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What is your favourite fictional idea or concept?
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Started by ericthehamster 1 year ago Add a comment

There have been ideas in books that have taken my breath away with their sheer creativity and imagination.

What idea in a piece of fiction has left you similarly "awe-struck"? What imaginative construct has inspired you with its audacity?

It can be something concrete, say an invention which doesn't yet exist or an incredible philosophy or religion or some other abstract idea.

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Tags: books, creativity, ideas, imagination, technology

1.	Magic Since I was a kid I've loved books where Magic works, from fairy tales, the Oz books, the Arabian Nights, etc. And I still like th... [show more] Since I was a kid I've loved books where Magic works, from fairy tales, the Oz books, the Arabian Nights, etc. And I still like that kind of book. Guess I'm still looking for the magic in life. [show less] 1 Comment	Vote! 9 votes 176 pts
2.	An alternate universe while we are dreaming/sleeping. Some book I read as a teenager about psychics who became puppets for dead artists in their sleep. 2 Comments	Vote! 7 votes 134 pts
3.	The Farcaster network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farcaster From Dan Simmons Hyperion Cantos, this is more than just a teleportation device, and all... [show more] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farcaster From Dan Simmons Hyperion Cantos, this is more than just a teleportation device, and allows houses to exist with rooms on different planets. What I thought marvellous was the complexity behind the existence of the farcaster, and the "void which binds". [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 6 votes 117 pts
4.	Psi Powers (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 6 votes 114 pts
5.	Time Travel (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 6 votes 113 pts
6.	Melange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melange From Frank Herbert's Dune series, a rare substance much sought after for its life lengthen... [show more] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melange From Frank Herbert's Dune series, a rare substance much sought after for its life lengthening properties, and more particularly, for the essential part it plays in space travel. It also enables the Bene Gesserit to access ancestral memories, and is the catalyst for the unleashing of the Kwisatch Haderach Analgous to the role of oil in our society. [show less] 2 Comments	Vote! 5 votes 98 pts
7.	Generational Spaceships Yeah, we have shuttles and stuff, but thinking at generations of people living up in the space in a fully cushioned evinroment unt... [show more] Yeah, we have shuttles and stuff, but thinking at generations of people living up in the space in a fully cushioned evinroment until they find a new planet is amazing. [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 4 votes 75 pts
8.	Dyson Sphere Even better than Ringworld. It affords more real estate space and resources Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 55 pts
9.	Ringworld A giant ring around a star, at the right distance to support life. Closer to the star, a group of rectangular plates orbit to crea... [show more] A giant ring around a star, at the right distance to support life. Closer to the star, a group of rectangular plates orbit to create "night" and "day" on the inside surface of the ring. The inside surface area is about as large as 3 MILLION Earth-sized planets. Imagine what it would be like to live on that world! The more you think about it, the more incredible it becomes. The book was published in 1970, and I can't blame the designers of Halo for stealing the idea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 53 pts
10.	Communism Human nature makes true communism a fictitious ideal. Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 40 pts
11.	God, heaven and all religion There is after all no proof and they are contained in what would otherwise be seen as works of fiction 1 Comment	Vote! 2 votes 40 pts
12.	Trans-dimensional possession by souls of the dead... one of many incredible concepts in Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night's _Dawn_Trilogy... [show more] one of many incredible concepts in Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy. http://en.wikipedia...._Dawn_Trilogy (also, Edenists vs Adamists is a great concept)... [show less] 2 Comments	Vote! 2 votes 39 pts
13.	The Singularity http://en.wikipedia....l_singularity Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 39 pts
14.	C J Cherryh's Merchanter / Cyteen Universe Breathtaking and a very, very probable future Add a comment	Vote! 1 votes 20 pts
15.	A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer A dynamic, networked, interactive, adaptive teaching tool; the technology truly isn't very far away. Many have even compared it t... [show more] A dynamic, networked, interactive, adaptive teaching tool; the technology truly isn't very far away. Many have even compared it to the OLPC project and vice-versa. [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 1 votes 20 pts
16.	Being Able to see two minutes in to the future. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435705/ 1 Comment	Vote! 1 votes 20 pts
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Magic

An alternate universe while we are dreaming/sleeping.

The Farcaster network

Psi Powers

Time Travel

Melange

Generational Spaceships

Dyson Sphere

Ringworld

Communism

God, heaven and all religion

Trans-dimensional possession by souls of the dead...

The Singularity

C J Cherryh's Merchanter / Cyteen Universe

A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

Being Able to see two minutes in to the future.

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