Posted on 04/13/2014 2:09:15 PM PDT by EveningStar
BBC America
Series Premiere: Saturday, April 19th at 10/9c
From Star Wars to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and from Jurassic Park to Doctor Who, each program is packed with contributors behind these creations and traces the developments of Robots, Space, Invasion and Time. Narrated by Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who writer, actor, and co-creator of the BBC’s Sherlock, the series determines why science fiction is not merely a genre… for its audience it’s a portal to a multi-verse – one that is all too easy to get lost in...
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The science fiction genre was created by mathematician Johannes Kepler when he wrote Somnium (The Dream) in 1611.
We can take it back even further to “True History” by Lucian of Samosata, written sometime in the 150’s (AD). It includes a voyage to the Moon, too.
Sammy Sota? But seriously, folks, I'll have to read it.
I learn something every day on F/R.
They will throw in some leftist spin somewhere
Nope, the Kama Sutra is at least half Sci-Fi
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That’s why I’m here!
I just read the synopsis for the first show, “Robots”. It does not even mention Asimov or the rules of robotics. It appears the producers may believe that sci-fi only appears in movies and that no one paid any attention until Star Trek and Star Wars came along.
I hope I am wrong, but doing a show about robots and not even mentioning Asimov is like doing a show about computers and not including Babbage.
Yeah. It looks like they’re primarily addressing movies and TV. :9
I hope I’m wrong.
I was thinking more Woz than Babbage, but I agree with your point.
Ping! Looking forward to this! Thanks!
I LOVE BBC America!
Mark
Did he answer the question....Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? :-)
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