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The Science Fiction Reboot

Author : Heather Urbanski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476601649

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This analysis examines several recent reimagined science fiction franchises (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, V, and Star Wars) in order to capture how "reboots" work from a fan perspective. Previous encounters with these stories make the reboot experience distinct for fan-viewers, who bring with them a set of expectations and knowledge, often tied to franchise canon that cannot be separated from the new film or television series. Even when elements of the original versions are maintained, memories of them influence the narrative encounter. This book considers reimagined texts from several levels, including the medium, the characters, and the world building, to break down and then explore the reboot experience.

The Science Fiction Reboot

Author : Heather Urbanski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786465095

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The Science Fiction Reboot by Heather Urbanski Pdf

This analysis examines several recent reimagined science fiction franchises (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, V, and Star Wars) in order to capture how "reboots" work from a fan perspective. Previous encounters with these stories make the reboot experience distinct for fan-viewers, who bring with them a set of expectations and knowledge, often tied to franchise canon that cannot be separated from the new film or television series. Even when elements of the original versions are maintained, memories of them influence the narrative encounter. This book considers reimagined texts from several levels, including the medium, the characters, and the world building, to break down and then explore the reboot experience.

Reboot

Author : Amy Tintera
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062217097

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In this fast-paced dystopian thrill ride from New York Times–bestselling author Amy Tintera, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Legend, and Divergent, a seventeen-year-old girl returns from death as a Reboot and is trained as an elite crime-fighting soldier . . . until she is given an order she refuses to obey. Wren Connolly died five years ago, only to Reboot after 178 minutes. Now she is one of the deadliest Reboots around . . . unlike her newest trainee, Callum 22, who is practically still human. As Wren tries to teach Callum how to be a soldier, his hopeful smile works its way past her defenses. Unfortunately, Callum’s big heart also makes him a liability, and Wren is ordered to eliminate him. To save Callum, Wren will have to risk it all. Wren’s captivating voice and unlikely romance with Callum will keep readers glued to the page in Amy Tintera’s high-stakes alternate reality, and diving straight into its action-packed sequel, Rebel. Don’t miss Amy Tintera’s new fantasy series, Ruined—full of epic stakes, sweeping romance, hidden identities, and scheming siblings.

Fuzzy Nation

Author : John Scalzi
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429924443

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From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner John Scalzi, an extraordinary retelling of the SF classic Little Fuzzy ZaraCorp holds the right to extract unlimited resources from the verdant planet Zarathustra—as long as the planet is certifiably free of native sentients. So when an outback prospector discovers a species of small, appealing bipeds who might well turn out to be intelligent, language-using beings, it's a race to stop the corporation from "eliminating the problem," which is to say, eliminating the Fuzzies—wide-eyed and ridiculously cute small, and furry—who are as much people as we are. Other Tor Books The Android’s Dream Agent to the Stars Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Fuzzy Nation Redshirts 1. Lock In 2. Head On The Interdepency Sequence 1. The Collapsing Empire 2. The Consuming Fire Old Man's War Series 1. Old Man’s War 2. The Ghost Brigades 3. The Last Colony 4. Zoe’s Tale 5. The Human Division 6. The End of All Things At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Little Fuzzy

Author : H. Beam Piper
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775455516

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Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper Pdf

A miner on the planet Zarathustra crosses paths with an adorable fuzzy creature -- and soon realizes that the little guy may possess human-like intelligence. This realization may throw the social and political balance of the planet into question, and several different groups are soon engaged in a heated race to gauge the smarts of the small fuzzy fellows.

Solar Reboot

Author : Matthew D. Hunt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0692916717

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Solar Reboot by Matthew D. Hunt Pdf

As a series of catastrophes caused by deadly solar flares threaten to tear the world apart, one family tries to find each other amid the chaos.

Reset

Author : Sarina Dahlan
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781094086323

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Can you love someone you don’t remember? After the Last War destroyed most of the world, survivors form a new society in four self-sustaining cities in the Mojave Desert. In the utopia of the Four Cities, inspired by the lyrics of “Imagine” and Buddhist philosophy, everything is carefully planned and controlled: the seasons, the weather—and the residents. To prevent mankind from destroying each other again, its citizens undergo a memory wipe every four years in a process called tabula rasa, a blank slate, to remove learned prejudices. With each new cycle, they begin again with new names, jobs, homes, and lives. No memories. No attachments. No wars. Aris, a scientist who shuns love, embraces tabula rasa and the excitement of unknown futures. Walling herself off from emotional attachments, she sees relationships as pointless and avoids deep connections. But she is haunted by a recurring dream that becomes more frequent and vivid as time passes. After meeting Benja, a handsome free-spirited writer who believes his dreams of a past lover are memories, her world is turned upside down. Obsessed with finding the Dreamers, a secret organization thought to have a way to recover memories, Benja draws her down a dangerous path toward the past. When Metis, the leader of the Dreamers, appears in Aris’s life, everything she believes falls to pieces. With little time left before the next tabula rasa, they begin a bittersweet romance, navigating love in a world where names, lives, and moments are systematically destroyed. Thought-provoking and emotionally resonant, Reset will make you consider the haunting reality of love and loss, and the indelible marks they leave behind.

Hard Reboot

Author : Django Wexler
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250790279

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Django Wexler's Hard Reboot features giant mech arena battles and intergalactic diplomacy. When did academia get to be so complicated? Kas is a junior researcher on a fact-finding mission to old Earth. But when a con-artist tricks her into wagering a large sum of money belonging to her university on the outcome of a manned robot arena battle she becomes drawn into the seedy underworld of old Earth politics and state-sponsored battle-droid prizefights. Is it time to get back to the books, yet? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

André's Reboot

Author : Steve Coleman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0985006544

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A robot possessing unique artificial intelligence and human-like self-awareness, Andre 1 tells the story of his creation and "growing up" in his inventor's family. Often humorously fumbling in his interactions with people, Andre analyzes his experiences, attempting to understand the faults and foibles of human personality. Accompanied by his girlfriend, Dr. Margaret 13, a droid physician of his own creation, Andre achieves a position as translator and self-appointed mendacity-monitor to the American President and strives to prevent world catastrophe.

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema

Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538130100

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Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema by M. Keith Booker Pdf

In the years since Georges Méliès’s Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) was released in 1902, more than 1000 science fiction films have been made by filmmakers around the world. The versatility of science fiction cinema has allowed it to expand into a variety of different markets, appealing to age groups from small children to adults. The technical advances in filmmaking technology have enabled a new sophistication in visual effects. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about science fiction cinema.

Reboot

Author : Domino Finn
Publisher : Blood & Treasure
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Rated E for Epic Tad Lonnerman is having a crappy day stuck in crappy traffic late to a crappy meeting. On the bright side, his game development career is the only non-crappy thing he has going for him, so life isn't all bad. At least until he dies. Now Tad finds himself uploaded to a beta test of Haven, an unannounced hyper-immersive MMO where the dead have a second chance at life. It's not virtual reality, it's digital reality. A true afterlife online. Except Haven isn't exactly blissful paradise. Tad bumbles into a pagan blood feud, crosses paths with fallen angels, and gets lied to by saints. His only allies? A frat boy with a penchant for dying and a pixie who won't give him the time of day. Second chances be damned. All Tad wants is to return to his old life, and he'll do anything for the opportunity. Even make a deal with the devil. If you like Ernest Cline, Aleron Kong, Travis Bagwell, Matt Dinniman, or Luke Chmilenko, then you are going to love Domino Finn's contribution to the never-back-down hero who works smarter not harder. What readers are saying: ⚡⚡ "Finally a book series that combines my two favorite pastimes—reading and gaming!" ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "A shining beacon of hope in the LitRPG genre." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "It speaks directly to my nerdy gamer heart. Entertaining, witty, and a blast." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "No game company could make a game as good as this book!" ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "Domino Finn continues to wow." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "I rarely give out five star reviews but this one deserves it. Superb plotting, pacing and exposition. Humor, angst, and well-developed characters using ingenuity and intelligence to solve their problems kept me reading straight through the night." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "Nonstop action and just plain good storytelling." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "Who knew the afterlife could be so fun?" ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "Fast read. Good narrative. Gigantic climax." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "Exhilarating from first to last." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "I like this author so much, I would literally cut off my own leg if I was stuck under a boulder just to crawl to my phone to download his next book." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "Stacked with great story and fighting." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "I cheered, I booed, I may have even pumped my fist, much to the dismay of the cat beside me. 5 stars!" ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "For non-gamers this is a 5 star book. For gamers it deserves the unavailable 6th star." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "Stunning in all aspects - a must read - you will kick yourself for not doing so!" ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "A triple-A title you won't find on Steam. I really like Ready Player One, but Afterlife Online is on another level." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "I'd choose a Domino Finn novel over Brandon Sanderson every day of the week!" ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "Talon is such a badass. Izzy, Kyle, and the rest of the gang rock." ⚡⚡ ⚡⚡ "Stop what you're doing and go out and buy this book. Buy the whole series, it is seriously FEPIC." ⚡⚡

Reboot Culture

Author : William Proctor
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031409127

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Since the release of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins in 2005, there has been a pronounced surge in alternative uses of the computer term ‘reboot,’ a surge that has witnessed the term deployed in new contexts and new signifying practices, involving politics, fashion, sex, nature, sport, business, and media. As a narrative concept, however, reboot terminology remains widely misused, misunderstood, and misinterpreted across popular, journalistic, and academic discourses, being recklessly and relentlessly solicited as a way to describe a broad range of narrative operations and contradictory groupings, including prequels, sequels, adaptations, revivals, re-launches, generic ‘refreshes,’ and enactments of retroactive continuity. Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach that fuses cultural studies, media archaeology, and discursive approaches, this book challenges existing scholarship on the topic by providing new frameworks and taxonomies that illustrate key differences between reboots and other ‘strategies of regeneration,’ helping to spotlight the various ways in which the culture industries mine their intellectual properties in distinct and novel ways to present them anew. Reboot Culture: Comics, Film, Transmedia is the first academic study to critically explore and interrogate the reboot phenomenon as it emerged historically to describe superhero comics that sought to jettison existing narrative continuity in order to ‘begin again’ from scratch.of franchising in the twenty-first century. of franchising in the twenty-first century. /div

Avengers of the Moon

Author : Allen Steele
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466886445

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Allen Steele, author of Arkwright, gives us a thrilling piece of science fiction pulp with Avengers of the Moon Curt Newton has spent most of his life hidden from the rest of humankind, being raised by a robot, an android, and the disembodied brain of a renowned scientist. This unlikely trio of guardians has kept his existence a closely guarded secret after the murder of Curt's parents. Curt's innate curiosity and nose for trouble inadvertently lead him into a plot to destabilize the Solar Coalition and assassinate the president. There's only one way to uncover the evil mastermind—Curt must become Captain Future. With the permission of the Edmond Hamilton estate, Allen Steele revives the exciting adventures of Captain Future. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Science Fiction Literature through History [2 volumes]

Author : Gary Westfahl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798216142348

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Science Fiction Literature through History [2 volumes] by Gary Westfahl Pdf

This book provides students and other interested readers with a comprehensive survey of science fiction history and numerous essays addressing major science fiction topics, authors, works, and subgenres written by a distinguished scholar. This encyclopedia deals with written science fiction in all of its forms, not only novels and short stories but also mediums often ignored in other reference books, such as plays, poems, comic books, and graphic novels. Some science fiction films, television programs, and video games are also mentioned, particularly when they are relevant to written texts. Its focus is on science fiction in the English language, though due attention is given to international authors whose works have been frequently translated into English. Since science fiction became a recognized genre and greatly expanded in the 20th century, works published in the 20th and 21st centuries are most frequently discussed, though important earlier works are not neglected. The texts are designed to be helpful to numerous readers, ranging from students first encountering science fiction to experienced scholars in the field.

Innovation, Between Science and Science Fiction

Author : Thomas Michaud
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119427551

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Innovation, Between Science and Science Fiction by Thomas Michaud Pdf

Fantasy and science fiction are both involved in the process of innovation in techno-scientific societies. Long regarded as a hindrance to rationality, and to science, science fiction has become the object of praise in recent decades. Innovative organizations use science fiction to stimulate the creativity of their teams, and more and more entrepreneurs are using its influence to develop innovation. Scientific practice relies in part on an imaginary dimension. The mapping of the technical imagination of science fiction has become an important strategic issue, as has its patentability. The conquest of space, the construction of cyberspace and virtual reality, biotechnologies and nanotechnologies are all at the center of futuristic fictions that participate in scientific speeches and discoveries.