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Atomic Age II
A PowerPoint by me (Tristan K. Hampton-Hall)
Science Fiction! new genre born from the atomic age
people were scared of commies and bombs
robot says hiso futuristic
he’s having fun
vrooom
don’t want that
scary
that’d be bad
like really bad
Novels!
many science fiction novels were publishedIncluding ones by the following
Robert Heinlein, Have Spacesuit – Will TravelKurt Vonnegut, Player Piano
E.E. Smith, the Lensman series
Nice mustache dude
Smells like grandpa
Blacketer has this blazer
MORE Novels! Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
Philip K. Dick, some books in the 50s, but first “good” one was in 1961
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
he just turned his swag on
his cat doesn’t like him
his cat does like him
AND YOUR GOD, ISAAC ASIMOV!
WROTE OVER 500 BOOKS!!!
I, ROBOT
THE FOUNDATION SERIES
GALACTIC EMPIRE
SWEET SIDEBURNS BROGODSIMOV
Written in 1956 for the November issue of Science Fiction Quarterly
Comics!Science fiction also spread over to comics, like Flash Gordon (which had been out since the 30s), Buck Rogers (1928!), Weird Science, among others
he gets the girl
lady’s man
swaggalaggin outfit
These are comics
Pretty much
neato
Movies!
Considered the golden age of science fiction movies
Were pretty cheesy, and often formulaic
Themes were often the concerns of the time, including infiltration, atomic war, and invasion
The War of the Worlds and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea both won Academy Awards
tony
ooh, shiny
Movies of the 50s
classics
cool special effects
BEST MOVIE EVER!!!
ALIENS!
ZOMBIES!
ED WOOD!
oh my
Fallout sheltersBecause people were afraid of dem commies, they built fallout shelters
People were mad paranoid
Thank You!
Plus 10 for multicultural
¡Gracias!
! شكًرا