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From the epic imagination of Arthur C Clarke and Isaac Asimov have come inventions that have affected the whole of humanity. We made a list of our favourite serious scifi authors and films at the g33k show, as well as asking the Twitterati for their recommendations:

Authors
Isaac Asimov, Iain M. Banks, Stephen Baxter, Greg Bear, Ben Bova, Arthur C Clarke, Philip K Dick, Cory Doctorow, Greg Egan, Ben Elton, William Gibson, Ursula Le Guin, Robert Heinlein, Jeff Noon, Larry Niven, Charles Stross, Dan Simmons, HG Wells, John Wyndham, Jules Verne

Films
2001 a Space Odyssey, A Boy and his Dog, Children of Men, District9, Equilibrium, Forbidden Planet, Gattica, Metropolis, Moon, Primer, Planet of the Apes, Silent Running, Solaris, Soylent Green, THX 1138, Wall E.

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