From expanded vision to immortal bodies, these screen depictions have all stretched our understanding of what technology could do to humans.
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The 1986 science fiction thriller features everything from robotic exoskeletons to terraforming.
Science fiction has been obsessed with perfect female robot companions but never considered what makes a good male human companion, till now.
The original 1984 film’s vision of rogue AI turning on humanity remains hugely influential.
A woman with dwarfism, Judy-Lynn del Rey founded the imprint that put out fantasy hits such as ‘The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever’ and ‘The Sword of the Shannara.’
Arcadian manages to be both highly derivative and also quite unusual. It is part thriller, part creature feature and part horror.
If you haven’t seen Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic, then it’s likely you will have seen other films influenced by it.
Amid global a crisis, China rises to save the world – while Western countries descend into chaos.
Science fiction books can inspire more children to become scientists if authors and illustrators do a better job of depicting characters from diverse backgrounds.
‘Finch’ can be seen in a larger tradition of science fiction that explores the nature of being human through the human-dog relationship.
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