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		JPLeRouzic on April 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We need more optimistic science fiction I love science fiction, but as someone born in the middle of the last century, I am biased toward authors from the 20th century. I noticed that the novels at the end of Nature (the journal) were sad and weird, but I thought it was probably an editorial choice to look "modern". Yet recently, I read SF novels with authors sorted alphabetically, and it struck me again how weird and sad 21st-century novels are.

wrp on April 30, 2025 [–]

That is why I like 1950's SF cinema. They were mostly B-movies aimed at a youth audience, but I enjoy their general tone of optimism.

nottorp on April 30, 2025 | [–]

I just watched the 1951 The Thing movie last week. The humans win at the end.

The 1982 movie... some humans survive. Maybe.

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