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Jan 26, 2021 · The citations lean toward so-called hard science fiction (defined as science fiction based on hard science, which does not violate known scientific laws), and origin dates thin out in recent decades.
Dec 18, 2019 · Explainable robotics goes beyond the typical post hoc forensic analysis featured in science fiction. The majority of I, Robot stories framed robotic behavior as a puzzle to be solved after the fact, thereby creating the dramatic tension necessary to engage a reader. In the real world, explainable robotics could generate explanations before the ...
Oct 15, 2020 · In the great new sci-fi books and movies of the last 10 years, authors and storytellers have imagined the future in new ways. Editors from Tor, Orbit, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and more weigh in ...
Nov 20, 2013 · Portals are not new to science fiction, and Singh's story, which reinvigorates the idea by having it originate from a machine that distorts probabilities, nevertheless had me thinking about portals in science fiction and fantasy books. The most obvious definition of portals—doorways to other places—is too simplistic to convey the true ...
Mar 2, 2019 · The very title of James ’s essay begins his campaign on its behalf: ‘art’ and ‘fiction’, often seen at odds with each other, are placed side by side here. Prose fiction includes short stories, novellas (longer short stories), and the novel. James regarded the novel as supreme in its importance, not least because of the possibilities ...
Whump is the characters being hurt and that hurt being a focus of the story (or a section of the story). Nearly all of my whumps have comfort built into them, but the hurt is still the focus. Nearly all of my whumps also have hopeful/happy endings. Assault as a main part of the story, yes whump.
Science fiction and contemporary art are connected by a set of related conceptual interests and formal expressions. This paper argues that two concepts in the critical study of SF, the novum and cognitive estrangement, are applicable to the practice and interpretation of much contemporary art. Discussing the work of contemporary new media ...
