Science fiction short stories

War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds was released in 1898, during H.G. Wells’s pioneering of the science fiction genre. At this time, there had been numerous novels written with documentary-style exposition. Readers were responding to this type of non-fiction, and with Wells opening a style that bears such thick roots to fiction, it only made sense that he used a journalistic approach, the story being told from the point of view of a completely anonymous chronicler, like one would find in a…

Short Summary Best friends and neighbors Tane and Rebecca have known each other for their entire lives. One night, while floating on their backs in the flooded Sunnyvale playground (affectionately referred to as “Sunnyvale Lake”), the creative-minded Tane catches sight of a shooting star, and has a wildly speculative idea about time travel. Though the brilliant (and college-level physics genius). Rebecca scoffs! at Tane’s silliness at trying to send a human back in time, the two come up with…

author, who has had many of his stories included in editions of Best of American Short Stories, and was awarded the Pulitzer prize in 2004 for his work in newspaper articles. Bradbury died at 91 years old on June 5, 2012 with over 30 published books and over 600 short stories. Bradbury grew up in Waukegan Illinois with a supportive family and a keen interest in magic and fantasy. Some of his works are semi-autobiographical, incorporating magic into a seemingly ordinary story. Bradbury decided…

“The Future Faire” Response Journal “The Future Faire” is a science fiction short story written by Dustin Adams. The main character is Tyler who is deaf and wears caption glasses. Tyler and his parents visit the science fair known as the Future Faire, which contains technology and people from the future. Tyler visits the Medical Pavilion, so he can regain his ability to hear. At the Medical Pavilion, a young future doctor holds the tip of his Earrific pen to Tyler’s ear. Suddenly, the future…

no surprise to find that Amitav Ghosh is a writer concerned with India’s place in larger international cultural networks, whose fiction seems directly informed by contemporary academic debates about colonialism and cultural identities and also throws light on the past and unfolds its vividness. The Calcutta Chromosome is also concerned with the relationship between science, history and colonialism…

school with promises of a thriving law career to pursue her dream of writing. Isaac Asimov has considered one of the greatest voices in modern science fiction holds multiple degrees including a Doctorate from Columbia University. In his lifetime, here at over 400 books ranging from technical books mathematics and science to science fiction and short stories on various…

specific topic. For instance, some authors that are interested in writing about the future choose science fiction because it deals with what would happen to the human race after reaching the top of technological advance, wars or alien invasions. Themes that are of common interest, and usually present positive and negative aspects of human evolution and reinforce positive values. However, in terms science fiction deals with the future, meaning that those events…

and his gothic stories. Ray Bradbury was another author that my class studied this semester. I enjoyed his many metaphors and his abstract descriptions in his story “Fahrenheit 451”, but I found the book hard to read due to the flow his writing had. Writing, like art, comes in many different fashions. Poe, a short story writer with a gothic style, and Bradbury, a highly descriptive science fiction author, write about very different topics, yet both of…

Words That Speak Louder Than Actions Arthur C. Clarke describes science fiction as, “something that could happen - but usually you wouldn 't want it to” (Quotes on Science Fiction). (TAG) This idea is heavily supported in JG Ballard’s science fiction short story “The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista” portrays a future where houses taken on the presence of those who previously lived there. (SUMMARY) In this futuristic setting, Vermillion Sands is an uninhabited city with houses far more eccentric…

Author Print Profile Sam Preece is the spawn of a painfully abrasive family hailing from the flowery town of Shrewsbury. He has an incorrigible compulsion to waste his days watching science fiction films, both good and bad, and playing video games until his eyes are bloodshot. By obtaining a degree in journalism & creative writing, he hopes to write lofty screenplays and to not be swallowed by the voids of insignificance and obscurity. Author Web Page Text Bio…