Academic literature on the topic 'Futuristic Fiction'

Isaac Asimov has advocated the idea that science fiction is a flavour that can be applied to any genre of fiction. The two novels that are used for this term paper; “The Naked Sun” and “The Robots of Dawn” are in keeping with this idea. The two stories are essentially whodunit stories, with several futuristic technologies like positronic robots and hyperspace travel blended into it. This term paper mainly focuses on identifying the futuristic technology in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction stories. It would focus on how such futuristic technology stories, which take place in a world completely unfamiliar to the reader, fit into models of classification described by Tzvetan Todorov and Arthur Asa Berger. In this term paper, there would also be an attempt to do analyse how the notion of ‘crime and punishment’ is handled differently in these stories, and also to see how elements of science fiction and futuristic technologies fit into the genre of detective fiction. The term paper also contains a brief character analysis of the Futuristic technologies by detectives in the two stories.

Experiential futurism is an important subgenre of futuristic science fiction in China, with the greatest number of works and the richest content. Several important works in this genre have gained widespread influence. Experiential futuristic works focus on conveying the experience of the future through words, and often use considerable appeal to call on people to pay attention to and to think about the future. Such works can be divided into two types: those attempting to convey the experience of a stand-alone technology and those attempting to convey a panoramic experience. The methods for creating experiential futuristic fiction include wonder creation, perception reinforcement, immersion creation, emotion activation and cognitive enhancement. Experiential futuristic works play a pioneering role in today's era of virtual reality and the metaverse.

Science fiction films, as an artistic expression highlighting the relationship between future technology and human survival, often utilize grand story settings and fictional futuristic worlds to explore the connection between humanity and the environment. This paper takes the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth as a case study, examining its focus on ecological issues and the presentation of ecological awareness within the narrative. The aim is to use science fiction cinema as a medium to provide audiences with insights into Earth’s ecology, guiding humanity towards profound reflections on environmental issues.

The author discusses the historical changes in attitudes towards infectious diseases in the mythological, Christian-religious and scientific worldview before and after the discovery of the causes of these diseases in the context of the types of futuristic fiction. One narrative line of the novel by contemporary Polish writer Jacek Dukaj King of Pain and the Grasshopper (Król Bólu i pasikonik, 2010) is centred on to the production of retroviruses and carcinogenic agents by genetic engineering companies that cause epidemics and destroy wildlife in the southern hemisphere. The text points out the specifics of the author’s descriptions of the cause of the plague and discusses Dukaj’s speculative projections of futuristic fiction.

Fiction often represents the future in either a utopian or dystopian light. Utopian fiction presents worlds where life is perfection. Dystopian fiction's conflict comes directly from the characters' interactions with the problems in their world. When nonfiction television enters into speculation by making programs about the future, they also enter into these two categories of fiction. Some programs show a world returning to a perfect Eden, but they begin with the dystopian ending of the human race on earth. Other shows promise technological utopias, but avoid obvious problems with their technologically dependent tomorrows. These shows all take tropes from dystopian science fiction, but use their status as science documentaries to deny that any of the critiques of fiction belong in their programs.

Cette thèse de doctorat est un projet de «recherche à travers la création», qui a pour objectif d'explorer et d'éclairer le processus d'écriture d'un scénario pilote de série télévisée de science-fiction, qui traite du sujet moralement chargé de l'amélioration humaine.La science-fiction est un genre très important dans le monde en évolution rapide, avec sa technologie en constante évolution. Les romans de science-fiction, les films et les séries télévisées jouent un rôle majeur dans la création d'un discours social, moral et culturel sur la façon dont nous, en tant qu'humanité, pouvons et devons faire face aux technologies actuelles et futures et diriger notre évolution. L'amélioration humaine est l'une des technologies majeures dont l'évolution potentielle pourrait bouleverser et transformer la société et l'humanité de manière significative en offrant à l'humanité la possibilité de transcender la sélection naturelle et de contrôler son évolution.L'écrivain de science-fiction occupe une position unique dans laquelle il doit médier la science, la technologie et leurs possibilités psychologiques, morales et sociales sous forme d'histoire et de théâtre. Une fois réalisé avec tant de succès, le travail de l'écrivain de science-fiction peut offrir une valeur ajoutée en contribuant au discours social.La recherche de cette position unique, entre science, pertinence sociale et narration, est au cœur de ce travail. Son objectif est d'articuler des idées et des conceptualisations pour les considérations, les actions et les décisions créatives nécessaires pour accomplir ce type de défi.Pour ce faire, j'ai écrit deux scénarios de pilotes de télévision de science-fiction, une version antérieure et une version ultérieure. En parallèle, j'ai étudié le sujet de la valorisation humaine tant du point de vue scientifique que philosophique et social, ainsi que de la théorie et de la pratique de l'écriture de science-fiction, en mettant l'accent sur les récits traitant du développement humain et de la science-fiction actuelle. Séries télévisées. L'étude de l'amélioration humaine et de la science-fiction a contribué à la progression de l'écriture, du scénario initial au dernier, ce que j'estime plus satisfaisant pour atteindre les deux objectifs. une bonne représentation des enjeux sociaux et moraux de la valorisation humaine et de la réalisation du potentiel dramatique du sujet.Cette thèse comprend les scénarios et autres supports créatifs, précédés d'un essai critique qui décrit l'étude du perfectionnement humain et de la science-fiction, et analyse l'évolution du processus d'écriture menant au scénario final.Les enseignements tirés de la recherche soulignent l'importance de la compréhension de l'écrivain de science-fiction de la technologie sur laquelle il écrit (ou du «novum» - le créateur de différence technologique / scientifique); créer une prémisse d'histoire qui dérive de la technologie; explorer les différents aspects moraux, psychologiques et sociaux de la technologie choisie et les traduire en conflits d'histoire et en motivations de caractère; et prendre des décisions du monde de l'histoire qui répondent le mieux aux questions thématiques que l'auteur veut transmettre
This PhD dissertation is a “research-through-creation” project, which set out to explore and gain insights from the process of writing a science fiction TV series pilot screenplay, that deals with the morally charged subject of human enhancement.Science fiction is a very important genre in today's rapidly changing world, with its continuously advancing technology. Science fiction novels, movies and TV series play a major role in creating a social, moral and cultural discourse about how we, as humanity, can and should deal with current and future technologies and lead the way we evolve. Human enhancement is one of the major technologies which' potential evolvement could disrupt and change society and humanity in a significant way by offering humankind the possibility to transcend natural selection and control how it will develop. The science fiction writer is in a unique position in which he/she needs to mediate science, technology and their psychological, moral and social possibilities in the form of story and drama. When done so successfully, the science fiction writer's work can offer value by contributing to the social discourse. Researching this unique position, between science, social relevance and storytelling, is at the heart of this work. Its objective is to articulate insights and conceptualizations for the considerations, actions and creative decisions required to accomplish this kind of a challenge.To do so I have written two science fiction TV pilot screenplays, an earlier version and a later version. In parallel, I have studied the subject of human enhancement both for its scientific aspect and its philosophical and social aspect, and also studied about the theory and practice of science fiction writing, with an emphasis on stories that deal with human enhancement and current science fiction TV series. The two lines of work inter-related and complement each other.The study of human enhancement and science fiction took part in the progression of the writing from the initial screenplay to the final one, which is considered by me to be more satisfactory in achieving both a good representation of the social and moral issues of human enhancement, and in fulfilling the dramatic potential of the subject.This dissertation includes the screenplays and other creative materials, preceded by a critical essay which describes the study of human enhancement and science fiction, and analyzes the development of the writing process leading up to the final screenplay. The insights gained from the research highlight the importance of the science fiction writer's understanding of the technology he writes about (or the “novum” – the technological/scientific difference-maker); creating a story premise which as a derivative of the technology; exploring the different moral, psychological and social aspects of the chosen technology and translating those to story conflicts and character motivations; and making story-world decisions that best serve the thematic issues the writer wants to convey

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1999.
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AbstractKaren Lord’s speculative folktale Redemption in Indigo (2010) engages the other-wordly or un-worldly to explore Caribbean social justice issues such as race, gender, and class inequality. Demonstrating her trickster powers, Lord merges folk gods and hero(ines) from different African traditions, for example Akan, Ashanti, Xhosa, and Karamba, with those found in Caribbean cultures. This syncretic textual strategy not only emphasizes the subversive, liminal qualities of both Ananse, the African-Caribbean folk figure, and Anansesem in challenging colonial metanarratives of time and space that have erased, denigrated, or falsely represented the African-Caribbean woman but also critiques masculinist versions of Ananse and traditionally male-dominated Anansesem. By contrast, Lord’s antipatriarchal, anticolonial account foregrounds Ananse’s feminine qualities and empowered female figures: the nonbinary storyteller, the heroine Paama, and the goddess Atabey. In doing so, Lord offers a new futuristic, feminocentric Ananse story whose weblike concentric patterns interweave the African past with the Caribbean present, the ancestral homeland with the diaspora.

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