Science fiction
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Politics and Popsicles: The Social Effects of Cryogenic Preservation
Humanity has always been fascinated by the idea of resurrecting the dead. In classics like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, human resurrection moved from the realm of…
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Move Aside, Masculine Mayhem: Mad Max: Fury Road is Here to Stay
I happen to like my fast-paced, car-chase, post-apocalyptic movies chock full of social commentary, the more nuanced the better. Does that mean that I have many…
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Religion as Technology in Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood
This piece contains spoilers. Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood poses a disturbing conflict between humans and the Earth, exploring an issue that is…
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep…or of a Blade Runner?
Upon receiving the syllabus for a course, I quickly scanned the book list and noticed one particular book: Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of…
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Fantastic Love in The World of Makoto Shinkai
Although Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli has long been representative of the quality of the Japanese animation film industry, a rising star has been making waves…
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Rising Consciousness: The Trend of Conscious Artificial Intelligence in Sci-Fi Movies
The movie industry has always been frenetic about anticipating the future. The Star Wars and Star Trek series are still popular in film geek’s fandom…
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Hack the World with the Touch of a Button: A Critique of Watch Dogs
Have you ever wanted to change the traffic lights from red to green whenever you reached an intersection? Do you ever feel low on cash…
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Lost in Translation: A Painfully Honest Review of Interstellar
(Image from avforums.com) I am, quite obviously, not Neil deGrasse Tyson or Chris Hadfield. I’m not a physical sciences major, or even a huge sci-fi…
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