Sentences with phrase «young science fiction»

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Science fiction and fantasy were his books of choice when Musk was young.

Although generally categorized as a novel for young readers, this Newbery award - winner and science fiction classic, grapple with adult - sized questions about the nature of God and the existence of evil.

Lewis» Space Trilogy, consisting of the books Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength is a very good allagory on Christianity from a more «adult» viewpoint, without the obvious appeal to the young reader, even though they read like science fiction stories.

«Science fiction helps to inspire young readers, who then go and make science fiction become actual fact,» Bova told SPACE.com in anScience fiction helps to inspire young readers, who then go and make science fiction become actual fact,» Bova told SPACE.com in anscience fiction become actual fact,» Bova told SPACE.com in an email.

Targeting conclusions that are closer to fiction than science, both Fine and Jordan - Young highlight exaggerations, unreplicated claims, and other silliness from research on neurological differences between the human sexes.

About Blog Becky reviews all sorts of fiction ranging from classics to science fiction to young adult fiction.

The setting is futuristic, but the themes are ancient in «Young Ones,» Jake Paltrow's eccentric merger of frontier western and science - fiction gadgetry.

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..

Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.

A Wrinkle in Time is a mind - bending science - fiction story that deals with follows a young girl's search for her missing scientist father through time and space, a gripping adventure story that turns cerebral once it starts dealing with concepts like wormholes and mind control.

Her writing and interviews have appeared in The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Orlando Weekly, Science Fiction Weekly, and at the NPR Books website, and she's been a recurring guest on Filmspotting, Slashfilm's Filmcast, and The Sound Of Young America, now known as Bullseye.

Young HUGO star Asa Butterfield recently confirmed that he would be taking the male lead in ENDER»S GAME, a science - fiction adventure based on Orson...

Like the Scream movies, it features a young hip cast who seems to have actually read some science fiction - something that very few (if any!)

Tags: Action, Ben Young, Ben Young's Extinction, Emma Booth, Israel Broussard, Lilly Aspell, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Pena, Mike Colter, Science - Fiction, TBA 2018

Who: Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Sonoya Mizuno What: A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I.. When: April 10th Why: Writer 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.

Disney IMAX Films: Aliens of the Deep • Ghosts of the Abyss • Sacred Planet • The Young Black Stallion Produced by Frank Marshall: Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Eight Below • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Space in Science Fiction: The Black Hole • 2001: A Space Odyssey • First Spaceship on Venus (MST3K) Featuring Paul Newman (Roving Mars» Introductory Narrator): The Hustler: Collector's Edition • Cars • The Verdict: Collector's Edition New to DVD: Voyagers!

68) «Atomica» Smart Rating: 15.75 Release date: Friday, March 17, 2017 Genre: Science fiction, thriller Starring: Dominic Monaghan, Sarah Habel, Tom Sizemore Description: In the near future, when communications go offline at a remote nuclear power plant isolated in the desert, a young safety inspector, Abby Dixon (Sarah Habel), is forced to fly out to bring them back online.

The influences are many, from Flash Gordon, to Buck Rogers, to King Kong, to Forbidden Planet, to The Day the Earth Stood Still, to Star Wars, to Raiders of the Lost Ark, and many other films that captivated the minds of young boys growing up watching science fiction and adventure films.

Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson and Alex Roe star in the adaptation of the bestselling young - adult science fiction novel.

In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley) dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds).

The film does get across the futility of war, and the opening scene, featuring a young Russian soldier asking a psychic how soon before he will die, is a moment that cleverly balances the science fiction with real life tragedy.

Plus, it's interesting to look at (see above image) and a nostalgia trip for middle - aged and younger (rabid) consumers of TV and movies, especially of the animation, superhero, action, science - fiction, and fantasy varieties.

Cody tends to write characters that are what the science - fiction fans call «a Mary Sue» — meaning an awesomely idealized version of the writer, so brilliant that the other characters sort of gaze in amazement at her.Tully has some of the narcissism seen in Juno and their follow - up, Young Adult, but there's also some unusually raw material, acted by Charlize Theron with barely smothered fury.»

For a long time, all we knew is that it was an original science fiction film from Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the script with his frequent collaborator, younger brother Jonathan.

It's a war movie disguised as a movie about young love disguised as a science - fiction film, and if that makes your head spin that's probably the idea.

A dystopian science - fiction film directed by Wes Ball and written by Noah Oppenheim and Grant Pierce Myers, it stars Dylan O'Brien and Kaya Scodelario, two relatively unknown young actors, in a 20th Century Fox production.

«Second Chance» (Fox): Formerly known as «The Frankenstein Code,» then «Lookinglass,» Fox's newest science fiction drama is about a morally corrupt cop who's brought back to life decades later in a newer, younger, stronger body - and the consequences of that.

The panel, «Imagining a Bigger World — Marvel's Black Panther, Cultural Heritage and STEM,» wasn't just about how neat the upcoming Marvel movie looks, but how science - fiction can encourage young people from black communities to pursue STEM careers.

Based on the landmark 1995 science fiction anime of the same name by Mamoru Oshii (reviewed on Blu - ray here), and of course the original 1989 manga by Masamune Shirow, Rupert Sanders» live action Ghost in the Shell is centered on Major Mira Killian (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman involved in an accident that's left her body irreparably damaged.

The 5th Wave is another entry in the ever - growing list of Young Adult science fiction novels being adapted for the big screen.

While these are her favorite, she handles everything fiction from children's picture books, middle grade, young adult science fiction & fantasy (diversity = a plus), adult literary fiction, and women's fiction.

While these are her favorite, she also handles children's picture books, middle grade, young adult science fiction & fantasy (diversity = a plus), adult literary fiction, and women's fiction.

Laura seeks young adult fiction, especially contemporary, middle grade contemporary / adventure, adult fantasy and science fiction (loves non-traditional settings, fast - paced storytelling, anthropological elements, and smart humor; no high fantasy) romance and erotica (especially contemporary; please no vampires, werewolves, angels, demons, or mermaids).

She is seeking: In fiction, she's currently looking for character - driven novels that fall under the following genres: historical fiction, mainstream fiction, literary fiction, mystery, suspense, science fiction, fantasy, middle grade, and young adult.

Misty is actively seeking for mysteries, thrillers, horror, science fiction, fantasy, young adult, middle grade, romance, and historical fiction.

They are especially interested in mysteries, women's fiction, thrillers, horror, and science fiction, but are always on the lookout for fine nonfiction (health, medicine, nature, how - to, parenting) and even young adult books.

Young adult: fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, adventure, historical fiction, contemporary, and dystopian.

Cyle is seeking: young adult, middle grade, chapter books, easy readers, picture books, board books, genre fiction (especially romance), love stories, speculative (science fiction and fantasy), nonfiction (parenting, leadership, ministry, and self - help), movie and screenplays.

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«I am seeking middle grade, young adult, and women's fiction across all genres, including fantasy, science fiction, adventure, historical, and contemporary.

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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the winners for the 2017 Nebula awards and the Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy.

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).

For example, in order for a book to appear in the category «Teen & Young Adult Mystery / Science Fiction», you must use at least one of the keywords «science fiction» or «dystopian&Science Fiction», you must use at least one of the keywords «science fiction» or «dystopian&Fiction», you must use at least one of the keywords «science fiction» or «dystopian&science fiction» or «dystopian&fiction» or «dystopian».

Young Adult: Psychological thrillers, «geeky» or «artsy» romance, magical realism (The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley - Doyle or The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton), fantasy of any kind, science fiction, and steampunk (Airborn by Kenneth Oppel and The Finishing School series by Gail Calliger).

Genre fiction books (fantasy, science fiction, erotica / romance, steampunk, paranormal) will need to be sold for less — less than 13 dollars — for the most part, as well as young adult books (younger audience, smaller wallets).

She represents predominately young adult science fiction & fantasy but has a secret addiction for adult thrillers.

She wants to hear pitches for fantasy, science fiction, literary fiction, upmarket / mainstream fiction, young adult (all kinds), middle grade (all kinds), women's fiction, romance, thriller, mystery, diverse stories, #ownvoices, narrative nonfiction, and voice - driven memoir with commercial appeal.