science fiction
The bridge between imagination and technological advancement, where the dreamer’s vision predicts change, and foreshadows a futuristic reality. Science fiction has the ability to become “science reality”.
Review of 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' 1.5 The Hood Maker
Telepathy is another favorite but not-as-well-known-as-some-other themes of Philip K. Dick - appearing in the aforementioned (i..e, mentioned in my review of episode 1.3 of Electric Dreams) "Beyond Lies the Wub" in 1952. Its combination with police procedural in Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 1.5, The Hood Maker, makes for a classic Dick amalgam.
By Paul Levinson8 years ago in Futurism
Skullmates
Even though both of my Millennial parents hated him, the late Bill Gates was a role model for me. Like him, I never finished college. It took me a little bit longer to become a billionaire, though. I was 32 when my accounting A.I. notified me that my net worth has passed one billion euros.
By Robert Enders8 years ago in Futurism
Civil War 2
No one expected a second civil war in these United States...in these former United States, much less the globe. It came as a shock to most, although it really shouldn't have. The government had been failing for years, whether it was a Libby or a right-leaner on the presidential throne the crap was always the same. The rich got richer and the poor got poorer.
By Clint Botha8 years ago in Futurism
'I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream'
Harlan Ellison’s "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" represents an artificial intelligence known as “AM” to be a vengeful God-like figure in the eyes of the main character, Ted. There are numerous references to Judeo-Christian beliefs of God and Hell that could lead one to argue that AM is playing the roles of both God and Satan in this post-apocalyptic world. Ted, in a similar way, shows persistent qualities of humanity that are reflected in AM, as well.
By Josh Whitehead8 years ago in Futurism
Brutalist Stories #45
I can’t remember how many times I’ve killed Helena, a dozen, a thousand? Does it really matter once you go past the first one? That first killing, the first time you take someone’s life, you must cope with what you’ve done forever. You have to look down at your hands and say to yourself, "These are the hands that murdered her. These are the hands that took her life."
By Brutalist Stories8 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' 1.3 Human Is
Humans in outer space has been adapted to the screen less frequently than other themes of Philip K. Dick. But his work in that area is equally brilliant and sometimes better than his better-known themes - I've thought that ever since I read his "Beyond Lies the Wub" first published in 1952 - and in the case of Bladerunner ("Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"), the two motifs (outer space and robots) are in effect combined.
By Paul Levinson8 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' 1.2 Autofac
In Autofac, we have Dick addressing his perennial what's real and what's fantasy, dream, alternate whatever conundrum in a form likely best known these days, and for better than three decades: which one is more human, the android (robot) or the humans who made it/her/him? This is the theme of Bladerunner, original movie and recent sequel, based on Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - two words of which are part of the title of this 2018 streaming series.
By Paul Levinson8 years ago in Futurism
Hellfire
Love your ego, you won't feel a thing. Always number one. Darkness flooded the ground, eating away at every inch of light, stealing away the soft sunshine that played upon the sun-kissed skin of those below. Those still forced to inhabit the soft green planet of Origin.
By Emily Schwartz8 years ago in Futurism
Lone Wolf: The Hunt
A convoy of troop transports arrived at the edge of the forest just a few miles outside Atlas City. Dozens of armed troops poured out from the back with officers barking orders. Those already out began entering the forest in groups, each one lead by an officer. A total of five groups of eight men per group entered the forest. As they slowly trudged through, looking at their surroundings carefully, one officer removed a small portable screen and activated it.
By Michael Hawkins8 years ago in Futurism
Brutalist Stories #44
The carriage of the subway rattles along as I hold onto the steel bar and the hologram projected onto my retina beams with a gigantic smile. “Fantastic new possibilities await you in the Realm! Sign up now and receive a live test experience in your stream, free of charge and without obligation!” That obnoxious smile, wide and sparkling, trying to convince me to take up the call like so many others have.
By Brutalist Stories8 years ago in Futurism
