really did like it‚ even though she thought school was boring‚ she thought that was interesting. It was like going to the best class in the world and being paid for it. She then became a full time writer from 1968-1980‚ she wrote 8 fiction (sci-fi) books‚ 5 non-fiction books‚ and won one Newbery award for Enchantress from the Stars. She then moved onto becoming a software developer and vender for PCs until 1985. She then worked online from 1985 on. She aims to "Bring present day issues into perspective
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Within any work of science fiction‚ there are several literary elements that the reader will undoubtedly converge upon. One of the most important of these elements is the novum of the story. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction‚ a novum is “a conceptual challenge to everything we hold dear‚ often including today’s hard-won scientific knowledge and activities‚ and even the nature and worth of human consciousness‚ individual and social alike” (Broderick). George Orwell’s classic story‚
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a prolific English writer of the 20th century practiced in many genres‚ including the novel‚ history‚ politics‚ and social commentary‚ and textbooks and rules for war games. However‚ he is best remembered for his science fiction novels‚ and Wells is called a father of science fiction. His speculations about biological revolution and social development of society‚ about the mixture of social and natural qualities in people were deep. In his literary works Wells showed himself a humanist trying to
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The Handmaid’s Tale is a distopian novel of tightly wound truths and links to our society today. It is so tightly wound‚ like a thorn bush‚ that gaining any meaning from it at all proves to be a very arduous task indeed for those who are not predisposed to do so. Nevertheless‚ some meaning did present itself during the text‚ as follows. The truth that is privileged in The Handmaid’s Tale is that societies/regimes based on totalitarianism and extremism are not satisfactory for anyone involved. Even
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anti-glacier novel” clearly stating that he is not writing against war. We further question the authorial intentions due to the fact the Vonnegut portrays both science fiction and anti-war features through‚ Tralfamadorians‚ the destructiveness of war‚ free will being incarcerated and the way in which the phrase “so it goes” is used. This science fiction‚ anti-war novel narrated in both first and third person provides a very ironic and satire tone about war and Billy’s adventures‚ such as being transported
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publishing‚ a plot summary‚ list of adaptations‚ and at the end honours and references. The plot summary is well written‚ there’s nothing important left out. 2. http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread60003/pg4 (8.5.2011) This is a website about science fiction topics‚ it’s not literature related‚ but there’s a comment related to The Fly‚ which I found quite funny. 3. http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/George_Langelaan::sub::Short_Stories (8.5.2011) The text is taken from George Langelaan’s Wikipedia
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Title: The Time Machine Author: H.G. Wells Date of Publication: 1895 Genre: Fiction‚ Scientific‚ Fantasy‚ Time Travel Biographical information about the author: Herbert George Wells was born in September 21‚ 1866 was an English writer for most of his life‚ making most stories that involved Scientific fiction such as The Time Machine‚ and the war of the worlds. He earned the name “The Father of Science fiction” due to how much he wrote about it. He died by unspecific cause on August 13th‚ 1946
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inspiring creativity minds of generations of writers. This novel is answered with personal subjective opinions of being considered one of the best science fiction novels written. Asimov’s prior works of art represented going back in time‚ unlike “Foundation” which represented the future of the universe‚ lacking character introduction. Most science fiction novels written narrative of a vicious villain and a heroic hero who at the end of an adventure seeks out to conquer another villain. Changing his
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Margaret Atwood’s novel “Oryx and Crake” is a thought provoking speculative fiction novel‚ published in 2003. Margaret Atwood was born in Ontario‚ Canada‚ where she was raised with her mother‚ a nutritionist‚ and her father‚ an entomologist. As a result of her father’s continuing research in entomology‚ Atwood spent most of her childhood in the backwoods of Quebec‚ reading Dell map books‚ or Grim Fairy-Tales and comic books. With such an early interest in literature‚ she began writing at a young
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1. After reading the thrilling novel‚ “Jurassic Park‚” I can say with complete confidence that Dr. Alan Grant is the protagonist in the novel. He is the protagonist because most of the novel is written from his perspective and the scientific background information‚ specifically about dinosaurs comes from his thoughts and recollections. Grant doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty‚ and he sees himself differently from his haughty‚ academic colleagues‚ and I personally see that as a positive trait
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