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form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us, the possible consequences, and the possible...
the idea of life created not by God but by man and the repercussions produced by such an event. Science does play a key role in an...
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 essay defines psychohistory and then applies it to Foundation, a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov. There are...
An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...
In 5 pages this paper analyzes the science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke by examining the science and religion connection of t...
alive to confirm conversations nor recording equipment to verify accuracy. However, an author writing historic fiction must do a g...
basis for mapping the entire cognitive development of childhood. While this framework is theoretical, it has been verified in stud...
may be given increasing autonomy in their learning activities. Martin-Hansen provides a chart that illustrates this by showing the...
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...
sees the cultural upheavals which have befallen the mainland in its over forty years under socialism as a backdrop, not a major pl...
In eight pages this paper examines the literary departure of James Joyce in this 1916 example of modernist fiction....
and destiny (Aubrey). While Darwin pictures humanity as consistently evolving toward more intelligence and reason, Huxleys take on...
possibilities that we have lying in store for us in the future as a diagnosis of the present. Bell concludes that:...
power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you cant...
feat of time travel, for example, through the wonders of modern science. After years of meticulous work he has managed to create ...
in the form of mere "intelligence." Their bodies were physically dead, but they were supposedly alive in cyberspace. This brings u...
realms that were considered science fiction. For example, one looks at his work "The Martian Chronicles" and immediately assumes...
idea of self is more genuine and original, unique in its conception. Also, at the very foundation of this philosophy is that there...
troubles of Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira who have been living on a desolate planet. A rescue team finally arrives lead by ...
in mankinds history, the machine will far exceed that most refined and sophisticated of all machines: the human brain? The movie ...
and evil (technology). Blade Runner considers the city of Los Angeles in the year 2019 as "a fragmented Third World metropolis, m...
forever hovering overhead beckon to the fleeing people that their safety exists in the off-world colonies, demonstrating that eart...
cyberworld just ahead of the concern which began to take place in the real world. Unlike many of his predecessors who liked to pre...