Science fiction

Introduction Comic Cons are conventions targeting a fan base of comic book, science fiction and fantasy literature enthusiasts. Cons, as they’re known by loyal fans, contain elements of a trade show and have grown in popularity since their inception in the early 1970s. In the beginning, comic book conventions and science fiction conventions, for the most part, remained independent of one another. In the last decade, however, they’ve fused to form international mega-conventions, in which crowds in

We live in a world where people do not believe things if they do not see things for themselves. In some religions you must not see but believe. Scientific studies have already proved that this certain creature does exist but yet the world does not seem to accept the facts. Many scientific evidences such as hair evidence, tracks, and audio recordings. Many eyewitness and scientific reviews have attempted by concluding that the bigfoot or the yeti is real. The first sighting of this eyewitness was

In the short story “Sally,” by Isaac Asimov, elements of Science-Fiction are shown.  These elements of science fiction are that the setting is in the future, that there is true and fictitious technology, situations that have never happened, and there are positives and negatives of the technology on the human race.   First, one element of science fiction shown in “Sally” is the setting being in the future.  When talking about taking the automatobiles’ motors in new bodies, Mr. Gellhorn says what year

Genre of Science Fiction In Darko Suvin’s “Metamorphoses of Science Fiction,” Suvin argues that science fiction should be considered its own literary genre. The reason he believes science fiction is distinct from other literary genres is because of its transforming aspects. Suvin describes science fiction as the literature of “cognitive estrangement,” which includes a “novum”. It is his belief that both cognition and estrangement must be both present and interactive in science fiction. Although

The Impact Of Science Fiction Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five brilliantly illustrates how being in combat traumatically affects soldiers in time of war. Indeed, the author uses science fiction and the creative use of time travel as a mold to bring about his true feelings towards war, thus making Slaughterhouse-Five a quintessential anti-war book. Vonnegut’s usage of science fiction creates an outlet to the planet of Tralfamadore where Billy is able to escape his mental damage from war. The

To The Editor: You raised a number of issues in the Science and Technology article concerning “Public Attitudes and Public Understanding” regarding pseudoscience and belief in alternative medicine in Science Fiction and Pseudoscience. I would like to rebuttal the statement “Alternative seems to define a culture rather than a field of medicine—a culture that is not scientifically demanding”. As Contemporary Alternative Medicine (CAM) usage is increasing worldwide, there are many different types of

“Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters, whatsoever. You can go not only into the future, but into that wonderful place called other, which is simply another universe, another planet, another species.” As Theodore Sturgeon puts it, science fiction can be anything from a man who never breaks bones to the dead coming back to life as zombies. Science fiction is a genre of futuristic events, futuristic science and technology, and futuristic settings

and Science Fiction," Laurel Bollinger examines how Margulis's theory of symbiogenesis has impacted works of science fiction. Contrary to Darwin's "survival of the fittest," symbiogenesis insists "that speciation itself emerges out of symbiotic absorption of microbes" (Bollinger 34). The mitochondria are an example of symbiogenesis in that the mitochondria used to be single organisms, but then they combined with others to create eukaryotes. Margulis's theory is used throughout science fiction because

In the past, families lived a technology- free life: waking up by the sounds of birds, communicating face-to-face, and walking in order to travel. Today, it is almost impossible to find means of entertainment not involving a colored screen. This demonstrates how modern technology has corrupted society. Despite the advantages of technology, it has contributed to an inactive population that is unable to think for themselves. Ray Bradbury was born on August 20, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. Bradbury

abiding. I wrote the story to be “soft science-fiction,” to focus primarily on the story itself, with the scientific elements simply helping to flesh out the setting more fully. Generally speaking, there are some specific elements of “Solidarity” that are very realistic, but the overall trend of it isn’t similar. The reason for my lack of focus on scientific fact is my intent to make a story that could effectively apply to any setting, despite using futuristic science as its main backdrop in “Solidarity