American science fiction writers

The role of intelligence in our society Intelligence is an adjective commonly used to describe people who obtain the ability to develop and apply their own knowledge and skills in a general setting. In Daniel Keyes science fiction novel Flowers for Algernon, we live vicariously through Charlie Gordon, a middle aged man with learning disabilities that prohibit him from living the life of a completely able person. In the novel, Charlie encounters two scientists who offer to do a surgery on him…

Song of Solomon is a richly textured novel in which Toni Morrison uses poetic language as well as a variety of literary devices to ultimately make her novel unique and with a certain level of depth. The passage above is particularly interesting because it incorporates many of the literary devices that Morrison uses such as metaphors, similes, oxymoron, allusions, and a variety of imageries. The excerpt also reveals Macon Dead’s personality through the other characters and his role in the…

CHAPTER THREE Klingon 1. Inception of Klingon Klingon is a language made up for popular science fiction television series called Star Trek. It tells the adventures of a spaceship Enterprise and characters on this vehicle. This language was designed for a particular alien race Klingons. During watching the show, we may encounter many alien races like The Romulans, the Ferengi or The Klingons. We can see that they speak in their own language when talking among themselves. It makes watching…

to the fictional entities of Fictions (originally published as Ficciones in 1944) and The Aleph (published as El Aleph in 1949) which made him a towering personality in Latin American avant-garde literature. Poet, essayist, critic, translator- Borges is truly a virtuoso. His fiction, a vortex for seemingly the entire universe, deploys the search for meaning, archaeological reconstruction and narrativity in all its forms as epistemological paradigms. Borges’s fiction mimes other kinds of…

Saki, the author, had a life rich in cultural variety and life experiences. This is why we find his short stories spontaneous and unpredictable. "The Open Window" is not the exception, it is important to read and understand the last sentence of this story. It is there that we understand the whole story and we notice that there were no real ghosts, which was the cause of Mr. Nuttel, the main character, to sprint out of the house. The big question unanswered in the story is Why did Vera made up…

storytelling techniques. Postmodern novels are often characterized by feature such as: fragmentation, presence of authorial voice within the novel that addresses the readers himself, a mixing style in the same text, non-linear plot, introduction of science-fiction elements and sometimes postmodern authors chose an absurd and ironic point of view to convey their stories…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or The Time Machine: Which is better? Both The Time Machine, by H.G.Wells, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, are great books but, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is better to read. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tells a story about Dr. Jekyll and his lawyer, Mr. Utterson. In the story, Dr. Jekyll finds out a way to transform himself into another person, one that is his bad side, Mr.…

critique about a current movement, social standard or political system. Dystopian novels have gained great success in the 21st century as part of the Science Fiction subgenre. Many movements, different types of literature and advances have helped writers make sense about the present and write about the future. It has also inspired other Science Fiction subgenres by helping them mold and become more specified on their topic. Dystopian…

bottles. Although there is not such a technology like theirs, today the test tube baby technology is closely related to their production system according to Pacrick Makovski. Both technologies enable to produce a baby outside of an human body. Also science has replaced with the family unit in Brave New World. There is no family bond conventionality, their ovules are only used in the production. In addition, saying mother and father is forbidden because these are considered as a sign of…

Historical fiction is a very controversial genre for avid readers or historians. This is because there are many different ways for an author to write a historical fiction novel. An author can chose to focus more on the historical accuracy of the novel or more on the fiction aspect of their story. But the overall intention of historical novels are to explain historical events in ways that will not only inform the audience but also educate them. Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian is a historical…