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Reason February 2004 Jesse Walker |
Every Man a Demiurge: A matrix of your own For whatever reasons, audiences at the turn of this century were receptive to paranoid thrillers about inauthentic realities. Call it the demiurge cycle, after the Gnostic notion that our world is governed by a mad ersatz God. |
Wired June 2002 Lisa Kennedy |
Spielberg in the Twilight Zone Adorable aliens and menacing dinos made him the biggest science fiction director of all time. With Minority Report he's finally turning to the dark side... |
Salon.com December 25, 2001 Andrew O'Hehir |
"Impostor" It has a Philip K. Dick story and hip references to "Blade Runner," but this sci-fi actioner is a soulless cyborg... |
Salon.com July 10, 2002 Ian Rothkerch |
Will the future really look like "Minority Report"? Jet packs? Mag-lev cars? Two of Spielberg's experts explain how they invented 2054. |
Home Theater May 2008 Kris Deering |
Next--Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray) Based on a story by sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick, this is an interesting film on future sight and what could be achieved with it. |
Wired January 18, 2008 Clive Thompson |
Clive Thompson on Why Sci-Fi Is the Last Bastion of Philosophical Writing If you want to read books that tackle profound philosophical questions, then the best -- and perhaps only -- place to turn these days is science fiction. |