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In 1964 Soviet engineer and writer Genrikh Altshuller made the first attempt to catalogue science fiction technologies of the time. Alongside first prediction of a particular technology, the list may include all subsequent works mentioning it until its invention.
As science fiction emerged during the era of Industrial Revolution, the increased presence of machines in everyday life and their role in shaping of the society was a major influence on the genre. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It appeared as a major element of the Proto SF , represented by machines and gadgets in works of Jules Verne , George Griffith , H ...
Gerrold calls bolognium "technobabble", and cautions against overusing it, or using it carelessly; doing so harms the illusion of reality which good sci-fi needs. [22] In the 1982 sci-fi comedy Big Meat Eater, Bolonium makes up a meat-based fuel; the comedy rock band Bolonium gets its name from said reference.
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This page is a listing of articles about fictional technologies and technological devices featured in works of fiction. See also: Category:Hypothetical technology and Category:Science fiction Subcategories
The 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time Esquire/20th Century Fox ... Stanley Kubrick’s cosmic brainteaser was, is, and will likely always be the greatest sci-fi film ever made.
Herbert's concepts and inventions have been analyzed and deconstructed in at least one book, The Science of Dune (2007). Herbert's originating 1965 novel Dune is popularly considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, [1] and is frequently cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history.
Arcot, Wade and Morey – scientist-inventors in science fiction stories by John W. Campbell The Baltimore Gun Club in From the Earth to the Moon – three of its wealthy members (Victor Barbicane, Stuyvesant Nicholl, Ben Sharpe) build a giant gun which launches an occupied capsule to the Moon