Sentences with phrase «view of science fiction»

The other view of science fiction, figureheaded in retrospect by one Herbert George Wells — «H. G.» to pretty much everyone — was that actual science was best left to actual scientists and science - themed novelists should feel free to make stuff up if it helped uncover the social and philosophical pitfalls in humanity's road ahead.

If it ever represented the views of science fiction fans as a whole, those days are long gone.

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«The concept of organ regeneration fascinates the public, which tends to view it as science fiction,» Yin said.

If the server decides that there are objects with geographic coordinates that fall within the camera's field of view, it superimposes these objects on the picture from the phone camera, in a fashion similar to the way the director of a science fiction movie might use special effects to add a spacecraft to a filmed scene.

One view, subscribed to by the towering French figure of Jules Gabriel Verne, a man with a better claim to being the Father of Science Fiction than anyone else, was that the genre should consider itself almost a legitimate field of science proper, or at least should try to hold itself to an analogous code ofScience Fiction than anyone else, was that the genre should consider itself almost a legitimate field of science proper, or at least should try to hold itself to an analogous code ofscience proper, or at least should try to hold itself to an analogous code of rigor.

«We have gotten a much sharper view of the brain's electrophysiological activity» using techniques once relegated to science fiction.

In this wide - ranging, humorous talk, Seth Shostak takes a look at Star Wars and other science fiction films from the point of view of a skeptical scientist, tells stories about the movies he has been asked to advise, and muses about aliens from space and how we might make contact with them.

Science fiction stories in movies and television set on other worlds frequently present views of spectacular arrangements of moons, looming giant planets and multiple suns of -LSB-...]

For years, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)-- a view of the real world that has been «augmented» by layers of computer - generated content — have been the stuff of science fiction.

The Fly was one of the most successful science fiction movies of the decade; the image of Owens unmasking her stricken husband and screaming at what she sees — and the shot of her horrified visage seen in a «fly's eye» view — became one of the defining moments in the genre.

Annihilation is best viewed as a trip deep into an otherworldly house of horrors, offering a deliberately illogical twist on the formula of horror movie storytelling — because when assessed as a science fiction movie, its lack of weighty ideas makes it pale in comparison to both its influences and Garland's prior work.

Niccol's tech - heavy view of the future strays far from the dystopian wasteland and ultra-flashy perspectives favored by science fiction films.

Imitation of Life (published on Parallax View here) A comprehensive interpretation of Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the masterpiece of the classic era in science — fiction cinema By Robert C. Cumbow plus

-- it's impossible not to view Dirty Computer as the artist's emotional, feminist updating of the dystopian concerns that have always swirled through science fiction.

«I'm a huge David Cronenberg fan, and I always viewed Fantastic Four and the kind of weirdness that happens to these characters and how they're transformed to really fall in line more with a Cronenberg - ian science fiction tale of something horrible happening to your body and [it] transforming out of control.

Though a little harsh for family viewing, Rise constitutes a first - rate piece of science fiction.

«The World's End» is a proper climax, that's in equal parts a wry, hilarious love - letter to classic British science - fiction and a unique view on maturity and the value of moving forwards, not backwards.

Perhaps more notable, however, was a non-win: the mere nomination of Sigourney Weaver for Best Actress, an extreme rarity for a film that combined three genres often viewed as pariahs to major awards programs: horror, science fiction, and action.

The seventh show in the long - running science fiction franchise is a grim and militaristic special - effects extravaganza that largely repudiates the optimistic view of the future of earlier Star Trek television shows.

If «Superman» is low on this list, that has to be because most of our voters don't really view it as science fiction: sure, it kicks off with the destruction of an alien planet, but the superhero movie has now become its own genre, largely divorced from those that bore it.

While, conceptually, Transcendence has enough going for it to make it an interesting view for fans of thrillers with a heavy science fiction bent, the directions Pfister eventually goes with these ideas aren't nearly as riveting.

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.

One doesn't need to dig deep into his body of work to see that the late novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace had sincere ambivalence about mass media — his much - heralded 1,079 - page novel, Infinite Jest, features a science fiction conceit where a lethal videotape known as «The Entertainment» is so addictive, its viewers lose interest in anything other than endless repeat viewings of the film.

It just so happens that the original author, Ted Chiang, and Arrival «s director, Denis Villeneuve, decided to explore the main character's choices, what they meant, and her views of free will and personal responsibility through the lens of the science fiction genre.

Fun, lightweight, palette - cleansing science fiction told from a single, very likeable point of view.

USA Today bestselling author Jade Kerrion defied (or leveraged, depending on your point of view) her undergraduate degrees in Biology and Philosophy, as well as her MBA, to embark on her second (and concurrent) career as an award - winning science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance author.

Illusionis not a spiritual warfare novel like Peretti's early Darkness novels, but it is a fast - paced thriller with a touch of science fiction, albeit from a Christian point of view.

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She's an USA Today bestselling author, defying (or leveraging, depending on your point of view) her undergraduate degrees in Biology and Philosophy, as well as her MBA, to embark on her second (and concurrent) career as an award - winning science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance author.

JADE KERRION defied (or leveraged, depending on your point of view) her undergraduate degrees in biology and philosophy, as well as her master's degree in business, to launch her second (and concurrent) career as an award - winning, occasionally bestselling science fiction and fantasy author.

«For the most part, I don't read romance, Westerns (with the rare exception of Weird Westerns and Westerns from a non-white point of view), splatterpunk, erotica, Christian fiction, or military science fiction.»

His presentation was titled «The Science and Science Fiction of GMOs: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility» Click here to view Dr. Muir's poster on GMOs.

Home to some of the most stunning views on Earth, the sublime landscapes offer so many unimaginably unique views that dozens of our favourite Hollywood science - fiction alien worlds have been inspired by and even filmed here!

Pruitt, a masterful draftsman who has described his work as coming «from the evolution and convergence of pop culture, science fiction, and Black revolutionary culture,» has nearly 20 large - scale conté - crayon drawings on view through Oct. 27 in Robert Pruitt: Women at the Studio Museum Harlem in New York.

The de-installation of Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas has begun but many artworks remain on view.

\ nPoints of View: Bharti Lalwani on the 8th edition of Art Dubai; Esther Lu on the meeting preceding the 2015 Sharjah Biennial; J.J. Charlesworth on how contemporary art is driving the economy in Dubai; Mark Sladen on Hito Steyerl and artists using Tumblr; Du Qingchun on Joon - ho Bong's new science fiction action film Snowpiercer.

Whilst members have often been ridiculed for their views, Ballard has tried to take an objective stance, allowing the viewer to consider the ethics of the practice, and to decide whether members are caught up in a fantasy world of science fiction, or genuine scientific innovation.

JR: Yes, we have some very exciting solo shows: Friedman Benda's exhibition celebrates the centennial of Ettore Sottsass's birth with rare works of his on view; Galerie Alain Marcelpoil's space is dedicated to works by the innovative French designer André Sornay; Gallery ALL is launching a unique, new collection with MAD Architects that brings guests on a journey into science fiction, called the Mad Martian Collection; and, of course, the 6 - feet - by -9-feet demountable Prouvé House at Galerie Patrick Seguin is going to be a guest favorite.

Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic 1762 - 2017, with a descriptive checklist of the materials on view, published by The Grolier Club, will be available in January 2018.

Scott views his recent paintings as visual distillations of observed geologic phenomena and enjoys coupling his distillations with his interest in the utopic and dystopic aspects of science fiction to create work that reimagines the Western landscape.

In this context Point of View as a collection represents how artists offer up an alternative to mainstream, mass - produced culture's content by combining the imaginative and innovative properties identified with high art with forms and subjects drawn from advertisements, commercial movies, graphic and industrial design, science fiction, and popular music.

Copublished by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania and The Studio Museum in Harlem on the occasion of Rodney McMillian: The Black Show and Rodney McMillian: Views of Main Street, this volume offers an in - depth examination of McMillian's varied practice and his meditations on social systems, art history, science fiction and public policy.

The diverse body of paintings includes cool - toned studies of lush flora, complemented by fiery views of banana leaf trees, and a sleek spaceship - like heater that conjures some otherworldly landscape out of a science fiction novel.

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