[AnneB Posts: 3,980 Status: Offline]

http://theconversation.com/scientists-on-their-favourite-science-fiction-51738

[dewsanddamps Posts: 3,597 Status: Offline]

Thanks for posting this, AnneB! I got some gift ideas from it. 

[Melissa K Posts: 807 Status: Offline]

Cool, thanks for the link. I'm going to go dig up some of those classics. Interesting that nothing on the list was published in the 21st century.

[AnneB Posts: 3,980 Status: Offline]

Interesting that nothing on the list was published in the 21st century.

It doesn't come across in the headline, probably for reasons of space  but the contributors seem to have been asked what inspired them to start thinking about a career in science rather than what they're reading now.

[Ev Posts: 4,869 Status: Offline Making learning fun! WWW]

I'm saving the link for my DH who loves SF and is a scientist. Thanks for sharing, Anne. 

[andracill Posts: 6,484 Status: Offline Worlds within...screaming to get out! WWW]

I've read (or seen) all but one of those, and I'd agree that they're probably considered groundbreakers by many scientists (or sci-fi readers). It would also be interesting, though, to do a follow-up on what these scientists consider valuable or intriguing *now*, as well.

[AnneB Posts: 3,980 Status: Offline]

I was wishing that myself. Saturn Run's gonna win prizes all over the place, I'm sure, despite a couple of big plot threads that got dropped (maybe in the final edit).

[SarahW Posts: 415 Status: Offline The extraordinary in the ordinary. WWW]

Although scientists, I think the favorite books highlight while I eventually drifted away myself. Still, I've been curious about 2001 specifically. Wait so the Truman Show is considered science fiction? I might take it back then. But generally, still drifting away.