One sci-fi great that was not included in our class syllabus is The Matrix, which is a 1999 film written and directed by the Wachowskis. The Matrix tells the story of Thomas Anderson, more commonly known in the computer hacking world as Neo. Neo is a computer programmer by day, but at night, he searches for answers on the [...]
Madison Blecki Professor Keramidas Science Fiction: HTPF 9 March 2020 A. Sorry to Bother You is a 2018, science fiction movie that highlights the story of Oakland resident Cassius “Cash” Green. The movie takes place in an alternate version of Oakland, where the most popular game show on T.V. is called I Got the Shit Kicked [...]
In Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Last Night of the World,” which was originally published in Esquire magazine and later became a part of The Illustrated Man, the main character asks his wife a universally familiar question: “What would you do if you knew this was the last night of the world?” As the story was first published [...]
When thinking of science fiction, or a work considered to be science fiction, one might think of media or texts that involve technology that is beyond what humans are capable of creating or have not created yet. While I think this idea is a staple of the science fiction genre, I believe the genre can [...]
