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  Wikipedia: Science fiction
Science fiction is a form of fiction which deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science (and/or technology) upon society or individuals.
Soft science fiction is science fiction whose plots and themes tend to focus on philosophy, psychology, politics and sociology while de-emphasizing the details of technological hardware and physical laws.
The European brand of science fiction proper began, however, toward the end of the 19th century with the scientific romances of Jules Verne, whose science was rather on the level of invention, as well as the science-oriented novels of social criticism by H.G. Wells.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/s/sc/science_fiction_1.html   (1732 words)

  
 Science fiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Science fiction is a form of fiction which deals principally with the impact of imagined science and/or technology upon society or individuals.
Soft science fiction is the subgenre where plots and themes tend to focus on philosophy, psychology, politics and sociology while de-emphasizing the details of technological hardware and physical laws.
A second generation of original and popular science fiction films begin to appear, among the most significant of which were (1968), THX 1138 (1969) Close Encounters of the Third Kind, (1977), and Star Wars, (1977).
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/s/sc/science_fiction_1.html   (1887 words)

  
 Science fiction - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Science fiction proper began, however, toward the end of the 19th century with the scientific romances of Jules Verne, whose science was rather on the level of invention, as well as the science-oriented novels of social criticism by H.G. Wells.
The development of science fiction as a self-conscious genre dates from 1926, when Hugo Gernsback, who coined the portmanteau word scientifiction[?], founded Amazing Stories magazine, which was devoted exclusively to science fiction stories.
Science fiction writers' work have included predictions of future societies on Earth, analyses of the consequences of interstellar travel, and imaginative explorations of other forms of intelligent life and their societies in other worlds.
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 Science fiction : SF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Science fiction : SF Science fiction : SF Science fiction : SF Science fiction is a form of fiction which deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals.
Hyde (1886) are plainly science fiction, whereas Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), based purely on the Supernatural, isn't.
Science fiction has also been popular in radio, comic books, television, and movies; it isn'table that about three-quarters of the top twenty highest grossing films, (source: IMDB June 2002) are based around science-fiction or fantasy themes.
www.freearchive.info /sf/sf.html   (1037 words)

  
 Science Fiction
Science fiction is an incubator for imaginative minds to create visions that help us to glimpse not only the future, but also something about ourselves in the present.
The science fiction of the 20th century, he argues, not only created the concept of the robot but demonstrated the complexity of the threats, opportunities and moral dilemmas their arrival would spark.
Science fiction, a term coined in the 1930s to distinguish the genre from the pulp fiction then becoming popular, carried on examining human morality by placing its characters into situations where some limiting problem had been overcome, such as time travel.
www.aaai.org /AITopics/html/scifi.html   (4829 words)

  
 Science fiction Details, Meaning Science fiction Article and Explanation Guide
Science fiction, generally speaking, is a form of speculative fiction which deals principally with the impact of imagined science and/or technology upon society or individuals.
In either case, plausibility based on science is a requisite, so that such precursors of the genre as Mary Shelley's Gothic novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (1818) and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Science fiction is often abbreviated as SF or sci-fi.
www.e-paranoids.com /s/sc/science_fiction_1.html   (2346 words)

  
 Learn more about List of people by occupation in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
List of people by occupation: There are a variety of articles on wikipedia that list people of a particular occupation.
People on these lists should ideally have wikipedia articles of their own, and be in some way noteworthy for their occupation.
List of musicians by genre (with more lists)
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_people_by_occupation.html   (163 words)

  
 Genres, subcategories and related topics to science fiction... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Directory - Arts: Visual Arts: Thematic: Science Fiction and Fantasy: Artists: M   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Maitz, Don  · cached · The official site, with artist's biography, fantasy illustrations and cover art, merchandise, announcements, and a list of stolen original original paintings for which rewards are offered.
Mead, Syd  · cached · The latest information on the artist, futurist, illustrator, and conceptual designer for such science fiction films as Blade Runner, Aliens and his books.
Miklis, Franz  · cached · Franz Miklis' science fiction, fantasy, and dream art, as well as a view into his atelier, background information, and biography.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=85711   (411 words)

  
 Science Fiction Resource Guide: Art and Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
You might list it under fiction, because one of my F&SF stories is attached to the site, and I'm adding my Nebula finalist novella from a couple years back.
Raised in the tradition of 50's pulp science-fiction movies and television and mesmerized by the U.S. Space Program, immersed in the imaginative musings of the great SF writers of the Golden Age, I have taken to spinning off images that share a central, unifying theme: that in infinite time, in infinite space, anything is possible.
Both artists do outerspace and science fiction, as well as fantasy art, with each having 25+ years of experience." They're selling the original paintings.
ix.db.dk /dcormarvel/sfrge.htm   (2394 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Fantasy Art Masters: The Best Fantasy and Science Fiction Artists Show How They Work   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The brightest talents in fantasy, horror, and science fiction art present their favorite creations in show-and-tell interviews that reveal the inspirations and techniques that guide their spectacular work.
Also, the artists share their own insights into the technique of art and the future of fantasy art in general.
There was a wide variety of both fantasy and science fiction, paint, drawing and digital.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823016366?v=glance   (1562 words)

  
 Animation Nation Bulletin Board: Art, Artists, Science, and Fiction
It details how many prominent artists and their work has been so ahead of it’s time in relation to how science views the world.
I think the reason artists are ahead of science in many regards is because we observe nature and invent from it with our imaginations.
After the Big Bang (a theory now embraced by science and rejected by creationists, when originally the idea of BANG, it exists, sounded LIKE GOD, so science rejected it and creationists accepted it) while the earth was being formed, flying through space at a time warping speed...
animationnation.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=003622   (4088 words)

  
 ART DEADLINES LIST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Artists are invited to donate original work in any medium in a 6 x 9 postcard format to be sold for the affordable price of $50.
All artists names will be published at the time of the exhibition but the works will be displayed anonymously and the identity of the artist will only be revealed to the purchaser after the completion of the sale.
Artists working in all media (new and/or traditional) will be considered and the selected installation will remain on display for up to six months.
artdeadlineslist.com   (4559 words)

  
 Arts Genres Science Fiction and Fantasy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rabhen Poe's: The Hallow - Assists writers of science fiction and fantasy.
Solar Flare Science Fiction and Fantasy - News, reviews, polls and discussion centering around literature, television, and movies of the genre.
Usenet FAQs - Science Fiction - A collection of questions listed by various science fiction related newsgroups.
www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy   (691 words)

  
 Northwest Science Fiction Resources
The IKV T'Mar is an independent Klingon based general Science Fiction club in Tacoma, WA who perform random acts of charity and community service, in and out of costume.
The IKV Raptor is a Klingon enthusiast based general Science Fiction club located in the Portland, Oregon area and who also does acts of chairty and community service.
The Empire of the Elan is a theatrical live role-playing group that invites other science fiction groups to come and participate in an environment that promotes interaction between all the diverse groups at the local conventions.
www.sfnorthwest.org /clubs.html   (4321 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Visual Arts: Thematic: Science Fiction and Fantasy: Artists: M   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Maitz, Don - The official site, with artist's biography, fantasy illustrations and cover art, merchandise, announcements, and a list of stolen original original paintings for which rewards are offered.
Mead, Syd - The latest information on the artist, futurist, illustrator, and conceptual designer for such science fiction films as Blade Runner, Aliens and his books.
Miklis, Franz - Franz Miklis' science fiction, fantasy, and dream art, as well as a view into his atelier, background information, and biography.
dmoz.org /Arts/Visual_Arts/Thematic/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/Artists/M   (476 words)

  
 The Infinite Matrix | Eileen Gunn | CFP 2005
The surveillance devices I've heard discussed here this week at CFP-2005 are really upping the ante for science fiction, especially for social satirists like myself.
I'm a fiction writer, and my job is to create problems, because you don't really have an sf plot unless you've got a problem.
A lot will be done in the near future that will allow visual tracking of individuals, identifying them, and making assumptions about their behavior based on the accessed data.
www.infinitematrix.net /faq/editorials   (2308 words)

  
 VISCO - the Visual Index of Science Fiction COver Art.
VISCO is the Visual Index of Science Fiction COver Art.
I first got hooked on science fiction when I was about eight years old and I had a substantial collection of SF magazines.
Mostly by contributing images they have scanned from their own collections but also by pointing me at useful sources, identifying artists, giving me background information on the magazines and the like.
www.computercrowsnest.com /directory/wiz0404.htm   (1213 words)

  
 Directory - Arts: Visual Arts: Thematic: Science Fiction and Fantasy: Artists: D   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dixon, Don - Cosmographica  · cached · Don Dixon's space art and science fiction illustration, plus movies of planetary encounters.
De Jesus, Cindy  · Science Fiction and fantasy art of Juroara.
Dedkova, Larissa - AllGraphica  · Larissa Dedkova is a Toronto based illustrator specializing in fantasy, folk, fairy tales, and science fiction genres.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=85698   (194 words)

  
 Artist Visual Network
This site is made for artists to interact, enlighten and expose their work for all to see.
Angelique is an emerging artist she has completed a degree in the Bachelor of Creatives Arts with Contemporary Art and Writing majors at Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia.
Registration is open to all artists and free of charge.
d.webring.com /hub?ring=visualnet   (2061 words)

  
 Kevin Kelly -- True Films
In contrast to the fiction that most movies are, true films offer authentic plot twists, real characters, and truth stranger than fiction.
So he came by reputation to be the most famous unknown artist in America and then as a recluse he mysteriously disappeared, probably a suicide drowning.
This pair of documentaries spends much time on Christo and his wife's frustrating campaign to convince landowners, politicians, greenies, engineers, and even other artists that their work was art.
www.kk.org /truefilms/index.php   (1414 words)

  
 All.info: Arts and Humanities / Artists / Science Fiction and Fantasy /   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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Keith Parkinson is one of the most acclaimed and respected illustrators working today in the Fantasy and Science Fiction genre.
He recognizes the significant cultural role played by visual art, and makes personal efforts to contribute to the expansion and appreciation of the science fiction and fantasy genre that extend beyond the commercial commissions of his clients.
allinfo.com /directory/Arts_and_Humanities/Artists/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy   (603 words)

  
 Urquhart, Jane. The Underpainter.
This disparity is just one of many that occupy her in this evocative, highly symbolic tale about the life of a famous American artist.
Austin's alienation is so profound it becomes the subject of his art as he erases the images of transcendent beauty he paints (his underpaintings) with layer upon layer of foggy pigment, an act that mirrors his inability to love and, in a broader sense, our attempts to escape the confounding demands of life.
See the read-alike column on the opposite page for other novels with visual artists as protagonists.
archive.ala.org /booklist/v94/adult/se2/31urquha.html   (170 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: More Fantasy Art Masters: The Best Fantasy and Science Fiction Artists Show How They Work   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It collects the work of 10 different artists in the fantasy and science-fiction fields, mixing recognizable illustrations from products as well known as the Everquest computer game with works executed for the creators' personal amusement.
Some of the artists, such as Keith Parkinson, work primarily in oils, while others choose pastel, watercolor, or digitally altered photography.
Each artist discusses the method used to execute the images, and some of them offer insights into what made a painting successful, or unsuccessful for that matter.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823031276?v=glance   (581 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How Centropolis FX Creates Visual Effects"
Visual effects help enhance the look of a movie or create scenery and situations that cannot (or do not) exist in real life.
The visual effects are obvious in any science fiction film -- of course the scenes of spaceships battling one another in far-off galaxies are not real.
We will look at how a movie like "The Patriot" uses visual effects to completely transform the landscape, as well as to create virtual armies and completely imaginary places.
entertainment.howstuffworks.com /cfx.htm   (306 words)

  
 Sci-fi/Fantasy Ring
She has created her own "stylized visual language" and works towards creating "a visually beautiful, sensual, and emotion, euphoric experience".
This site is dedicated to the various science fiction stars of the century (past, present, and future) - mostly from the Star Trek genre.
The quarterly science fiction, fantasy and horror magazine De Tijdlijn has a web space with bio- and bibliographies, Dutch and English terminology lists, and whetever we can come up with.
w.webring.com /hub?ring=fantacy   (2312 words)

  
 Artists, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Genres, Visual Arts, Arts,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
De Jesus, Cindy - Science Fiction and fantasy art of Juroara.
Dedkova, Larissa - AllGraphica - Larissa Dedkova is a Toronto based illustrator specializing in fantasy, folk, fairy tales, and science fiction genres.
Dixon, Don - Cosmographica - Don Dixon's space art and science fiction illustration, plus movies of planetary encounters.
popularityguide.com /dir/Arts/Visual_Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/Artists/D   (415 words)

  
 Science fiction : SF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Science fiction : SF Current city Street: Science fiction : SF <
Science fiction : SF Science fiction is a form of fiction which deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals.
He meant well--he tried to do his duty.
www.city-search.org /sf/sf.html   (1013 words)

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