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Fiction in the News Articles
Related to material in The Golden Man
by Philip K. Dick
"The powers of earth had finally exterminated the
last of the horrible tribes of mutant freaks spawned
by atomic war. Menace to homo sapien supremacy
was about ended — but not quite. For out of the
countryside came a great golden, godlike youth
whose extraordinary mutant powers, combining
the world’s oldest and newest methods of survival,
promised a new and superior type of mankind . . . "
('The Golden Man' by Philip K. Dick)
Short sory details the life and characteristics of a new kind of human life. Can he read minds? Can he see the future? What is his inner experience? This story provided the bare outlines of the movie Next; the short story is the more remarkable of the two works.
Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:
Thor Shield Energy Weapon-Proof Fabric
An engineer with an interest in lightning protection systems comes up with a way to foil taser weapons and cattle prods.
We All See The Future Like Dick's 'Prethink'
Mind-blowing idea about human cognition makes Philip K. Dick's prethink more thinkable.
Brain Wave Patterns Predict Mistakes
If we work on this a bit more, we might even be able to prethink. Just a little.
DIY Taser-Proof Clothing
'His suit-shield sucked in the energy and discharged it...'- Philip K. Dick, 1954.
Russia's Protective Ferrite Fabric
'His suit-shield sucked in the energy and discharged it...'- Philip K. Dick, 1954.
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re: Jack Vance
(11/29/2024)
re: Charles Stross
(11/27/2024)
re: Frank Philips
(11/25/2024)
