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Showing 1 to 20 of 315 for “"Science fiction"”.
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Science Fiction Music
Ph.D.
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Science fiction and the theatre
Though science fiction has won widespread acceptance in popular literature and motion pictures, the theatre has produced few science-fiction plays of merit. This study offers two possible reasons: the stigma of pulp literature which the genre has borne since its formative period in the 1930s, and …
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Science fiction at the border
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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Science fiction to science fact : the link between early science fiction and the space programs
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1998.
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Beyond Allegory: Postcolonial Debates in Science Fiction
… (2014) from China and Dawn (1987) from the U.S., science fiction novels typifying Third and First World literature, respectively, primarily reflect a postcolonial struggle rather than class conflict. By examining the varied, unconventional forms of resistance of the heroines from the two novels …
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Humans and Representations of AI in (Science) Fiction
In this dissertation, I am interested in the concept of SF and the representation of AI in two classical SF novels and two contemporary texts which will be referred to as rather-SF. The primary text used are Isaac Asimov’s The Naked Sun, Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ian …
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Brazilian science fiction: the construction of national identity
This thesis sets out an analysis of Brazilian science fiction since the 1960s to the present emphasizing, in particular, the relationship between this genre and Brazilian national identity. During this study, I focus on the relationship of Brazilian science fiction to the Anglo-American tradition …
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Liminal identity in contemporary American television science fiction
… protagonist in contemporary American television Science Fiction. These protagonists, which I have termed the ‘unliving,’ exist in-between the realms of life and death, simultaneously both alive and dead whilst occupying an indistinct middleground. I examine how the liminal nature of these …
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Buried Alive: Hard Science Fiction Since the Golden Age
A substantial body of science fiction authors, critics and fans appreciate the literary attention the New Wave of the '60s and '70s brought to the genre of science fiction, but regret the seemingly lasting move away from the hard science classics of the '50s and before. They argue that "the hard …
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British science fiction and the Cold War, 1945-1969
This thesis examines British Science Fiction between 1945 and 1969 and considers its response to the Cold War. It investigates the generic progression of British SF in the post-war years, assessing the legacy of the pre-war style of scientific romance in selected works from the late 1940s, before …
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The city in the image of science fiction cinema
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.
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Futures far and near : the science fiction of Olaf Stapledon
… Stapledon is lauded by authors and critics of science fiction as the author of seminal works of twentieth century science fiction, including the early novels, Last and First Men (1930), Odd John (1935), and Star Maker (1937). Stapledon, however, did not consider himself to be a science fiction …
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Futures far and near : the science fiction of Olaf Stapledon
… Stapledon is lauded by authors and critics of science fiction as the author of seminal works of twentieth century science fiction, including the early novels, Last and First Men (1930), Odd John (1935), and Star Maker (1937). Stapledon, however, did not consider himself to be a science fiction …
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Enhancement of catalog processing system for MIT Science Fiction Society
… Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1982.
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Japanese Women's Science Fiction: Posthuman Bodies and the Representation of Gender
My dissertation explores the way Japanese women science fiction writers and manga (illustrated stories, often translated as comics) artists have used posthumans, cyborgs, and other hybrid creatures to question contemporary gender roles and identities. Traditionally, science fiction has been seen as …
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Your Self Again: Clones, Originals, and True Selves of Science Fiction
… identity in the light of human cloning in science fiction (SF). Its main aim is to understand how SF writers can benefit from theories of identity and characterisation to develop fictional characters in clone narratives. The thesis will engage with the history of cloning, explore the …
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