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So many stories take place in the near future. It's easy to imagine where we'll be ten years from now. But what about where we'll be 50 years from now? Or 100 years? Or 5,000? That takes a bit more effort, and sometimes the results can be haunting, alarming, or just plain weird. The following culture recommendations all show what life will look like at least 100 years into the future, whether for better or worse.
So many stories take place in the near future, because it's easy to imagine where we'll be ten years from now. But what about 50 years from now? Or 100 years? Or 5,000? That takes a bit more effort, and sometimes the results can be haunting, alarming, or just plain weird. The following culture recommendations all show what life will look like at least 100 years into the future, whether for better or worse.
A classic of soft science fiction, Dune is a portrait of an inhospitable planet in a universe where advanced technology is banned, forcing people to expand their own potentials to superhuman degrees.
Read MoreOne of the best comics of the 90s, Transmetropolitan uses a misanthropic journalist in a cyberpunk dystopia to satirize American culture.
Read MoreSatirizing war and fascism, Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers follows space marines in a war against an enemy they don't know much about, other than the fact that they hate them.
Read MoreDon Hertzfeldt's simple animation belies a touching and melancholic look at a future where humanity tries to use technology to preserve themselves and regain the past.
Read MoreOut of all of the animated shows to come out of the 90s, the one that has aged the best is avant garde dystopian sci-fi series Aeon Flux.
Read MoreForbidden Planet is a classic of the 1950s sci-fi film boom, full of spectacle and Freudian psychology undercut by old-timey sexism.
Read MoreThe paintings of H.R. Giger bring the viewer into a dark future of psycho-sexual cyborg horror.
Read MoreWhile Warhammer 40,000 is known for being so grim and dark it originated the term "grimdark" to describe it, it actually packs a great sense of humor and irony.
Read MoreCombining transhumanism, philosophy, and theology, The Last Question examines technological power and the collective anxiety of the human race.
Read MoreWith Deltron 3030, alt-rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien paints a picture of a future that is outlandish, but strangely depressing.
Read MoreSet in a future where people have been driven underground, Gurren Lagann uses anime tropes and over-the-top mecha action to show the power of the human spirit.
Read MoreThe best gaming articles you'll find this side of the Mississippi. Considering the Mississippi does not bisect the planet, we have the best best gaming articles on the planet. Can't vouch for Saturn though, their writers are pretty good.
