Like something out of a sci-fi film, it is peppered with the remnants of a wind-seared forest.
In 1989, when Friend made his initial discovery, such talk seemed the stuff of cheesy sci-fi.
Come to think of it, what self-respecting sci-fi geek could forget these two classic movies?
On Tuesday at midnight, the latest title in the sci-fi first-person shooter series Halo: Reach launched.
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The existing concepts invariably look rather sci-fi, with web-like lines that wrap the foot.
Since then they have mostly failed to deliver practical applications living up to their sci-fi promise.
Bin, Bear and Benford, however, generally get the most respect from the non-sci-fi community.
Built in Germany, the machine is like something from a Ridley Scott sci-fi movie.
So why has he penned a book on a topic usually confined to pulp sci-fi--antigravity?
Universal continues it's trend of catchup titles on Blu-ray with the Sci-Fi cult classic Serenity.
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Remember those sci-fi moves that told us the world would one day possess a wearable computer?
The movie does prominently feature one nod to more traditional sci-fi, though: jet packs.
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The Autonomy web site still reads like a combo of sci-fi and we-sold-it-for-too-much gibberish.
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Yes, you heard correctly: web-enabled TV applications are no longer the stuff of sci-fi films.
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But Burt Rutan, 61, has only ever read one sci-fi book: Carl Sagan's Contact.
The first film invented the modern sci-fi blockbuster, observes Herbert, and helped redefine America's movie-going habits.
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Jack have "full-on man sex in this series, " which shouldn't shock sci-fi fans in the least.
Michael 'ER' Crichton wrote and directed 1973's Westworld, a classic example of the ever popular 'technology amok' Sci-Fi genre.
His next film is the big-budget sci-fi film Oblivion which is slated for an April release.
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It was like watching a bad sci-fi movie in which aliens suck up the brains of earthlings.
Bungie promises that Destiny will seamlessly blend multiple types of gameplay experiences into a unique sci-fi world.
LN-CC is worlds away from the high-street chains and not just because of its sci-fi chic.
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And I went and pitched them a new sci-fi series that a friend of mine had written.
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Lars von Trier's sci-fi drama Melancholia was named best movie at last year's awards, held in Berlin.
In his DNA you'll find Japanese Kabuki theatre, British rock and roll, and late 1960s dystopian sci-fi.
But Bell, who is 75 years old, takes the idea of digital memory to a sci-fi-esque extreme.
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