Abstract
This paper analyzes the premise of futuristic anxiety in the science fictions works of Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin and Joanna Russ. More specifically, the paper looks at Clarke's "Childhood's End," Le Guin's "The Lathe of Heaven" and Russ' "When It Changed" and provides evidence of the role of anxiety that rises within these author's depictions of the future.

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"In conclusion, the premise of this study has been to analyze the premise of futuristic anxiety found within the works of Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Joanna Russ. By evaluating the anxiety of gender separatism, psychological terror, and human evolution in the human future, the premise of change and powerlessness is part of the ideas generated within the prophetically styled writings. In this manner, the worst fears of losing a stable human identity are the basis of anxiety that is foretold in the works of these three science fiction authors. By understanding the fluctuating changes that occur to human beings in a futuristic perspective, the anxiety of change is how science fiction produces prophetically frightening views on the future."

Tags:powerlessness, gender separatism, psychological terror, human evolution

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In this article the writer discusses the quote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" made by science fiction writer, Arthur C. Clarke. The writer describes and explains this quote and then defends it with examples from modern technology, such as microchips and electronic sensors.

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"Arthur C. Clarke was once quoted as saying 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". As a science fiction writer Clarke's insight about advanced technology was highly perceptive. As a matter of fact when technology is truly advanced it does appear to be magic. Certain scientific advances are beginning to simulate phenomena that would previously have been consigned to the realm of the paranormal. Technology is rooted in the real world. It provides electronic solutions to human problems using the circuits ... "

Tags:technology, Arthur C. Clark, magic, smart home, smart traffic lights, programmable matter

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The paper examines the concepts of moral evil and natural evil and discuss their applicability to the powerful short story by Arthur C. Clarke entitled, "The Star." Additionally the paper outlines what is meant by moral evil and by natural evil and will then proceed to offer a brief account of Clarke' short story. From there, the paper considers the unique problem of evil in the story and some possible explanations which might explain the destruction of the civilization in Clarke's short story.

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"The following paper will look at the concepts of moral evil and natural evil and discuss their applicability to a powerful 1955 short story by Arthur C. Clarke entitled, "The Star." The paper will briefly outline what is meant by moral evil and by natural evil and will then proceed to offer a brief account of Clarke' short story. From there, the paper will look at the unique problem of evil in the story and some possible explanations (two of them) which might explain the destruction of the civilization in Clarke's short story. The paper will then conclude that Hick's concept of natural or non-moral evil is helpful in coming up with a defence for what..."

Tags:hick, moral, evil

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An examination of the similarities and differences between Arthur C. Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey" and James Hilton's "Lost Horizon". The author identifies core beliefs which both novels hold including their concern with what it is to be human. However, it is also illustrated how different the novels are with regard to structure, literary techniques, and characterizations.

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"Lost Horizon has a more traditional narrative structure, with an enclosing frame involving characters who talk about the central figure, remembering him in the past. 2001, on the other hand, at first glance seems to lack a cohesive literary structure and to be instead a series of barely related incidents at different time periods, with different characters and somewhat obscure situations. Yet, the two novels both have a core belief in the ability and innate moral sense of the human being and a belief in positive human development."

Tags:novel, human, science, fiction, Conway, realism

Abstract
This paper looks at how Arthur C. Clarke?s "2001: A Space Odyssey" is an account of human progress contrived by a superior intellect. It examines how, unlike many novels that magnify a single blink in the historical spectrum, it traverses the broad range of humankind?s evolution. In particular, it looks at how the three themes that Arthur C. Clarke primarily focuses on in this novel comprise the development of mankind, the clash of human advancement with the continuous evolution of technology, and, ultimately, the role of a superior intelligence in the voyage of human evolution.

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"The heart of the narrative lies in the gradual development of humanity, and the entire book is founded upon this theme. As the story begins, man is characterized by the vile ?man-apes.? These creatures neatly correspond with the established stereotypes associated with ancient man. These beasts struggle to operate at the intellectual equivalence of the animal kingdom when suddenly the introduction of a celestial monolith thrusts them to the forefront of progress. The monolith prompts one of the man-apes to use stones for hunting, and the age of simple tools and machines is ushered in. This simple link in the chain of evolution may have very well saved the human race from famine and extinction."

Tags:ape, monolith, moonwatcher, saturn, science, technology

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This paper examines how science fiction challenges our concepts of belief, faith, and religion because it wantonly contests our comfortable notions of what is and what could become reality. It demonstrates how, out of all of what science fiction has to offer, nothing captures this more than the speculation of extraterrestrial culture and life in space. It discusses how science fiction is the grey area between religion and science that gives us something to believe in beyond what we are told to take as the "gospel". It shows how we are allowed to imagine the possibilities and find comfort in these concepts, ideas, and stories developed by science fiction authors like Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov.

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"We theorize on the meaning of life and death, which incorporate themselves into our discussions on extraterrestrial life. Religious doctrines basically say that the heavens are God's place, although science has shown us the galaxies, stars and planets that dwell in the heavens. We place our faith in science to uncover vaccines and cures for terminal illnesses and diseases like AIDS, cancer, cholera, and dysentery. We are not as pious as our ancestors were in the Middle Ages, because we believe in science, yet, we still pray and believe in the traditions of our own religious beliefs. Perhaps if only for the reason that we do not entirely trust science to hold all the answers, or maybe, just maybe, we believe that religion and science are both right."

Tags:arthur, c, clarke, asimov, space, extraterrestrial, culture

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In this paper the plot of the movie directed by Stanley Kubrick and the book written by Arthur C. Clarke are summarized with emphasis on the philosophical and ethical issues presented in the story. A more detailed analysis of the ethical issues, including man becoming god and Hal the computer, concludes the paper. The paper is written from a Christian perspective and relates the story to Biblical examples.

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"2001: A Space Odyssey" was written by Arthur C. Clarke and published in 1968 at about the same time as the movie of the same title was released. It is interesting to note that the film and the book were being produced at the same time. Rather than to base one on the other, the movie and the book were made almost as one, with modifications being made to suit the needs of the writer and director. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, the movie was left more open-ended than the book, and tended to draw either praise for its ingenuity or harsh judgment for its dullness and lack of imagination. Whether the first or the latter opinion is correct, one thing is for certain: 2001 is an epic that changed the face of science fiction and paved the way for a whole new way of thinking."

Tags:aliens, arthur, artificial, becoming, christian, clarke, computer, dawn, ethical, ethics, evolution, exploration, fiction, first, god, hal, intelligence, kubrick, monolith, morals, science, stanley, supernatural, technology, travel

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This paper discusses "2001:A Space Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clarke and "Lost Horizon" by James Hilton. The writer explains that while the genre of these two books are different, each author works a similar idea - human development - from different points of view.

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"In the larger sense, though, the main character is not any individual at all but Mankind, and the novel is the story of human beings from the time of their origin as human beings to the next step in the evolutionary cycle leading past homo sapiens to whatever designation would be given to the superior beings to come. Everything in the story centers on the development of the human race for a higher purpose, and this development is guided by unknown and unidentified extraterrestrials, never seen but implied and symbolized by the monolith appearing first among the prehumans of the African plain, then on the moon, and finally floating in space and serving as the stargate through which Frank Bowman passes on his epic journey, leading to the appearance of the Starchild: "With eyes that already held more than human intentness, the baby stared into the depths of the crystal monolith, seeing--but not yet understanding--the mysteries that lay beyond" (Clarke 233). The people of Shangri-La also seem to represent an advance in evolution, for they have attained great longevity and live more contented lives, as Chang explains when he tells Conway that "the process of retarding age would begin, and if successful, might give Conway half a century or so at the apparent age of forty" (Hilton 182)."

Tags:clarke, hilton, space, odyssey, horizon, shangri-la, conway, bowman, poole

Abstract
The future, if one is to judge it in the terms portrayed thirty years ago in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," has been something of a bust. The film's creators, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke evidently took it for granted that 2001, commercial airlines (in fact, the now-vanished Pan Am) would be offering regularly scheduled flights to orbit, where passengers would disembark into a space station complete with a hotel coffee shop. From the space station, connecting flights would be available to well-established moon bases, and preparations would be underway to send a manned spaceship (no women aboard!) to the moons of Jupiter.

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"The future, if one is to judge it in the terms portrayed thirty years ago in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," has been something of a bust. The film's creators, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke evidently took it for granted that 2001, commercial airlines (in fact, the now-vanished Pan Am) would be offering regularly scheduled flights to orbit, where passengers would disembark into a space station complete with a hotel coffee shop. From the space station, connecting flights would be available to well-established moon bases, and preparations would be underway to send a manned spaceship (no women aboard!) to the moons of Jupiter. To viewer of the film in 1968, all of this surely seemed plausible, even likely.

The year 2001 is nearly at hand, but almost none of the film's advances has come to pass. The commercial shuttle in the ..."

Abstract
Describes and analyzes the score used in the Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of "2001: A Space Odyssey". The paper provides descriptions of scenes in the movie and the accompanying music and explains the images that the music attempts to project through the use of sound, voice, and silence.

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"The film is not only a visual experience; it is also a musical journey. Filmed at a slow pace, the opening scene is an image shot from behind earth's moon with the sun rising over the earth's crescent shape in the blackness of space. This scene shows the earth, moon, and sun in a vertical alignment. Richard Strauss's Thus Spake Zarathustra is playing in the background. This scene is striking and beautiful and Strauss's piece sets the mood for what must be the majestic experience of outer space."

Tags:arthur, c, clark, musical, journey, thus, spake, zarathustra, richard, strauss, space, the, dawn, of, man