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My Science Fiction Life
Julie Christie in A for Andromeda

Science fiction as inspiration

"I wouldn't be writing science fiction for a living today without A for Andromeda." KarenTraviss

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Professor Steve Jones

H G Well's The Time Machine is pro-eugenics propaganda, says Professor Steve Jones.

Recommended recollections

A selection of the best recollections on the site picked by you, the users.

"If Niven's aliens were green and had bug-eyes, that was because their environment dictated they HAD to be green with bug-eyes." ronsonlighter on Ringworld

"It made sci fi fun again, without sacrificing any of the drama." charliethebloody on Firefly

"The sudden change from melancholic existential sitcom to colourful, brash sci-fi knockabout in series three came as a surprise, but we were soon won over." johntoon on Red Dwarf

"Ignore the special effects - the tension comes from the interplay from the characters." MossyMermaid on The Stone Tape

The TV show
My Science Fiction Life TV show

My Science Fiction Life on TV

Watch clips from BBC Four's TV programme. Scientists, artists and contributors to this site explain how they've been inspired by science fiction.

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Classic Choice
Cover of The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, from the Gollancz SF Masterworks series

The Stars My Destination

"One page in and I was hooked by the style.I sat on the bus and almost missed my stop. Read it today and none of it seems out of key. And to make an anti hero so compulsively readable!" enthuses Lostinthought

Themes in SF
Scene from the BBC television dramatisation of Nineteen Eighty Four

The Great British Dystopia

Experts explore why British Science Fiction says tomorrow's world will be a horrible place...

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Your recollections...
Tom Baker as Doctor Who

Small screen, big impression

Devoted to the Doctor, terrified by Tripods, and blown away by Blake - readers recall their top TV science fiction memories.

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