Tag: space
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Writer Spotlight: Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick never got rich as a writer. He was a fairly obscure figure until Blade Runner, the 1982 Ridley Scott film based on PKD’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Dick died before Blade Runner was released. He did at least get to see an early cut of the film but he…
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Solar Lottery
Two hundred years in the future, Earth and the Solar System are governed by lottery. At random times the lottery chooses a new world leader, known as the Quizmaster. The general public’s lives are determined by their classification. The classified swear fealty to their bosses. These are binding contracts that they can’t get out of…
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Alien
Before Alien, science fiction space movies had a certain look — all shiny and pristine. Think of the corridors of the Starship Enterprise. The future is clean and bright, apparently. But would it really look like that? I doubt it. Alien was the first movie set on a spaceship that looked lived in. The Nostromo…