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We feature science fiction short films and other content from emerging filmmakers with stunning visual effects, captivating plots and complex character explorations.
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Inspired by J.G. Ballard's science fiction short story The Terminal Beach, the artist travelled to Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, the primary nuclear testing site for the Soviet Union.
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Reanimus.com is also happy to announce publication of Norman Spinrad's short story collection, THE LAST HURRAH OF THE GOLDEN HORDE, the best collection of his short stories and «One of the greatest collections of science fiction short stories ever.»
Official Press Release Marvel and Electric Shepherd Productions are proud to announce that the graphic fiction adaptation of Electric Ant, Philip K Dick's seminal science fiction short story, arrives in...
The Old Woman of Mani is a science fiction short story written by Philip Michael Cooper and published by Amazon, Smashwords and FeedARead.
tinyurl.com/KurtVonnegutEbooks Every Kurt Vonnegut ebook in Amazon's Kindle Store — including a free edition of his science fiction short story, «2 B R 0 2 B»
Marco Kalantari made this epic science fiction short film called The Shaman.
By Elizabeth Lang on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Book Intro, Flash Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Science Fiction Short Story
Adapting Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction short story «The Sentinel», director Stanley Kubrick expanded the scope of the work from a brief inquiry into the existence of life in the universe to a meditation about the development and advancement of intelligence.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ponsoldt will be directing a film adaptation of Inconstant Moon, an award - winning science fiction short story from author Larry Niven, for -LSB-...]
Chris Marker's iconic science fiction short, the direct inspiration for Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys but the indirect inspiration for countless other films — with time travel as the subject matter, and far beyond that simple box — turns 50 today.
But with its theme of a character realizing that all isn't what it seems like in his perfect little world reminded me most of Dark City (although it is an entirely different movie altogether) and some science fiction short stories.
Named after Stanislaw Lem's Pilot Pirx, who starred in a series of science fiction short stories beginning in 1966.
My favourite chapter is written by Louis and Morrow, and takes the form of a science fiction short story illustrating the future of workgroup computing.
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The series, now produced by Netflix, presents science - fiction short films about how tech could change the world in the near future.
There is a short science fiction story — the title escapes me — where time - traveling tourists hop back to watch catastrophes as they occur.
Wendy Nikel is a speculative fiction author whose short stories have appeared in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Daily Science Fiction, AE Sci - Fi, Nature: Futures, and various anthologies and efiction author whose short stories have appeared in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Daily Science Fiction, AE Sci - Fi, Nature: Futures, and various anthologies and eFiction, AE Sci - Fi, Nature: Futures, and various anthologies and e-zines.
In a science - fiction short story of the 1950s, The Marching Morons by Cyril M. Kornbluth, a benevolent government, aware that its citizens are devoted to excitement, arranges for their cars (automatically piloted, of course, for this is sci - fi, and their speed restricted to a decorous 40 mph) to evoke the sensation of Formula One speedsters.
The article made me remember a Larry Niven short story I read in a collection years ago (I know you'll be shocked to find out that I grew up reading science fiction).
I'm not sure I would... though I'd love to have the skill to write short stories to explore the outcomes of new ideas, like the best science fiction authors.
On the weekends I write fiction or tackle a short science article.
Full marks to Gollancz for publishing this collection of stories by one of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers — but it, and other book publishers, would be doing themselves, writers and readers a favour by providing more outlets for short fiction.
Most of the robots we know today — unglamorous devices like robotic welders on car assembly lines and the Roomba vacuum cleaner — fall short of those in science fiction.
Clarke Montes honours Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the prolific science fiction writer and futurist whose novels and short stories (including 2001: A Space Odyssey) were imaginative depictions of space exploration.
January 19 Seattle's EMP Museum screens over a dozen sci - fi flicks at the Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival, including one that chronicles a feline space mission.
Governments agree they should focus most on cutting greenhouse gas emissions under the 2015 Paris agreement rather than on science - fiction - like short - cuts to limit temperatures blamed for causing more heatwaves, floods and rising sea levels.
The European Space Agency's first foray into science fiction, in the form of a short film entitled Ambition that promotes the Rosetta mission, may herald a new way in which science outreach can be conducted.
She writes science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories for adults and children, and is known as a prominent voice for the asexual community.
I read a lot of everything — science fiction, science, philosophy, novels, short stories, mysteries, literary fiction, old books — everything.
The breathtaking, richly eloquent, and visually - poetic film - deliberately filmed at a slow pace - about space travel and the discovery of extra-terrestrial intelligence (many years before Star Wars (1977), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)-RRB-, was based on the published 1951 short story The Sentinel, written in 1948 by English science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke.
Nick Frost, on the more challenging aspects of making an elaborate science fiction action - comedy on a relatively short 12 - week schedule.
Blu - ray extras include audio commentary by Kaufman; a making - of featurette; interviews with Adams, co-star Art Hindle, Richter and composer Denny Zeitlin; and a 1955 episode of TV's Science Fiction Theatre, «Time Is Just a Place,» adapted from a Finney short story.
Arrival — Science Fiction, based on the 1998 short story «Story of Your Life» by Ted Chiang.
A couple of years ago, Ann and Jeff Vandermeer put out a request for recommendations: they were putting together a survey anthology of short science fiction stories, and it would be a massive project.
All that time hanging out with Nolan has obviously rubbed off: Franklin's directorial debut, The Escape, is a handsomely filmed science - fiction short that wears its influences on its sleeve: it feels like something that Nolan might make over a few days while waiting for Hans Zimmer to finish scoring his latest blockbuster.
There actually is a story (savvy science fiction addicts have compared it to the similarly - premised 1951 short story, «The Marching Morons», by Cyril Kornbluth) within the film, revolving around an average - intellect military librarian named Joe (average Joe, get it?)
The series is based on short stories from the science fiction author.
Watching Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, Amazon's new sci - fi anthology series based on the author's short stories, is a potent lesson in just what a long shadow the prolific and endlessly imaginative author has cast over the world of contemporary science fiction in all its forms.
There are numerous troubles with mounting a good science fiction series; there are plenty of excellent ones already out there, from Black Mirror to Humans to Westworld, and many movies and TV series spanning decades, so retreading ideas and falling short in the process is a very real risk — but perhaps the most insurmountable issue is the sci - fi connoisseur.
Obviously, casting slapstick comedian Martin Short should send a signal that Innerspace is going to be a comedy, but in this case, the comedy gets in the way, and causes the science fiction elements to lose credibility.
Alex Garland has fallen short of a masterpiece of science fiction in the vein of Kubrick, but Ex Machina still leaves plenty for the eyes, ears and mind to consider.
Science - fiction is well - represented at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival with the short film «The Escape,» written and directed by...
- Andre Ovredal's award - winning «The Tunnel» — short film (12 mins); «A family is caught in slow - moving traffic with the hope of making it home safely in this stunningly dark science fiction tale.»
DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Mindbending Sci - Fi Starring Damon and Blunt Arrives on DVD A number of the late Philip K. Dick's science - fiction novels and short stories have been made into movies, most notably, Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report.
«LETTING GO» A homage to science fiction, this Los Angeles - based short film is seeking two male leads to take the charge in a narrative about «one possible interpretation of the future.»
Topics covered include: Exploring the genre of science fiction; scripting and performing a short play; and designing and marketing a «new world» and «housebot».
A comprehensive unit using a variety of Science Fiction (short) stories, focusing on reading for meaning and locating information in a text.
The Writing Awards categories included the following: Critical Essay, Dramatic Script, Flash Fiction, Humor, Journalism, Personal Essay / Memoir, Persuasive Writing, Poetry, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Story, and Writing Portfolios.
His fiction includes Sutherland's Rules, a crime caper / thriller with a shimmer of the fantastic; Black Easter, a supernatural suspense novel which pits love against black magic and demonic possession on a remote, idyllic Greek island; and Free Verse and Other Stories, a collection of Dario's short science fiction work (currently 99 cents on Amazon).