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had a very successful career. Gibson has built an impressive list of accolades including creating a science-fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk, creating the term cyberspace, and being the first author to win the science fiction “triple crown”--the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. What’s even more impressive is the fact that Gibson was able to accomplish all of this with one novel, Neuromancer. Published in 1984, Neuromancer was Gibson’s first novel and the one that…

THE GREAT BLUE is a screenplay inspired by the Moby Dick fable. However, the script offers the audience a new twist: it’s Moby Dick in space. It’s an intriguing concept. The movie ALIEN took “Jaws” and created a successful film in space, thus giving this script merit. The script is driven by themes about second chances, fate, and destiny. The script features the characters from the famous tale. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. While there are some very exciting moments in this script,…

Saussure Within The Great Gatsby Structuralism can be described as a critical movement of literature that studies how elements of a text can be understood more efficiently by examining its relationship to the overall composition of a text. Ferdinand de Saussure, the “father of modern linguistics” (845) is a prominent critic in the Structuralism movement. The understanding of Saussure’s theory in Structuralism will be examined using mathematical examples and applied to interpret The Great Gatsby…

How successful is Wells’ recipe? Discuss with examples of science fiction that both follow and break with this advice. The Wellsian rule states that science fiction should only contain one surprising element in order to 'domesticate the impossible hypothesis '. It would therefore be easy to assume that because some successful forms of science fiction do not adhere to 'Wellsian rule ' then Wells ' theory must be wrong. This essay will show that rather than Wells being ‘wrong’, he was…

Planets and moons within the solar system are different in terms of composition, geologic activity, interior structure, magnetic field, and atmospheres. We can deduce each of these properties through routine astronomical observations, spectroscopic/remote observations, laws of physics, solar system modeling as well as direct sampling. Given that many economists and government officials object to using our resources to visit other objects physically, by studying our solar system we will continue…

Ray Bradbury: The Art of Science Fiction Since the beginnings of science fiction, outrageous ideas of time travel, robots and outer space have found their way into imaginative stories. Ray Bradbury was one of the first authors to combine the idea of science fiction with his own unique writing style. Bradbury’s childhood experiences greatly influenced his unique writing style and genre, winning him many awards. Ray Douglas Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois. His father,…

strong elements of Gothic novel and is considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction genre, though this claim is heavily debated on amongst scholars. Brian Aldiss, science fiction novelist and winner of two Hugo Awards, and one Nebula Award, argues that despite objections it should certainly be classified the first true science fiction story due, to it’s stark contrast to previous novels with fictional elements resembling those of the later genre to be labeled science…

Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch mathematician and scientist, lived from April 14, 1629 – July 8, 1695. He was one of the leading scientists of his time and is best known as an astronomer, physicist, proabablist, and horologist. His contributions to experimental and theoretical physics were most notably the discovery of Titan, invention of the first pendulum clock, and the earliest theory about the nature of light. His great contributions are of great significance and so he deserves to be chosen…

The Kepler Telescope main instrument is a photometer. This instrument measures the brightness of stars within its field of view. Data is then gathered and analyzed to detect any variations or deviations of light which is caused by the transits of plants of host stars. These dips in light help in detecting planets in "Habitable Zones". Gliese-581g The planet Gliese 581g is one of six possible planets in the constellation Libra. This exoplanet was discovered in late September 2010. The main reason…

Through the ups and downs of a strenuous six years, characters Dell and Kimberly illustrate how intimate couples act at various stages of a relationship – from the very first interaction to the very end. The movie I chose to watch is called Comet, and the basic premise is the typical boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy chases girl, boy gets girl again, boy loses girl for good storyline we’ve all seen a thousand and one times. But nonetheless, Dell and Kim meet while she is on a date with another…