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Science Fiction – A Genre With No Limits
Science fiction, on the whole, has captivated movie-goers, novel readers, and television enthusiasts equally for generations. While many people would classify sci-fi itself as a genre, there is much more to it than that. It is a very broad genre that truly is made up of a large variety of smaller sub genres. Often times, fans are classified and clustered into one large group with the same interests and tastes and that is simply not the case. Throughout television, literature, films, and even theater, this genre has become one of the most widespread yet varied forms of mass media today.
Another misconception is that it is based on fantasy. Fantasy and science fiction are closely tied, but there is a main difference between the two. Producers always finds a way to justify the storyline or interactions between characters in a scientific way that makes the story plausible. On the other hand, fantasy media portrays impossible situations with no set explanation. Fantasy just allows your imagination to run free. Science fiction always gives you an explanation which lets you believe more in the story and focus more on the plot rather than question the seemingly impossible aspects.
One of the great parts about science fiction is the timelessly classic feeling that older movies contain. Sure it’s great to see the big bad new age films with explosions and multi-million dollar budgets, but there is something to be said for the old classics. Even with massive budgets and all the high talent actors possible, some of the new movies can never truly convey the imagination and creativity of the originals.
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Best Vampire Novels
What is this fascination that people have with the undead? From Mummies, to Zombies, to Vampires, there seem to be a never ending production of movies and books about them.
Currently I have a fixation for anything vampire, be it books, movies or games. Usually I prefer to watch horror movies rather than read about them, so it was not until I was absolutely bored that I picked up the “Twilight Novels” (author Stephanie Meyers) to read. Now keep in mind, I read the Twilight Saga after the movie came out, so prior to reading the books I had not even seen the movie. I could not understand the phenomenon it created. Sure, I had seen the trailers and endless media coverage of the movie but I just chalked it up to being another teeny bopper movie. It was not until reading the books that I understood what the whole hype was about. This is going to make me cringe a bit (because I would hate to be among the many teenage crazed fans) but after reading those books I too became a fan. I must say it is one of the best novels I have read so far.
The first book gave entrance to a brilliant beginning. The idea of a human girl falling in love with a vampire was a tell tale story of two opposites coming together for love despite their differences and the trials that accompany such a union. I think that is what I really liked about those books. It had everything, romance, humor, drama and suspense all the ingredients for a well written book. What I did not like about the Saga was the second book, New Moon. Do not get me wrong it was not a bad book. I just did not like how Bella reacted to Edward leaving her. The fact that she was in a zombie like state at first then jumping off of cliffs sort of screamed to me suicide. It just seemed pathetic. Other than that part of the book, I loved the rest.
Around the same time that twilight came out, the HBO series “True Blood” came out. Just like Twilight the movie, True Blood also originated from a series of books, The Sookie Stackhouse Novels (author Charlaine Harris). It even has a similar plot to Twilight, you know, girl meets vampire, girl falls in love with vampire and so on. The nice twist about this story is that the girl (Sookie) is a telepath who can read people’s mind except for vampires and the vampires roam free among people. While Twilight had a more teenage audience, the Sookie Stackhouse books is more adult oriented. The books are not as well written as the previous book I talked about but it does have a good story base and the television series is even better.