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Dr. Nick Laslowicz ( The Centrifuge Brain Project) Dr. Mannering ( Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man) Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane ( The Body Snatcher) Dr. Cal Meacham ( This Island Earth) – earth scientist (a radio engineer in the novel) kidnapped to solve the problem of defending the planet Metaluna.
The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic work of early science fiction [4] and remains one of Wells's best-known books. The novel is the earliest depiction of the science fiction motif "uplift" in which a more advanced race intervenes in the evolution of an animal species to bring the latter to a higher level of intelligence. [5]
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In science fiction, Earthling (also Terran, Earther, and Gaian) is frequently used, as it were naming humanity by its planet of origin. Incidentally, this situation parallels the naming motive of ancient terms for humanity, including human ( homo , humanus ) itself, derived from a word for ' earth ' to contrast earth-bound humans with celestial ...
David Marcus (Star Trek) Kila Marr. Stephen Maturin. Andrew Blodgett Mayfair. Kenny McCormick. Leonard McCoy. Mora Pol. Mordin Solus. Professor Moriarty.
Asimov's Science Fiction: 1990 A Cabin on the Coast: Gene Wolfe: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 1984 A Can of Paint: A. E. van Vogt: Analog Science Fiction: 1944 A Clean Escape: John Kessel: Asimov's Science Fiction: 1985 A Colder War: Charles Stross: Spectrum SF: 2000 A Dream of Armageddon: H. G. Wells: Black and White: 1901 A ...
Boris Karloff in James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel.The monster is created by an unorthodox biology experiment.. Biology appears in fiction, especially but not only in science fiction, both in the shape of real aspects of the science, used as themes or plot devices, and in the form of fictional elements, whether fictional extensions or applications of ...
2001: a Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. Written concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001 is just one of author Arthur C. Clarke's massive array of sci-fi novels. Clarke was so prolific ...