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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...

Correlation Between British Technology and Science Fiction

This research paper consists of ten pages and discusses the connection throughout history between British technology and science f...

Book Review of Distress by Greg Egan

In five pages this paper discusses the science fiction text in terms of present and future technological and scientific parallels....

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...

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature for Children

In nine pages this research essay discusses the importance of horror, fable, and myth genres in terms of intellectual development ...

Terminator Science Fiction Film Review

In three pages this essay presents a review and analysis of the science fiction film Terminator. There is no bibliography include...

Birth Defects and Vitamin A Overuse

In five pages this paper discusses how birth defects including those involving the cranial neural crest and retinal issues can be ...

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...

Fantasy Literature and Science Fiction

has its own set of rules, mostly that there are no rules. So perhaps a better paradigm to explore is whether or not, within a giv...

Overview of Postmodern Science Fiction

mind. For example, the "flowers" of Edo is a term that refers to the citys tendency to have many fires. Within this reality frame...

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...

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:...

Novel Analysis of Ender's Game

power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you cant...

An Artificial Intelligence Overview

in the form of mere "intelligence." Their bodies were physically dead, but they were supposedly alive in cyberspace. This brings u...

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. ...

Evolution of Protagonist Kris Kelvin in Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

When the psychologists lofty expectations come crashing down around him, he tries to wash his anxieties away in a symbolic gesture...

"Girl Who Was Plugged In" by James Tiptree

in "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" provides the author with the means to create a biting critique of contemporary societal values. T...

Comedy in Two Science Fiction Films

This essay describes how comedy was achieved in two science fiction films, "Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home" and "Galaxy Quest." Th...

The Time Machine and the Future

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...

Genetics, and the Future, Science Fiction

This research paper pertains to the topic of genetic manipulation and how advancements in this field were predicted by science fic...

A Comparison of Shelley's Frankenstein and Scott's Blade Runner

forever hovering overhead beckon to the fleeing people that their safety exists in the off-world colonies, demonstrating that eart...

Kurt Vonnegut and William Gibson's Science Fiction

cyberworld just ahead of the concern which began to take place in the real world. Unlike many of his predecessors who liked to pre...

Apocalyptic Representation Supporting Authoritarianism in Science Fiction Movies

What often happens though is that there is evidence in some films that the authoritarianism is a positive influence. This is ofte...

Science Fiction Writing and Ray Bradbury

realms that were considered science fiction. For example, one looks at his work "The Martian Chronicles" and immediately assumes...

The Sparrow by Mary D. Russell

conveniently Earth-like, with an oxygen atmosphere, abundant plant-life that is non-toxic for human consumption, and bi-pedal, rou...

Concept of Human Nature

idea of self is more genuine and original, unique in its conception. Also, at the very foundation of this philosophy is that there...

Fantasy and Science Fiction Mythology Uses

troubles of Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira who have been living on a desolate planet. A rescue team finally arrives lead by ...

Predicting the Future Through Science Fiction

in mankinds history, the machine will far exceed that most refined and sophisticated of all machines: the human brain? The movie ...

'Dark City Tech Noir Science Fiction' of Alex Proyas' Dark City and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner

and evil (technology). Blade Runner considers the city of Los Angeles in the year 2019 as "a fragmented Third World metropolis, m...