The sheer number of new science-fiction and fantasy books published in any given year can be overwhelming, and it doesn't help matters that both genres are so series-heavy! The 30 Best Fantasy Book Series of All Time - Paste www.pastemagazine.com /articles/2016/02/the- ...all...The 30 Best Fantasy Book Series of All Time. ...First Book in the Series: ...urban setting, the other in a futuristic, sci - fi setting), ensuring that Mistborn will appeal to readers of multiple ...!! We've done the hard work for you and rounded up the 21 best science fiction fantasy series of all time, in no particular order.
For the sake of tidiness (and our own sanity), we've limited this list to series that include at least three books, and that are either completely finished or have no further books currently planned (so, no A Song of Fire and Ice ), or have at least one finished multi-book story arc within the larger series (for instance, the Farseer Trilogy is a completed series within the Realm of the Elderlings series).
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Including: Consider Phlebas , The Player of Games , Use of Weapons , The State of the Art
If we have to say more than "utopian socialism on sentient spaceships" to sell you on this series, it may not be for you, but give it a shot anyway, won't you? Banks started the Culture series at a time when space opera was considered facile and passé, and took full advantage of that attitude to reinvent and revitalize the genre, offering a smart, playful, and often stylistically flashy subversion of space opera tropes wrapped around a core of radical politics.
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Does Science Fiction Have Good LGBTQ+ Representation?
Queer content creators discuss how inclusive their fave sci-fi franchises are at LA Comic Con 2019--
Many iconic science fiction titles, like Star Trek and Star Wars just to name a few, have always had huge LGBTQ+ fanbases, but what exactly is it about sci-fi that draws in these queer audiences? And is sci-fi media even queer inclusive?
Starr: Facial Recognition Tech: No Longer Science Fiction, but a Threat to Privacy – The
Two weeks ago, the Utah state Legislature debated the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies . Legislators heard comments from representatives of interest groups, the public safety department and an associate from Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology! 100 Best New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books of 2019 (So Far ...www.nerdmuch.com/ books /154577/new- sci - fi - fantasy - books Looking for some new sci - fi or fantasy books to read this month? Check out the best new sci - fi and fantasy books for May 2019 (and previous months).!! The use of facial recognition software introduces serious concerns about accuracy, the right to privacy and justice! 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time: The Ultimate List (2019 ...www.nerdmuch.com/ books /156309/ best - fantasy - books This book is so wonderful that it landed on both our best fantasy and best sci - fi books lists. A Wrinkle in Time is the perfect example of how children's literature can be more than introductory ...!! If we hold these values dear, the Legislature should halt the use of the technology immediately until significant improvements are made to its operation.
Facial recognition technology consists of computer programs which can make out human faces. The technology sorts out the facial information within a database, analyzing measurements of physical features — also known as biometrics — from photographs or videos! 23 Of The Best Fantasy Book Series for Adults | Book Riot book riot.com/2018/09/10/ best - fantasy - book - series Fantasy is such a good way to get your head outside your usual setting. You can step inside magnificent worlds (or familiar settings!), meet wonderful monsters and creatures, fight alongside heroes and villains and get that luscious political intrigue you search for.If you crave stories that take more than one book , check out these fantasy book series for adults.!! It attempts to find a match and identify people by comparing an input frame of a human face with faces already contained in the system, many of which were obtained from driver's license files.
Why tumbleweeds may be more science fiction than Old West | Science News
Those dried-up, gray and brown tangles of Salsola plants have blown through many a Western movie, but they aren't all that Western! The 10 Best Completed SF and Fantasy Series (According to ...fantasy - ...to-me Speaker for the Dead remains the single best science fiction book I've ever read, ...The Wheel of Time is one of the preeminent fantasy series of the late '90s/early 2000s.!! You can find the common S. tragus in Maine, Louisiana, Hawaii and at least 42 other states. What's more, S. tragus isn't even native to North America, says evolutionary ecologist Shana Welles of Chapman University in Orange, Calif.
When the plant arrived on the continent over a century ago, it wasn't welcome. An 1895 agricultural bulletin blames the accidental arrival on "impure" flax seed brought from Russia to South Dakota during the 1870s. From there, the adaptable S. tragus rode the rails, surviving a range of climates and really thriving in places like California's Central Valley. Welles, who is 5'8", says, "I definitely have stood next to ones that were taller than me."
In its North American home, S. tragus has had some improbable offspring. Never mind that the other parent of some of those progeny is S. australis , a different species with only half as many chromosomes. (It hitchhiked to the continent from perhaps Australia or South Africa.) Mismatching chromosome numbers can be a deal breaker for animals looking to mate, but plants have their ways. When tragus met australis , the latter just added an extra copy of all its DNA and the numbers worked out. Instead of a dud, a new species , S. ryanii , was born ( SN: 4/12/16 ).
Quite a lot has been going on:
Growing Food on Mars: Not Science Fiction, Says New Research | Asgardia - The Space Nation
Can food grow on Mars and on the moon? Scientists from the Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands think that the answer is 'yes'. They performed an experiment with soil simulants developed by NASA, with promising results: not only will it be possible to grow food on Mars and on the moon, but it will also be possible to obtain viable seeds from crops grown there, they say
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Because the lunar and Martian regolith are not available for plant growth experiments, NASA has developed simulants of the regolith. The Dutch team then set a goal of cultivating and harvesting crops on the regolith simulants.
The research team cultivated 10 different crops, ranging from rye and quinoa to radish and spinach, simulating the properties of the soil on Mars and on the moon, as well as the soil from Earth for a control group.
Science fiction explains evolving China Africa relations — Quartz Africa
In 2007 the then President of China, Hu Jintao, delivered a speech to South Africans acknowledging the benefits of a strategic partnership. He also stressed that the connection is not merely pragmatic. It must, he argued, serve to honor and deepen the countries' long abiding friendship in the future.
The idea of friendship has undoubtedly informed the nature of Sino-African engagement. But if we use contemporary science fiction as a barometer, African sentiment towards China appears more inclined towards dystopian forecasts.
Science fiction writing often serves as a thought experiment that explores shared and hidden beliefs whose material and political reverberations lie further in the future. Various short stories portray how China's economic ascension, operating under the guise of African development, uses technology as a means to invade and control Africa.
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