Good old Asimov. I just retired and am going to revisit all the old classics.
I have ROKU and have been trying to find good Syfi movies. Amazing how few original themes out there.
I have been telling folks to read Three Body Problem and Dark Forrest. Great, new ideas!
That's because there are no old Syfi movies. Syfi is a cable television channel. They say they are a network but they are really nothing more than a video feed of forty percent commercials. Don't let them change our language. It's Sci Fi.
Start with the Edge of Eternity, read all the robot short stories and books, then the “Empire” books, then the Foundation books, ALL of them that Asimov himself wrote.
It’s about 16 books. Get cracking!
I have been wading through the “Dune” books lately. That’s another long thread to weave through.