{"product":{"product_id":"B00FDWCPV2","title":"Permutation City","price":"3.99","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/518Kr6-r+zL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FDWCPV2"},"comments":[{"body":"It really was amazing..\r\n\r\nIf you liked that episode, there's a book along a similar vein, called [\"Permutation City\"](http://www.amazon.com/Permutation-City-Greg-Egan-ebook/dp/B00FDWCPV2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1439258972\u0026amp;sr=8-1) (Greg Egan).  Definitely check it out if you're into that specific kind of (very hard) sci-fi.\r\n\r\n","subreddit_name":"television","author":"elphmeat"},{"body":"Dr. Max Tegmark, cosmologist and physics professor at MIT\r\n\r\n* Permutation City, by Greg Egan ([Powells](http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781597805391-0)) ([Amazon](http://smile.amazon.com/Permutation-City-Greg-Egan-ebook/dp/B00FDWCPV2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1408260404\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=Greg+Egan+Permutation+City))\r\n\r\nDr. Jane Goodall, Primatologist\r\n\r\n* The Story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting ([Powells](http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780440483076-0)) ([Amazon](http://smile.amazon.com/Story-Doctor-Dolittle-Hugh-Lofting-ebook/dp/B0082Z1KVS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1408260552\u0026amp;sr=8-2\u0026amp;keywords=The+Story+of+Doctor+Dolittle+by+Hugh+Lofting))\r\n* Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs ([Powells](http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780451531025-0)) ([Amazon](http://smile.amazon.com/Tarzan-Apes-Edgar-Rice-Burroughs-ebook/dp/B0083ZR3E0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1408260585\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=Tarzan+of+the+Apes+by+Edgar+Rice+Burroughs))\r\n* The Miracle of Life (not listed)\r\n\r\nDr. Sean Carroll, Theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology\r\n\r\n* Dragon's Egg, by Robert Forward ([Powells](http://www.powells.com/biblio/63-9780345283498-2)) ([Amazon](http://smile.amazon.com/Dragons-Egg-Del-Rey-Impact-ebook/dp/B004G8PJDA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1408260672\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=Dragon%27s+Egg+%28Robert+Forward%29))\r\n\r\nDr. Temple Grandin, Animal scientist\r\n\r\n* \"I’m a Star trek fan...\"\r\n\r\nDr. Seth Shostak, Senior astronomer and director at the Center for SETI Research\r\n\r\n* Golem XIV, by Stanislaw Lem ([Powells](http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780156441803-0)) ([Amazon](http://smile.amazon.com/Imaginary-Magnitude-Stanislaw-Lem-ebook/dp/B008533CWM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1408261176\u0026amp;sr=8-2\u0026amp;keywords=Lem+Golem+XIV))\r\n\r\nDr. Chris Stringer, Anthropologist at the Natural History Museum in London\r\n\r\n* Brazil, the movie ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXBkLVnazQ))\r\n\r\nDr. Jack Horner, Paleontologist at Montana State University\r\n\r\n* Jurassic Park, the movie) ([IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/?ref_=nv_sr_1))\r\n\r\nDr. Adam Riess, astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University\r\n\r\n* Contact, by Carl Sagan ([Powells](http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780671004101-2)) ([Amazon](http://smile.amazon.com/Contact-Carl-Sagan/dp/0671004107/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1408262024\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=Contact+%28Carl+Sagan%29))\r\n* The Fountains of Paradise, by Arthur C. 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If you like hard SCI-FI I highly recommend It  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FDWCPV2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_dfJCzb6GT5D20\r\n","subreddit_name":"SCBuildIt","author":"mjmcaulay"},{"body":"[Obligatory.](http://i.imgur.com/8BOQS.gif)\r\n\r\n[If you want to read a sci-fi book with this premise...](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FDWCPV2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;btkr=1)\r\n\r\nAnd no.  This is never going to be possible.  Ever.  Thanks, but nope.  Never.  We can't render a realistic scene in real-time when we CHEAT LIKE CRAZY, let alone when everything is made of molecules, etc.","subreddit_name":"virtualreality","author":"VikingCoder"}]}