Science Fiction Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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A Literary Analysis of the Story the Island of Dr. Moreau (407 words, 1 pages)

The Island of Dr. MoreauThe Island of Dr. Moreau is a story that questions the ability of men playing God. The balance of nature is put to the ultimate test as a man by the name of Charles Edward Prendick stumbles across an out-of-control experiment that fuses man with animal. ... Read More

A Captain’s Log of Communications at the U.S.S. Enterprise (2244 words, 4 pages)

Star date 41176.8 Captain's log.This is my (Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-17O1 D) account of the events leading up to and beyond the Federation and Romulan war (2380-2385 AD).Star date 32851.2 The Enterprise received a distressed call from a fleeing scout ship.SOS... I am ... under ... ... Read More

The Suspense and Mystery in the Book “Spook” (1384 words, 2 pages)

SPOOKMary Ann Nelson has never been to school. She is fifteen years old. Her and her mother, Muriel live in an old house. No one has ever seen what Mary Ann looks like in years because she always wears a hood to cover her face. The other children used to ... Read More

A Glimpse into the Future in The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1255 words, 4 pages)

In The Martial Chronicals, Ray Bradbury provides a glimpse into the future that not only looks at people from a technological standpoint, but from a human one as well. His well crafted, almost poetic stories are science fiction in setting only. They put much more emphasis on the apathy and ... Read More

A Review of Nemesis by Isaac Asimov (1360 words, 3 pages)

Make this field active and press CTRL-VBook ReviewName of BookNemesisAuthorIsaac Asimov was born in 1920 in Petrovichi, Russia. When he was three years of age, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Asimov turned to full time writing in 1958. This accomplished writer is ... Read More

A Biography of Jules Verne, a French Poet and Novelist (1071 words, 2 pages)

Jules VerneGoing to moon, a balloon trip around the world, adventure under the sea, all this in the late 1800s? All this was possible in the writings of Jules Verne. Jules Verne was born in Nantes on February 8, 1828. He had a vivid imagination and as a child, he ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (718 words, 4 pages)

This week I read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I readfrom page 1 to 353.The book starts off with Ender getting his monitor off.A monitor is something that they but on the back of thesepeoples necks to see if they are a good candidate to be ageneral to fight ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life and Literature of Herbert George Wells (580 words, 3 pages)

Herbert George WellsHerbert George Wells was one of the worlds most talented writers. He was able to write in many styles, whether it be science-fiction or nonfiction. Although talented in many areas and genres of the literary world, it is for his contribution to the realm of science-fiction that he ... Read More

A Summary of the Novella, Griffin’s Egg by Michael Swanwick (425 words, 2 pages)

Griffin's EggGriffin's Egg is a story about Gunther, a man who lives on the moon. And his adventures,as he gets into all kinds of situatutions. He, along with many others, have inhabited the moon because Earth is engauged in a full thermonuclier war. The dangers of the moon however, also ... Read More

An Analysis of the Book A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller (833 words, 2 pages)

Walter Miller, in the novel A Canticle For Leibowitz, mocks the way we are as humans, particularly in those ways that lead to regressive thinking. The novel pokes fun at the attention to impractical details, such as to the spent copying the Leibowitz blueprints. Miller also mocks humans by describing ... Read More

A Comprehensive Book Report on the Lost World by Michael Crichton (1017 words, 5 pages)

394 pages Book ReportTitle The Lost WorldAuthor Michael CrichtonCharacters The main character in the book is Ian Malcolm, a middle aged mathematician and a little bit of an explorer. The man who set up the exploration, Richard Levine, is a rich andreckless yet well known adventurer who spends a lot ... Read More

An Analysis of the Abuse of Power Within A Clockwork Orange, a Book by Anthony Burgess (1334 words, 2 pages)

English ISU Abuse of Power within A Clockwork Orangeby Christopher BorycheskiThe choice between good and evil is a decision every man must make throughout his life in order to guide his actions and control his future. This element of choice, no matter what the outcome, displays man's power as an ... Read More

A Review of The X-Files, X Marks the Spot, a Science Fiction Book (262 words, 2 pages)

Science Fiction Essay I liked The X-files, X Marks the Spot. There was a lot of suspense. Itwas easy to understand. The events were spread out well. Overall itwasn't another long boring science fiction book. There was a lot of suspense. There was suspense as soon as I got intothe ... Read More

The Synopsis and Aspects of Psychology in a Clockwork Orange (2067 words, 4 pages)

Synopsis of A Clockwork OrangeIn A Clockwork Orange, the main character is that of a mildly young child of 15 who, along with his fellow friends, or "Droogs", partake in evenings of Ultra-Violence. Ultra Violence consists of random beatings, theft, destruction, and rape. The main character, Alex, is the self-proclaimed ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Alex in A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1127 words, 2 pages)

In A Clockwork Orange, Alex, the narrator and the main character, tells the story of his teenage years, starting at fifteen. He begins his tale as the leader of a small gang that spends its evenings pillaging and wreaking havoc on the town until the gang mutinies and "Your Humble ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (311 words, 1 pages)

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEAby Jules VerneThe news spread worldwide about a serpent-like creature. Supposedly, part of the whale family has been ramming ships and sinking them with ease. The large ship named the Abraham Lincoln was sent out to find and kill this beast. An attack of the monster ... Read More

The Martian Chronicles (799 words, 4 pages)

Kenny McDanielApril 10th, 19971st Period "Your's will be mine soon"Al Bundy faced the problem of finding out who's land was who's when his neighbor and him got into an argument over an apple tree. He called in a surveyor and they found out the tree belonged to Marcy, his neighbor, ... Read More

William Gibson’s Neuromancer: Cyberspace and the Real Today’s Cyberspace (697 words, 3 pages)

William Gibson's Neuromancer Cyberspace As described by William Gibson in his science fiction novel Neuromancer,cyberspace was a "Consensual hallucination that felt and looked like a physicalspace but actuallly was a computer-generated construct representing abstractdata." Years later, mankind has realized that Gibson's vision is very close toreality. The term cyberspace was ... Read More

A Book Report on The Lost World by Michael Crichton (1000 words, 4 pages)

Book Report on "The Lost World"Characters The main character in the book is Ian Malcolm, a middle agedmathematician and a little bit of an explorer. The man who set upthe exploration, Richard Levine, is a rich and reckless yet well knownadventurer who spends a lot of his time and money ... Read More

A Book Review of Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole (385 words, 2 pages)

Book Review of Star Wars X-Wing Rogue SquardronDan Boughen 9A The title of the novel is Star Wars X-Wing Rogue Squadron. The author's name is Michael A. Stackpole. The type of book is fantasy adventure.Main CharactersA) Corran Horn Corran is a pilot in training for the Alliance or the Rebellion. ... Read More

The Abuse of Power in A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1332 words, 5 pages)

Abuse of Power within A Clockwork Orangeby Christopher BorycheskiThe choice between good and evil is a decision every man must makethroughout his life in order to guide his actions and control his future. Thiselement of choice, no matter what the outcome, displays man's power as anindividual. Any efforts to control ... Read More

A Reading Report on The X-Files, X Marks the Spot by Louisa Gradnitzer and Todd Pittson (267 words, 2 pages)

The X-Files, X Marks the Spot Book Report I liked The X-files, X Marks the Spot. There was a lot of suspense. It waseasy to understand. The events were spread out well. Overall it wasn't anotherlong boring science fiction book. There was a lot of suspense. There was suspense as ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Isaac Asimov (1343 words, 7 pages)

Book Review NemesisName of Book NemesisAuthorIsaac Asimov was born in 1920 in Petrovichi, Russia. When hewas three years of age, his family immigrated to the United States and settledin Brooklyn, New York. Asimov turned to full time writing in 1958. Thisaccomplished writer is best known for his novels dealing with ... Read More

An Introduction to the Flowers for Algernon and Charlie’s Psychological Traumas (740 words, 3 pages)

Flowers for Algernon Charlie's Psychological Traumas Medical operations are carried out everyday, but for some, an operation canchange a person's life. One experiment was done on a mentally retarded personto try to raise his intelligence. The experiment worked, but after months, thepatient regressed dramatically. In the book, Flowers for Algernon, ... Read More

A Review of B.F. Skinner’s “Walden Two” (822 words, 4 pages)

B.F Skinner's Waldo Two Positive Change In World Through Manipulation ofBehaviorB.F. Skinner, in his novel Walden Two, presents many arguments about howhe foresees a positive change in the world through manipulation of behavior onthe personal level. Sigmund Freud, in his works, specifically Civilization andIts Discontents, presents his view of human ... Read More

A Review of the Science Fiction Story “The Transformers” (699 words, 3 pages)

Transformers More Than Meets The EyeWhen I was younger, I loved to watch cartoons. Although I watched manycartoons, there was one cartoon in particular that caught my attention the most.This cartoon was a science fiction story about robotic lifeforms called TheTransformers.At that time, The Transformers was the most exciting and ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Family Atreides in the Book Dune (1848 words, 8 pages)

DuneThis book all started with the family Atreides landing on plant Arrakis,commonly known as Dune. The planet Dune was the centre of the universe due toits immense amounts of spice. This spice is greatly needed for all planets asfuel and for raw materials. The family Atreides were asked by Emperor ... Read More

A Summary of Michael Crichton’s Book “The Lost World” (1674 words, 6 pages)

The Lost World SummaryI read Michael Crichton's The Lost World. In the following paragraphs, I willnot only explain the book, but also give my critique of it. I will also give aparagraph that was probably the best paragraph in the book, in my opinion.The book starts out with Ian Malcolm, ... Read More

A Plot Summary of Michael Crichton’s Science Fiction Novel “The Lost World” (657 words, 3 pages)

The Lost World SummaryThe Lost World by Michael Crichton is a great science fiction novelabout a group of scientists of different fields that go on an expedition to anisland to bring back a rich and stubborn scientist from a test expedition thathe cared about more than his life.The "lost world" ... Read More

A Censored and Structured World in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (465 words, 2 pages)

Fahrenheit 451 A Censored and Structured World David Finch August 30, 1996Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 forces us to envision a world that is sostructured and censored fireman exist not to fight fires ,for all buildings arefireproof, but instead to burn books. Fahrenheit 451 is a horrific account ofwhat could happen ... Read More

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