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“The Thirteenth Floor”

Angeles finds out hes not real, he sets the rest of the film in motion. The questions are: what makes contemporary LA different f...

Murder on Board

dirty clothes and reeking garbage make the atmosphere unbearable fairly quickly, and nobody wants to live in a toilet for the endl...

Book Report on Arthur C. Clarke’s 2061: Odyssey Three

the Great Wall. There, Heywood Floyds monolith is happily reunited with astronaut and scientist David Bowman and the supercompute...

Babylon 5 vs. Star Trek

characters who came after them. Star Trek is also known for its progressive point of view. Roddenberry often presented a sort of ...

Science-Fiction: Defining a Concept

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...

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...

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...

Humanity and Science in The Two Cultures by C.P. Snow

was Frank Raymond Leavis, one of Snows contemporaries. Leavis viewed Snows suggestions as crassly materialistic. He suggested in...

Future of Humanity

will always be the case that one partner will dominate(otherwise there is no harmony) the personality coming out on top may tend t...

Turkle's "Can You Hear Me Now?" - Summary/Response

his species - has long been a determinant of how advanced human beings have become throughout the ages. Fire established man as a...

Price of Change/Global Warming

automobile since its invention. However, not only is gasoline a non-renewable resource, but it now appears that it has a potential...

Evaluating NASA's Current Problems and Possible Solutions

budget and had to deal with cost cuts, continued to have prolific ideas. It went ahead and implemented plans, but it did so on a l...

Realism and Liberalism in International Relations

International Relations is a topic which comes under the broader heading of political science, but is the subject really a science...

Teaching Elementary Science/Epistemological Framework

text addressing geology encompasses chapters explaining minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic processes and geologic time. Ea...

Is Govermental Power Too Great or Insufficient?

entities take liberties and make rules that do not abide by the clear-cut convictions of a democratic system of administration. ...

Kingdom and Sowell's Views on America

into two very obviously distinct groups. These groups of citizens may not have the same political party affiliation or the same ec...

Futuristic Visions in the Films Metropolis and Blade Runner

against his father. Meanwhile, Fredersen orders the scientist Rotwang to create a robot that looks like Maria; he plans to use th...

Mike Davis vs. Brady Westwater in the Battle for LA

how probable his apocalyptic vision is for Los Angeles. Unfortunately for Daviss argument, all of these modern pestilences ...

Its Application in Private Practice: APTA's Vision

This essay offers an overview of the vision statement of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), and then discusses its ...

Power, Surveillance and the Totalitarian State

can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...

A Comparison of Two Books on Non-Profit Leadership

that is aligned with management theory and practice. Obviously, the focus here is on the nonprofit organization, but it is also tr...

P.D. James Vision of the Future

either. Theo and Julian: Their relationship is very different in the film than it is in the book, so it depends on which one is u...

The Road Ahead by Bill Gates

This paper consisting of six pages emphasizes Gates' future vision regarding technology in order to take issue with his points. T...

Disney and Directional Changes

bargaining power of buyers. Clearly, competitors in those industries with greater rivalry will need to keep closer tabs on ...

Graham E. Fuller's Article on Nation State Weaknesses

as he feels this will cause "endless subdivision of states," possibly doubling, or even tripling the membership of the UN (1997, p...

Analysis of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

at Christminster in much the same manner as a knight with the Holy Grail. Hardy comments that Jude did not see that "mediaevalism...

The History of Wal-Mart

branched out from its Arkansan roots (Wal-Mart (a)). The corporation opened its home office and first distribution center in the n...

Common Vision Shared by the United Kingdom and Japan

the economy develops in the way most economic forecasters expect this will rise to between 250,000 and 380,000 by 2003. However, ...