What SciFi universe would you live in?

[Arbiter93]

I'd live on the universe of Foundation.
Advanced math, advanced tech. Sure it'll be fun.

I nearly jumped to heartily agree with you, though the intellectual vigor present in the Foundation Universe is really limited to the Second Foundation, Gaia, and the Robot contingent. Advanced knowledge in the galaxy is not open source; to the contrary, it is extremely esoteric. I'd rather take Kim Stanley Robinson's Martian Universe, which appears to value advanced knowledge or at least rationality for all.

 

[DHF]

TNG as a federation citizen. I don't need to be in the 1%. I can be an ensign on some nameless star ship, replicating my favorite steak, listening to classical music. During the day I would work at some science station analyzing a dust cloud in sector whatever. All the while the Enterprise can be thrown back in time,blown up, infested with parasites, borgafied, thrown back in time etc...

I am good being just a regular Joe...just don't give me a red shirt.

 

[harborsparrow]

The worlds of the Vorkosigan novels of Lois McMaster Bujold.

 

[lincs-b]

Alastair Reynolds revelation space.

 

[EBENEZR]

I don't think Death Note constitutes sci-fi, but hey, each to their own.

Blade Runner's Earth looks amazing in the film, I'd go with that.

 

[BobG]

Ok so who cleans the toilets?

There aren't any toilets. They use the transporter to beam it right out of you.

Ok, so who calibrates the transporter?

Wasn't there a Star Trek episode like this where Capt Kirk, Spock, and Checkov were competing to see who could eat the most pies or something? Obviously, Spock would have to win because of his superior ability to control his reactions to discomfort, pain, etc, but Kirk would still have to try to beat him - just because he's Capt Kirk. Except to the shock of all, Chekov was able to beat even Spock ...

... because unknown to everyone else, Scotty was beaming the pies out of Checkov's stomach and into outer space.

At least until he became distracted by an attractive crewmember strolling across the room and didn't have the coordinates quite on the right spot...

... and beamed Checkov's lower intestines into outer space by accident.

Or maybe I'm mistaken. Maybe it wasn't a Star Trek episode. Maybe it was a Breaking Bad episode, instead.

 

[Enigman]

I don't think Death Note constitutes sci-fi, but hey, each to their own..

Correct. Its fantasy not ψ-∅.
Not to mention you come across as a Kira supporter. Kira is just a loser. L wins aLways.

 

[Ryan_m_b]

Ok, so who calibrates the transporter?

Whilst never stated it's implied that automation and productivity is so advanced in the ST universe that the number of jobs need doing left is easily covered by volunteers. Think of it this way: some people actually want to clean toilets, not as many as toilets need cleaning. But if toilet self cleaning technology was good enough that they only need human intervention once every several decades then maybe there will be enough volunteers.

Weird thought I know.

 

[thedy]

I would like to see Fringe universe on my own.I think,there are many stuffs that are quite real,at least theoretically,but mainly,problems which are taking place there are explained by analogy and real facts from medicine,physics...Of course it is only sci-fi,but it is more realistic therefore..And parallel universe opens many amazing options...

 

[EBENEZR]

Correct. Its fantasy not ψ-∅.
Not to mention you come across as a Kira supporter. Kira is just a loser. L wins aLways.

I literally have no idea what you're talking about.

Also, did you mean ψ-Φ?

 

[Enigman]

I literally have no idea what you're talking about.

Also, did you mean ψ-Φ?

Fantasy is a genre eg. Death Note, Harry Potter, LOTR
ψ-Φ(looks cooler) or Sci-fi is also a genre eg. Star trek
I wouldn't want to live in a world controlled by a 18 year old (guessing the age, may be lower) who has the power to kill anyone and will do so when anyone opposes him...
And anyway Kira goes mad, L wins...well, more or less...If there can be more than one Kira, Near and Melo are part of L too...
BTW Did you read the manga, see the anime or the movie?
(I read the manga)
Sorry about before must have been cranky that day...

 

[Superposed_Cat]

Either HP or FRINGE! Fringe is epic.

 

[fulltime]

There are some interesting choices and reasons for them here! Revelation Space is perfect hard sf, but imho the whole fermi paradox explanation trend is starting to wear thin. I mean who wants to live in a universe constantly under threat? Thats what they told Reynolds when contracting his next three books: we want a brighter future!

Cant say I am into the Blue Remembered Earth stuff yet, i tried but it didnt want to play with me.

So fan as i am, ill go with PF Hamiltons Commonwealth - Pandoras Star will blow you away with its believable post singularity world building. And i love the way it turns the classic trope of living in a corporate controlled future into living under the benign authority of immortal great families.

 

[Ryan_m_b]

Cant say I am into the Blue Remembered Earth stuff yet, i tried but it didnt want to play with me.

BRE was ok, the sequel was better IMO. I like Al Reynolds and think he's great at certain things like imparting a sense of deep history but I've always had a niggling criticism reading his books that his characters are emotionally bland.

So fan as i am, ill go with PF Hamiltons Commonwealth - Pandoras Star will blow you away with its believable post singularity world building. And i love the way it turns the classic trope of living in a corporate controlled future into living under the benign authority of immortal great families.

Lol I'm not sure how benign it really is (sure there are no GULAGs but the Commonwealth in PS/JU is essentially a plutocracy rather than a democracy) but it would be a cool place to live. I think I'd choose the Commonwealth in the Void Trilogy though set a thousand years later. Far more interesting ;)

 

[ZeGinger]

Titan-AE, Baby! that's all I need to say. one of the best SciFi movies out there. underrated though, nobody really talks about it. a shame...

 

[PAllen]

Why not the Q-continuum?

 

[strangerep]

Why not the Q-continuum?

I've been told it's really boring.

 

[PAllen]

I've been told it's really boring.

Yes, but can there really be a place so boring a Q can't change it ...

 

[strangerep]

Yes, but can there really be a place so boring a Q can't change it ...

Then why did Q leave it and go to the (normal) Star Trek universe instead?

 

[Myslius]

Doctor Who, just because you could be able to visit anyplace at anytime.

 

[adjacent]

I would prefer to live in my own imagination

 

[EBENEZR]

Fantasy is a genre eg. Death Note, Harry Potter, LOTR
ψ-Φ(looks cooler) or Sci-fi is also a genre eg. Star trek
I wouldn't want to live in a world controlled by a 18 year old (guessing the age, may be lower) who has the power to kill anyone and will do so when anyone opposes him...
And anyway Kira goes mad, L wins...well, more or less...If there can be more than one Kira, Near and Melo are part of L too...
BTW Did you read the manga, see the anime or the movie?
(I read the manga)
Sorry about before must have been cranky that day...

I saw that awful, awful film, if that's what you meant :D

 

[ComplexVar89]

Definitely Star trek TNG.

Me, too. Post Voyager, preferably. Though, if you include extra-canonical stuff like the Typhon Pact novels, things aren't really better than during the Dominion War. :P

 

[ComplexVar89]

I would prefer to live in my own imagination

I didn't know we could use our own fictional worlds. Then, I'd definitely live in mine. I'd get to have a prehensile tail. :3

 

[Pete Cortez]

Hasn't been written yet.

 

[Uollises]

Mass Effect. Liked this game and universe.

 

[schonovic]

Larry Niven's Universes. Known Space or the Co-Dominuum.

 

[schonovic]

I think I would like to live in the total recall universe; stop Arnie from activating the terraformation of Mars, because since Mars has no major scale magnetic field all the air would blow off in a couple thousand years or less anyways, and mine the turbinium to build starships to colonize the galaxy. I'd be a real hero for humanity and get my own ship.

 

[Khashishi]

I'd choose the Library of Babel.
Admittedly, the first big problem with this universe is gravity. If the library is infinite, then the distribution of mass is uniform, and there's just as much mass pulling you "up" as there is pulling you "down". In fact, there should be no up or down.

Infinity isn't just one value. There are infinite different infinities. You could have a distribution that has infinite more mass below, or infinite more mass above, or even a finite mass difference. infinity-infinity is undefined, not 0.

 

[tom aaron]

No way I'd want to be stuck on a spaceship or confined to some artificial environment on a planet...glass, plastic...I get antsy after 5 hours on an airplane. The Enterprise would wear thin after a couple days.

I need Nature, the outdoors. ..mountains, rivers, feel the sunshine. Birds, wildflowers, wolves, butterflies. I live in Western Canada for a reason.

Thus...a futuristic post apocalyptic world. Small populated areas carving out a niche. I'd like to an explorer trying to make contact with other populations. Strapping on the backpack and wandering off to find other groups. No zombies, mutants or supernatural. Coming across lost technology and trying to understand what it was...a chainsaw, CD player, typewriter, pencil sharpener, toys, etc.

 

[Janus]

Larry Niven's Universes. Known Space

Post Kzinti Wars

 

[meBigGuy]

I'll take a world with nexus 5 (Ramez Naam)

Or, a fresh new Earth at the end of Stephenson's Seveneves (although the ring seems cool too)

Maybe Earth in Old Man's War while you could get recruited and regenerated in your old age.

 

[Khatti]

The inevitable problem with this question is that most sci fi universes tend to be a bit on the dangerous side, that's why we enjoy reading about them. Who in their right-mind would want to live in the Game of Thrones Universe? Alan Dean Foster's Commonwealth has the Star Trek TNG feel of being reasonably safe--and interesting. Though I suppose the place I would most like to live is Roger Zelazny's city of Amber. I'll even take the danger.

 

[Khatti]

Just because there is no "money" does not mean there is no "currency"
and that will always create an underclass.

True enough! Absolute equality, like absolute freedom, is absolutely unattainable. However, material well-being would still be good. I'm a member of this era's underclass, but I still have a better life than William the Conqueror.

 

[Gaz]

I will have to go for Atlantis. With my personal shield and enough fire power to wipe out the entire planet when I'm not of having fun exploring the Universe I will come home and rule you all with a iron fist haha.

 

[Khatti]

I will have to go for Atlantis. With my personal shield and enough fire power to wipe out the entire planet when I'm not of having fun exploring the Universe I will come home and rule you all with a iron fist haha.

Always good to have a plan.

 

[Stephanus]

I asked this question to Doc Al in his interview, but I think it would be fun to hear from everyone. You can pick any well known SciFi universe to live in. Which would it be?

I would say Star Trek just for the holodeck and the device where food is instantly made. Seems fairly stable too.

I like star trek, too. No, holodeck is not everything Greg. It's the culture, where human (and Star Federation) is much more refined than us.

 

[Stephanus]

Me? Definetely not Mad Max or Water World!

 

[Stephanus]

Nobody chooses Flat Land?

 

[HallsofIvy]

Nobody chooses Flat Land?

Of course not! What would the women look like?

 

[Stephanus]

Of course not! What would the women look like?

Slim and sexy? Ironically, the 2D story helps me much to understand 4D. At least to imagine 4D.

 

[HallsofIvy]

I was thinking "flat"!

 

[Khatti]

I was thinking "flat"!

That would be the logical conclusion.

 

[schonovic]

I could live in my spaceship in my universe because when I hook up I am the spaceship. I feel every electrical impulse the ship is me and I command the voluntary functions of the computer. I sense the sensor stimulus and control the response. My ship has the ultimate of defenses and offensive technology. It has the most powerful engines, the best sensors. It is the ultimate ship in my universe. I feel at peace when I'm hooked up. I get all the best stuff in my universe. I think with virtual reality the real universe will be the best universe. Nobody has to be rich. They have their virtual castle or palace, virtual car, virtual wife etc; the best of everything defying the efforts of the rich. Though they are poor, they are rich.

 

[schonovic]

I wouldn't live in a new sci-fi universe like AVATAR among others because they assume that all habitable worlds will have sentient life. This gives the feeling that we have no place to go. That's a miserable outlook and I think many sci-fi's have succombed to this idea. I don't find that realistic. Even on this world legend has it that god put sentience here and it is not natural. I'd want to live in a universe where we have a place to go.

 

[Khatti]

I wouldn't live in a new sci-fi universe like AVATAR among others because they assume that all habitable worlds will have sentient life. This gives the feeling that we have no place to go. That's a miserable outlook and I think many sci-fi's have succumbed to this idea. I don't find that realistic. Even on this world legend has it that god put sentience here and it is not natural. I'd want to live in a universe where we have a place to go.

One of the things I think our space-faring future would be about is architecture. We would have to build the ships to get to these places in the first place, we could then build habitats to live in once we get there. We could custom design O'neil or McKendree cylinders for whatever environment we'd find, and they would always be in the best spot for us in the habitable zone. It could be that after living in ships for hundreds or thousands of years the idea of living on a planet again could be really icky!

 

[Mr.Robot]

#Battlestar_Galactica
Universe ruled by Cylons!

 

[Khatti]

#Battlestar_Galactica
Universe ruled by Cylons!

If you are talking about the last one SciFi did you seem more alarmed by the prospect than the creators were; they seemed far more interested in the Cylons than the human beings. There is an attitude I call Ethical Misanthropy that I see as very much an intellectual fashion statement today. The last Battlestar Galactica very much displayed this attitude.

 

[Mr.Robot]

If you are talking about the last one SciFi did you seem more alarmed by the prospect than the creators were; they seemed far more interested in the Cylons than the human beings. There is an attitude I call Ethical Misanthropy that I see as very much an intellectual fashion statement today. The last Battlestar Galactica very much displayed this attitude.

The last episode was happy ending episode.
But even after 4.5 billion years,Cylons(creators) were in existence.HOW??
I didn't get that part..

 

[Khatti]

I didn't get that part..

I didn't get most of the parts. I watched the first few episodes and the last few episodes and most of it. All of the humans seemed a little too screwed up to really be believable.