This History of Science Fiction (a graphic, not by me)

guyanonymous · 03-10-2011, 12:21 PM

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...lley_scifi.jpg

tubemonkey · 03-10-2011, 12:59 PM

Quite interesting.

Hamlet53 · 03-10-2011, 01:41 PM

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The Microsoft PowerPoint slide which drove US military General Stanley McChrystal to declare that "When we understand that slide, we'll have won the war" at a briefing in Kabul last summer has led to big questions about the world's reliance on the presentation software.
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As soon as anyone can understand that history of science fiction graphic the entire universe will be completely understood.

tubemonkey · 03-10-2011, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

As soon as anyone can understand that history of science fiction graphic the entire universe will be completely understood.

I did it. I cracked the Dolphin Code. The universe now makes perfect sense.

Starting in the lower left quadrant and moving diagonally to the upper right quadrant, I deciphered the following:

S O L O N G A N D T H A N K S F O R A L L T H E F I S H

kindlekitten · 03-10-2011, 07:24 PM

it looks like it is probably very interesting but I couldn't read the majority of the words

FF2 · 03-10-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

it looks like it is probably very interesting but I couldn't read the majority of the words

Save the jpg and then use something like irfanview to enlarge it - the writing is legible although it is very dense and convolutedly interconnected.

elcreative · 03-10-2011, 10:26 PM

Print to pdf on a Mac... zoom works fine in Preview... if you have an appropriate add-on then same with Win and Linux-based machines...

Giggleton · 03-10-2011, 10:33 PM

Its the cosmos as in intertwining fairy tale. Kind of like this,

DreamTime

Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-10-2011, 10:48 PM

Bah... it skips the first anime wave... a tiny mention of Astro Boy... but no 8th Man... Gigantor... Marine Boy... Speed Racer... and then it misses Thundercats and Bubblegum Crisis in the later explosion, and misspells "Yamato"... it's useless!

Seriously, fix that up, and it's good.

Okay, really seriously, I'm curious how long it took to put this together. Very impressive!

guyanonymous · 03-10-2011, 11:52 PM

Not a clue (as it says in title, not mine)....but interesting, none-the-less.

chamekke · 03-11-2011, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by guyanonymous

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...lley_scifi.jpg

This is brilliant.

*removes editing comments, because - really - who cares?*

dapriuk · 03-12-2011, 06:32 AM

It's the flying spaghetti monster!

guyanonymous · 03-13-2011, 08:12 PM

An article on this very image... http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663397/...tory-of-sci-fi

JaneD · 03-14-2011, 02:01 AM

This was very fun to check out. Lots of my favorites are on there. Thanks for posting!

DMSmillie · 03-14-2011, 04:38 AM

Utterly brilliant! Thank for posting it!

@kindlekitten - if you're using Firefox, it reduces images to fit the available screen space initially, but if you move the cursor over the image, it should change to a magnifying glass with a + inside - if you click on the image, it'll expand to full size and you can scroll around and read it in relative ease and comfort.

03-10-2011, 12:21 PM	#1
guyanonymous Guru Posts: 692 Karma: 27532 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Ebookwise 1150 / 1200	This History of Science Fiction (a graphic, not by me) http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...lley_scifi.jpg

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Hamlet53 Nameless Being	[Graphic too large - Please use a spoiler tag to hide the size - MODERATOR] The Microsoft PowerPoint slide which drove US military General Stanley McChrystal to declare that "When we understand that slide, we'll have won the war" at a briefing in Kabul last summer has led to big questions about the world's reliance on the presentation software. [/QUOTE] As soon as anyone can understand that history of science fiction graphic the entire universe will be completely understood. Last edited by Dr. Drib; 03-12-2011 at 08:57 AM.

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kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	it looks like it is probably very interesting but I couldn't read the majority of the words

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elcreative Wizard Posts: 2,888 Karma: 5875940 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: PRS505, 600, 350, 650, Nexus 7, Note III, iPad 4 etc	Print to pdf on a Mac... zoom works fine in Preview... if you have an appropriate add-on then same with Win and Linux-based machines...

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Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	Its the cosmos as in intertwining fairy tale. Kind of like this, DreamTime

03-10-2011, 10:48 PM	#9
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Bah... it skips the first anime wave... a tiny mention of Astro Boy... but no 8th Man... Gigantor... Marine Boy... Speed Racer... and then it misses Thundercats and Bubblegum Crisis in the later explosion, and misspells "Yamato"... it's useless! Seriously, fix that up, and it's good. Okay, really seriously, I'm curious how long it took to put this together. Very impressive!

03-10-2011, 11:52 PM	#10
guyanonymous Guru Posts: 692 Karma: 27532 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Ebookwise 1150 / 1200	Not a clue (as it says in title, not mine)....but interesting, none-the-less.

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dapriuk Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505, Lenovo X61 tablet PC, Advent Vega Android tablet	It's the flying spaghetti monster!

03-13-2011, 08:12 PM	#13
guyanonymous Guru Posts: 692 Karma: 27532 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Ebookwise 1150 / 1200	An article on this very image... http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663397/...tory-of-sci-fi

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JaneD Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1057749 Join Date: May 2010 Location: LA, CA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2013	This was very fun to check out. Lots of my favorites are on there. Thanks for posting!

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DMSmillie Enquiring Mind Posts: 562 Karma: 42350 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: London, UK Device: Kindle 3 (WiFi)	Utterly brilliant! Thank for posting it! @kindlekitten - if you're using Firefox, it reduces images to fit the available screen space initially, but if you move the cursor over the image, it should change to a magnifying glass with a + inside - if you click on the image, it'll expand to full size and you can scroll around and read it in relative ease and comfort.

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