Though I've already named my number-one favorite, I'd like to add in a few honorable mentions:
Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen, by H. Beam Piper.
David Drake's Hammer's Slammers.
In movies, Forbidden Planet, of course.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen, by H. Beam Piper.
Quote:"Oh, my people had many gods. There was Conformity, and Authority, and Expense Account, and Opinion. And there was Status, whose symbols were many, and who rode in the great chariot Cadillac, which was almost a god itself. And there was Atombomb, the dread destroyer, who would some day come to end the world. None were very good gods, and I worshipped none of them."Lord of Light and This Immortal by Roger Zelazny. Perhaps This Immortal in particular, as I vividly recall taking it off a library shelf to glance at the first page ... and setting it back on the shelf two or three hours later.
David Drake's Hammer's Slammers.
In movies, Forbidden Planet, of course.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.