Sorry for the long break — long story that I don’t need to go into here. But I’m back now and hope to post much more regularly!
This Christmas I asked for and received the Starman DVD set. For those of you who do not know of which I speak, Starman was a Japanese superhero created [...]
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Childhood Memories: Starman
How Battlestar Galactica saved Science Fiction
Guest Writer: Groshan Fabiola
In 1977, Star Wars reintroduced the world to the serialized space opera with groundbreaking results both creatively and financially. In the wake of this paradigm shift came a gaggle of embarrassing me-too projects both for film and television. Then there was Battlestar Galactica.
Battlestar Galactica was the brain-child of producer/writer/director Glen Larson. It [...]
A Mirror for Our Fear
This essay was an assignment for my “Science Fiction and American Culture” class.
Science and technology are mirrors in which humankind can see who they are, what they want to be and what they are afraid of. In novels, movies and on television, popular culture explores these possibilities through works of fiction and horror. Sherry Turkle, [...]
Master or Mastered: Machine or Alive
The following essay was a paper I wrote for a class I took called “Science Fiction and American Culture.” It compares Harry Bates’ short story “Farewell to the Master” to the movie based on it, The Day the Earth Stood Still.
“Farewell to the Master” first appeared in the October 1940 issue of Astounding Stories. You [...]
Alternative Blade Runner Realities
The following essay was a paper I wrote for a class I took called “Science Fiction and American Culture.” It compares Philip K. Dick’s novel Blader Runner, originally titled Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? to the movie based on it, Blade Runner.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was first published in 1968. You should [...]
