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more about #larryniven The Curse of Millhaven: I have visited Arcosanti about 12 times over 25 years. Basically it is pretty, and a nice show-and-tell item where one may talk about arcologies. What... more » Klebert L. Hall: "Is This The Beginnings Of The First Megacity?" If so, it will only be because nobody actually wants to live in an arcology. It's been decades, and t... more » Bootknife-Jackson: is it taking it too far when a fan builds not his favorite character's costume, not his favorite fictional vehicle, but his favorite Mega City #1 ? more » IraeNicole: I would think that putting it in the city would dramatically increase the cost needed for the project. more » EdificeComplex: I'm waiting for the day when we can build something like this: Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City Pyramid. Obviously influenced by the Tyrell Corporation. more » rod: Arcosanti has been more or less unchanged for 30 years. Let's hope that speaks to efficacy of the people involved, not the conceptual failure of the a... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): If this shit goes down. Dibs on the Lawgiver and the Lawmaster. Damit! I wanna be a judge!! You WILL obey the Laaaaaw under my dome!! That just sound... more » AmishJohn: Yes, Simon, stick it in the middle of a city. We saw how well that worked for Todos Santos. more » chuckusruckus: I had the opportunity to visit Arcosanti twice while living in Phx, and yes, it does have something of a communal/hippy vibe about it. However, the f... more » Grey_Area: Okay, I checked. This is the same Arcosanti I heard about as a little kid. It's been "under construction" since 1970. Their heart is in the right plac... more » Krashblind: I had a professor in college who was one of the original members of this project way back in the 70's , Russel Ferguson. He would tell us stories of ... more » Wookie1972: If you're going to count comics, you've gotta count him. more » Wookie1972: If we're going old school, what about Lemuel Gulliver or Baron Munchausen? more » Whitworthian: I really have a difficult time thinking of Cugel the Clever as a swashbuckler... he's more a dandy and rogue. There's little that's heroic or courageo... more » PostMarque: i only read one book off the list, and knew of the second. i have failed in my sci-fi fan boy module installation. can i still wear my Captain Plane... more » scroggzilla raids again: Richard Corben's Den, as seen in the magazine and film Heavy Metal more » Fierock: Since we're talking science fiction books, I nominate Jesus (New Testament of Bible) - he was one badass mofo, rebel with a cause. more » ltwass: "I have a variable sword. I urge calm." Speaker to Animals is one of my favorite characters ever. Another good line is: "Louis Wu, I found your chal... more » snarklenyc: Jonny Rico is kind of a pansy at the beginning of Starship Troopers, but I would still give him and the rest of the Roughnecks an honorable mention fo... more » boggledepot: It's too bad that this list is reserved for literary heros, because Capt. Kirk is the archetype of a swashbuckling Sci-fi hero. more » -
#arcosanti
Is This The Beginnings Of The First Megacity?
The idea of an arcology, a single hyper-structure that houses an entire town or city, has haunted science-fiction stories like H.G. Wells' The Sleeper Awakes, Judge Dredd comics and Larry Niven novels. But now they're building one in the desert. More » -
#triviagasm
Greatest Swashbuckling Heroes From 100+ Years Of SF Books
They swagger, they fight, they laugh in the face of danger. Science-fiction books have given us some of the greatest swashbuckling heroes, cutting a swathe through space and countless alternate timelines. Here are some of our favorite book heroes.
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#triviagasm
The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
When you're a brain in a tank, you've got a lot of time to think about stuff. And one of the things you ponder is: how many kinds of disembodied brains does science fiction have? The answer: six! More » -
#larryniven
Larry Niven Helped Usher In Our Weird World
Ringworld author Larry Niven didn't just pioneer the "cool massive object in space" genre — he also helped predict today's world, including flashmobs, cochlear implants and planets orbiting Epsilon Eridani. NASA even found a possible ringworld, in 2004. [USA Today] -
#moonmazegame
Larry Niven And Steven Barnes Challenge You To The Most Dangerous Game: Lunar Edition!
When he's not serving as science advisor on Land Of The Lost, Larry Niven is reinventing African politics of the future, with the help of frequent contributor Steven Barnes. The duo are writing a new book, The Moon Maze Game. More » -
#triviagasm
Our Alien Origins: 21 Panspermia Tales
Planet Earth might be home sweet home, but is it really humanity’s birthplace? We explore science fiction stories where humans come from everywhere but Earth, be it by colonization, alien experiments, or good old-fashioned panspermia. More » -
#crapfuturism
Larry Niven's Iron-Clad Rules For Predicting Future Tech
How can you predict future technologies? You can't, according to five great science fiction authors quoted in the new CIO Magazine. But at least you can predict what types of problems will crop up. -
