Q: So today, July 20, 2019 is the title of a book by Arthur C. Clarke. Are there any other books with that sort of title and, if so, what would the next one be?
As a related question, are there any other science fiction/futurist books that take place on one day in the next year, or a resource that lets us know of such books? It would be fun to know about them in advance.
As a related question, are there any other science fiction/futurist books that take place on one day in the next year, or a resource that lets us know of such books? It would be fun to know about them in advance.
My memories are very fuzzy, but I read a young adult novel around 20 years ago. It featured a girl and her grandmother, and there was some climax in a park with a lake, and a musician? violinist? who wandered in the park. There was possibly a boat involved too. I also seem to remember the grandmo...
I'm looking for stories with animals or objects that gains the ability to talk (e.g. Billina from the wizard of Oz).
Animal/object needs to have a name of their own.
Many pieces of science fiction are set in the future. E.g. Back to the Future has a future set in 2015, Bladerunner has one set in 2019, Alien seems to be set around 2087, and so forth.
Q: I am interested in finding the earliest future as used in science fiction.
Explained: Taking the three mov...
I was thinking of the Mayans this morning, and the controversy about the Mayan calendar in 2012 (through a long and circuitous thought process). But it got me thinking: Someone back 5000 years ago built a calendar which planned ahead 5000 years.
Lots of sci-fi books, stories, and movies are base...
The works of Theodor Fontane
On the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898) I would like to propose the works of this novelist and poet for a reading challenge. Fontane is known as a representative of realism and is known for novels such as Effi Briest, Frau Jen...
What number should uchronia have in the Universal Decimal Classification?
In literature section I find:
82-94 History as literary genre. Historical writing. Historiography. Chronicles. Annals. Memoirs
But “History as literary genre” is not exactly an uchronia with an alternate universe.
S...
