Masters of Science Fiction: Philip K. Dick

The late Philip K. Dick's works were one of the strongest influences on science fiction writers in the first decade of the 21st century, including the fields of alternate history and paranoid thrillers. Yet he received relatively little acclaim and financial success in his own lifetime and was unable to attract the attention of major publishers. The hold that Dick still…
View More about Masters of Science Fiction: Philip K. Dick

Masters of Science Fiction: Edgar Rice Burroughs & Alex Raymond

The most famed and prolific area of science fiction is the planetary adventure, featuring strange environments, exotic alien races, and massive battle scenes. Many of the most popular science fiction universes, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, and Avatar, take place in these environments. Most of these universes owe their existence to the adventure fiction of one author. Edgar Rice…
View More about Masters of Science Fiction: Edgar Rice Burroughs & Alex Raymond

Masters of Science Fiction: Isaac Asimov

No discussion of twentieth-century science fiction writing can be complete without mention of Isaac Asimov, the biochemistry professor and visionary writer who was responsible for creating the popular characterization of robots and incorporating themes of social science into “hard” science fiction. His most popular works, the Foundation series and I, Robot, are considered landmarks of science fiction to…
View More about Masters of Science Fiction: Isaac Asimov

If you like To Kill a Mockingbird

The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice, in this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic that has been translated into more than 40 languages. To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay…
View More about If you like To Kill a Mockingbird

Dracula: King of the Bloodsuckers

Dracula, as we know him today, is such a popular and established a character that most people do not realize that the popular characterization of him was only established in 1897 by Victorian-era author Bram Stoker. Dracula’s characterization as a sinister yet refined Continental aristocrat puts the book firmly into the late Victorian tradition of…
View More about Dracula: King of the Bloodsuckers
1 - 10 of 44