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978-0-356-50015-7. The Girl with All the Gifts is a science fiction book by M. R. Carey, published in June 2014 by Orbit Books. It is based on his 2013 Edgar Award -nominated short story Iphigenia In Aulis and was written concurrently with the screenplay for the 2016 film. It deals with a dystopian future in which most of humanity is wiped out ...
In human nutrition, empty calories are those calories found in foods and beverages (including alcohol) [1] composed primarily or solely of calorie-rich macronutrients such as sugars and fats, but little or no micronutrients, fibre, or protein. [2] Foods composed mostly of empty calories have low nutrient density, meaning few other nutrients ...
John Boyd was the main literary name of Boyd Bradfield Upchurch (October 3, 1919 – June 8, 2013), an American science fiction author, born in Atlanta, Georgia. His best known work is his first science fiction novel, The Last Starship From Earth, published in 1968. Boyd wrote eleven science fiction novels, five other novels, and one biography.
Fad diets are popular non-standard diets that often promise dramatic weight loss. However, they are usually not supported by scientific evidence, and they sometimes offer dangerous dietary advice. A fad diet is a diet that is popular, generally only for a short time, similar to fads in fashion, without being a standard scientific dietary ...
Octavia E. Butler. Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. [2] [3] Born in Pasadena, California, Butler was raised by her widowed mother.
Arthur C. Clarke. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, [ 3] inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all ...
Brian Wilson Aldiss OBE ( / ˈɔːldɪs /; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s. Greatly influenced by science fiction ...
Cyrano de Bergerac, one of the earliest SF writers, ca. 1654. John Birmingham, 2009. Ray Bradbury, 1975. Lois McMaster Bujold, 2009. Edgar Rice Burroughs, c. 1920. Octavia Butler, 2005. Richard Bachman (pseudonym of Stephen King) Paolo Bacigalupi (born 1972) Hilary Bailey (1936–2017)