Sentences with phrase «influenced by the fiction»

Her work (especially the earlier novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey) was influenced by the fiction of her day, and was a bridge between the 18th century and what would come in the 19th century.

Not exact matches

Science fiction paints us as petrified by our own creations; fears of a bot planet have influenced everything from Asimov's «Laws of Robotics» to HAL 9000's homicidal impulses to Skynet's global genocide.

The exploration of space and the search for extraterrestrials were both influenced by science fiction, Pohl said.

But you know, with these copious amounts of data — these petabytes I have in my head from being a science fiction fan — I can't help but be influenced by what I've seen.

Are you influenced by particular fiction films and filmmakers?

Taking place 500 years in the future, Whedon's unique vision involves a curious mix of science fiction and the Wild West, as well as major influences by Chinese culture.

Chock full of original art inspired by the film, timelines, quotables, deleted scene details, influences, pop culture references, behind - the - scenes photos, scene breakdowns and more, Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece is available now.

Out of the competition, the international highlights were El Clan (The Clan, Pablo Trapero), an effective if derivative Argentinian political drama / gangster film heavily influenced by Scorsese's Goodfellas; L'avenir (Things to Come, Mia Hansen - Løve), a fine if rather low - key drama helped enormously by Isabelle Huppert's lead performance; and, best of all, Robert Greene's Kate Plays Christine, a truly disturbing mixture of fiction and documentary concerning the attempt to make a movie about the tragic suicide of Florida journalist Christine Chubbuck, who shot herself on live television back in 1974.

It has been a long time since I saw Blade Runner, and watching it anew in Ridley Scott's new, preferred «final cut» is to be reminded just how many cinematic science - fiction visions of the future have been influenced by it.

A source of great influence and inspiration for Tóibín over the years, Tóibín paid homage to James in his well - received novel, The Master, a biographical work of fiction which begins in 1895 when James's hopes of becoming a prominent playwright were dashed by the success of Oscar Wilde.

For the big picture, there are two classics that have already influenced numerous bestselling writers: Writing to the Point by Algis Budrys and Writing the Blockbuster Novel by Al Zuckerman; there's also Brewing Fine Fiction edited by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff & Pati Nagle, Jump Start Your Novel by Mark Teppo, 52 Ways to Get Unstuck edited by Chris Mandeville, and the unique and massive Synopsis Treasury edited by C.S. Haviland.

The culture of science fiction will undoubtedly become a culture influenced and perhaps dominated by Chinese creators.

Writer of the Year finalist Gwen Florio, interviewed by Natasha Watts, talks about her writing influences, the differences and similarities between journalism and writing fiction, her most recent mystery releases and her novel Silent Hearts, set to release in July.

Along the way, Chan worked in a variety of genres, from superheroes to funny animals, and emulated his western artistic influences, including the British science fiction strip Dan Dare, Pogo, and MAD — all brilliantly mimicked by Liew, who convincingly replicates yellowing comic books, sketchbook fragments, newspaper clippings, and other media.

With characters that were grounded in reality, stories that channeled Cold War tensions, and a narrative influenced by popular science fiction, Lee created the Fantastic Four.

«He wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun - blinded streets of Los Angeles with a wonderful gusto and imaginative flair,» opined Ross Macdonald, who was among those influenced by Chandler's work, and who would go on — in novels such as The Chill (1964) and The Underground Man (1971)-- to further elevate crime fiction's reputation.

Fiction can and does influence tourism and travelers in ways never imagined by the author; the non-vampiric populace of the small town of Forks in Washington State can attest to that.

Traveller itself was to immediately spawn successors, most notably Fantasy Games Unlimited's Space Opera (pictured above), which shares with its predecessor a sprawling character generation system that was a game in itself (I too was influenced by this in my first science fiction RPG design, Outlands, which had its definitive edition in 1995, and the cover to Wikipedia Knows Nothing is also a tribute to the minimalist cover of Marc Miller's game).

The flexibility to make units feel different to each other as well as visually intuitive is possible because while some things in science fiction are influenced by reality, there is plenty of room for creativity and application of the imagination.

This unique addition to his discography featured serious pseudo-orchestral music influenced by Hollywood science - fiction scores.

Influenced by cyberpunk, science fiction, horror, the grotesque and black humor.

WEISS: Back in the»80s, were you influenced by science fiction writing?

In curating Public Fiction, Mackler is equally influenced by writing, reading, researching, thinking, collaborating, and making.

Moshiri's fifth solo exhibition at Perrotin, «Snow Forest» deals with themes of fiction and simulation, influenced by his move from Shiraz to Los Angeles following the Iranian Revolution.

Influenced by Francisco José de Goya's Black Paintings series, Nishi depicts sceneries where actual events and fiction coalesce with one other, through them inviting viewers to a mysterious and uncanny world.

Monteavaro's work is influenced by the British punk rock music scene, science fiction and horror movies, and the fantasy environments of Disney Theme Parks.

Influenced by the speculative intersections between language, science fiction, culture and technology, Jess Johnson's practice encompass drawing and installation that conjures up dystopian spaces that combine densely layered patterns, objects and figures within architectural settings.

The artist has chosen an extract from the science fiction novel Ubik by Philip K Dick, whose writings were a formative influence.

Her thesis is mainly influenced by four science fiction movies: Guardians of the Galaxy, Interstellar, Star Trek, and A Space Odyssey.

Operating between documentary and fantasy — especially in the form of science fiction — his practice is influenced by both conceptualism and surrealism.

The exhibition centres around a film influenced by science fiction, archaeology and politics, in which a resistance group makes underground deposits of elaborate porcelain as a way of supporting future claims to their vanishing lands.

Influenced by experimental cinema, she relies on observational research to generate non-linear narratives that challenge the boundaries between documentary and fiction.

First Exhibition of Art from Across the Americas Influenced by the Space Race and Science Fiction Opens This March

Influenced by the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, McElheny's work often takes the form of «historical fiction» — which he offers to the viewer to believe or not.

The artist developed a style in her large - scale works that challenges a traditional linear art history; these works were influenced by a wide range of images from different cultures, including techniques from Persian miniature painting, studies on the female body and subjectivities, and science fiction.

Cosmic Modules, PLAKOOKEE's first installation in Washington DC, is influenced by the aesthetic history and visual language of science fiction «B - movies.»

The realities of race and class that he experienced there became the foundation — the bass line — of his work, upon which he builds fantastical imagery and complex mythologies, influenced by the imaginative realms of science fiction and larger - than - life narratives in hip hop.

A former Charlotte resident, Williams is heavily influenced by speculative science fiction (specifically, social science fiction and cosmic horror), hip - hop, and his rural working class upbringing in Red Springs, North Carolina.

Influenced by the oral history of her family's arrival in the United States from the Philippines, and of growing up in the midwest, Palileo infuses her narratives with both memory and imagination: as stories and recollections are subjected to time and constant retelling, the narratives become questionable, somewhere between fact and fiction, even as they remain cloaked in the convincingly familiar.

Houseago lived in the Netherlands and Belgium before moving to Los Angeles in 2003 and was heavily influenced by Hellenistic statuary, science fiction, and early Modernist sculpture.

His practice is influenced by cognitive science, post / de-colonial theory, science fiction, Buddhist systems of thought, as well as the study of impossible objects.

Monteavaro's work is influenced by the English Punk Rock music scene, science fiction and horror movies, and the fantasy environments of Disney Theme Parks.

His work owes something to the haunting installations of Ilya Kabakov, though they are influenced by stories, by pulp fiction, rumours and movies rather than life in the old USSR.

Openly influenced by the aesthetics of mid-20th century American cinema, popular culture, fashion, pulp fiction, photography and her hometown of Los Angeles, Prager constructs works of technicolor that posit emotion and human melodrama.

Currently on view at New York City's Last Rites Gallery, Donato Giancola and Fred Harper's respective solo shows take viewers into strange worlds influenced by science fiction and fantasy.

Influenced by pulp fiction and cinematic tropes, self - taught photographer and film - maker Alex Prager creates striking, sometimes unnerving images that are filled with a dynamic cast of characters.