Existential Science Fiction

Author : Ryan Lizardi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793647364
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Existential Science Fiction written by Ryan Lizardi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores contemporary existential science fiction media, including film, television, and video games, and their influence on society’s conceptions of memory, identity, and humanity. Most poignantly, Ryan Lizardi argues, are the ways in which a recent cluster of science fiction media, including Gravity (2013), Interstellar (2014), Legion (2017-2019), Westworld (2016-present), Soma (2015), and Death Standing (2019), among others, present a vision of the future that is inextricably tied to an exploration of humanity that is more contemplative and comparative than traditional science fiction. The combination of the existential nature of this current trend in science fiction with the genre’s ability to manifest these abstract concepts in a generic environment that is historically focused on new frontiers and ideas creates a powerful set of media texts that ask audiences to contemplate what it means to exist, think, and connect as human beings. Scholars of media studies, film studies, television studies, genre studies, and philosophy will find this book particularly useful.

Author : ego_bot
Publisher : ego_bot
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book There's Something Weird Going On written by ego_bot and published by ego_bot. This book was released on 2024-05-23 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man uses hallucinogenic drugs to escape what he believes is a simulated reality. Two wildlife biologists discover video evidence of Bigfoot on a trail cam. A tree posits the origin of the Universe and the meaning of life. From cyber dramas about population decline and AI art to a planetary invasion by giant monsters shaped like an ancient religious symbol, There's Something Weird Going On offers ten tales of empathy for thinking beings in a rapidly changing world. Emanating from the heartfelt fiction of Ted Chiang and Greg Egan, and fueled by the existential angst of the modern era, this collection weaves morality and metaphysics, consciousness and conservation, and love and loss into visions of haunting optimism, offering an ember of solace to all souls who call this strange reality home.

Author : Colin Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction as Existentialism written by Colin Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gavin Miller
Publisher : Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
ISBN 13 : 1789620600
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction and Psychology written by Gavin Miller and published by Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychologist may appear in science fiction as the herald of utopia or dystopia; literary studies have used psychoanalytic theories to interpret science fiction; and psychology has employed science fiction as an educational medium. Science Fiction and Psychology goes beyond such incidental observations and engagements to offer an in-depth exploration of science fiction literature's varied use of psychological discourses, beginning at the birth of modern psychology in the late nineteenth century and concluding with the ascendance of neuroscience in the late twentieth century. Rather than dwelling on psychoanalytic readings, this literary investigation combines with history of psychology to offer attentive textual readings that explore five key psychological schools: evolutionary psychology, psychoanalysis, behaviourism, existential-humanism, and cognitivism. The varied functions of psychological discourses in science fiction are explored, whether to popularise and prophesy, to imagine utopia or dystopia, to estrange our everyday reality, to comment on science fiction itself, or to abet (or resist) the spread of psychological wisdom. Science Fiction and Psychology also considers how psychology itself has made use of science fiction in order to teach, to secure legitimacy as a discipline, and to comment on the present.

Author : Walter Tevis
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795351313
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walter Tevis Sci-Fi Novels written by Walter Tevis and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three science fiction novels from the Nebula Award–nominated author of The Hustler and The Color of Money. The Man Who Fell to Earth After his home planet is devastated by war, an alien disguised as a human comes to Earth on a mission to save his people. He begins amassing wealth needed to build a spacecraft to bring his people to join him, but his plans get sidelined when he descends into alcoholism. Mockingbird On a post-apocalyptic Earth where humanity has suffered devastating losses, people are drugged from childhood on, there is no art, and reading is illegal. A suicidal machine runs the world, while the passion between two humans provides the only hope for humankind. The Steps of the Sun When the world’s richest man travels to the stars in search of the mineral wealth America needs to get it out of an energy crisis, he finds more than he bargains for—and gets more than he ever believed was possible . . . “Among the finest science fiction novels . . . . Just beneath the surface it might be read as a parable of the Fifties and of the Cold War. Beneath that as an evocation of existential loneliness, a Christian fable, a parable of the artist. Above all, perhaps, as the wisest, truest representation of alcoholism ever written.” —James Sallis, Fantasy & Science Fiction on The Man Who Fell to Earth “A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Superman, and Star Wars” —Los Angeles Times Book Review on Mockingbird “Engaging and effortlessly readable.” —Publishers Weekly on The Steps of the Sun

Author : Andrew Patrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781977061768
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Void written by Andrew Patrick and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In space, everything is trying to kill you.Arturus Lang thought he understood life in space: the boredom, the depression, the routine of collecting junk from space battles to leave credits to heirs he'll never see on Earth. But then, something odd started to happen. His crew began to change in front of him, change from individuals to replicas created by an alien force beyond his understanding. As Lang struggles to escape and make sense, his mind and very soul are challenged to defend the value of human life.

Author : Dave Walsh
Publisher : DW Science Fiction
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monolith's End written by Dave Walsh and published by DW Science Fiction. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Empress took the galaxy for herself at the cost of her humanity. Alva's ascent to the throne was not without its challenges, but Trella always stood by Alva's side. Until now. Cast aside for tradition and power, Trella is adrift without a tether in the galaxy. The woman she sacrificed so much for has no use for her anymore. With a renewed sense of urgency, Trella sets out to win her lover back, but can she hold on to the humanity she worked so hard for? Her path is intertwined with that of Jace Krios and the princess in exile, Katrijn. A vision of a fatal clash between Alva and Katrijn sends Jace to the edges of time and space to save Katrijn from herself, only to find himself more lost than ever. He must confront his greatest fear to keep humanity from unraveling. Friendships are tested, hearts are broken and change waits for no one in the third installment of the Andlios space opera series. *** KEYWORDS: science fiction, scifi book, scifi books, space opera book, space opera scifi, space opera adventure battles, science fiction female lead, strong female characters in books, anarchist scifi, cyborg fiction, space opera exploration, space viking book, anticapitalist scifi, existential scifi, scifi box set, epic space opera, scifi fantasy, space viking battles, lgbtq scifi, progressive scifi, hema battles scifi, space opera, science fiction cthulhu, lovecraftian, lovecraftian scifi For fans of: Frank Herbert, Dan Simmons, China Mieville, Isaac Asimov, Ursula K. LeGuin, John Wilker, Martha Wells, Ann Leckie, Iain M. Banks, Iain Banks, Kim Stanley Robinson, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Kevin J. Anderson

Author : H.G. Wells
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Star-Begotten written by H.G. Wells and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. G. Wells's novel "Star Begotten," tells the story of a group of men who speculate on the possibility of Martians genetically modifying the human race to replace their dying planet. The story's protagonist, Joseph Davis, a popular history author, is overcome with fear that he and his family have already been exposed and are beginning to change.

Author : S. MacArthur
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137389273
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gothic Science Fiction written by S. MacArthur and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-25 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gothic Science Fiction explores the fascinating world of gothic influenced science fiction. From Frankenstein to Doctor Who and from H. G Wells to Stephen King, the book charts the rise of a genre and follows the descent into darkness that consumes it.

Author : Ryan Aslesen
Publisher : Crucible
ISBN 13 : 9781543919585
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Existential written by Ryan Aslesen and published by Crucible. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alaskan wilderness holds a nightmarish secret that threatens all of humanity in this epic sci-fi horror thriller. A book so scary that it requires a warning label, and a global phenomenon that is on track to sell over 1 million copies. Looking for a blockbuster thriller that combines explosive sci-fi action with intense horror that will have you on the edge of your seat? This is the book for you.