The History of SciFi in Flowchart Form

jdavoll recommended this 11 months ago

Why wouldn't I recommend this?

ahmet.fahreddin recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago

It is a very interesting flow although a bit hard to follow at least in the beginning. Could be useful for a fast insight.

komputerhead recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago

The History of SciFi in Flowchart Form

freaky recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

HELL why not to recommend! this flowchart is sheer epicness :o anybody knows something like this about music (any music actually)?

wordcounts recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

What a beautiful chart -

mringram recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

infographic

sarahemmm recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Brilliant help in finding SF you will enjoy

sarahhamstera recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

This is incredible. It traces the roots of scifi from way back before science even existed!

komagawa recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

I can follow the connections to the literature I have already read and see what influenced it (according to this artist's opinion) and what influence it had on later works. secondly it provides a greater literature context for the individual work. Patterns are always helpful in understanding. Things, works of art exist in within networks or patterns.

alanderekjones recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

Fascinating in depth history of SciFi in a witty format.

greyish recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

It's freaking awesome.

Panamajoe recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

Well constructed and interesting to follow the different "paths". Many of my favorites are mentioned, and some I need to find I think.

waster recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

A very short histroy of SciFi. Condensed but valuable.

al_is_on recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago

must-have map for every sci-fi fan

auntyalias recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago

Because I love SciFi and it was fun to see how many of these books I've actually read.

silverstag recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago

coz' this is awesome.

alteredstate recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago

It's fascinating and fun. I like what it's trying to dol

marshall-ball recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago

begs further investigations

archetype recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago

bill gibson rocks!

cerebrate recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Such good things as this are to be found at the intersection of scholarship and awesomeness.

CloseCall recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Put together in such a way that only a SciFi would really understand the complexity of such a flow.

alanmcdonley recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

This is so cool. I want it on a T-shirt!

taithawk recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

sadly, the complexity of this simplifies SciFi in an astounding way. Its awesome.

cshainer recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

confusing yet awesome. I'll be stealing a reading list out of this.

richardlclayton recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Awesome.

rrwright recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Interesting and appropriate that it start with mythology and philosophy.

misere_mani recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Cool idea. Spent a lot of time looking through!

kylecameron recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

fantastic historical context

chrissyopines recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Oh this is a great piece, lots of familiar old friends, some new ones to meet up with

segal recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Beautiful. Many great books represented here and I discovered a couple new ones to read. But WTF, I couldn't find Stanislaw Lem!

PaulCushworth recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Fantastic visualisation to explore.

ondigo recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

I am in awe of people who can visually represent such massive amounts of information, and especially of those who can do it so whimsically.

Hunch recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Best of June, 2011

klizco recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

This is amazingly geeky and beautiful.

iprotsenko recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Very creative flowchart. You can look on it for long time and find something new again and again

matthandlersux recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

a really cool example of how various blobs can look

jon recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

A ton of creativity and research went into this flowchart. Lots of little inside jokes are hidden throughout, so be sure to take a close look. Only wish I was more familiar with some of the books.

Figmentfiction recommended this 1 year, 12 months ago

A vaguely cerebral looking rendition of the history and mutations of the science fiction genre. Super detailed.