Aspects of science fiction since the 1980s: China, Italy, Japan, KoreaLorenzo AndolfattoChiaki AsaiRoberto BertoniChen QiufanGiulia IannuzziIlgu KimMassimo SoumaréWang Yao
If the 1950s was science fiction'sGolden Age, then the 1980's was its Silver. The premiere of"Star Wars"in 1977 and the further success of its sequels,"The Empire Strikes Back"(1980) and"Return of the Jedi"(1983), took what had been a cult genre and launched it solidly into the...
I tried to tackle another of Gardner Dozois’s tomes which I received as a holiday gift, his Third AnnualThe Year’s Best Science Fiction, collecting 24 stories from 1985. I was overcome with an almost immediate sense of déjà vu. At first I thought it was simply due to the fact that...
1 Today I have an interview with Jordan S. Carroll about his brand-new book, Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right (2024). In the book, he examines the ways the alt-right uses classic science fiction imagery and authors to mainstream fascism and advocate for the overthrow...
I was a child of the 1980s and I have a fondness for the science fiction and fantasy movies of that period. Is there anything beyond this apart from a misplaced nostalgia? Are there differences between these movies and contemporary movies? Introduction
It’s the newer books that come and go so quickly. For years now, I’ve been watching people review science fiction books on YouTube. I can sense that many authors and their books are falling out favor over time. A major example is Robert A. Heinlein. When I was growing up, he ...
Before 1992, the award was known asLe Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction Française; in that year, it merged with another French SF award,Le Prix Apollo, and the combined award was renamed.Le Grand Prixis a juried award; the jury members are major French critics, authors, and booksellers....
In this new and timely cultural history of science fiction, Roger Luckhurst examines the genre from its origins in the late nineteenth century to its latest manifestations. The book introduces and explicates major works of science fiction literature
However, she was wondering why the authors never reduced "fractions" like dy/dx by cancelling the factors of d... Ignoramus, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about. The Devil's Dictionary (...
应用英语教程综合英语4 教师用书 Unit 10 Fantasy and Science Fiction 热度: TheMagazineofFantasy&ScienceFiction August1980 Volume59,No.2 READITSLOWLY. You'llwantto.It'sthatgood...it'sTheHugoWinners:23speculativefictionstoriesthathavewonthesciencefictionequivalentofthe ...