Sentences with phrase «old science fiction»

The eighth installment in the Star Wars saga, The Last Jedi, is proving to be one of the most polarizing additions to the beloved 40 - year - old science fiction franchise.

The guys at Frictional Games tried something really hard, in telling a story that reflects good old science fiction.

Real - world nanotechnology has implications far beyond computing — implications that could finally give substance to the field's old science fiction visions.

He said the «tired old science fiction» had been debunked by military experts, and said Labour must maintain its backing for Trident if it wants to «retain any credibility on defence whatsoever».

«It would be lamentable for Labour to use this tired old science fiction as an excuse not to vote for the programme it devised in government and has continued to support in opposition.»

Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society — The Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (KaCSFFS) promotes science fiction and fantasy literature, and hold KC's oldest science fiction convention, ConQuest.

Not exact matches

Growing cells in Petri dishes sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but the basic elements of the science are actually decades old.

He also used science fiction and children's stories as literary bridges to explore age - old questions about sin, forgiveness, and reconciliation with God.

I've read much science fiction where the old gods, and even some current ones, feature as characters.

You also seem to not realize that much of science fiction is just a reimagining of the old myths set in some future time.

Then neuroscience will be in a much better position to answer the age - old questions that have fascinated everyone from oracles and shamans to Freud and, more recently, science - fiction enthusiasts: Why do we dream, and what do dreams mean?

The answer is they all wrote stories that involved a journey to the Moon, one of the oldest and most popular themes of the science fiction genre until 25 years ago, when it was crushed by the weight of reality and Neil Armstrong's foot.

Living with his parents and 6 - year - old sister in Lafayette, California, a scenic town east of San Francisco, he was a science fiction fan who aspired to explore the galaxy and devoured Isaac Asimov books.

The idea of a telephone that displays pictures as well as relaying sound is as old as science fiction.

I read a lot of everything — science fiction, science, philosophy, novels, short stories, mysteries, literary fiction, old books — everything.

But John's command does push the film further into the old science - fiction, doomsday territory of films like Five; The World, the Flesh and the Devil; and Night of the Living Dead, where the only way in the world the races could commingle was at its end.

Now that I'm an old man of 32, perhaps I have the wisdom and perspective that will fully let me appreciate Kubrick's science fiction classic.

The old Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials were not science fiction, the «alien invaders» flicks of the 50s were likewise fantasy, and it continues today with such non science fiction films as Independence Day, Red Planet and Event Horizon trying to claim a genre title of which they are not worthy.

This felt like an old - school, big budget sci - fi film with massive special effects, great visuals and a concept that made you think in Director Joseph Kosinski's love letter to 80s and 90s science fiction trendsetters.

All of the components are in place for Super 8 to be that rare movie that appeals to a cross-section of moviegoers — young, old, mainstream, independent, science fiction enthusiasts, etc..

(The elderly Ventura's claim to be «19 years, 3 months old» when asked his age early in the film connects directly to a later scene in an abandoned factory; mentions of a revolution that at first seem like science fiction are eventually revealed to be memories of the mid-1970s intruding into the present.

However, this one is less indicative of his «early, funny ones,» feeling like pretentious science fiction as if Stillman wanted to make a more old - fashioned, sophisticated «Heathers,» «Clueless,» or «Mean Girls» mixed with Noah Baumbach's 1995 pre-mumblecore debut «Kicking and Screaming.»

The Space Between Us (Universal Home Entertainment) is a science - fiction romantic tale about 16 - year - old Gardner Elliot (Asa Butterfield, Hugo), the first human born on Mars to an astronaut (Janet Montgomery) who discovered she was pregnant after take - off and died during childbirth.

Screenwriter Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre (from «Sunshine,» to «Never Let Me Go,» to «Dredd»), so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space, this time focusing on the decades - old debate of artificial intelligence.

We sit down with iconic author Richard Matheson to talk about «Real Steel,» the rules of science - fiction and the evolution of what is now a 55 year - old robot boxing tale.

WHY: Screenwriter Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre, so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space, this time focusing on the decades - old debate of artificial intelligence.

Bringing with it a set of unreasonably high expectations given it's reported three hundred million dollar budget, Disney's John Carter is an old - fashioned science fiction adventure epic wrapped in a 21st Century digital package.

This year's best picture Oscar, after all, went for the first time to a science - fiction film of sorts, Guillermo del Toro's adoring monster - movie homage The Shape of Water — beating, among others, Get Out, Jordan Peele's wickedly playful collision of old - school horror with brisk, bracing racial politics.

Marketed as an intelligent rumination about artificial intelligence, Ex Machina actually carries a mean exploitation streak: it uses science fiction as a lure for nerds, but halfway through the film suddenly switches sides to explore a few older and darker issues.

The art direction is first - rate in creating the kinds of saucers and aliens that graced the covers of my precious old issues of Imagination Science Fiction magazine (which was downscale and ran bug - eyed monsters that Analog and F&SF would have never touched).

The movie follows a group of has - been science - fiction actors as they're forced to assume their old roles after they're abducted by aliens, as said aliens, having viewed broadcasts of their cancelled TV show, believe that the performers will be able to help them defeat a feared enemy called Sarris.

The 37 - year - old actor was just in attendance to support the conversion all about urban future in science and fiction.

Like the 35 - year - old writer - director's previous movies — District 9 (2009) and Elysium (2013)-- his new work combines a realistically dingy, D.I.Y. look with cutting - edge visual effects and a smart, savvy sense of using science fiction to get at bigger issues.

Think of it as a science - fiction slasher flick or a deep - space old - dark - house thriller with a crew of likeably blue - collar mopes facing off against a shape - changing menace that's part axe murderer, part wild grizzly, and part serial rapist.

It's an old - fashioned, analog plot, in which someone spends the movie doing basic detective work, masquerading as futuristic science - fiction.

• James Cameron's science fiction film «Avatar» (his first feature film since «Titanic») set to be released in December 2009, is described by the director as «an old - fashioned jungle adventure with an environmental conscience.»

Alex Garland's debut carries a mean exploitation streak, and uses a science fiction threat as a lure to explore a few older and darker issues.

But in plenty of other respects, this humorless science - fiction cautionary tale feels like a relic from an earlier era, pulled out of a dusty old box of zip disks and 56k modems.

It's like an old science - fiction painting of a distant planet.

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith returns to his Thunder Mountain universe with Monumental Summit, a science fiction novel of the new times in the Old West.

An innovative series that defies genre classification, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith's Thunder Mountain Series offers a compelling mix of science fiction, time travel, historical fiction set in the old west, and even a dash of romance.

It's old news that the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have raised the payment rate for its qualifying markets (e.g., the markets it considers «professional»), but that day of reckoning is now less than a month away.

For those looking for more specifics, the following might be helpful: Young - adult and upper - level middle - grade novels in all subgenres; Big crossover novels with one foot squarely in genre (Wool, The Night Circus, Gone Girl); Literary commercial novels (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, The Art of Racing in the Rain); Upmarket women's fiction (Keepsake, My Sister's Keeper, Still Alice); Single - title romance (historicals especially)(Ravishing The Heiress, The Ugly Duchess, The Heir); Lead title or hardcover science fiction and fantasy (Soulless, Game of Thrones, Old Man's War).

To overcome the resistance that many young and old blacks have of looking deeply into our past I have come up with a creation: A historical novel that uses the tools of mythology and science fiction to create a scenario that allows the reader to identify with a main character who will rise above all others; a character who will be a triumphant hero amidst the travesty of slavery.

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

When the Barenaked Ladies sang «Everything old is new again,» they probably weren't referring to science fiction and fantasy.

So this year we've been «watching the skies» — a line from an old science - fiction movie called The Thing from Another World that scared the hell out of me back when I was a wee pup watching from the balcony of the Majestic Theater in Dallas, Oregon.

Okay, SF fans: Among today's Daily Deals are some great bargains ($ 2.99 each) on titles by Hugo award - winning science fiction writer John Scalzi, including the absolutely amazing Old Man's War series.

Old school science fiction told in a new way.

Obsession with work, the economy and plain old love take center stage in this month's science fiction and fantasy selections.While preparing for a documentary about his life in The Atlantis Code, linguist Thomas Lourds is shown a strange artifact featuring a language that even he, the foremost authority on ancient languages, can not identify.