... BBC2's biggest comedy show. I will begin by discussing the history of the Sitcom as a genre; secondly I will trace the history of the Science fiction Genre and finally, I'll analyse how Red Dwarf has taken elements from both of these to create its own unique hybrid entity. A situation comedy (sitcom ... sitcom on this definition. However, unlike most British sitcoms, which are set in modern day British life, it explores the world of Science Fiction. The Science fiction genre is an exploration of the world of technology, aliens and the dangers of science and the future. As a speculative g...

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... theme of History. Lafferty blended the history with a bit of his own ideas to create this award-winning book. Very few other, modern science fiction writers can match R.A. Lafferty's achievements. Robert Sawyer, a Canadian sci-fi writer, was quoted in saying that Canadian writer have much more passion ... writers lost direction in the early 1950s. It is very possible that Lafferty was a member of the group of writers that put science fiction back on track. Lafferty's collection of essays shows this evolution to continue. It is possible that Moskowitz would agree with this assumption afte...

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... race and you've got yourself quite a dystopia. It almost seems that we love the idea of a dystopia. Almost all of the popular science fiction texts are concerned with it. And those that aren't complete dystopias still aren't showing technology as making earth a better world. Why though does our ... , it could also be a warning against war in general. Other than the dystopia sci fi's, it seems that the Wachowski brothers had some non science fiction influences for their dystopia. Larry Wachowski stated that "we're interested in mythology, archetypes, and trying to reinvestigate them in a m...

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Released in 1927, "Metropolis" is a silent science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang, the famous German Expressionist filmmaker. The setting is that of a futuristic dystopia, with soaring skyscrapers, flying cars, and an intricate system ... rather than seek to control one another. Keeping in mind that this film was made in 1927, it is quite interesting to see how many of the science fiction aspects of the plot are actually pretty accurate in real life. Even more interesting is that only themes, but also imagery from Metropolis are reused almost excessively throughout ... day, we can see t...

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... is a definite possibility. The only problem lies in propelling a craft to such speed at which light travels. Carl Sagan wrote a science fiction novel about a fictional device that allowed his character to travel great distances across the universe. "Those faster than light speeds are not achievable; ... he also knew there was a common convention in science fiction that would allow a gimmick of a shortcut through "Hyper space" as a means around this problem( par2 ) ." Sagen turned to Kip Thorne for ... dimension, but quite possible to travel back in time to an alternate dimension. Such ...

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... Sandman" among the tales she heard; they both deal with clockwork dolls that effectively simulate life" (73). In actuality these so - called tales were much more than simply works of fiction from the creative mind of an imaginative author and some even attempted to create such machines. Pierre and Henri Jaquet - Droz created three mechanical puppets and, in 1774, demonstrated them ... to Mary as well. Modern science fascinated Shelley and horrified Mary for the same reason; it seemed to bring the old dreams within grasp. Frankenstein is the first modern science fiction novel, although M...

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