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Head in the Clouds is a 2004 Canadian-British war drama film written and directed by John Duigan. The original screenplay focuses on the choices young lovers must make as they find themselves surrounded by increasing political unrest in late-1930s Europe. The film was a critical and box office failure.
Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.
"A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content." [13] Basil Davenport. 1955. "Science fiction is fiction based upon some imagined development of science, or upon the extrapolation of a tendency in society." [14] Edmund ...
Head in the Clouds may refer to: Head in the Clouds, a 2004 Canadian-British film; Head in the Clouds, a 2018 compilation album by 88rising "Head in the Clouds" (song), a song by Gerry Cinnamon "Head in the Clouds", a song by Union J from the album Union J; Head in the Clouds Festival, an annual Asian-diaspora music festival organized by 88rising
The "Dwelling in the Clouds" in Liyue, created by the adeptus Cloud Retainer, is able to float due to the unique properties of the mineral Plaustrite. The science-fantasy sandbox game ARK: Survival Evolved features floating islands on The Center, Crystal Isles, and many modded maps. Several floating islands generate in each world in the game ...
The co-editor of the science fiction journal Extrapolation and a professor of English at the University of Georgia, Isaiah Lavender III, notes the usefulness of the dictionary for academic analysis of issues, saying "Having these origin dates in mind can help a student or scholar build a framework to analyze something like the concept of the ...
American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey wrote, "Even the devoted aficionado or fan—has a hard time trying to explain what science fiction is," and the lack of a "full satisfactory definition" is because "there are no easily delineated limits to science fiction." [3] Another definition comes from The Literature Book by DK and ...
Other science fiction authors and fans claim "that slipstream is a term that lumps together metafiction, magical realism, surrealism, experimental fiction[,] counter-realism", and postmodern writing, and/or applies to a story with themes coming from one or more of these literary influences.