Anticipation is a cinematic or literary genre in which the stories take place in a (relatively) near future and where the authors imagine future by extrapolating some of our society’s characteristics (militarism, overpopulation, pollution, war, terrorism…) Exemples : Stand on … Lire la suite... |
I have no mouth and I must scream (Short story)
© 1967 – Harlan Ellison When I read this short story for the first time fifteen years ago, I remembered that it appeared among my favourite short stories. I read it again and I re-examine my judgment: I have no … Lire la suite... |
eXistenZ (1999)
I really had a hard time try to write this article so much strange is this movie, a real UFO (Unidentified Filming Objet) which throws us in an almost normal world to the edge of … Lire la suite... |
Iain M. Banks
Birth : 16 February 1954 in Dunfermline (Scotland) Iain Menzies Banks was a Scottish writer who did his studies to the Stirling University in the fields of English literature, philosophy and psychology.… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Short story (en)
“Short story” is an American term referring to a category of literary awards: the stories whose length is lesser than 7,500 words. Matching words : Novel, Novelette, Novella… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Novelette (en)
“Novelette” (or “Novelet”) is an American term referring to a category of literary awards: the short stories whose length is included between 7,500 and 17,500 words. Matching words : Novel, Novella, Short story… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Novella (en)
“Novella” is an American term referring to a category of literary awards: the short stories whose length is included between 17,500 and 40,000 words. Matching words : Novel, Novelette, Short story… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Novel (en)
“Novel” is an American term referring to a category of literary awards: the more than 40,000 words stories. Matching words : Novella, Novelette, Short story… Lire la suite... |
Star Trek: First contact (1996)
The storyWhile she patrols on the edge of the Federation, the Enterprise receives a S.O.S.: the Borg, those formidable mi-organic mi-cybernetic extraterrestrials, are en route to Earth. The fleet is mobilized to counter them … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Seiun award
The Seiun award (« nebula » in Japanese) is equivalent to the Hugo award. It is attributed each year since 1970 during the Japanese annual Science Fiction Convention. It rewards the following categories: Best novel (Japanese and foreign)… Lire la suite... |