and movies for 2300/2320
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Malenfant
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Funnily enough, I loved the Lucifer story - that was practically the highlight of the series for me (and that's saying a lot, considering how awesome the rest of it is). But yeah. "2001 Nights" is probably the best thing I've ever read, period.
duran.goodyear
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if I remember correctly, in Alien (the first one), the nostromo comes out of hyperspace (or what ever they use) in Zeta 2 Reticuli.
talk about macrobiological weapons.....
siefertma2
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Books:
Pallas (L. Neil Smith): Interesting tale of anarcho-capitalists who colonize an asteroid and compete with a UN-run agricultral society. Excellent model for campaigns set in Tanstaafl.
The Star Fraction, The Cassini Division, The Stone Canal (Ken MacLeod): I'm not a big fan of MacLeod's work, but they are some of the more popular current hard sci-fi novels involving far future space exploration I can think of.
Manga:
Planetes (Makoto Yukimura): Set in the late 21st century, it's the story of an ambitious astronaut as he goes from a lowly orbital debris collector to becoming a crew member on the first manned flight to Jupiter. Great stuff!
Movies:
What haven't we covered?
Solaris: OK, the Geroge Clooney re-make wasn't very good, but it does capture a 2300 AD feel.
Pallas (L. Neil Smith): Interesting tale of anarcho-capitalists who colonize an asteroid and compete with a UN-run agricultral society. Excellent model for campaigns set in Tanstaafl.
The Star Fraction, The Cassini Division, The Stone Canal (Ken MacLeod): I'm not a big fan of MacLeod's work, but they are some of the more popular current hard sci-fi novels involving far future space exploration I can think of.
Manga:
Planetes (Makoto Yukimura): Set in the late 21st century, it's the story of an ambitious astronaut as he goes from a lowly orbital debris collector to becoming a crew member on the first manned flight to Jupiter. Great stuff!
Movies:
What haven't we covered?
Solaris: OK, the Geroge Clooney re-make wasn't very good, but it does capture a 2300 AD feel.
Also, Legacy of Heorot and The Dragons of Heorot by Niven, Pournell and Barnes. They are set an on early sub-light colony and are very good examples of what life might be like on a new colony, with a cracking bad guy gribbly and an example of how screwing with an alien eco-system you don't understand can come back and bite you in the butt (literally..)
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tanstaafl2300
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Enemy Mine: Excellent gritty 2300ish background with a new alien race that could be easily incorporated into one of the far edges of one of the arms (well obviously not the French arm).
Tim
Tim
Movies
Although, probably more Fading Suns...I would have to say "The Chronicles of Riddick" (from the pirated previews, I have seen) must be up there. As the first movie, "Pitch Black" was a great 2300AD movie.
"2010 : The Year We Make Contact" gives a run for the money for some of the best hard SF.
"Outland" some scenes of those directly inspired Crazy Lester Smith.
Parts of "Starship Troopers"
"Total Recall" except for the ending.
"Stranded", again, except the ending.
"Bladerunner"...if this isn't Earth in the 24th century...I am not sure what is.
"Gattaca" what will happen if the Provelutionists/transhumanists take over
"Akira" for Earth/Tirane scenarios
Although, probably more Fading Suns...I would have to say "The Chronicles of Riddick" (from the pirated previews, I have seen) must be up there. As the first movie, "Pitch Black" was a great 2300AD movie.
"2010 : The Year We Make Contact" gives a run for the money for some of the best hard SF.
"Outland" some scenes of those directly inspired Crazy Lester Smith.
Parts of "Starship Troopers"
"Total Recall" except for the ending.
"Stranded", again, except the ending.
"Bladerunner"...if this isn't Earth in the 24th century...I am not sure what is.
"Gattaca" what will happen if the Provelutionists/transhumanists take over
"Akira" for Earth/Tirane scenarios
getamungstit
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Wasn’t the human name for the Nostromo world: Acheron?
Books:
Starfist, Starfist, Starfist… by Sherman and Cragg
All 10 of them – Marines in space, sound familiar? Great books and very, very 2300AD/Aliens feel and totally military realistic – find out more:
http://www.novelier.com/starfistmain.html
I also remember reading a sci-fi war book that was about an armoured hovercraft force. I can’t remember the book – it was pulp – but the hovercraft didn’t have flexible plenums or jump jets and they were always gouging up dirt and rock when they ran into bumps in the ground.
Movies:
Aliens – I remember fooling my PCs in the mid 80s that when Ripley refers to her “Class 2” rating in operating a powered lifter that was her “task system” skill level she was referring too… argh to be a teenager again…
Books:
Starfist, Starfist, Starfist… by Sherman and Cragg
All 10 of them – Marines in space, sound familiar? Great books and very, very 2300AD/Aliens feel and totally military realistic – find out more:
http://www.novelier.com/starfistmain.html
I also remember reading a sci-fi war book that was about an armoured hovercraft force. I can’t remember the book – it was pulp – but the hovercraft didn’t have flexible plenums or jump jets and they were always gouging up dirt and rock when they ran into bumps in the ground.
Movies:
Aliens – I remember fooling my PCs in the mid 80s that when Ripley refers to her “Class 2” rating in operating a powered lifter that was her “task system” skill level she was referring too… argh to be a teenager again…
Glen Allen Mcinnes
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movies & TV
Gasaraki - minus the supernatral elements for the combat walkers
Space Above & Beound - for a militry campain baced around interface forces
Moon 44 - old but with some nice idears
Books
When gravity fails and sequles - are nice as has bean menchioned
Dream Park and sequles - very nice lots of grate tech and their about roleplayers
Gasaraki - minus the supernatral elements for the combat walkers
Space Above & Beound - for a militry campain baced around interface forces
Moon 44 - old but with some nice idears
Books
When gravity fails and sequles - are nice as has bean menchioned
Dream Park and sequles - very nice lots of grate tech and their about roleplayers
tanstaafl2300
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Moon 44 had space helecopters...not logical, but cool.
S:AaB really neat tech translated well into 2300, the alien "Chigs" were well done and had character, and the combat sequences were pretty cool as well.
Tanstaafl2300
S:AaB really neat tech translated well into 2300, the alien "Chigs" were well done and had character, and the combat sequences were pretty cool as well.
Tanstaafl2300
Ah, Moon44. Another classy Micheal Pare flick. Iirc, the moon in question had an atmosphere. The silly bit was the control mechanism. Remote pilot, on-board gunner. Not to mention pairing high-school computer geek pilots with hardened convict gunners. Like that wouldn't go badly...
Colin
2320AD writer
It's not the writing. It's the editing.
Colin
2320AD writer
It's not the writing. It's the editing.
I also think the original Solaris has a place amongst the 2300AD movies.
Books that reflect 2300AD need still to be written. Like Traveller there are many things that I can say that I like but still don't capture the mood in its entirety. But, I currently reading the The God's Engines and I would have to say that is quite promising. There was also a cyberpunk cross with Hard SF (Relevation Space) by a british author that was also quite close.
What I am looking for is a solid series novels set in the Traveller/2300AD universes with solid characterizations. Thus far only two authors match that description - Swycaffer & our own MJD...
Books that reflect 2300AD need still to be written. Like Traveller there are many things that I can say that I like but still don't capture the mood in its entirety. But, I currently reading the The God's Engines and I would have to say that is quite promising. There was also a cyberpunk cross with Hard SF (Relevation Space) by a british author that was also quite close.
What I am looking for is a solid series novels set in the Traveller/2300AD universes with solid characterizations. Thus far only two authors match that description - Swycaffer & our own MJD...
Voltaire53
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Could it have been one of the Zone series - they used military hovercraft quite extensively IIRC (my books disappeared during a house move
) and though not really SF was set in a near future limited WW3 scenario ... very good alternative for T2K actually 