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7:06 PM
@MikeC They all suck, but to find out about it, you can probably find issues of the very long running Galaktika magazine, as well as paperback books in the Kozmosz series. The two are related, they're both chief edited by Kuczka Péter (or were at some point), they're purely sci-fi, and probably between a third and a half of it was written originally in Hungarian (the rest are translated).
I can't help much, because I don't really enjoy Hungarian sci-fi. Some people like Nemere István, but I don't.
 
Is there anything that generally distinguishes Hungarian sci-fi from non-Hungarian?
 
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Q: 90s 6-book series revolving around string theory; life follows a string

user112699All I can remember are different stories where life follows a string. One went backward in time, one went by reverse aging, one where strings crossed and lives jumped over or switched. And more. Read in the early 90s, 6 paperback books.

 
@NapoleonWilson It's written in a language I can't make out, with lot of accents and unconceivable consonant combinations.
 
@NapoleonWilson I don't know about Hungarian in particular, I just generally don't like Eastern European sci fi. Stanisław Lem is the exception.
 
@Jenayah Says the French person.
 
7:10 PM
@Jenayah Eh no, Hungarian doesn't have much unconceivable consonant combinations. You're thinking of Russian.
@NapoleonWilson French has neither unconceivable consonant combinations, nor many accents.
 
@b_jonas It has more than English.
 
@Alex More accents, but slightly less unconceivable consonant combinations I think.
 
@b_jonas Okay, maybe more inconceivable vowel combinations. And neither is it short of accents. And nothing reads like it's written. ;-)
 
@NapoleonWilson French has a large variety of those, sure, but they're not common.
 
@NapoleonWilson Be happy that it at least has vowels, unlike Hebrew.
 
7:12 PM
> A magyar anyanyelvű személyek száma a világon becslések szerint 15 millió lehet. Az Európai Unióban közel 13 millió magyar anyanyelvű ember él, ebből 12,5 millió a Kárpát-medencében.
I spot a c, followed by a s, and then a L.
Unconceivable :D
@NapoleonWilson Germans don't get to talk about non-German languages ;)
 
@Jenayah If in doubt, it's probably pronounced like a "sh". Mostly can't go wrong with that general assumption. ;-)
 
@Jenayah Nah, "sz", "gy", "ny" and "cs" are usually single consonants.
 
@b_jonas I mean written consonants.
 
@Jenayah At least our stuff is pronounced as written. You don't have to learn an additional layer of code language in the transcription from written to spoken text. ;-)
 
@NapoleonWilson at least French doesn't sound so aggressive, you could use it to tame tigers in circuses ;)
 
7:18 PM
@Jenayah But in contrast, how do you make a point when everything sounds like you wanna hook up with your opposite? ;-P
 
@NapoleonWilson You hook them. Right hook or left hook, depending on what you're more comfortable with. If you aim right, you might make a very visible point.
 
Is this how all the French vs German wars started?
 
SQB
@Zaphod it's Lee. Bruce Lee Wayne.
 
Probably, and Alsace-Lorraine. ;-)
 
SQB
@Null I wanted to read it to compare it with 1984, Brave New World, and Make Room! Make Room!.
 
7:24 PM
Is that the Soylent Green book?
 
SQB
Make Room! Make Room! really blew my teenage mind, because where those other two books supposed radical changes to our society as their premise, the one this one was based on, was just an extrapolation of our then current society.
@NapoleonWilson yeah. Haven't seen the movie, but seems like an I, Robot.
 
True, which makes it all the more depressing. (I haven't read it, though, but if the scenario as depressing as Soylent Green, then it's really depressing.)
 
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Q: 1960s sci-fi novel with "tanks" for 15-minute or half-hour immersion for relaxation purposes (but is addictive)

AlexThis is a relatively thick (+200 pages long) novel which appeared at least in paperback form in the 1960s. It includes such familiar tropes as future society, space travel, etc. - but I can distinctly remember only two significant tropes: 1. There are private (household) facilities in most upper-...

 
(And probably the reason I couldn't ever commit many many hours to something so depressing.)
 
Only seen the movie.
 
7:28 PM
@SQB I hadn't heard of Make Room! Make Room! I'll have to check it out. We is slightly more like 1984 but considerably different.
 
SQB
7:44 PM
@Null I had read about We at the time, staying that where 1984 depicted a fascist society (even though it was IngSoc), We showed a communist dystopia.
@NapoleonWilson in the book, soylent green wasn't people. Just mentioned in passing as yet another did substitute.
 
8:01 PM
@SQB The government was totalitarian, but I don't remember a lot of specifically communist elements. It has been years since I read it, though. Of course, given the author's background and time he would naturally be thinking of a totalitarian government with a communist bent.
 
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AnonymousSo there's this anime that my mom watched when she was around 12. She doesn't remember the exact details, but it's probably quite old. Here's the most she remembers. Basically, there's this boy who keeps a dead rabbit in a box under his bed. She remembers this one action-like scene from it where...

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Q: Looking for older novel, set underwater

Sophia SkinnerI remember, there were humans and aliens underwater. The living structures were membranes not typical hard body structures. I think there was a relationship between the human Male and alien female.

 
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Q: How did people in the Star Wars galaxy handle travelling to planets with different gravity?

CBredlowWe see people travel to different planets of various sizes, but nothing to show the gravitational differences? In legends, there are comments about how the increased gravity on the trooper academy on Carida has led to stronger troops, but not elsewhere. In canon, do they show or talk about ho...

 
 
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10:53 PM
Were any actual non-American authors suggested?
 
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Q: Looking for title of book with nuclear waste, underwater people, and mind-wiped slaves

GrahamAbout 30 years ago, I started reading a book, but never finished it. There are several sets of characters, some who live on land and some who live underwater. I think the underwater people live in secret. At some point, a couple's flying car has to land on water and they are rescued by a waste ...

 
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