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[–]wileyc 23 points24 points ago

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I'd live in the Star Trek: TNG universe and spend a lot of time on the Holodeck pretending I was in the Star Wars Universe as a Jedi... when I wasn't captain of my own ship.

[–]candygram4mongo 10 points11 points ago

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Meh, the Federation is just Culture Lite. Plus, you'd probably get decapitated when the holodeck inevitably goes on the fritz.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Seriously, where was the safety screening process in the Holodeck development? Imagine if your TV went nuts every couple of months and tried to kill you with kitchen appliances. The Holodeck is clearly shoddily made and inadequately safety tested.

[–]yonkeltron 0 points1 point ago

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Meh, the Federation is just Culture Lite

Interesting comparison...

[–]DZ302 0 points1 point ago

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I'd probably take TNG just for the holodeck. Seriously, what an amazing thing to have.

[–]Archer007 0 points1 point ago

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You'd have to remember to stay away from the bad spots though: The RNZ, the Badlands, new Federation colonies, Wolf 359, anywhere any officer who has served with Picard has gone... It would be a little exhausting.

[–]apatt 13 points14 points ago

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Bill & Ted's Excellent future.

[–]Self_Aware_Computer 35 points36 points ago

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Iain M. Banks Culture. Near singularity level technology, Utopian society, upbeat and smarmy AIs, and still enough going to be consistently interesting.

[–]wrong_sci-fi 12 points13 points ago*

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I'd want to live in the Firefly universe; where I could live as a man alone! A free man, with no government to bind him! Where I live by my own rules and make my own destiny! Were I are free to...HAHAHA!!! Oh man, I couldn't even type that with at straight face.

I want to live in the Culture. An immortal life controlled by benevolent AIs and cocooned in post-scarcity technology.

[–]HarryTheDirtyDog 6 points7 points ago

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Absolutely. The nice thing is that as an ordinary citizen of the culture, you'd never experience the things in the novels.

You'd live a clean, comfortable life, surrounded by almost anything you want. Anything vaguely unsavory is done by droid, no need to ever work unless you want to, certainly no diseases or illness. Automated production systems build whatever you need - flying cars, houses, food, you name it.

You can live on a planet, on an orbital, heck, you can spend you entire life on a starship that is a few kilometers long.

Absolutely awesome.

[–]lollerkeet 0 points1 point ago

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you'd never experience the things in the novels.

Unless you wanted to play a sim.

[–]PapaTua 3 points4 points ago

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Agreed. Living as a member of the Culture would be astonishing and would provide a life of near limitless opportunity.

[–]fuckloggingin 5 points6 points ago

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They have the most awesome chairs too.

[–]Self_Aware_Computer 7 points8 points ago

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Too soon.

[–]thedepths 1 point2 points ago

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Yep, special circumstances for me ;-)

[–]lollerkeet 0 points1 point ago

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You fucking fruitcake. My theory is that Contact etc just exist to get people like you off my otherwise peaceful orbital.

[–]aworldanonymous 1 point2 points ago

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I havent even read the culture novels, and I want to live in it based on what i've heard alone.

[–]kangaloo 1 point2 points ago

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You forgot the hats!

[–]znk 5 points6 points ago

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I think I'll have to go with the childhood dream of being a Jedi and using the force. So Star Wars.

[–]Turil 2 points3 points ago

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But you don't get to date. That doesn't seem like a worthy trade to me.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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yep, childhood dreams don't die!

[–]thiothixene 7 points8 points ago

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1984

I wouldn't have to think or take any decision ever again. And my GF would have a huge bush!

[–]daoudalqasir 2 points3 points ago

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move to north korea

[–]feb420 4 points5 points ago

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Star Control 2

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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Ghost in the Shell, I've such a boner for cyberpunk

[–]manofmonkey 3 points4 points ago

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I'd probably go with mass effect because of the alien culture

[–]DrSmoke 7 points8 points ago

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Stargate

[–]daoudalqasir 4 points5 points ago

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for all you know maybe you do...

[–]kaosethema 2 points3 points ago

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Dune: early into the God Emperor's rule; nothing to do but eat, sleep and shit.....

[–]mobyhead1 6 points7 points ago

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The most boring one, thank-you-very-much.. Adventure is for fictional characters.

[–]mehum 5 points6 points ago

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Brave New World it is for you!

Speaking of which, why does everyone describe that book as dystopian. It seems more utopian to me -- everyone ends up happy, its just out of step with our current value system.

[–]Quetz23 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah but that "happiness" enslaved them and were reduced to children. And free thought was discouraged as well which is a horrible thing in and of itself...

[–]mehum 0 points1 point ago

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According to our values (that cherish notions of freedom and independence), yes. But from their totally subjective experience, the people in that fictional world were much happier and even more fulfilled than the people in ours.

[–]candygram4mongo 0 points1 point ago

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This is one of the things I dislike about the book: to a great extent, it's an extremely comfortable white guy talking about how meaningless and empty a comfortable life is. If the only alternative to the current status quo for most of the world is Huxley's idea of dystopia, I think it's entirely defensible to prefer dystopia.

[–]mehum 0 points1 point ago

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Its actually what I find interesting -- I find the idea of that kind of a world abhorrent, but at the same time I try to put practice before theory. If that is what engenders human happiness, why not do it?

[–]lollerkeet 0 points1 point ago

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That would be the Culture. Life is as boring as you like.

[–]stanhoboken 2 points3 points ago

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Blade Runner

[–]HarryTheDirtyDog 0 points1 point ago

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I mean this in the nicest possible way but what do find appealing about the blade runner universe?

[–]mehum 0 points1 point ago

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Pleasure model replicants. The non-homicidal ones anyway.

[–]tatch 0 points1 point ago

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Hadn't most of the population left for the off world colonies?

[–]bobtheplanet 2 points3 points ago

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[–]ExtraGravy 2 points3 points ago

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Anathem: I want to live in a Millenarian math

[–]_xyzzy_ 3 points4 points ago

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I'll be the first to say Trek, but after the skirts and jumpsuits, plz.

[–]jyaaknee 2 points3 points ago

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The X-Men universe. I'd have powers and would always get to come back from the dead.

[–]thedepths 1 point2 points ago

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I'd go for the culture by a mile, but the world of hyperion has been fun to explore recently, could do without the shrike though!

[–]GeneralGrievous 1 point2 points ago

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Eve online.

[–]cunning001 1 point2 points ago

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I'd live in Alistair Reynolds' House of Suns world. Ideally, as a member of one of the Lines. I'd happily be a shatterling.

[–]Turil 1 point2 points ago

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The world after the events in Nausicaa. Windmill powered greenspaces with technology and really awesome flora and fauna.

[–]TopRamen713 1 point2 points ago

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The world from Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

[–]lollerkeet 0 points1 point ago

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About to read that - you've just amped up my interest. If it could compete with the Culture, though...

[–]TopRamen713 0 points1 point ago

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The Culture series is still on my (long, long) list, so I don't know. I just like that the DaOitMK society is Utopian, but recognizable as human.

[–]avrus 1 point2 points ago

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John Carter of Mars.

[–]izotech 1 point2 points ago

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Diamond Age's universe. Godlike nanotech powers for all, although I don't understand why they're all still on earth...

[–]Luigi_X 1 point2 points ago

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Dan Simmon's Illium / Olympos universe. Load me up with nano tech and let be battle on the plains of Troy or on the slopes of Olympos (and also make some Moravec friends)!

[–]endrborinn 1 point2 points ago

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Star Wars. Sounds good to me.

[–]lightinggod 1 point2 points ago

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The Discworld.

[–]Hydrochloric 1 point2 points ago

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Larry Niven's Known Space.

Booster spice, gravity plates, Hyperdrive, and Rishathra here I come!

[–]AimlessArrow 4 points5 points ago

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Warhammer 40,000.

[–]Zoltar23 2 points3 points ago

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mmmmmm grimdark.

[–]naz2292 0 points1 point ago

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you sick fuck...

[–]naz2292 -1 points0 points ago

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you sick fuck...

[–]kindalas 2 points3 points ago

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Void Trilogy

[–]Kingrasa 3 points4 points ago

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I haven't read that one, but the reality dysfunction universe is pretty cool before spoiler

[–]tatch 1 point2 points ago

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Subsistence level farming on a jungle planet, or overcrowded cities and Armada storms?

[–]Kingrasa 1 point2 points ago*

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I was thinking more of

Maverick space pilots investigating ancient ruins and getting rich off huge profit trade runs while fucking a succession of hot women. also the nanonics.

Or living on a sentient space station who's sole purpose is make your life as awesome as possible. I can't remember more fine details, since I haven't read it for 10 years, but tons about it at the time made me think wow I'd love that.

Culture society would be too boring and perfect for me, this fiction has more grittiness about it, obviously i m bank's books do have that as well, but the common citizen as was said above wouldn't encounter anything.

[–]Gadget3440 0 points1 point ago

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Don't bother! It's terrible in a way which is making me reassess my opinion of Peter F. Hamilton

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah I'd go with the Neural Nanonics.

[–]MrHarryReems 2 points3 points ago

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I came to this thread to post this, but you beat me to it. I have to quantify the statement by saying OUTSIDE the Void. The Void inhabitants can keep their stone knives and bearskins. I'll take the Hi-tech immortality.

[–]kindalas 2 points3 points ago

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I'd be happiest slightly after the trilogy ends.

That way the drama would have passed.

[–]MrHarryReems 0 points1 point ago

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Good point.

[–]SteelPenguin71 1 point2 points ago

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Doctor Who....hands down. I wanna travel through time and space with the Doctor .^

[–]donnashowl 1 point2 points ago

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DW if I can be a companion. Ubik otherwise. :)

[–]Skareymc 0 points1 point ago

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Robert Sawyer's "Neanderthal Parallax" would be a fascinating one to live in, especially considering that it's basically set in modern times, so there is little to no adjustment period.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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The Gone Away World.

[–]bloodguard 0 points1 point ago

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I love finding threads like these. I've already added 5 books to my audible.com queue.

/long commute

[–]Zoltar23 0 points1 point ago

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Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy.

[–]glassbottle 0 points1 point ago

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Orion's Arm

[–]daoudalqasir 0 points1 point ago

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if you include fantasy...ish the Dresden files universe

[–]lollerkeet 0 points1 point ago

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OK OP, explain yourself. Why the fuck would anyone wish to live in Ender's universe? The aliens won't communicate, the humans are useless (and still religious!), about the only thing going for it is the seemingly FTL communication system.

[–]TheTEC[S] 0 points1 point ago

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While my life in that universe might suck or be average, I think that the events would be very interesting to observe. I didn't pick it because of the quality of life. And if I wanted to space travel a lot (and I would) I would live a very long life. And maybe I would get sent to the battle school? The Battle Room would be a awesome experience.

[–]Hype2011 0 points1 point ago

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Is the assumption that you can pick who you are in that universe too? B/c as an average joe star wars would suck, especially if the Empire comes knocking at your door or you're a vapor farmer. Even life on Coruscant (as centre of the SW galaxy, like Earth would be to ST) is filled with ghetto areas. Same goes for the comic book universes. Unless you're also superpowered, chances are your life expectancy is 30 tops...every week someone's tearing shit up on your block or rewriting the history of the universe. The life of the average citizen in the Federation seems more agreeable, there's no more hunger, need/want for possessions (according to Picard in some episode)...and they have the holograms do the shit jobs.

If you're the same person but transported to another universe, I'd pick Futurama. Or Fifth Element...flying cars, shapeshifting aliens, half naked Milla Jovovich and I can still get some McDs or flyby chinese food while some freaky blue skinned bitch sings a operatic trance mashup ...sign me up!

[–]capitanohcapitan 0 points1 point ago

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Hyperion's because you can have a house that resides on different planets at once. One second you're on TCC... take a couple steps and then you're on Maui Covenant.

[–]Zoltar23 -1 points0 points ago

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It would have to be a toss between Dune or Ben Bova's grand tour series.

[–]mesablue -1 points0 points ago

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Glitter Band.

[–]mesablue 0 points1 point ago

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No love for Reynolds?

Just wrong.

[–]Obi-Prawn_Kenobi -1 points0 points ago

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I'd live in the Elder Scrolls universe