Author Archives: gendain

I would say that the most compelling piece found in “the house of the Scorpion” by Nancy Farmer would be the theme of replicating human life/characteristics. This means that the authors in most of the science fiction works that we’ve examined so far have had a protagonist or MC in the story attempt to create […] Continue reading →

The words come out in a rapid motion of surprise, but remaining calm, hands slowly flexed. Something in the excitement brings about the feral instinct that has been restrained for too long. Part of me asks for release, but the dominating side takes control and keeps a sense of sanity as I remind myself that […] Continue reading →

Pg. 147- “I know aliens are supposed to be all mysterious and everything, but I still don’t see why anyone would build a city-sized wildlife refuge for anaerobic microbes” -Isaac Szpindel                 I would have to say that from the second I read this page; this was the most compelling sentence that stuck to me […] Continue reading →

Year XXXX To my dearest child Akins, By the time you’re old enough to read this, I may no longer be as I once was, and I hope that you will not take everything to heart. I cannot fully express how painful it will be for me to think of you as another being and […] Continue reading →

The single most interesting aspect about the world that Lilith was thrown into would probably be the perception of organisms. There are various mentions throughout the assigned readings of how the Ooloi examine the human race into different sections rather than as a whole. The classification can be referenced from the cancer from page. 22 […] Continue reading →

We3 was an interesting transition from the Cyber-Spaced theme novel of Nueromancer and the comic still kept in the ever fascinating structure of futuristic designs. Mecha’s(robots & androids)  and cyber-space seem to go along well when comparing the two terms, but I’m getting ahead of myself, so I’ll bring the main question forward. A single […] Continue reading →

I would like to honestly state that when I first read Neuromancer, I didn’t fully know what to expect. However from the vivid descriptions in the first chapter or so, the word came to me; Cityscape. It is a term that is not often used, but is well received (well I believe it is). Within […] Continue reading →

This might be a little late, but I would like to briefly go over the third section of Frankenstein before continuing onto the main topic, as I seem to feel that leaving a discussion post partway doesn’t seem correct. The third section of Frankenstein brought about some twists and how everything the once young and […] Continue reading →

The term monster is an often exaggerated term. I will be frank and ask what actually defines the term monster? Most people would usually believe the definition as some sort of hideous or terrifying form that seeks to cause destruction or extinguish mankind. That is actually partially true, but in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, there is […] Continue reading →

Whenever you hear the term or quote “Mad Scientist” you might always bring yourself to the image of some crazed man in a white lab coat, a hunchback named “Igor” and lastly, but not least the desiccated parts of many corpse loosely bound by stitches. Let’s move away from this mental image and try to […] Continue reading →