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NEWS ABOUT: science fiction

science fiction stories: 30 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

Plans to Stop Global Warming Straight From Sci-Fi Novels

Geo-engineering offers promise for slowing climate change ... and fear of consequences

Sep 5, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists worry humans might not curb carbon emissions in time to save the planet from irreversible harm, and some have suggested a radical concept called geo-engineering, the Economist reports. Once the stuff of science fiction, geo-engineering would combat global warming by manipulating the environment. While promising, critics warn ecological consequences... More »

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climate change • environment • greenhouse gases • global warming • science • science fiction • carbon emissions • geo-engineering

MOVIE REVIEW

 Force is Weak in Clone Wars 

Animated Star Wars feature doesn't quite replicate the feel of the real thing

Aug 15, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Wars: The Clone Wars fills a gap in the saga's chronology, and although the animated feature may give devoted Lucasfilm fans their fix before the TV series launches this fall, the oddly lifeless movie "isn't the Star Wars we've known and loved, Todd McCarthy writes in Variety.... More »

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George Lucas • Darth Vader • movie review • Samuel L. Jackson • Star Wars • Lucasfilm • science fiction • animated movie • Clone Wars

Museum Finds Missing Reels
of Sci-Fi Classic

Film historians rejoice as Fritz Lang's iconic Metropolis is revived

Jul 5, 08 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The  discovery of long-lost footage from Fritz Lang's futuristic classic Metropolis in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum has given the film world a thrill, reports Der Speigel. Nearly a half-hour of Lang's 1927 vision of 21st-century class struggle can be restored. The new scenes flesh out the characters... More »

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film • cinema • science fiction • futurism • classic cinema

 I, (Gay) Robot?
 Radar Rates
 the Androids 

Just how fabulous are the robots of the silver screen?

Jun 29, 08 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gay marriage in California and Brokeback Mountain's emergence on the opera scene all point to an America that’s "getting its gay on," writes Evan Mulvihill in Radar—including its androids. Using a 'Homometer' (0: asexual; 1: beer and steak; 5: bisexual; 10: flaming), he takes a look... More »

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robots • Star Wars • science fiction • gays • gay robots

tv review

 Battlestar Returns to Raves 

Final season starts tonight to delight of critics, fans

Apr 4, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Battlestar Galactica," the sci-fi show that has gained cult status and critical acclaim by dabbling in morality, physics, and evil robots, embarks on its fourth and final season tonight. Alessandra Stanley of the New York Times calls it "one of the more beguiling series on television,"... More »

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television • science fiction • Battlestar Galactica • Sci-Fi Channel • Cylons

 Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead at 90 

'2001' author shaped space-age thought

Mar 18, 08 8:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arthur C. Clarke, the sci-fi author who helped shape 20th-century scientific imagination, is dead at 90, the New York Times reports. The co-creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey faced post-polio syndrome in recent decades and died at his home in Sri Lanka due to breathing trouble. “No one can... More »

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Sri Lanka • obituary • literature • satellite • space travel • author • book • science fiction • Arthur C. Clarke • polio • Stanley Kubrick • 2001: A Space Odyssey

NEW RELEASE

Jumper Lands With a Thud

Dull plotting, acting undermine high-concept thriller

Feb 15, 08 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The concept for Jumper seems promising: An awkward teenage boy who discovers he has the power to instantly teleport himself to anywhere on the globe is targeted for elimination by religious fanatics. And in some respects the film delivers on that promise. "The jumping effect is faultlessly executed,"... More »

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movie review • fantasy • thriller • Samuel L. Jackson • science fiction • Hayden Christensen • Rachel Bilson • movies

Legend Science a Little Shaky

The idea of this killer virus is 'far-fetched,' says one expert

Dec 19, 07 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A man-made virus has turned people into mutants and killed off the rest. Downtown New York City looks like a jungle, and the only man left on the planet is trying to reverse the plague using his immune blood. So how realistic is the premise of Will Smith’s new... More »

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New York City • virus • science fiction • apocalypse • Will Smith

Philip K. Dick
Is Ready for His Closeup Now

In death, troubled
sci-fi writer is darling
of Hollywood

Sep 16, 07 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sci fi writer Philip K. Dick died paranoid, impoverished, and obscure. But since his death in 1982, nine movies have been based on his novels—including Blade Runner, Minority Report, and Total Recall—-and interest in his work , eerily prescient of the digital age, has never been higher.  More »

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Hollywood • film • Philip K Dick • Blade Runner • Ridley Scott • science fiction • movies

A Wrinkle in Time Author Dead at 88

Children's, sci-fi
favorite L'Engle
wrote 60-plus books

Sep 7, 07 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madeleine L'Engle, author of more than 60 works of science fiction, religious meditation, poetry, drama, and young adult fiction, died yesterday in Connecticut, the New York Times reports. She was 88 years old. Her most famous book, A Wrinkle in Time, has sold more than 6 million copies since its... More »

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obituary • literature • Madeleine L'Engle • book • children's books • science fiction

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