© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Welcome to the Science Fiction Motif Index, a small repository of concepts from science fiction and their history. Explore the development of robots, carbon fiber, and alien encounters as told through stories of different time periods. Find the influences and predecessors of your favorite stories, or other stories that explore the same concepts.
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A film about a single astronaut, Dr. Ryan Stone, who must survive in space during an ablation cascade. Largely a metaphor for grief and the loss of a child. Fetal, birth, and first steps imagery.
A drive that works by creating a large magnetic scoop to collect the very sparse atomic hydrogen of interstellar space and feed it into an engine such as a fusion drive.
© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0