American television science fiction is a well-liked television subgenre that has given rise to many of the most well-known and watched science fiction programs in the entire globe. In the 1960s, famous actresses took on the roles of characters in Sci-Fi television shows. If you are interested to know some of them, … Read more
Introduction Star Wars is a series of science-fiction movies created and directed by the ingenious George Lucas. The series began in the mid-seventies with the release of the first movie in 1977, Star Wars, which was later titled Star Wars IV: A New Hope. Thus, began a series of extraordinary movies that … Read more
Ancient precursors to science fiction (or proto-science fiction) Many historians believe that science fiction is as old as civilization itself. Believe it or not, even in the ancient times such work that resembles science fiction did exist. Few of the earliest surviving works of ancient “science fiction” literature included The Epic of Gilgamesh … Read more
The best 1950s science fiction movies The 1950s is considered the golden era of science fiction. This period was kicked off by author Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles and magazines such as Galaxy that featured the works of the “Big Three” in the science fiction world — Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, … Read more
Early establishment as Timely Comics Marvel Comics is a publisher of comic books in America and as well as other related media. Their published comic books feature some of the most popular characters such as Spider-Man, Thor, Black Panther, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and Iron Man. Most of the fictional characters … Read more
Douglas Adams was an English sci-fi novelist as well as a radio/TV writer, comic author, and dramatist. He is best known for his series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy novels, which sold over 15 million copies. The very gifted Adams wrote other publications such as Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, The … Read more
Early life: the young prodigy One of the greatest science fiction writers of all time, Isaac Asimov was born to Jewish parents to Petroivichi – a faraway village in Russia, in 1920. There’s no definitive record pertaining to his date of birth but his family gave him a range of dates between … Read more
Some ideas in science fiction becoming real Science fiction’s concepts and ideas seemed too implausible, fantastical and far-fetched to become real. However, some of these concepts and gadgets have come to exist, and we actually use many of them. For example, take cues from the sci-fi space series Star Trek. Star Trek … Read more