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Tag Archives: Science fiction
Real characters
The difference between being believable and being realistic may not be that different between works of fantasy and novels about “real life.” Books about life as we know it are often not realistic but contain an adrenaline-charged or romanticized version … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Literature, Writer's resource
Tagged Fantasy, limitations to power, realism, Science fiction
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Food for the imagination
The movie viewer usually does not have to think as much as a person reading, with one notable exception—the occasion extraordinary science fiction film. These films were once an outlet to comment on society, often with a critical view, such … Continue reading
The three little worlds
The places of the imagination must have some semblance to earth, or we are confused by the nonsense as we try to take in an alternate world. Usually there is one difference—one factor that is altered to set the ball … Continue reading
Sci-fi delineated
I, Robot is a collection of short stories that trace the development of robots until they take over running the world while humans remain blissfully ignorant of this fact. In Perelandra, an earth man is sent to Venus on a … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Writer's resource
Tagged C.S. Lewis, David Mamet, Fantasy, Isaac Asimov, Science fiction, Ursula Le Guin
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