I Lurve Dr Who of course, Tom Baker was the best. Been watching that since I was a chit of a girl.
Star Gate and Star Gate Atlantis.
Star Trek Enterprise. Star Trek Voyager, All the original (oh so corny) Star Treks.
Blakes 7
Jericho but it got axed Boo Hoo
Just about any sci-fi novel I can get my hands on. Particularly Edgar Rice Burroughs Martian Series, FANTASTIC.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the others in the series.
Original War of the Worlds.
Origingal Invasion of the Body Snatchers. they are filming a new one as we speak.
Love all the corny 50 kitsch alien movies. Also the giant woman and the giant ants etc. etc Hehehe
Oh I could just go on and on.
Also that one where they escaped from a Dome and had to run for their lives. There was a movie too. Cant remember what it was called darn.
Let me know your faves.
2007-09-21 20:08:02 · 11 answers · asked by ? 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Oh I forgot Futurama. Oh dear now I've shocked you. LOL
2007-09-21 20:14:45 · update #1
Im with you Luken. The Dunes novels were great alto I thought their quality weakened toward the last book. The movies suxed.
2007-09-21 20:43:46 · update #2
I started out with Andre Nortons books when I was in school and it started a life long addiction.
2007-09-21 23:49:45 · update #3
Such wonderful answers!!!
I believe the martian series I refered to was the John Carter martian warlord series. Wonderful werent they.
Tealc once again you have rescued me it was indeed Logans run.
As for V, the first time I saw one of those aliens eat a lizard?frog or whatever it was I nearly threw up!!!
You have all reminded me what great sci-fi we have seen over the years.
2007-09-22 04:42:22 · update #4
Sorry gang I like em all. Who do I pick!!!
2007-09-22 23:00:21 · update #5
Star Trek the original series
The Time Machine original movie
War of the Worlds original movie
John Carter -- Warlord of Mars series
The Indians Won
A World Unknown
The Others
2007-09-22 01:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely LOVE science fiction. Have been a huge fan since I picked "Stranger in a Strange Land" off my brother's bookshelf when I was 14 years old. That was also the year that Star Trek started, and I was addicted from the first. (Sure are glad they decided to change their first casts around some before releasing it!)
I have been reading a LOT of science fiction in the over 40 years since. The funny thing is, I have never read Hitchhiker's. Any of them. Or War of the Worlds (although I loved the movie). Ditto for Body Snatchers. I too loved to watch all the kitschy alien movies of the 50s and 60s if only for the groan factor.
But the rule is that if I like the movie, I will usually hate the book or vice versa.
I absolutely LOVE Anne McCaffrey's Pern (dragon) series. I got addicted to that when I picked up a couple in the series at a secondhand book store, and then I just HAD TO get all of the rest of them. That was 20 years ago now, and I have passed the addiction on to my daughters. I have heard a couple of times since then that the BBC is supposed to be doing a weekly series based on the Pern books, but have never seen hide not hair of them in North America (and I am not sure I want to at this point).
I love the Dune shows...especially the one with Sting as the bad guy. Hate the Dune books.
Love all the Star Trek series and movies. REFUSE to read the books.
Absolutely LOVE everything David Weber produces about galaxy spanning space wars. (Where DOES he come up with all the specs for these spaceships, anyway?)
Love Andre Norton's Witchworld books.
Mercedes Lackey's fantasy worlds are also a must.
Everything turned out by C.J. Cherryh, including her retakes on ancient legends.
Just so many actually that it is hard to remember them all.
2007-09-22 06:20:48 · answer #2 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I still tivo the old Twilight Zones. Soylent Green and Logans Run, The Original Body Snatchers also cannot resist checking a newer version everytime they make one. Dune books were more intriguing for me than the movies. Michael Rennie in The Day the Earth Stood Still, (which has recently been discussed).
Detest L. Ron Hubbards stuff!
2007-09-22 11:19:37 · answer #3 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to enjoy the Twilight Zone, Outer LImits , The Night Stalker and enjoyed watching the series "V" with my daughter. Our fav character was Willie ,who evolved into "Freddy Krugger!" It almost broke my heart. I loved the first Gremlins Movie, Planet of the Apes ,and The movie Alien almost scared the crap out of me . I loved the series Aliens which was about "newcomers" from space. The series Roswell was a" must see" for me .I still miss it. Lately I enjoy Ghost Whisperer and Medium although not really sci- fi. Almost forgot I loved the movie Cocoon!
2007-09-22 10:58:35 · answer #4 · answered by Donna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I also like Dr Who, but i like David Tennant (the new one). I used to watch and enjoy "Outer Limits", the films "Village of the Damned" and the sequels, "Twilight Zone". I saw a scary movie once when I was very young where aliens landed and used to get people and inject them in the back of the neck, and then you were kind of like a zombie. The aliens were underground and parents used to take their children down to get their injection. I watched my parents for months after that to see if they had any marks on their necks. I still remember it, so it must have had a lasting effect. My mother used to take me to see some of the scariest of movies, even one where you had to wear 3D glasses to see all the scary bits. (fortunately I didn't get to wear the glasses).
2007-09-22 03:18:52 · answer #5 · answered by margy s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Star Trek the origional series plus the movies.
as for books, The TwilightZone!
2007-09-22 03:15:44 · answer #6 · answered by Olivia C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jilly you have named all my favorites and i also thought baker was the best dr. i love the 50`s b movies or drive in movies i think logans run might be the movie you can`t remember.also good were blade runner alien nation even the tv series
let me know when you are ready for the run lol
2007-09-22 09:09:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Dune series ... the novels not the movies (the movies were horrible)..
and the original Twilight Zone episodes..
2007-09-22 03:17:57 · answer #8 · answered by Luken 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look To Windward by Iain M Banks, it's a book and it's a total mindfuck.
2007-09-22 03:16:35 · answer #9 · answered by Dr Know It All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure if you'd call it science fiction or fantasy. I like books by Robertson Davies.
2007-09-22 08:12:25 · answer #10 · answered by chris n 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋