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- 271: The Human Cloning Controversy
- ... sex or sexual organs; sexless) from a single individual, as by cuttings, bulbs, by fission , by mitosis , or by parthenogenesis reproduction. In general human cloning is the "identical twin of another person" (Vere 1). Science fiction movies, filmmakers, and science fiction authors are still far ahead of the scientists in the race between fantasy and reality. In "The Case for Human Cloning," writer Steven Vere states that what been imagined has been misleading: They gave the ...
- 272: Short Story Analysis Of Edgar
- ... to posterity one tale with a moral. Written in 1841 at the dawn of Poe's most creative period, Poe delivers to his readers a satirical spoof, a literary Bronx cheer to writers of moralistic fiction, and to critics who expressed disapprobation at finding no discernible moral in his works. The tale "Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A Tale with a Moral" presents Poe's "way of staying execution" (Poe ... creation"? (Poe 280-81) Instead, Poe's work penetrated to the truths which govern the universe. How petty the moralists of his day must have seemed to him! Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from anecdote to art. He virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. He also produced ...
- 273: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... to posterity one tale with a moral. Written in 1841 at the dawn of Poe's most creative period, Poe delivers to his readers a satirical spoof, a literary Bronx cheer to writers of moralistic fiction, and to critics who expressed disapprobation at finding no discernible moral in his works. The tale "Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A Tale with a Moral" presents Poe's "way of staying execution" (Poe ... creation"? (Poe 280-81) Instead, Poe's work penetrated to the truths which govern the universe. How petty the moralists of his day must have seemed to him! Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from anecdote to art. He virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. He also produced ...
- 274: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... to posterity one tale with a moral. Written in 1841 at the dawn of Poe's most creative period, Poe delivers to his readers a satirical spoof, a literary Bronx cheer to writers of moralistic fiction, and to critics who expressed disapprobation at finding no discernible moral in his works. The tale "Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A Tale with a Moral" presents Poe's "way of staying execution" (Poe ... creation"? (Poe 280-81) Instead, Poe's work penetrated to the truths which govern the universe. How petty the moralists of his day must have seemed to him! Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from anecdote to art. He virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. He also produced ...
- 275: Cynthia Ozick
- Cynthia Ozick was an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, poet, and translator. She considers herself an American Jewish writer. Cynthia Ozick was a writer of fiction and non-fiction, but did not bloom her career until she was 32 years old. Her literary hero was Henry James. After Cynthia Ozick finished graduate school, she would read for hours. She tried to read all the ...
- 276: Asimov On Chemistry by Isaac Asimov
- Asimov On Chemistry by Isaac Asimov The Book Asimov on Chemistry by Isaac Asimov is a collection of seventeen essays that he wrote for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. This book is one of ten that were published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. Not all of the books centered on chemistry and like science. Most just covered anything Isaac Asimov wondered about. These Essays date ... Know It Covered here are different posibile backgrounds for sustaining life. Water is the background we live off. The closest he compared is ammonia due to similarities in water they share. Asimov, a detailed science fiction author, also metions such alterantives as vaporous, metal, energy, and mental beings. These would live in space, energy, stars, hyperspace. GEOCHEMISTRY Recipe for a Planet This was written when the united states and the former ...
- 277: Fahrenheit 451 And Brave New W
- For more than half a century science fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. These authors offered an insight into what they expected man, society, and life to be like at some future time. One ... man's best friend, the dog, against man, changes the role of public servants and changes the value of a person. Aldous Huxley also uses the concept of society out of control in his science fiction novel Brave New World. Written late in his career, Brave New World also deals with man in a changed society. Huxley asks his readers to look at the role of science and literature in the ...
- 278: The Search for Black Holes: Both As A Concept And An Understanding
- ... be tracked down in our more technologically advanced future. Gaining an understanding of a black hole allows for a greater understanding of the concept of spacetime and maybe give us a grasp of both science fiction and science fact. Hopefully, all the clarification will come by the close of this essay. A black hole is probably one of the most misunderstood ideas among people outside of the astronomical and physical communities ... found a black hole known as Cygnus X1. This supposed black hole has a huge star orbiting around it, therefore we assume there must be a black hole that it is in orbit with. Science Fiction has used the black hole to come up with several movies and fantastical events related to the massive beast. Tales of time travel and of parallel universes lie beyond the hole. Passing the event horizon ...
- 279: Catcher In The Rye
- ... throughout the novel. It is this mixture of qualities that makes Holden one of the most fascinating and popular characters in modern literature. Previts 5 Bibliography Works Cited Carpenter, Frederic I. "The Adolescent in American Fiction" English Journal, 46, No.6 (September 1957): 315-6. Rpt. in Holden Caulfield ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1990. 24. Gwynn, Frederick L., Joseph L. Blotner. "The Catcher in the Rye" The Fiction of J.D. Salinger (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958): 28-31. Rpt. in Holden Caulfield. ed. Harold Bloom New York: Chelsea House, 1990. 13-14 Jones, Ernest "Case History of all of Us." Nation ...
- 280: Comparison Of Brave New World
- ... way (not as much in BNW, though) through the use of satire. Also, for GATTACA, the director incorporates the traditional elements of movie - a murder-mystery tied in with a love story PLUS a science fiction touch - very effectively. Satire in Huxley's novel is glaringly obvious (mockery of the education system and the morals of today along with many more topics), as he writes with the purpose of teaching and ... everything in today's world, wheras Niccol's view of a futuristic world is not as satirical but it seems like it is, rather, a warning. In their separate ways, however, these two pieces of fiction are extremely effective in relaying the message about the possible outcome of society's strive for perfection in the genetic world. Vincent Freeman says in the movie that "there is no gene for the human ...
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