The movies/shows that inspired Surfing Chance

The main inspiration for the novel is National Geographic’s Cosmos (2014) series with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. This show was a remake of Carl Sagan’s original 1980s series. I admire Carl Sagan’s legacy as both an astronomer and as a science fiction writer, but I did not manage to see the 1980s series as of yet.

Other major inspirations for Surfing Chance:

• History of the Universe Youtube channel created by JD Voyek,
• A Brief History of Time book, by Stephen Hawking,
• Brief Answers to the Big Questions book, by Stephen Hawking,
• The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth book, by Michio Kaku,
• The Elegant Universe book, by Brian Greene
• The Three Body Problem book, by Liu Cixin,
• His Master’s Voice book, by Stanislaw Lem,
• Everything is illuminated book, by J.S. Foer,
• Slaughterhouse Five book, by Kurt Vonnegut,
• Chainsaw Man Manga (& Anime) written by Tatsuki Fujimoto,
• Attack on Titan Manga (& Anime) written by Hajime Isayama,
• Vinland Saga Manga (& Anime) written by Makoto Yukimura,
• Dark series, co-created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese,
• Raised by Wolves series, written by Aaron Guzikowski,
• Sandman series, written by Neil Gaiman,
• Rick and Morty series, created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon,
• Short sci-fi stories of Andy Weir and Isaac Asimov,

… and many many other Sci-fi and non-Sci-fi works.