Blade Runner All Critics (96) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (87) | Rotten (9) | DVD (30) This is perhaps the only science-fiction film that can be called transcendental. As a display terminal for the wizardry of Designers Lawrence G. This definitive print should be the last little push that "Blade Runner" needs to complete its 25-year journey from box office failure to cult favorite to full-blown classic. The film still represents the cutting edge of dark science fiction. Blade Runner: The Final Cut plays better now than ever. Open the champagne: Blade Runner is finally just the way Ridley Scott wanted it. They all plod along while sometimes dazzling, sometimes boring special effects whiz by and Ford's climactic confrontation with Hauer approaches. A motion picture masterpiece on the short list of Reasons Why This Medium is Worthwhile. [VIDEO] Blade Runner is one of the most enigmatic yet problematic science fiction films ever made. A dark, philosophical sci-fi drama for older teens. January 4, 2008
Blade Runner (1982 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. First published in 1968, the book served as the primary basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic near future, where Earth and its populations have been damaged greatly by nuclear war during World War Terminus. Setting[edit] Overview[edit] Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The remaining populace live in cluttered, decaying cities in which radiation poisoning sickens them and damages their genes. The main Earth religion is Mercerism, in which Empathy Boxes link simultaneous users into a collective consciousness based on the suffering of Wilbur Mercer, a man who takes an endless walk up a mountain while stones are thrown at him, the pain of which the users share. Androids[edit] Earlier androids were easier to detect because of their limited intelligence. Plot[edit] Deckard's story is interwoven with that of J.R. Adaptations[edit] Film[edit] Radio[edit]
Philip K. Dick Award Philip K. Dick Personal life[edit] The family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. When Philip turned five, his father was transferred to Reno, Nevada. When Dorothy refused to move, she and Joseph divorced. From 1948 to 1952, Dick worked at Art Music Company, a record store on Telegraph Avenue. Dick was married five times: Jeanette Marlin (May to November 1948)Kleo Apostolides (June 14, 1950 to 1959)Anne Williams Rubinstein (April 1, 1959 to October 1965)Nancy Hackett (July 6, 1966 to 1972)Leslie (Tessa) Busby (April 18, 1973 to 1977) Dick had three children, Laura Archer (February 25, 1960), Isolde Freya (now Isa Dick Hackett) (March 15, 1967), and Christopher Kenneth (July 25, 1973). Dick tried to stay off the political scene because of the high societal turmoil from the Vietnam War; however, he did show some anti-Vietnam War and anti-governmental sentiments. Career[edit] Paranormal experiences and mental health issues[edit] Pen names[edit] Style and works[edit] Themes[edit] —Steven Owen Godersky
The Illustrated Man The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book of eighteen science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury that explores the nature of mankind. A recurring theme throughout the eighteen stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. It was nominated for the International Fantasy Award in 1952.[1] A number of the stories, including "The Veldt", "The Fox and the Forest" (as "To the Future"), "Marionettes, Inc Story summaries[edit] A mother and father in a futuristic society begin to worry about their children's mental health when the three-dimensional nursery they bought for them begins projecting a veldt in Africa populated by hungry lions feasting on a set of carcasses. "Kaleidoscope" A group of astronauts are sent floating helplessly through space after a malfunction in their ship. "The Other Foot" Mars has been colonized solely by black people. "The Highway" "The Man" "The Long Rain" "The Rocket Man" "The Fire Balloons" "The Last Night of the World" "The Exiles"
The Martian Chronicles Structure[edit] Like Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, The Martian Chronicles follows a "future history" structure. The stories, complete in themselves, come together as episodes in a larger sequential narrative framework. The first third (set in the period from January 1999—April 2000) details the attempts of the Earthmen to reach Mars, and the various ways in which the Martians keep them from returning. Publication history[edit] The book was published in the United Kingdom under the title The Silver Locusts (1951), with slightly different contents. The book was published in 1963 as part of the Time Reading Program with an introduction by Fred Hoyle. In 1979, Bantam Books published a trade paperback edition with illustrations by Ian Miller. A 1997 edition of the book advances all the dates by 31 years (thus running from 2030 to 2057). Influences[edit] Mars has become a kind of mythic arena onto which we have projected our Earthly hopes and fears.[5] Contents[edit]
Ray Bradbury - Biography by Chris Jepsen & Richard Johnston Ray Douglas Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, on August 22, 1920. He was the third son of Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury. They gave him the middle name "Douglas," after the actor, Douglas Fairbanks. He never lived up to his namesake's reputation for swashbuckling adventure on the high seas. Bradbury's early childhood in Waukegan was characterized by his loving extended family. In Bradbury's works of fiction, 1920s Waukegan becomes "Greentown," Illinois. Between 1926 and 1933, the Bradbury family moved back and forth between Waukegan and Tucson, Arizona. In 1934, the Bradbury family moved to Los Angeles, California. In fact, it was Burns who gave Bradbury his first pay as a writer -- for contributing a joke to the Burns & Allen Show. Bradbury attended Los Angeles High School. However, two of his teachers recognized a greater talent in Bradbury, and encouraged his development as a writer.
Site Officiel Fahrenheit 451 Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Le titre fait référence au point d'auto-inflammation, en degrés Fahrenheit, du papier. Cette température équivaut à un peu moins de 233 °C. Résumé[modifier | modifier le code] Première partie : Le foyer et la salamandre[modifier | modifier le code] Dans la nuit, le pompier Guy Montag marche sur la route pour rentrer chez lui. Arrivé chez lui, il trouve sa femme Mildred étendue sur le lit sans connaissance et à ses pieds gît un petit flacon de cristal vide : elle vient d'absorber son contenu, une trentaine de comprimés d'un somnifère. Le lendemain, elle ne se souvient plus de rien. Montag croise régulièrement Clarisse dans la rue. Depuis quatre jours, Montag ne voit plus Clarisse. Un peu à la traîne, Montag repart en mission. Le capitaine quitte leur maison en demandant à Montag de revenir travailler. Cette partie se termine alors qu'il vient de lire l'extrait d'un livre. Deuxième partie : Le tamis et le sable[modifier | modifier le code]
Robert A. Heinlein Robert A. Heinlein AKA Robert Anson Heinlein Born: 7-Jul-1907Birthplace: Butler, MODied: 8-May-1988Location of death: Carmel, CACause of death: Heart FailureRemains: Cremated (ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean) Gender: MaleRace or Ethnicity: WhiteSexual orientation: StraightOccupation: Author Nationality: United StatesExecutive summary: Starship Troopers Military service: US Navy (1929-34) Regarded as the most influential writer of modern science fiction, author Robert Heinlein is ranked as one of the four luminaries of the Golden Age of science fiction, along with Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, and A. But Heinlein's influence was hardly limited to the genre of science fiction, or to his fellow writers. Although Robert Heinlein was actually most prolific, and perhaps most influential upon the genre of science fiction, with his short fiction, he was also the first science fiction author to produce a best selling novel. After the war, Heinlein returned full time to writing.