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The Fountains of Paradise (1979) written by Arthur C. Clarke
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Hard SF about the building of a space elevator -- although perhaps a bit too geeky in detail. KSR's Mars Trilogy owes a lot to Arthur C. Clarke.
the book
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Spin (2005) written by Robert Charles Wilson
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An elegiac end of the world. The implications of the technology are thought out fully.
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The Dispossessed (1974) written by Ursula K. Le Guin
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This book is an antidote for anything Ayn Rand.
the film
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) directed by Alfonso Cuarón
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Surprisingly good -- from the director of Children of Men.
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The Man in the High Castle (1962) written by Philip K. Dick
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Great alternate-reality fiction. One of Dick's best.
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A Fire Upon the Deep written by Vernor Vinge
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Animal groups as distributed systems + concentric galactic shells. Brilliant.
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) directed by Jacques Demy
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The best French new-wave existential musical I've ever seen.
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