Sentences with phrase «such as science fiction»

These include contemporary fields such as science fiction and modernist industrial design (during high school, Jaramillo and a selected group of other students would make weekly visits to the celebrated designer Charles Eames's studio) as well as Celtic and Greek mythologies, pre-Hispanic and non-Western systems of spatial organisation, and classical and sacred geometry.

Engaging interests such as science fiction writing, psychology, and the occult, Yackulic's work manifests as artist's books, painting, works on paper, and zines, employing techniques including letterpress, staining, and xerography.

Seemingly disparate elements — such as science fiction, civil rights era speeches, techno music, and the crumbling architecture of Detroit — find a new synchronicity in the artist's hands, ultimately pointing to larger historical forces such as the rise of the surveillance state.

Pulling from wide - ranging sources such as science fiction and baroque architecture, he creates bizarre, yet compelling, 3D environments and stories with the same high - end technology used by Hollywood and video games.

The data, released as part of a seminar held yesterday with Enders Analysis, «Digital Seminar: e-books and their impact on the market», showed genres such as science fiction and romance are «overperforming» thanks to the tastes of early adopters of e-books.

Now we are getting into a level that English professors think is too fast, and for some smaller genres such as science fiction, it is.

The data, released as part of a seminar held yesterday with Enders Analysis, ' Digital Seminar: e-books and their impact on the market ', showed genres such as science fiction and romance are & ldquo; overperforming & rdquo; thanks to the tastes of early adopters of e-books.

There are plenty of imprints such as science fiction specialized TOR.

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

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.»

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Such major studios as United Artists, Universal and Disney (DIS) all passed on George Lucas» peculiar little science fiction project, and finally it was 20th Century Fox that grudgingly said yes.

Questions which the body politic or the academic world are unwilling to confront head - on are often dealt with through the medium of, say, science fiction: think of the Matrix films, or a novel such as Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.

These problems are of such magnitudes and complexity that the quality of the future of our planetary existence now confronts us as something more than just a theoretical or imaginative issue first detailed for us by the writers of science fiction.

This adjustment would have made it clearer what Carter — who teaches at the University of Arizona and who has written learnedly on the eras of Grant, Coolidge, and Eisenhower, as well as on such disparate subjects as Antarctica and science fiction — was up to.

Though science - fiction deals with Martians, we do not regard these as having such a control of the world that we must reckon with them religiously.

Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James are acceptable, probably because they're dead; their successors, such as Ian McDonald, Garry Kilworth, Lucius Shepard and many others, aren't even noticed — a ridiculous distinction, for what is science fiction if not the descendant of Victorian tales of the supernatural and lost worlds?

Antimatter is well - known to science fiction fans as the stuff that explodes on contact with regular particles such as protons and electrons, which have the same mass as their antiparticles but the opposite charge.

The problem Sagan faced, as all science fiction writers do in such situations, is that at the speed of, say, the Voyager spacecraft (the fastest human - made object), it would take about 490,000 years to get to Vega.

Not the American science fiction writer whose novels spawned hit films such as Blade Runner and Total Recall — he died more than 20 years ago — but a state - of - the - art robot named after the author.

While in the womb mammals such as humans... Continue reading From Science Fiction to Science Fact

Ghadiri also imagines some science fiction - worthy options for tPNA - related materials such as plastics that can repair themselves when fractured.

With such titles as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes, the 1960s proved to be a particularly rich decade for science fiction cinema, and Fantastic Voyage stands as one of the period's most imaginative efforts.

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.

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As the writer of such science fiction features as «Never Let Me Go,» «Ex-Machina» and, now, «Annihilation,» Alex Garland — like many others — uses the genre to comment on us and our place in the universAs the writer of such science fiction features as «Never Let Me Go,» «Ex-Machina» and, now, «Annihilation,» Alex Garland — like many others — uses the genre to comment on us and our place in the universas «Never Let Me Go,» «Ex-Machina» and, now, «Annihilation,» Alex Garland — like many others — uses the genre to comment on us and our place in the universe.

In the late 1920s, Fritz Lang was the star director of Germany's Ufa Studios, the biggest film studio outside of Hollywood, and one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the world for such ambitious epic visions as Destiny (1921), the Die Nibelungen (1924) films and especially Metropolis (1927), his allegorical science fiction classic that is still considered one of the great films of the silent era.

It may feature science fiction tropes such as being set in some alternate universe in which human cloning existed since the 1960s as well as clones being harvested for their organs, hardly an original idea (see the 1979 movie The Clonus Horror, which was understandably spoofed by Mystery Science Theaterscience fiction tropes such as being set in some alternate universe in which human cloning existed since the 1960s as well as clones being harvested for their organs, hardly an original idea (see the 1979 movie The Clonus Horror, which was understandably spoofed by Mystery Science TheaterScience Theater 3000).

These scenes are reminiscent of science fiction such as The Invasion of the Body Snatchers or Soylent Green.

: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us which features luminaries such as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Ridley Scott as talking heads.

What you more often get from movies is something that could be called «science fiction - flavored product» — a work that has a few of the superficial trappings of the genre, such as futuristic production design and somewhat satirical or sociological observations about humanity, but that eventually abandons its pretense for fear of alienating or boring the audience and gives way to more conventional action or horror trappings, forgetting about whatever made it seem unusual to begin with.

It is a mutli - layered and profound film that speaks to such weighty issues as humanity, memories, dreams, and a vision of the future that changed the face of science fiction forever.

Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American film and television actor best known to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fans for his various roles playing non-human characters, often in heavy makeup, in films and television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

A science fiction yarn such as Sunshine gives Boyle plenty of room to use his talents, specifically for beautiful shots and frenetic action.

Pixels (Blu - ray + Ultraviolet) Details: 2015, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Rated: PG - 13, suggestive comments, language The lowdown: A science fiction comedy about aliens who misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war and retaliate by attacking our planet with games such as Pac - Man, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Space Invaders and Galaga.

The classic Nintendo franchise, Metroid, envisioned through the lens of 60s - 70s science fiction cinema such as 2001, Alien, and Solaris: this was the concept for Rainfallâ $ ™ s most recent production.

The festival focuses on genre films such as horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, Asian, and cult.

The film, starring Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis and the timeless Robby the Robot, is considered one of the best science - fiction films ever made and was a strong inspiration on such future projects as «Star Trek.»

In a new HD interview, special effects supervisor Colin Chilvers spends 16 minutes weighing in on the production, describing Stanley Donen's approach to the material and his relationship with John Barry, the difficulties of working with the robot and executing miniature FX on a tight budget («In those days, there was no such thing as a big - budget science - fiction movie,» he says), and even the age differential between Douglas and Fawcett.

Not only did we love her in dramas such as The Help and Zero Dark Thirty, but also in science fiction flicks like Interstellar and The Martian.

Those aren't the only references, however, as you'll come across allusions to plenty of science fiction and horror works such as The X-Files, The Shining, Beetlejuice, The Sixth Sense, and (of course) Ghostbusters.

As such, though set in modern times, the film takes a decidedly spoof - y look at science fiction of the 1950s and 1960s, with nods to such classics as The War of the Worlds and The Day the Earth Stood StilAs such, though set in modern times, the film takes a decidedly spoof - y look at science fiction of the 1950s and 1960s, with nods to such classics as The War of the Worlds and The Day the Earth Stood Stilas The War of the Worlds and The Day the Earth Stood Still.

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 flagship of the Festival, section Oficial Fantàstic, presents some of the most eagerly awaited movies of the year, such as Only God Forgives by Nicolas Winding Refn - director of Valhalla Rising and Drive; Jim Jarmusch's latest film Only Lovers Left Alive, an eternal love story between two vampires; A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swann III, a surrealist comedy by the hand of Roman Coppola; The Congress, a spectacular adaptation of Stanislaw Lem directed by Ari Folman - responsible for Vals with Bashir -, that combines animation with a science - fiction story starring Robin Wright and Harvey Keitel; Sitges 2013 will also represent the return of Kiyoshi Kurosawa to the fantastique genre with Real.

While it definitely qualifies as such, the film had a sizeable impact on science - fiction cinema.

Many of the controller designs appear to mimic some spaceship designs from popular science fiction properties, such as the Star Wars and Star Trek series.

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.

He talked about science fiction things such as skywriting, video conferencing, electric submarines, tasers, lunar exploration, television and Tivo many years before they ever became «real».

Electives in English, for example, include such courses as science fiction, the bible as literature and Shakespeare.

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).