Science Fiction ResourceScience fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology upon society and persons as individuals. In common with most fiction, science fiction is written mainly to entertain people. The term science fiction generally refers to any fiction that the average reader would consider theoretically possible, but which is not set in the past or present as we generally conceive it to be. Even clearly impossible fiction set in the future or in.Galactic Empire, a Space-age Third Reich- September 18, 2006 Born in May of 1944, in Modesto, California, George Lucas lived a world away from the horrors of Fascist Germany. Yet its imprint is more than evident in Lucas lifes work and creative brainchild, the Star Wars Saga. Admitting that the Galactic Empire was based on Germanys Third Reich, Lucas drew from history the characters and imagery needed to paint his evil regime. While some parallels are obvioussuch as the robotic white soldiers Lucas named storm troopers, the same name Hitler gave his...http://www.science-fiction-corner.com/galactic-empire.htm The Ender Saga: A Noteworthy SF series- September 11, 2006 January 1985 marks the beginning of Americas love affair with Ender Wiggin. It was that month that Enders Game was published, becoming an instant blockbuster, and probably the most popular science fiction novel published in the last twenty years (John Kessel). The child prodigy and ultimate savior of the earth, Ender Wiggin, had appeared seven years earlier in a short story published in the science fiction magazine Analog. Writer Orson Scott Card had spent much of his young life working in...http://www.science-fiction-corner.com/ender-saga.htm Trekker vs Trekkie- September 5, 2006 So what is the difference between a trekker and a trekkie The short answer is: nothing. According to Wikipedia, the all-knowing, on-line encyclopedia, both terms denote a fan of the Star Trek science fiction franchise. So why all the controversy between the two I once heard that fans of the original series were called trekkers, while those of the Next Generation were trekkies, but I have since learned its not as simple as that. The difference, it turns out, has nothing to do with the actual...http://www.science-fiction-corner.com/trekker-vs-trekkie.htm |