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Foster, You're Dead!
"Foster, You're Dead!" is a 1955 science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in ''Star Science Fiction Stories No.3''. The story is a satire of two 1950s-era trends: consumerism and increasing Cold War anxiety. Dick wrote in a letter: "One day I saw a newspaper headline reporting that the President suggested that if Americans had to buy their bomb shelters, rather than being provided with them by the government, they'd take better care of them, an idea which made me furious. Logically, each of us should own a submarine, a jet fighter, and so forth." It was adapted by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell for the episode "Safe and Sound" of the 2017 TV series '' Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams''. Plot summary The story takes place in 1971 where the vast majority of citizens own private bomb shelters and financially support nuclear war Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a theoretical military conflict or prepared politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Science FictionNo3
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of light. The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations and asterisms, and many of the brightest stars have proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. The observable universe contains an estimated to stars. Only about 4,000 of these stars are visible to the naked eye, all within the Milky Way galaxy. A star's life begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material composed primarily of hydrogen, along with helium and trace amounts of heavier elements. Its total mass is the main factor determining its evolution and eventual fate. A star shines for most of its active ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
