Science Fiction

I too would have instantly said Zardoz. Many years ago, as both a SciFi and Bond fan - and my mom too - it was no trouble talking her into seeing it in the theater opening week lol

( the two of us were also there for a matinée of Kubrick's 2001 - I can still remember us stumbling back into the light of day trying to understand the ending )

Having been a video/computer gamer all these decades too, of course I read Ready Player One soon as it was in paperback, and all his (few) books which followed.

I did greatly enjoy Hail Mary, as the First Contact genre is one of my favorites. I was pleasantly surprised when I learned they were going to adapt it to the big screen. It's hard not to be skeptical that something so nuanced and unique could reach a very large mainstream audience, here's hoping...