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- New sci fi magazine will launch this fall. Donaton, Scott; Kelly, Janice // Advertising Age;8/31/92, Vol. 63 Issue 35, p29
Offers a look at two new science fiction launches that will be launched in the fall of 1992. `Science Fiction Age'; Sci-Fi channel launch; Existing science fiction titles; What will be aired on the Sc--Fi channel; More.
- Fatal fiction: A weapon to end all wars. Franklin, H.B. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Nov1989, Vol. 45 Issue 9, p18
Discusses how early science fiction shaped America's conceptions of nuclear weapons, and its responses to them.
- Sci-Fi Contest winners! Duffield, D.; Yates, J. // Odyssey;Jun91, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p12
Presents the winning entries in `Odyssey' magazines third annual Sci-Fi Contest. Features fictional stories about a picture of four explorers on the Moon.
- Space fiction's outer limits? Herbert, R. // Publishers Weekly;11/10/89, Vol. 236 Issue 19, p18
Discusses the future of science fiction and fantasy writing, which is currently facing a glut in original titles, and how publishers are changing their marketing strategies. Examples of new imprints; Promotional ideas; Book design. INSET: Humor, horror and hard science--trends for the next...
- Future tense: Science fiction confronts the new science. Antczak, J. // School Library Journal;Jan90, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p29
Discusses the issues that scientists are focusing on such as genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and robotics and their impact on science fiction stories for today's young readers.
- Science fiction films. Dubeck, Leroy W.; Moshier, Suzanne E. // Science Teacher;Apr93, Vol. 60 Issue 4, p46
Considers science fiction films as an effective science teaching tool. Scientific principles illustrated or violated in a film; Relating science to socially significant issues; Science in interdisciplinary settings; Rotating spaceship in the film `2010' illustrating the conservation of angular...
- The only thing worse than yet one more bad trilogy. Di Filippo, Paul // Fantasy & Science Fiction;Sep97, Vol. 93 Issue 3, p95
Reprints an article entitled `What Killed Science Fiction,' by Josiah Carberry published in `The Journal Of Popular Culture.'
- Beyond the idea. Zelazny, R. // Writer (Kalmbach Publishing Co.);Mar88, Vol. 101 Issue 3, p9
There are many ways for writers to get ideas, including using the Yellow Pages of the telephone directory, but ideas are not enough. A writer must take the idea and use various techniques to turn it into a story. Techniques for writing science fiction.
- Future-war fiction: The fist main phase, 1871-1900. Clarke, I.F. // Science Fiction Studies;Nov97, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p387
Presents information on various science fiction novels which deals with wars and destruction between 1871 and 1900. Reference to futuristic fiction books by Francis Cheynell; Information on books written by other authors.
- The study of science fiction: A modest proposal. Pohl, Frederik // Science Fiction Studies;Mar97, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p11
Presents a proposal concerning the study of science fiction. Demonstration of what science fiction is not; Distinction between fiction and fantasy; Focus on the Science Fiction League; Role of science fiction in the scientific discipline of futurology; Discussion on futurology.
