THE TRUTH IS IN HERE; CONSUMING PASSIONS Rog Peyton tells Jo Ind about his...

The Birmingham Post (England);  March 29, 2000 ;   Ind, Jo;   787 words ...Science fiction is a term as incomprehensible to...press and told them he was selling science fiction, fantasy and horror. The journalist...appreciate the distinction between science fiction and sci-fi. Apparently, sci-fi is...

REVIEw OF THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES In SCIEnCE FICTIOn

Femspec;  September 30, 2004 ;   Rae, Debra;   787 words ......Justine. The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction. Middletown, CT...the paradoxes of science fiction is that a field...Larbalestier's The Battle of the Sexes in...Foeminam: The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction." She rewrites...between the earlier ...

'Saving the world through science fiction'.

Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas);  July 7, 2006 ;     787 words ......Skiffy. That's how some prominent science fiction writers jeeringly pronounce...lot of people still think of science fiction as robots and ray guns, says Christopher McKitterick. Yet science fiction these days is such a diverse...

Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction.(Book Review)

Extrapolation;  September 22, 2005 ;   Harris-Fain, Darren;   787 words ......Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005...Every time I've taught a course on science fiction, I've thought it would be useful to...Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction, edited by Gunn and Matthew Candelaria...

Saving science fiction

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 3, 2005 ;   David Twiddy Associated Press;   787 words ......lived in the future. Beginning in science fiction's "Golden Age," Gunn has written or...Robert Heinlein and Theodore Sturgeon. "Science fiction is the literature of change," says...Editor) John Campbell used to say, 'Science fiction is practice in a no- practice zone...

Science fiction & scientific literacy: incorporating science fiction...

The Science Teacher;  February 1, 2006 ;   Czerneda, Julie E.;   787 words ...The term science fiction has become synonymous, in the...bothers those who know that in good science fiction the science is often to be taken...most common classroom uses of science fiction is for students to pick out flaws...

COLUMN: A geek pays tribute to science fiction

University Wire;  March 21, 2008 ;   Steven T. Cupps;   735 words ......Wednesday, Arthur C. Clarke, the renowned science fiction writer, died at his home in Colombo...often placed in the pantheon of great science fiction Writers along with the likes of Isaac...considering the monumental influence of science fiction on science in particular and society...

REVIEw OF CRITICAL THEORY AnD SCIEnCE FICTIOn

Femspec;  December 31, 2004 ;   M, Janice;   787 words ...Carl Freedman. Critical Theory and Science Fiction. Hanover, MA: Wesleyan University...Freedman's dense work on "classic" modern science fiction, what it's about and what it's supposed...fictional form we think we recognize as science fiction. His Critical Theory and Science ...

University program blasting off to save science fiction

AP Worldstream;  July 1, 2005 ;   DAVID TWIDDY, Associated Press Writer;   787 words ......lived in the future. Beginning in science fiction's "Golden Age," Gunn has written or...Robert Heinlein and Theodore Sturgeon. "Science fiction is the literature of change," says...Editor) John Campbell used to say, 'Science fiction is practice in a no-practice zone...

IN NEAR FUTURE, SCIENCE FICTION EXPERIENCE.(Life and Arts)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 18, 2003 ;   Stout, Gene;   774 words ......The Seattle billionaire will turn science fiction into reality with the construction...January. Opening in summer 2004, the Science Fiction Experience, or SFX, will be a multilevel...shrine to Allen's lifelong love of science fiction art, literature, movies and memorabilia...

On the origins of genre.(science fiction)

Extrapolation;  December 22, 2003 ;   Kincaid, Paul;   787 words ...There is no starting point for science fiction. There is no one novel that marks...Hugo Gernsback as the true father of science fiction. Still others (including myself) have...all that we have come to identify as science fiction. What part of Frankenstein, for instance...

Science in Science Fiction

Talk of the Nation (NPR);  November 20, 1998 ;   Ira Flatow, New York City;   787 words ......SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Calling all science fiction buffs this hour. We're going to be talking a lot about science fiction. So if you know somebody who's really interested in science fiction, give him a call, tell him to turn on the...

Science fiction behind technological curve

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 22, 2000 ;   LINTON WEEKS AND JOHN SCHWARTZ;   787 words ...Science fiction behind technological curve By LINTON...all become minor characters in a science-fiction story. How can the future-fiction...possible for any self-respecting science-fiction writer to hope to stay ahead of...

Science Fiction Fandom

Journal of American Culture;  July 1, 1996 ;   Richard Tuerk;   279 words ...Science Fiction Fandom. Joe Sanders, ed. Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy 62. Westport, CT: Greenwood P, 1994. $55.00 cloth. Science Fiction Fandom is a collection of essays about the history of fandom and present-day...

The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction. .(Book Review)

Extrapolation;  September 22, 2002 ;   Martinez, Javier A.;   787 words ......Larbalestier. The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction. Middletown...her study The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction, Justine Larbalestier...Larbalestier, science fiction is not only a...women, or the battle-of-the-sexes...