Prophets of Science Fiction(2011)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2011-11-09
Average Runtime: 45m
Rating: 7.7
Votes: 16
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
The series covers the life and work of leading science fiction authors of the last couple of centuries. It depicts how they predicted and, accordingly, influenced the development of scientific advancements by inspiring many readers to assist in transforming those futuristic visions into everyday reality.
Keywords
scientific researchhistorysci-fi writer
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Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
Mary Shelley
Air Date: 2011-11-09
It’s alive! Mary Shelley set out to create a monster--along the way she created a masterpiece. In 1816, teenager Mary...
E02
Philip K. Dick
Air Date: 2011-11-16
Literary genius, celebrated visionary, paranoid outcast: Writer Philip K. Dick lived a life of ever-shifting realitie...
E03
H.G. Wells
Air Date: 2011-11-23
"I told you so..." H.G. Wells' self penned epitaph underscores a lifetime of grim--yet uncanny--prophecy. With storie...
E04
Arthur C. Clarke
Air Date: 2011-11-30
Some sci-fi storytellers are content to merely predict--but Sir Arthur C. Clarke creates. The writer is single-handed...
E05
Isaac Asimov
Air Date: 2012-02-01
He saved the future from Evil Robots! Isaac Asimov dreamed a better future where we need not fear our own technology....
E06
Jules Verne
Air Date: 2012-02-08
He put a man on the Moon in the Victorian Era. He criticized the Internet...in the 1863. Jules Verne is the ultimate ...
E07
Robert Heinlein
Air Date: 2012-02-15
Science fiction legend Robert Heinlein is a walking contradiction. His stories address themes of patriotism, and duty...
E08
George Lucas
Air Date: 2012-02-22
From Luke Skywalker's light sabre to Darth Vader's Death Star, the Star Wars franchise is one of the defining science...
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