*relevant being hard sci-fi-ish
Movies & TV Shows
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (and the book)
- The Expanse (and the books)
- Moon
- Battlestar Galactica (2003) (Don't forget the prequel miniseries)
- Firefly (andSerenity)
- The Fifth Element
- Blade Runner
- Alien and Aliens
- Sunshine
- Interstellar
- Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
- Spaceballs
- 2001: A Space Oddysey
- Leviathan Wakes (First in The Expanse series)
- I, Robot
- Neuromancer
- Snow Crash
- Seveneves
- The Martian
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (skip the movie)
- System Shock 1 is/was literally the basis for Malfunction mode and the AI
- The Marathon Series, Bungie's precursor to Halo, now freeware. Don't miss the unofficial sequel to the series, Rubicon (I like Rubicon a lot more than the original trilogy)
- Aurora 4x, a punishingly intricate space civilization management game
- Paranoia
- Holst's The Planets Suite. Astute players will notice that I've been playing Mars whenever ops declare war.
- Atomic Rockets A hard sci-fi resource for writers.