Filled with slapstick humor and zany invention-driven antics, this family-friendly film showcases both the virtues and perils of pushing scientific boundaries. The Absent-Minded Professor remains a beloved classic that continues to entertain and inspire audiences with its lighthearted exploration o...
But science fiction and fantasy push the form’s speculation and invention even further. Both are unconstrained by the prevailing concerns of social, historical, or even geographical or biological realism. The manner in which each genre approaches this process differentiates them. Sci-fi is concerned...
The Sci-Fi Agenda is an ongoing curated collection of notable science fiction films in recent times, meaning worth seeing for one reason or another. They range from simple dramas to complex mind-benders, micro to macro, surreal to hyper-realistic, but they all explore compelling ideas, which ...
Streaming: Netflix The AI in the 2014 thriller Transcendence started life as a human--scientist Will Castor, played by Johnny Depp--but when he is shot, his consciousness is uploaded into a sentient mainframe known as PINN. Soon benevolent ideas about using his incredible technological powers ar...
dreaming up impossible futures that inevitably go on to shape our own technological advances. Great sci-fi delivers mind-bending visuals packed with mind-blowing ideas, probing everything from the human experience to the future of humanity. It’s a genre that contains multitudes – from fast, fu...
With all the ideas contained in Permutation City, a typical Sci-Fi author would have written at least 5 separate books. - @uraimo Description In the not-too-distant future, technology has given birth to a form of immortality. The human mind can be scanned and uploaded into a virtual rea...
The Albuquerque Door seems like the invention of a generation: it’s a device that lets people travel long distances with a single step. Only everyman Mike Erikson is unconvinced. And yet his investigations are beginning to uncover a secret darker than even he feared, and there’s no other ...
It’s no surprise that this book earned “Best Sci-Fi: Cyberpunk” at the 7th Annual American Fiction Awards in 2024 and “Best Humor/Satire” at the Storytrade Awards. Abrams has created a rare mix of thrilling action, thought-provoking ideas, and biting satire. If you’re looking for...
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In “Reason” (1941), the recurring roboticist characters Powell and Donovan are trapped on a space station with a robot whose efforts to protect them involves the invention of a new religion. “Evidence” (1946) is about a politician who may or may not be a robot — but how to know ...