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From the science fiction series Perry Rhodan (1961) Merlin , from the H. Beam Piper novel The Cosmic Computer (originally Junkyard Planet ) (1963) Simulacron-3 , the third generation of a virtual reality system originally depicted in the science fiction novel Simulacron-3 (a.k.a. "Counterfeit World") by Daniel F. Galouye (1964) and later in ...
Print. Publication date. January 1950. " Scanners Live in Vain " is a science fiction short story by American writer Cordwainer Smith (pen name of American writer Paul Linebarger). It was the first story in Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind future history to be published and the first story to appear under the Smith pseudonym.
Beyond the Black Rainbow is a 2010 Canadian psychedelic science fiction horror film written and directed by Panos Cosmatos [2] in his feature film debut. It stars Michael Rogers and Eva Allan. Beyond the Black Rainbow was distributed by Mongrel Media in Canada, and by Magnet Releasing , a sub-division of Magnolia Pictures , in the United States ...
Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006. It won the Seiun Award for best translated novel [2] and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, [3] the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, [4] and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. [5]
Lensman (1984 film) Lensman: Secret of the Lens (SF新世紀レンズマン, SF Shinseiki Renzuman) is a 1984 Japanese animated film based on the Lensman novels. The movie is a loose adaptation of the series. It was dubbed by Harmony Gold in 1988. This was re-dubbed by Streamline Pictures in 1990 with most of the same voice actors.
Publication date. August 1966. " Light of Other Days " is a science fiction short story by Bob Shaw. It was originally published in August 1966 in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.[1] The story uses the idea of "slow glass": glass through which light takes years to pass. Bob Shaw used this idea again in later stories.
Time for the Stars is a juvenile science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published by Scribner's in 1956 as one of the Heinlein juveniles.The basic plot line is derived from a 1911 thought experiment in special relativity, commonly called the twin paradox, proposed by French physicist Paul Langevin.
He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots, 1920), which introduced the word robot. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time.