Zelah Clarke

The Looking Glass alternatively known as the Voyage of the Space Bubble is a hard military science fiction series of novels by John Ringo. The first novel of the series was Into the Looking Glass that was first published in 2005 to much critical acclaim and commercial success. The Looking Glass series centers on the creation of “looking glasses” a type of trans-space portals. The glasses have recently been discovered and the narratives are based on what effect the discovery has had including…

Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey is a tour de force of filmmaking, and unquestionably, one of the all-time best science fiction films ever made. Kubrick takes the audiences from the dawn of mankind to the farthest region of outer space, he skillfully orchestrates every scene for us to ponder on, to question, to fathom, with meticulous and yet, casual detail that explodes visually upon our senses by the sheer scope of imagery. Critics and audiences, past and present, considered…

Invasion! This is summary from John Wyndhams the Kraken Wakes. This will be three hundred words. The story of the invasion from outer space by alien’s trying to destroy the human race. Phyl and Mike were relaxing down by the little harbour listening to a distant guitarist. When all of a sudden they heard the noise of the guitar drop and a voice call out. There was an increasing sound in the distances, People started asking questions from one to another. Half a dozen soldiers arrived, then…

Interdisciplinary Paper Whether it was the war in Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, the second-wave of feminism, or Watergate, the sixties were an extremely influential time that molded young Americans’ outlook on society and the future. As time passes, how people view society changes and depends on the events of their youth. I hypothesize that because of the events of their youth, the young generation of the sixties developed an increasingly negative and cynical outlook on mankind and the…

Though 2001: The Space Odyssey and Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi are both set in space, Kubrick and Lucas provide their own distinct measures to portray their versions of outer space. Kubrick leaves his viewers with an anxious and unsettling perception of what is it to be in outer space while Lucas presents space as a familiar and appealing extension of Earth. Star Wars VI: The Return of the Jedi is a journey of familiarity and comfort for most viewers. Lucas parallels different settings in…

A Pessimistic Outlook Arthur C. Clarke allows for many interpretations of the meanings of his two works Childhood’s End and 2001: A Space Odyssey. One debate that surfaces from these pieces is whether Clarke is offering an optimistic or pessimistic point of view regarding humanity. The literary pieces contain many similarities that allow for a generalization about Clarke’s overall message to be made. Ultimately, Clarke provides a pessimistic essence to be drawn from both pieces. Clarke’s…

The 1968 film 2001 Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick is an intense piece of work that frustrates and questions the audience due to the perplexing storyline. It is highly regarded as a film that accurately portrays space, has incredible special effects, and obscure concepts. Technology, in the artificial intelligence form, plays a prominent role in this film due to the futuristic elements of space, themes of existentialism, and evolution. HAL 9000 is introduced in the film as one of the most…

This paper looks at how Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Andre Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) make art cinema out of the popular genre of science fiction. Of particular interest is the representation of extraterrestrial space and how it is used to explore key concerns of science fiction, including the relation of humans to technology, humans to aliens, and the present to the future. This paper focuses on the different ways that Kubrick and Tarkovsky construct environments to shape…

Cole Matthews, in Touching Spirit Bear, is a normal looking kid with a few exceptions. He wore blue jeans and a shirt. “His blue jeans, heavy wool shirt and jacket…”p.5. Cole has dirty blond hair and is a 15 and a young looking kid.”He was an innocent-looking, baby-faced fifteen-year-old…”p.5 He is approximately 5’6 and 150 pounds. Cole is a narcissistic juvenile delinquent who thinks he is the centre of a attention. Cole is the bully of his neighbourhood to be his friend with him you need to…

In Arthur C. Clarke’s space epic , 2001: A Space Odyssey, two men are on a spaceship alone with an advanced AI computer HAL 9000 who maintains the ship's stability and mental health and well-being of the crew. HAL being a computer he couldn’t be completely trusted and caused him to lie about a mechanical failure and killed the crew. Dave, the main crew member, knew that “ I am so much more capable than you are of supervising the ship”(187) than HAL after he said that he would control the ship.…