Discovering Science Fiction&amps Re-emergence and Re-assessment in .... o Stories that involve discovering or applying new scientific principles, such as time travel or psionics,. o Stories that involve the discovery or application of new technology, such as nanotechnology, faster-than-light travel or

Frank Herbert&s Novel, "Dune," is Relevant Forty Five Years Later
The Spacing Guild, a metaphor for shipping lines and magnates, monopolizes all space travel and trade, and is the sole organization that has the technology to travel faster than light. CHOAM is a blaring symbol for OPEC, ... Science Fiction Writers of America. The SFWA created the Nebula Award; its work has benefited writers; and its website is a mine of information on speculative-fiction for fans, with scores of reading lists. Taken in large enough quantities, ...
Gameshelf #8: Modern Interactive Fiction
Why, yes, it is only ten minutes long. More details in the show notes.
Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I: Science Fiction - Don&t Forget the ...
By that yardstick, generally the most often broken rule is faster-than-light travel, whether jumping to "hyperspace" or "warp drive" or just jumping from one place to another. Unless the action takes place wholly within a star system ...
Tor. com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Faster Than ...
Normally in science fiction, faster than light has a speed that has nothing to do with Einstein and everything to do with self-referentiality and the way other science fiction has done it—faster than light ships go at the speed of sailing ships, taking months to .... It worked pretty well in that news and information couldnt travel faster than Jump 6 (6 parsecs per week) and if your ship was being chased, you had to fly for a while to get to point where you could jump..
Faster than light travel: – Fact or Fiction? | The Young Astronomers
Faster than light travel: – Fact or Fiction? SGU: FTL. All of us have heard at least in passing about one or more forms of faster than light (FTL) travel, but is any form even possible ? The most common form created in science fiction ...
The Wonders of Tachyons
A tachyon is a hypothetical subatomic particle that move faster than the speed of light. Unlike ordinary particles (bread crumbs, Legos, and such), a tachyons speed increases when energy decreases, which means once set in motion the tachyon ... Being a subatomic particle also means its much smaller than your average Lego, making a tachyon not particularly useful for travel. In science fiction and hypothetical theory, tachyons are used for transporting not people, ...
Necessary Fiction
A concentrated beam of light on a flammable material. The sound of the fire was really the sound oxygen made when consumed by the flames. “The games called Scat,” Carpano says, finally dealing the cards. “Whats the object?” .... Hes frustrated that shes able to think so much faster than him. Maybe she doesnt have Alzheimers. Maybe one of the symptoms of Alzheimers is that you believe everybody has it. He says, “I dont know.” Miss Whitten seems even further away..
Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: How to Distinguish Fiction ...
This contradicts to the SRs result that nothing moves faster than the speed of light. Moreover sound wave has v_g = w but not c. This means that SR is a "BAD" fiction. Use brain and you will see who is hallucinating more easily and ...