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Cyberpunk Lit: “Neuromancer”

movement, and the technical developments of the 1980s" (Neuromancer, William Gibson). The word "neuromancer" is a compound: "neuro...

Science Fiction Shakespeare

possible, but have not been invented yet. This will sound strange, because science itself is just getting started, but really, all...

If Shakespeare Wrote Science Fiction, Ariel Would Use a Transporter

machine, and cannot understand why his mother doesnt really seem to love him. Among the science fiction elements are the followi...

The Incredible Shrinking Man Film Analysis

In five pages the film is analyzed within the context of the time particularly in terms of the political message it conveys, wheth...

H.G. Wells/The Time Machine

on the nature of the fourth dimension, i.e., time, as well as the astronomical features and evolutionary development that he obser...

Distress by Greg Egan and Human Values

ordinary life, one can take the comments at face value, or use them as somewhat of a springboard for further thought or discussion...

Modernity and What it Means

In five pages this paper attempts to derive modernity's meaning in an examination of All That is Solid Gold Melts into the Air by ...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Reason and Religion in Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke by examining the science and religion connection of t...

T.S. Eliot's 'Waste Land' and Its Cultural Influences

In a paper consisting of 10 pages the aethetic, scientific, and sociopolitical influences on Eliot's 1922 masterpiece is considere...

Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Johann von Goethe's Faust

And to my cost Theology, With ardent labour, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before"...

The Relationship between Culture Modernity in South Korea

rituals undertaken in line with societal values of the time which may reflect events, to architecture output which lasts well beyo...

Definition and Application of Postmodernism

of these schools of thought was sufficient, but that there could be the existence of the competing thoughts that create conflict ...

Fact and Fiction of Drug Legislation

America, and the finicky laws that change over time, it is hard to know fact from fiction. For example, was cocaine ever legal? Wa...

Gore Vidal: “Creation”

Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...

Literary Departure in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

In eight pages this paper examines the literary departure of James Joyce in this 1916 example of modernist fiction....

Love in a Small Town by Wang Anyi

sees the cultural upheavals which have befallen the mainland in its over forty years under socialism as a backdrop, not a major pl...

Modernity's Curse of Consumerism

at every turn; when they are unable to secure change with regard to one entity, they merely seek it out elsewhere. One can readil...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Interpreting Ophelia's Madness in the Fourth Act, Fifth Scene 3 Different Ways

In nine pages this paper examines how Victorian theater actress Helena Faucit, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, and Shakespear...

Science Fiction and Gender

In eight pages this paper examines how gender influences science fiction tastes in terms of male and female preferences with a dis...

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of Terror

In six pages Tolkien's science fiction fantasy is examined in terms of how the author generated terror throughout the novel. Seve...

Slow River by Griffith and Search for Identity

In 10 pages this science fiction text is examined regarding the identity search of the protagonist. There are 2 sources cited in ...

Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee's Rama II

the fact that there may be disagreement in discerning whether or not the teams were more homogeneous than mixed. In other words, o...

Evaluation of Greg Bear's Blood Music

The science fiction novel is analyzed. A summary is included. The conclusion of the book is carefully evaluated. This six page pa...

'Psy Fi' Genre and its Meaning

In five pages this report considers the science fiction or Psy Fi genre in an examination of texts written by Richard Matheson, Fr...

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Ethics

In eight pages ethical dilemmas such as cloning and genetic engineering are examined within the context of these two classic works...

The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper

In five pages this paper discusses the separate living of the sexes in this utopian science fiction text. There are no other sour...

Analyzing 'Technology and Politics in the Blade Runner Dystopia' by Judith Kerman

In five pages this paper considers Kerman's thoughtful commentary and assessment of the 'Blade Runner' film and its contribution t...

The Death of the Earth by J.H. Rosny

An analysis of this French science fiction novel is presented. There are no other sources cited in the bibliography....

Isaac Asimov's Foundation and 'Psychohistory'

In 5 pages this essay defines psychohistory and then applies it to Foundation, a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov. There are...