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mind. For example, the "flowers" of Edo is a term that refers to the citys tendency to have many fires. Within this reality frame...
made up of many windows and RL is only one of them"(Turkle 1995). What she uncovered, however, has many alarmed. Have we traded ou...
This paper examines the value fiction has in formulating ideas that can actually evolved to real-world technology, real-world tech...
movement, and the technical developments of the 1980s" (Neuromancer, William Gibson). The word "neuromancer" is a compound: "neuro...
possible, but have not been invented yet. This will sound strange, because science itself is just getting started, but really, all...
machine, and cannot understand why his mother doesnt really seem to love him. Among the science fiction elements are the followi...
on the nature of the fourth dimension, i.e., time, as well as the astronomical features and evolutionary development that he obser...
ordinary life, one can take the comments at face value, or use them as somewhat of a springboard for further thought or discussion...
In 5 pages this paper analyzes the science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke by examining the science and religion connection of t...
This 7 page paper gives an overview of the book The Time Maching by H.G. Wells. This paper includes explanations of how the book p...
In three pages postmodern fiction is defined and then considered within the context of 'Experiment,' a short story by Julian Barne...
In twelve pages this paper analyzes postmodern cinema's characteristic elements in a consideration of such films as Pulp Fiction, ...
America, and the finicky laws that change over time, it is hard to know fact from fiction. For example, was cocaine ever legal? Wa...
Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...
In eight pages this paper examines the literary departure of James Joyce in this 1916 example of modernist fiction....
sees the cultural upheavals which have befallen the mainland in its over forty years under socialism as a backdrop, not a major pl...
with power and crime: "Not only can the power of the word be exposed as creating domination; in addition, one means of resistance ...
cyberworld just ahead of the concern which began to take place in the real world. Unlike many of his predecessors who liked to pre...
forever hovering overhead beckon to the fleeing people that their safety exists in the off-world colonies, demonstrating that eart...
What often happens though is that there is evidence in some films that the authoritarianism is a positive influence. This is ofte...
conveniently Earth-like, with an oxygen atmosphere, abundant plant-life that is non-toxic for human consumption, and bi-pedal, rou...
realms that were considered science fiction. For example, one looks at his work "The Martian Chronicles" and immediately assumes...
legal perspective provides an "imaginary frame that seems/seeks to establish narrative truth on the side of verisimilitude" (Cohen...
eyes," but finds this awkward as he "self-consciously" sees a Gethenian "first as a man, then as a woman, forcing him into those c...
In seven pages this paper discusses the adventure, thriller, and science fiction genres encompassed by The X Files TV series. Six...
In five pages this science fiction novel is examined in terms of the relationships between genetically altered aliens and the huma...
A 30 page analysis of this science fiction film. This futuristic film imparts a sense of reality that is enough to bring most vie...
left audiences incredulous with the thought that somewhere, sometime, the world as we know it may reflect the directors vision. A...
This paper explores the idea of feminist characters and plots in the genre of science fiction. This eleven page paper has seven s...
This paper addresses the history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from both the perspectives of science-fiction and reality. The au...