Science Fiction in the News Articles
Related to material in The Golden Man
by Philip K. Dick

"The powers of earth had finally exterminated the last of the horrible tribes of mutant freaks spawned by atomic war. Menace to homo sapien supremacy was about ended — but not quite. For out of the countryside came a great golden, godlike youth whose extraordinary mutant powers, combining the world’s oldest and newest methods of survival, promised a new and superior type of mankind . . . "


('The Golden Man' by Philip K. Dick)

Short sory details the life and characteristics of a new kind of human life. Can he read minds? Can he see the future? What is his inner experience? This story provided the bare outlines of the movie Next; the short story is the more remarkable of the two works.

Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:

Thor Shield Energy Weapon-Proof Fabric
   An engineer with an interest in lightning protection systems comes up with a way to foil taser weapons and cattle prods.

We All See The Future Like Dick's 'Prethink'
   Mind-blowing idea about human cognition makes Philip K. Dick's prethink more thinkable.

Brain Wave Patterns Predict Mistakes
   If we work on this a bit more, we might even be able to prethink. Just a little.

DIY Taser-Proof Clothing
   'His suit-shield sucked in the energy and discharged it...'- Philip K. Dick, 1954.

Russia's Protective Ferrite Fabric
   'His suit-shield sucked in the energy and discharged it...'- Philip K. Dick, 1954.

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Finally, Robot Conductors On Autonomous Buses
re: Robert Silverberg
(10/1/2024)

RoboShiko! Sumo Exercises Still Good For Robots
re: Roger Zelazny
(9/29/2024)

Giant Robotic Hands At Gundam Next Future Science
re: Robert Heinlein
(9/27/2024)

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