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Three Science Fiction Novels and Intelligent Machines

In five pages this paper analyzes how intelligent machines are featured in Galatea by Richard Powers, Neuromancer by William Gibso...

Cyberpunk Lit: “Neuromancer”

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

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...

Gore Vidal: “Creation”

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

Types of Advanced Machining Processes

the cathode. * Conditions create a "deplating" reaction, dissolving metal ions from the point of contact between the anode and cat...

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...

An Analysis of Neil Frude's The Intimate Machine

This paper addresses the history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from both the perspectives of science-fiction and reality. The au...

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...

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...

Le Guin/Left Hand of Darkness

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...

Johnny Tremain

maturation of the American colonies as they journey toward war and independence. The thematic context demonstrates how it is exper...

Conformity and Individuality in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

No, Montag, admits, because books are illegal, but her question unnerves him to the point that he tells her, "You think too many t...

I am Legend/Matheson

scientific research, as part of his effort to understand the vampires and he discovers the bacterial cause of the vampire plague. ...

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...

The Development of the Fyborg

situations in terms of past experiences. Capra (1997) refers to this pattern as the "Computer Model of Cognition" (p. 65), ...

The Island of Doctor Moreau and The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

and destiny (Aubrey). While Darwin pictures humanity as consistently evolving toward more intelligence and reason, Huxleys take on...

Anthony J. Bell's 'Levels and Loops: the Future of Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience'

possibilities that we have lying in store for us in the future as a diagnosis of the present. Bell concludes that:...

Robert Louis Stevenson's Autobiographical Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

legal perspective provides an "imaginary frame that seems/seeks to establish narrative truth on the side of verisimilitude" (Cohen...

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...

Octavia Butler's Dawn, Xinogenesis

In five pages this science fiction novel is examined in terms of the relationships between genetically altered aliens and the huma...

Russell Hoban Riddley Walker

The writer analyzes the Russell Hoban book Riddley Walker, a science fiction novel. The paper is five pages long and there are two...

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...

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip

In five pages this science fiction novel is analyzed within the context of its fairytale setting. There are no other sources list...

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...

Social Issues in Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

In five pages social issues as they are represented in this science fiction classic novel are examined in a discussion that also i...

Social Responsibility in Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the sociological aspects of Kurt Vonnegut's science fiction novel. Two sources are cited in...

Arthur C. Clarke and Metaphysics

In nine pages this paper examines how metaphysics is represented in Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction novels such as Rendezvous w...