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Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs Open Journal Systems]. Public Knowledge Project.
 
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Vinge, Vernor. 2006. Rainbows End: A Novel With One Foot In The Future. Tor Books.
 
 
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Le Guin, Ursula K. 2004. [http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/sciencefiction/story/0,6000,1144428,00.html Chronicles of Earthsea: Ursula Le Guin's books include A Wizard of Earthsea, The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness and many others. This is an edited transcript of her online Q&A, in which she answered readers' questions about anarchism, utopias, Harry Potter, her favourite planets and the best Dr Who]. February 9. The Guardian.
 
 
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. 2010. [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/archives.html#sf University of Pennsylvania's "The Online Books Page"]. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania.
 
Science Fiction Films. 2010. [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/Scififilm.html UC Berkeley Science Fiction Films Library Page]. Berkeley, CA: UC Berkeley.
 
 
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50000BTU_barbecue. 2012. [http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/08/07/235239/ask-slashdot-whats-the-most-depressing-sci-fi-youve-ever-read Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read?]. August 07. ask.slashdot.org
Kessler, Sarah. 2010. [http://mashable.com/2010/09/25/11-astounding-predictions/ 11 Astounding Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True]. September 25. Mashable.com
 
Adams, Douglas. 2014. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams Douglas Adams]. Wikipedia.
 
anlashok. 2014. [http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/09/13/2140210/why-atheists-need-captain-kirk Why Atheists Need Captain Kirk]. September 13. science.slashdot.org/story/14/09/13/2140210/why-atheists-need-captain-kirk.
 
Arcite. 2011. [http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2046218/the-encyclopedia-of-sci-fi-goes-live-online The Encyclopedia of Sci-fi Goes Live Online]. December 12. news.slashdot.org.
 
Doctor Who. 2014. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who Doctor Who]. Wikipedia.
 
HarperDog. 2012. [http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/08/2319239/the-science-fiction-effect The Science Fiction Effect]. February 8. news.slashdot.org
 
Kessler, Sarah. 2010. [http://mashable.com/2010/09/25/11-astounding-predictions/ 11 Astounding Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True]. September 25. Mashable.com.
 
mvdwege. 2012. [http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/08/08/2135246/ask-slashdot-most-underappreciated-sci-fi-writer Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer?]. August 08. ask.slashdot.org/
 
Newitz, Annalee. 2012. [http://io9.com/5940036/how-copyright-enforcement-robots-killed-the-hugo-awards How copyright enforcement robots killed the Hugo Awards]. io9.com.
 
Palmer, Roxanne. 2014. [http://theweek.com/article/index/264686/a-scientific-fact-check-of-2001-a-space-odyssey A scientific fact-check of 2001: A Space Odyssey Would a real-life HAL become a homicidal maniac?]. July 23. theweek.com/article/index/264686/a-scientific-fact-check-of-2001-a-space-odyssey.
 
Penmanpro. 2012. [http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/09/03/2210205/hugo-awards-live-stream-cut-by-copyright-enforcement-bot Hugo Awards Live Stream Cut By Copyright Enforcement Bot]. September 03. entertainment.slashdot.org
 
Rosen, Rebecca. 2013. [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/why-todays-inventors-need-to-read-more-science-fiction/279793/ Why Today's Inventors Need to Read More Science Fiction: MIT researchers Dan Novy and Sophia Brueckner argue that the mind-bending worlds of authors such as Philip K. Dick and Arthur C. Clarke can help us not just come up with ideas for new gadgets, but anticipate their consequences]. SEP 20. theatlantic.com.
 
Science Fiction Resources. 2010. [http://cinemaspace.berkeley.edu/resources/scifi2.html U.C. Berkeley Film Studies Science Fiction Resources]. Berkeley, CA: UC Berkeley.
 
 
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Science Fiction to Science Fabrication Lab at MIT. 2014. http://scifi2scifab.media.mit.edu/
 
 
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