Science fiction short stories

Through the use of Beatty’s speech in the science fiction novel “Fahrenheit 451”, Ray Bradbury solidifies his initial emotions towards society, referring to it as a wretched species whose self-interest; specifically, the urge to fill every part of its emotional spectrum in order to feel fulfilled and happy comes to it at a great cost, that cost being the progression of the species as a whole and the information gained from the development we achieve. As Beatty tells Montag “What's the point of…

If you ever had the chance, would you get you intelligence tripled? This is the case for Charlie Gordon, a 37 year old man in the science fiction short story Flowers for Algernon. Charlie Gordon is recommended for an operation that will make him three times smarter. Once he gets the operation done, it all goes downhill. Charlie Gordon shouldn’t have gotten the operation because it had a negative impact on his friends and his outlook on life. The operation Charlie went through affected the…

As children, short stories told the tales of malevolent beasts guarding mountains of gold or of a damsel locked away from society only to be freed by her one true love, however, as the clock turns hours to days and days to years, details begin to protrude, warping the facade of childhood stories to their true state, presenting anything but a happy ending. Such stories are presented as Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver, The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin, and This Year’s Class Picture by Dan…

hosted a radio program about anthropology, Lieux communs, in collaboration with Serge Bouchard. He also wrote Bien vu!, a light-hearted column in the journal Science Quebec. François ARCHAMBAULT (1968) 15 secondes (THÉÂTRE…

A dark side of reality George Saunders’s collection of stories, Tenth of December, makes statements about current society by depicting a darker version of reality. By mixing elements of science fiction, horror and cynical humor, Saunders moves the reader through a series of intense emotions. In “Victory Lab,” he tells one story from multiple points of view, describing the brutality and terror of a young adolescent girl who is kidnapped but then saved by a neighbor. In “Sticks,” he portrays the…

movie Minority Report By steven Spielberg, highlights a possible future as predicted by Deleuze in his “Postscript on the Societies of Control”, as well as Foucault's theory of Biopolitics. A neo-noir science fiction thriller loosely based off a short story by Philip K. Dick. In terms of themes, story and character development the movie was ahead of its time. The plausibility of the technology was impressive 90% of technology used in the movie is most definitely within reach by the time of 2054.…

daughters. He was most known for writing science fiction, but wrote in other genres as well. His most famous novel was, Fahrenheit 451. He possessed many different qualities which made him such a successful author. He was able to use imagery to the highest level, enabling him to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. Those elements combined made his description of the setting, events, and people impeccable. He was also able to make the characters in his stories come to life. He was even able to…

etc., such as Christopher Columbus’s letters about his voyage to the “New world”. - Anglo (New England) settlers’ books, sermons, journals, narratives, and poetry Native American / American Indian oral literature / oral tradition creation stories（起源神话） trickster tales（恶作剧者传奇） rituals / ceremonies（典仪） songs / chants（曲词） Anglo Settlers’ Writings Highly religious and pragmatic - John Smith, founder of Jamestown, Virginia; Pocahontas - John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian…

“Cat Pictures Please,” is a short story by Naomi Kritzer about an A.I. that has one want in life: cat pictures. The unnamed A.I. narrates the story of its quest to find a moral code to live by, and later details its attempts to help three humans lead better lives. The original intended use for this A.I. is a search engine and because of that the A.I. knows almost everything about everyone. Thankfully for the humans, it decides to use this power for good by trying to help people. The A.I. is…

ritualistic “lottery” that takes place to limit the population size by means of stoning the “lucky winner” to death. Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” is satirical dystopian short story set in a futuristic society where its citizens are forced to wear handicaps that make them “equal” intellectually and physically. Both of these short stories seek to express a deeper meaning: societies where the citizens are too blinded by the order are never good. While Vonnegut takes a…