Fringe is going into a four months long summer hiatus, and there is no better occasion to catch up with what you’ve put on hold during the year. Being a student and having a job at the same time doesn’t leave me much time to read the hundreds of books and the many movies I spot during the year. Summer break is always a great time to make up for it, either to watch a movie on a rainy afternoon or by bringing a book to the beach. I’m guessing most of you have a least a week off this summer, right?
So, let’s hear your voice ! Which books and movies would you recommend to Fringe fans, in order go get deeper into the mythology and crazy concepts addressed in the show?
I totally envious with all of you who have that luxury of time.
I think I am the only one who is sort-of happy with the Fringe hiatus, so I can have my 100% attention to get on my experiments and lab works.
For Books, I’d recommend “Anathem” by Niel Stephenson. The beginning is a little slow, but once you learn the lingo, it is a fascinating read. It deals with all of my favorite Fringe topics like time travel, parallel universes, quantum physics, math, and religion in a truly unique way. If you can make it through the first few chapters, you won’t be disappointed.
I also plan to read “Time’s Eye” by Authur C. Clark. Check out this description: “For eons, Earth has been under observation by the Firstborn, beings almost as old as the universe itself. The Firstborn are unknown to humankind — until they act. In an instant, Earth is carved up and reassembled like a huge jigsaw puzzle. Suddenly the planet and every living thing on it no longer exist in a single timeline. Instead, the world becomes a patchwork of eras, from prehistory to 2037, each with its own indigenous inhabitants.”
As for Movies, watch our twitter feed for Time Travel movies for our upcoming summer podcast!
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? has been on my reading list for quite some time. I also plan to read more of the Vorkosigan Saga (good series sci-fi for anyone who is interested in that). And of course, I need to crack into the stack of regular fiction that I have piled up. ^^ I also picked up the first of Kevin J. Anderson’s The Saga of Seven Suns series on impulse because I’ve liked Anderson’s other books and of course, the title reminded me of Violet Sedan Chair. 😉
Books: Reading through The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. Not sure how far past the original trilogy I will go. Then starting the A Song of Fire and Ice by George R. R. Martin so I have read the whole series in time for A Game of Thrones Season 2 on HBO. Those are both two of the most famous science fiction/fantasy book series out there, and somehow I have missed them.
Instead of movies, how about TV? Rewatching all three seasons of Fringe before the premiere, and probably Firefly too. I will be awaiting the season premiers of Eureka and Warehouse 13 on SyFy. If I have the time, I probably will start watching The Wire.
Currently on my summer reading list are:
The Town and the City by Jack Kerouac
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
2001: Filming the Future by Piers Bizony
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by E. A. Poe
and The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
None of that really relates to Fringe, though.
onemadscientist, since you’re planning to read Do Androids Dream… I must ask, have you seen Blade Runner? Personally I find this to be one of the rare moments when film is better than book. I compare the two here http://bladerunnerfans.deviantart.com/blog/35500173/
Trying to finish Game of Thrones, which I’ve had for years, before the show ends. I’m currently only one or two steps ahead of it. At the same time, I’m half way through The Dark Tower, book 7, a series I would stop reading every time there was a tragedy in my family. So I’m at the end of a nearly decade long journey. I also have to play Portal 2 and I just started Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Want to see at least one movie this summer. Here’s hoping The Hangover 2 is as funny as the first. And, of course, how about rewatching season 1 of Fringe to see how far we’ve come? It’s been quite a wonderful, weird, hilarious, and heartbreaking ride.
I second reading the Foundation series. I would read the trilogy and also Foundations Edge, the fourth installment. FE is a great novel and actually the first one that I read.
If you want to read a series that Lost and now it seems Fringe are emulating, highly recommend Stephen King’s – The Dark Tower series.
I have been watching the original ‘Land of the Lost’ series. I am quite amazed by it. I vaguely remember it from my childhood.
Although a children’s show, the writing of the episodes is quite sophisticated. Not surprising, as folks such as David Gerrold, D.C. Fontana, and Walter Koenig were involved.
In brief, the Marshall family discover (and go through) a ‘time/space portal’ while exploring. They end up ‘somewhere’ which is a place that has collected a variety of technology & creatures. It is not necessarily on Earth.
Imagine a simplified LOST without the flashbacks & religious undertones. That is essentially what this show it. Oddly enough, one of the actors portraying a Sleestak creature was named ‘Jon Locke’. Seriously!
The FX were quite advanced for the era & budget. They definitely made the best of what they had.
This is an easy to digest show, as each episode is only 22 minutes. There were three seasons. The show was rebooted in 1991. I haven’t seen it yet, but understand it is worth watching as well.
The recent ‘Land of the Lost’ is supposedly a smoldering piece of dung. It was done as a comedy/parody. Fans of the series were extremely offended by it. Stay far away.
Just started the Dark Tower series.
Read Foundation series long ago, recommend it all.
Watching Firefly with C&D for the summer and rewatching Fringe S1&2
Hoping to catch up on Movies like Inception etc
ps. i can relate to Darrell, i rarely make time for movies
I’m 36 and I LOVED the Hunger Games. Now I’m working on Game of Thrones. I eagerly await The Hunger Game of Thrones so my head can explode from the awesome.
Marf have you listened to the Hunger Games Podcast that Cliff and Stephanie Ravenscraft are doing? Here’s a link: http://gspn.tv/category/all-shows/entertainment/hungergames/