Which sci-fi titles (movies, books) do you consider comforting, cozy, something you come back to from time to time? For me, I guess it is The Matrix. Still holds up to this day, gets better with every re-watch, and gives me a sense of peace when I need it.

    • nodimetotie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I can see that. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie felt really comfy. I read the book, but it did not draw me in, for some reason. Any particular novel you like, other than obviously The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?

      • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        I felt the same way. I got about 2/3 of the way through the book and just did not GAF about a single character, so I tried the movie and it was much better. I haven’t read any of his others.

      • flying_gel@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        I don’t know if I should upvote you for having it on your list or downvote you for not having watched it already…

        • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
          3·
          10 months ago

          But wasn’t it cancelled? I’m not sure I want to watch something if the ending is missing.

          • val@infosec.pub
            3·
            10 months ago

            I didn’t feel a lack of closure. It was still a few years before mass serialization of TV so episodes are largely self contained. There’s a movie that came out afterwards that gives some answers to a few questions that weren’t wrapped up.

            • AA5B@lemmy.world
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              10 months ago

              Agree. For me the problem with it ending too soon is mostly that I liked it and wanted more , but it wasn’t really a single overarching story that needed an ending.

              Contrast it with Babylon 5 where the overall story arc was everything

    • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      I’ve heard of this. is it scifi? it always sounded like a YA novel title.

      oh shit is there a film version?? I can’t read

      • NeuronautML@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        10 episodes of a prematurely cancelled show due to the incompetence of Fox plus a movie called Serenity which wraps up what should have been the rest of season 1. It’s about a crew that does odd jobs in a Rimworld/space cowboy-esque theme.

        I just watched it again for like the nth time. It’s still so good. It has Nathan Filion, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin and the fantastic Summer Glau!

        The show is great, although i have noticed how it has a pretty high amount of shots of Summer Glau’s feet. Just Summer Glau walking and the camera panning to her feet, over and over, almost every episode. It doesn’t even make sense because the spaceship is made of metal grates and sheets, not carpet.

        I’m guessing the show runner was into feet. But other than that, the show is pretty wholesome.

          • NeuronautML@lemmy.ml
            21·
            10 months ago

            For real. I always skip show intros, i find them a pointless waste of time and resources that I’m just going to skip anyway, but this show and Game of Thrones are the exceptions because of the cool songs. I am not familiar with Trème though.

    • QubaXR@lemmy.world
      6·
      10 months ago

      Same author (Andy Weir), different book: “Project Hail Mary”. Almost a spiritual successor to “The Martian” and gives you cozy feels AF.

      • tmjaea@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Loved it it’s much more “fantastic”, ie mind inspiring. Also there’s gonna be a movie!

    • nodimetotie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I loved the book. Tried enjoying the movie three times, I think, then finally realized that the book is way better.

  • Shou@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Just finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It’s a fun and wholesome scifi story.

  • CharlesMangione@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    On the topic of The Matrix, I’m surprised by the number of people who think that Matrix 1 2 & 3 are the only Matrices. In my opinion, The Animatrix is better than both sequels combined, by a lot, and most people seem to have never heard of it. If you’re a fan of The Matrix, watch The Animatrix!

    • nodimetotie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      I remember watching it back in the days. Some of the “parts” were a bit too weird (especially the animation) for my taste, but yeah, I enjoyed it overall.

    • nodimetotie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Huh, surprised you mention Philip K. Dick. I read a lot of his short stories and found them anything but comfy. Rather, depressing and gloomy.

      As for the Expanse, I just read the Leviathan Wakes, and yeah, I really enjoyed the vibe

      • livus@kbin.social
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        10 months ago

        He can be pretty funny. “Beyond Lies The Wub” for example.

        But it’s the novels that I find comforting. He was an ideas guy not a craftsman, but the characters’ inevitable descent into confusion, paranoia, and relationship angst, as he more or less tells the stories despite them, gives it all a certain consistency that I enjoy for its familiarity.

  • clockwork_octopus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Murderbot of course (Martha Wells), also The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers. Also her novella To Be Taught, If Fortunate

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      10 months ago

      okay. So. Murderbot hit a space for me. I read it in the middle of the pandemic. the wry, humor of it was just beautiful. the plot and story was engaging. The whole thing was beautiful.

      incidentally, the librarian that turned me onto it (a very reliable source,) was kind of acting like how I imagine Gordon Ramsey might act when suggesting going out to KFC. Kind of discretely. kind of like maybe they were dealing weed. And maybe also, kinda like they felt guilty about that.

  • druidgreeneyes@discuss.onlineEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    Pretty much any of the Wayfarers books by Becky Chambers, not so much for familiarity or nostalgia but because that’s intentionally part of their vibe

  • Muffi@programming.dev
    7·
    10 months ago

    Anything written by Becky Chambers is like a comfy blanket for your soul. She puts so much humanity and empathy in stories about aliens.

    • wjrii@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      I get that OP is almost more thinking of people’s “comfort food” works that serve that need for them personally, but Becky Chambers is very specifically writing to inspire that kind of feeling from the get-go. Life can get hard, bad things can happen, but good things too, and people (including pan-sexual bird aliens) are just living in the future the same way they do now and most of them are trying to be decent.

  • ooi_vebnq@r.nfEnglish
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    10 months ago

    For me it’s definitely a book that often doesn’t get much love: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. I read that book like ten times by now in both English and my mother tongue. Such a defining book for me since I first read it in my youth and it gave me a lot of food for thought regarding what it means to live a meaningful life. It is not really hardcore sci-fi after all but more a kind of coming-of-age novel that happens to take place in a sci-fi setting.

  • MajorHavoc@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 months ago

    Here’s some I consider cozy:

    • Asimov’s R. Daniel Olivaw Trilogy starting with “The Caves of Steel” is downright cozy.
    • Nathan Lowell’s “Quarter Share” and the other “Tales from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper”.

    And if you like to listen to books, “Quarter Share” is available as a podcast: https://chartable.com/podcasts/quarter-share/episodes

    Edit: It varies by book, but many chapters of “The Vorkosigan Saga” are downright cozy.

  • A_Wild_Alt_Appears@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    I adore the book The 5th Gender but it’s worth knowing in advance its also gay smut 😅

    It’s really sweet and romantic gay smut though 🥺 and to be fair the sci-fi and mystery elements are genuinely fantastic. At the beginning I was worried it was gonna be overly quirky, just ignore that part. Its endearing quirky, I swear.