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    Peer Response Questions Overview Questions: 1) He uses "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang to analyze the idea of "Free Will". 2) The author analyzes the genre, context, and message. Genre: Science fictions contribution towards the idea of free will. Context: Provides different events where humans act belligerently, knowing the potential repercussions. Message: Analyzes the authors message, which is humans act upon free will. Audience: N/A 3) Thesis: Human Action is not dominated by our…

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    The branch of literature that deals with human responses to the levels of science, technology, and artificial intelligence is known as Science Fiction. Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut are two well-known authors whose stories commonly revolve around this literary genre. Simply stated, all science fiction stories contain elements that imply a warning or message for its reader. Within all three of the science fiction related texts, “The Pedestrian,” Fahrenheit 451, and “The Big Trip Up Yonder,” the…

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    writer, Hugo Gernsback, "Science-fiction ... can be defined as: imaginative extrapolation of true natural phenomena, existing now, or likely to exist in the future" (Gernsback). . Hugo Gernsback’s definition of science fiction is strongest because it incorperates aspects of imagination, discusses technology that currently exists, and explores phenomena that may exist in the future as seen in Ray Bradbury's Farenheit…

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    Bradbury, the author of the frame short story book, The Illustrated Man. This book was written in the year of 1951, which was the time of expansion of the television and different type of technology. This science fiction book has a common occurring theme, to live your life to the very fullest so when you die you will not have any regrets. This iconic book by Ray Bradbury has the theme of live your life the fullest, you never know what you will regret in the short stories of “Marionettes Inc.”,…

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    people by his unbelievable talent for generating not solely a science fiction novel and short story, however, one that appeared plausible. The Time Machine is a good example; he used imagination…

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    Many people may think that science fiction is only about aliens and space but is way much more than that. Science fiction is about the future, technology, and science. Not only by authors but ones who dream. In a world where the strong wore heavy handicaps and the beautiful wore hideous masks a young boy named Harrison Bergeron was growing up. As Harrison develops into a powerful man he becomes too powerful and the government takes him away at a young age. Harrison then breaks away from the…

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    these falls under the category science fiction. Science fiction is literature expressing our imagination while being guided by logic. When you think about science fiction. I's most likely you’re relating it to Stars Wars or Star Trek, but there are other great examples for science fiction like the movie Dragon Ball Z; Broly The Legendary Super Saiyan. I’d picked this movie because it best describe the definition for science fiction. This movie was built on fiction, but guided by logic. There…

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    Ray Bradbury was a famous American author. His writings are mostly affiliated with the genres such as: fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery-fiction. Till this day, he is known for his amazing works of literature. Mr. Bradbury was one of those rare individuals whose public work greatly influenced people. He was known for his influences in the art world not only in the area of literature, but also theatre and music. Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in the small town of Waukegan,…

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    veins that lather their crimson skin like vines.” Hello, I’m Darcy Smith, an Australian author, and today I am going to explain the scientific concepts behind my short story, ‘The Changing’ in the hope of being considered for the 2016 Anthology of Science Fiction Stories by Australian authors. Set only a few years from the present, my story portrays a dystopian world in which scientists are struggling to combat the lack of antibiotics with a new medication known as the debiotic. Through this…

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    “The Veldt” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury on September 23, 1950. Bradbury, known for his science fiction genre, wrote many novels including: Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Dandelion Wine and more. The common theme of his novels is that humans can be manipulated by technology. “The Veldt” is about a family that has a very technologically advanced home that performs every task for them. The children eventually get revenge on their parents with their own technology – the nursery…

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