Sentences with phrase «book as science fiction»

If a writer classifies his own book as science fiction, that tells me that even he doesn't think much of it.

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This year the list includes a science fiction novel in which the moon blows up as well as books by a mathematician and a biochemist.

Seriously, just try to name a popular science - fiction movie, book, or television series released in recent years that doesn't portray the future as a stomach - dropping, throat - lumping nightmare.

As a science - fiction reader I am always amazed that some people will say that a book brings into focus human nature and future trends and a possible scheme for the salvation of the human race from our own self - destructiveness.

Mormons are good people in general, but that does not exclude their belief is based on a «science - fiction novel» (the Book of Mormon) as well as Muslims who based their belief on a «poetry book» (the QurBook of Mormon) as well as Muslims who based their belief on a «poetry book» (the Qurbook» (the Quran).

As Peter W. Singer's argues in his seminal book Wired for War, this prospect does not belong to the realm of science fiction: we are amidst a revolution in military warfare, with digital and robotic technology increasingly replacing human decision in contemporary warfare.

Stephen Hawking publishes children's book Stephen Hawking, wheelchair - bound physicist and author of A Brief History of Time, this week published his first children's book in an expected trilogy, designed, he told reporters, to make «real science as exciting as science fiction.»

Walt says he hadn't heard of the book, though as a science - fiction fan he's eager to read it.

Similarly, for girls into their science fiction, it's equally good news: 1 in 4 men listed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as one of the most attractive books their date could have read.

Whether you enjoy smutty romance novels or action - packed science fiction, you can share your enthusiasm as part of a book club in New York City.

Time travel has always been a thing of science fiction but the rules for time travel in this film, as well as from the book, seem very reasonable and the whole idea of killing something off that shouldn't be, will kill everything.

Various Clarke, Kubrick, and science fiction authorities are interviewed throughout the video, providing interesting commentary on their favorite scenes in the movie, as well as insights into the specific personalities of the creators of the film and the book.

Spielberg is reportedly directing a film version of Roald Dahl's children's book «The BFG» as well as a movie adaptation of Ernest Cline's science fiction book «Ready Player One.»

Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.

Her writing and interviews have appeared in The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Orlando Weekly, Science Fiction Weekly, and at the NPR Books website, and she's been a recurring guest on Filmspotting, Slashfilm's Filmcast, and The Sound Of Young America, now known as Bullseye.

OK, maybe not necessary, but it does serve as a reminder that the film (based on the popular book from Andy Weir) may be filled with science... but it's also fiction — hence the label Science - Fscience... but it's also fiction — hence the label Science - Ffiction — hence the label Science - FScience - FictionFiction.

It was one of those clearly science fiction books they marketed as something more «literary» instead, much like Cormac McCarthy's popular The Road.

In addition to the plethora of comic book - based superhero movies in the next few years, there are a variety of other films such as science fiction, fantasy and action under the umbrella description of «genre.»

As science fiction, it's nothing new outside of the comic book plot.

That aside, with space war and aliens, this is much harder science fiction than the relatively relatable, grounded stuff of «The Hunger Games,» and it may be trickier to capture the right demographics, especially as the book isn't a recent bestseller.

For such high - concept science fiction, it is disappointing that it all plays out quite sudsy, as if a mash - up like «Pride & Prejudice & Zombies» were done with a Nicholas Sparks book that were mixed up with Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

The film has a science fiction premise, as the rumored antagonists of the film, known only mysteriously as the Illuminati (Dan Brown's book paints them as religious group persecuted by Rome centuries ago), have stolen a small container containing antimatter from the CERN Large Hadron Collider and are threatening to destroy the headquarters of the holy Catholic Church, Vatican City.

Students» understanding of water is further broadened through literature by reading such books as Dune, by science fiction writer Frank Herbert, and travel writer Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods.

Children are attracted to books, magazines, and other print materials that connect to their enjoyable experiences, such as superheroes, wild mustangs, science fiction, the ocean, space exploration, insects, people from other lands and times, and their favorite computer games or game heroes.

That's why it was no surprise that the National Corvette Museum would play host over the weekend to the second Vette City Con, described in a story by The Bowling Green Daily News as «an eclectic mix of pop culture that brought comic book lovers, science fiction fans and pop art aficionados» to the NCM.

Erik is looking for the following: literary / upmarket fiction with an emphasis on plot (as in, nothing too slow / quiet / static); popular and academic / trade science nonfiction, especially evolutionary biology; narrative history and biography; contemporary culture criticism (think Klosterman); sports books, if it's got a scope that extends past just games and players and into culture / larger issues.

And since both fans and Kris wanted to see more Retrieval Artist books, Kris sold the out - of - print Retrieval Artist books to WMG Publishing Inc. and the books all came out with new covers that branded them to science fiction and as a series.

As an agent, she represents contemporary romance, thriller, adventure, paranormal / urban fantasy, science fiction, combinations of the genres listed, middle grade (fantasy, adventure, science fiction), picture books (special stories that deliver a subtle, non-didactic message; illustrations not needed), self - help, science nonfiction, and business books.

She is taking pitches for the following fiction genres: romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery / thriller / suspense, horror, young adult, middle grade, literary fiction, new adult, graphic novels, women's fiction, upmarket fiction, and novels / books by and about people from marginalized perspectives (such as LGBT people and / or racial minorities).

Genre fiction books (fantasy, science fiction, erotica / romance, steampunk, paranormal) will need to be sold for less — less than 13 dollars — for the most part, as well as young adult books (younger audience, smaller wallets).

They don't look and they don't care (which is why, as I glance at the top selling books on Amazon in science fiction right now, self - published authors dominate.

I never had a problem with the book as a child, but my cynical (and science fiction / fantasy - addled) adult brain's re-reading uncovers the horrific implications within the story, implications t

Splintered Light by Lee Denning is an Award - Winning Finalist in the Fiction: New Age category as well as a finalist in the Fiction: Science Fiction category in the 2012 USA Best Book Awards and is also a finalist in the 2012 ForeWord Book of the Year Award in the category of Adult Fiction - Religious.

Your book may not fit neatly into an obvious genre such as science fiction, historical fiction, crime or romance.

Simon Goodson is the author of the massively popular and highly rated Wanderer's Odyssey science fiction series, as well as the Dark Soul Silenced books and many short stories.

Close behind it is a book that began as a self - published science fiction title and has since made its way to on multiple best books lists, The Martian, Andy Weir, (RH / Crown) OverDrive Sample.

When people say self - publishing, they typically mean digital books (electronic books, or e-books), Shatzkin says, adding that there is a surge of interest in self - publishing genre fiction such as romance, science fiction, and mysteries and thrillers.

For three years or so I served as a books columnist for the Boston Globe, given dispensation to write about whatever bookish thing I wished — weird Polish novels, obscure French poets, science fiction classics — and so was forever on the lookout for fresh voices.

Yet even as he and his new comrades scramble to prepare for the alien onslaught, Zack can't help thinking of all the science - fiction books, TV shows, and movies he grew up reading and watching, and wonder: Doesn't something about this scenario seem a little too... familiar?

As a science fiction and fantasy fan, I am used to reading excellent books in cheap paperback editions with dreadful covers and sloppy design.

She has nearly thirty years of subsidiary rights experience and has licensed across all categories including children's books, history, science, cooking, craft, spirituality and self - help as well as literary and commercial fiction.

The growth in e-book sales in genres such as romance and science - fiction is leading to a cannibalisation in sales of printed books, according to Nielsen BookScan data.

The search results are great and cover various categories such as classics, textbooks, math & science, children's books, philosophy & religion, plays, modern fiction, fantasy & romance, foreign language, history & culture, arts & entertainment, mystery and poetry.

Established, recognized literary awards in independent publishing include, but are not limited to, the Ben Franklin Book Awards (Independent Publishing Association); the Colorado Book Awards (Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book); the EVVY Award (Colorado Independent Publishers Association / CIPA); Foreward Magazine's Book of the Year / Indie Fab Awards; Global Ebooks Award; Historical Novels Society Awards; International Book Awards (USA Book News); IPPY Awards (Independent Publisher Book Awards); Midwest Book Awards (MIPA): National Book Awards; Next Generation «Indie» Book Awards; Indie Excellence Award (National); Pen Center USA Literary Awards; WILLA Literary Awards; Writer's Digest Self - Published Book Awards; USA Book Awards / Book News Awards; and genre specific awards such as the RITA (Romance Writers of America and the HUGO (World Science Fiction Society / Worldcon).

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There has been a tendency to republish older (science fiction) books as ebooks.

The 944 - page book, which required the work of two translators, «unfolds as a science - fiction thriller,» says our Well Read columnist Robert Weibezahl.

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Before that he worked as an editor for 15 years, primarily at Tor Books, where he edited science fiction, fantasy, and mystery.