TIMELINE 2000-2010

TIMELINE INTRODUCTION
Copyright 1996, 1997 by Magic Dragon Multimedia.

All rights reserved.  May not be reproduced without permission.  

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This is a page extrapolating on the science fiction of the early 21st 
century -- yet to be written ! 

There are xyz hotlinks here to authors, magazines, films, 
or television items elsewhere in the Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide or 
beyond.
Most recently updated: 19 April 1997

Major CyberTainments/Films/TV of the Decade 2000-2010
2000     The Day the Earth Stood Still [America On-Line]
2000     Jurassic Park III [Net-Profits]
2000     Millennium: But There Was No Year Zero  [New-Year's-Eve-Net]
2000     Back to the Future IV: A Paradox Can Be Paradoctored [Edu-Net]
2000     Edward Scissorhands II: The Eunich [Unix]
2000     Gremlins IV: Gremlins vs. Tribbles [Hair-Net]
2000     The Absent-Minded Professor vs. Whats-his-name [I forget the URL]
2000     Death Race 2000 vs. Road Warrior [Live by Car Phone]
2001     Arachnophobia II  [Sticky-Web]
2001     Dark Star II: The Malcolm X-Files (Eddie Murphy vs. O.J. Simpson) 
2001     2001: A Space Odyssey: The Virtual Reality [DVD and VR-Net]
2001     The Handmaid's Tale II: Women On Top [CyberSex]
2001     Jesus of Hong Kong: Turn the Other Cheek Ninja [Cross-Linked]
2001     Alien Reboot [MotherBoard]
2001     Star Trek's First Contact and R2D2's Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind 
             & Fantastic Four meet Babylon 5 & Blakes 7 some 20,000 Leagues 
             Beneath the Sea
2002     The Jetsons: Really in Space [VR-Net from Space Station Alpha]
2002     Anaconda II: The Big Squeeze [Worm Drive]
2002     Martians, Go Home [VR-Net from Mars Rock Return Mission]
2002     Batman vs. the Cat in the Hat [Rat-Tail File]
2002     Crash II: J. G. Ballard's Driver's License  [Auto-Load]
2002     Contact II: Billions of Lawyers -- The Battle for Carl Sagan's Estate
2003     RoboCop V: The Oval Office  [Max Headroom-Net]
2003     Robot Jox II: The Urine Test [Water-Sports/Yellow-Journalism]
2003     ER: The Movie: Mr. Spock, Dr. Spock, Dr. Jekyll, Dr. Moreau & Dr. Demento
2003     Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles VI: Leonardo Online [Brain-Net]
2003     Dante's Peak II [HotLinks]
2003     George of the Jungle vs. Tarzan  [Hollwood and Vine]
2004     James Bond: The Prisoner ("007, meet Number 6")
2004     Total Recall III: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale [Brain-Net]
2004     Tremors vs. The Big One [not available in the ruins of Los Angeles]
2004     Emperor Godzilla [RisingSunSoft]
2004     Mortal Kombat V  [Punch Cards]
2004     King Kong on the Planet of the Apes  [SimiaNet]
2005     Men In Black [The UFOs won't let you see this]
2005     Hercules vs Xena [Court-TV Online]
2005     Honey, We Shrink-Wrapped the Disk [Teeny-weeny Incompatible-Disks]
2005     The Witches [Psi-Net]
2005     The Postman [David Brin] Meets The Brinman [Jonathan Post]
2005     Indiana Jones and the Evil Empire [I-Ran-Contra]
2006     Terminator 5-VR [VR-Net Sense-Enhanced]
2006     Interview with You, the Vampire [Capillary-Net]
2006     The Mask III: Those Darn VR Goggles!
2006     Ishmael the Gorilla vs. Bonzo the Chimp [ReagaNet]
2006     Rocket Man III: Rocket In My Pocket  [Re-Fuse]
2007     Stargate 3: The Anubis Gates vs. Bill Gates
2007     Star Trek: Geriatric [Mind-Meld-Net]
2007     Madonna Meets The Saint [VaticaNet]
2007     Star Wars Sexology Special Edition [Lucassette]
2008     Independence Day VI: The Day We Get the Construction Invoice
2008     Space Truckers III [CB-Radio]
2008     Spawn IV [Vet-Net]
2009     Sphere II: Space Balls -- Things to Come
2009     Starship Troopers II: Alien Sexual Harassment
2009     Power Rangers vs. VR-Rangers vs. the Lone Ranger
2009     Volcano II: Get Your Rocks Off [CyberSex]
2010     Freejack, Bug Jack Barron, You Don't Know Jack [Jack-in-the-Box]
2010     2010: Space Odyssey Special Edition  [Art-Clarke live from Orbit]
2010     Superwoman: The First Lady  [whitehouse.gov]
2010     Blade Runner III: Replican/Replican't  [Phillip K. Dick-tator]
2010     Metropolis II: On the Fritz [GermaNet]
2010     Invasion of the Body Snatchers vs. Censorship of the Snatch-Bodiers
2010     A Clockwork Orange [not available without a color monitor]
2010     Alphaville: The Beta Test  [Gamma rays/The Omega Man]
2010     Andromeda Strain II: Mickey Mouse as a Lab Rat
2010     Forbidden Planet Interactive [Robbie the Robot is at your door]
2010     The Blob  [sneezed on your screen]
2010     Star Wars XIX:  Death Star on Hollywood Boulevard
2010     M for Murder of the Story of O by Star Trek's Q and X-Files' Z for Zorro
2010     Monster in the Manger:  Gold, Myrrh, and Frankenstein
2010     War of the Worlds: Microsoft Explorer vs. Netscape Navigator

Major Books of the Decade
2000     Asimov 2000: Two Thousand of Isaac Asimov's Books on one DVD
2001     Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronic [Farenheit: $4.51]
2002     Arthur C. Clarke: "Hal-9000 and Me" [Sri Lanka: Monolith]
2003     Frank Herbert: "Dune vs. Doom: James Dean's Great Dane"
2004     Ballard, Brin, Bear, Benford, and Bova: "The Ultimate B-Movie"
2005     Robert Heinlein: "I Shall Fear No Sequel" [Stranger in a Strangelove]
2006     Stanislaw Lem: "Solaris OS"
2007     Stephen King: "Gross Prophets"
2008     Anne McCaffrey: "The Dragonrider Who Sang All the Way to the Bank"
2009     R. L. Stine: "Mother Goosebumps"
2010     H. G. Wells & Stephan W. Hawking: "A  Brief History of Time Machine"

Major Science Fiction Events of this Decade
{to be done}

|Introduction: Overview and Summary
|Prehistory: Ancient Precursors
|16th Century: Ariosto and Cyrano on the Moon
|17th Century: Literary Dawn
|18th Century: Literary Expansion
|19th Century: Victorian Explosion
|1890-1910: Into Our Century
|1910-1920: The Silver Age
|1920-1930: The Golden Age
|1930-1940: The Aluminum Age
|1940-1950: The Plutonium Age
|1950-1960: The Threshold of Space
|1960-1970: The New Wave
|1970-1980: The Seventies
|1980-1990: The Eighties
|1990-2000: End of Millennium
|2000-2010: Future Prizewinners (YOU ARE HERE)


Where to Go for More
 51 Useful Meta/Data Modules

Beyond the World Wide Web... there is the library of old-fashioned books 
printed on paper.  I strongly recommend that you start or follow-up your 
explorations of this web site by consulting any or all of these outstanding 
sources:
     
ALDISS*: "Quadrillion Year Spree" an update for quad-density and 4x CD-ROM drives 
     (first available in 2001 from McDonalds-Apple-Disney)
     of "Trillion Year Spree" which in turn was an update of "Billion Year Spree: 
     The True History of Science Fiction", Brian W. Aldiss 
     (New York: Doubleday, 1973; Schocken Paperback, 1974)

ALLEN*: "The Neurotic's Guide to Science Fiction" by Woody Allen and Woody Toystory,
     (Millennial Press, 2001)
     based on "Science Fiction Reader's Guide", L. David Allen 
     (Centennial Press, 1974)

AMIS*: "Memory maps of Hell", by Amis & Andy, (Mordor: Gollum, 2002) 
     based on "New Maps of Hell", Kingsley Amis (London: Gollancz, 1960; 
     New York: Harcourt Brace, 1960)

ASH1*: "Who's What in Science Fiction", by R2D2, C3P0, THX 1138 & Hal 9000
      based on "Machines Who Think" by Pamela McCorduck & Daffy Duck and
      "Who's Who in Science Fiction", by Brian Ash (Taplinger, 1976)

ASH2*: "The Virtual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", edited by V. R. R. Tolkein,
      (Dischord Datacord, 2007), based on
      "The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", edited by Brian Ash 
      (Harmony Books, 1977)
   
ASHLEY*: "The History of the Science Fiction Website" [65,636 volumes]
     (London/Bridge: Is Fallingdown, 4321) based on
     "The History of the Science Fiction Magazine" [3 volumes]
     (London: New English Library, 1974)

ASIMOV*: "Asimov on Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine on Asimov on Science Fiction
     and On and On and On and On..." (New York, New York: Isahellofatown)
     based on "Asimov on Science Fiction" (New York: Avon, 1981)

ATHELING*: "The Mouse at Hand: Magic Dragon Multimedia's Ultimate Science Fiction 
     Web Guide" by William Athlete, Jr. [James Blush], based on
     "The Issue at Hand", "William Atheling, Jr." [James Blish]
     (Chicago: Advent, 1964)

BARRON*: "Anatomy of Blunder", edited by Bug Jack Barron (Bowser, 2006)
     based on "Anatomy of Wonder", edited by Neil Barron (Bowker, 1976)

BAXTER*: "Science Fiction in the X-Rated Cinema", Just Another John, 
     based on "Science Fiction in the Cinema", John Baxter
     (London: A. Zwemmer, 1970; New York: A. S. Barnes, 1970)
     
BERGONZI*: "Orson Welles,  H.G. Wells, and All's Well That Ends Well", Saint Bernard, 
     based on "The Early H.G. Wells", Bernard Bergonzi
     (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1961)

BLEILER*: "The Internet List of Fantastic Stuff" Eveready F. Blather,
     (Chicago Bulls: Shasta Softdrinks, 2008), based on 
     "The Checklist of Fantastic Literature" Everett F. Bleiler
     (Chicago: Shasta, 1948)

BRETNOR1*: "Post-Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaninglessness and Dim Future", edited by 
      Grendel Briarton (New York: Coward-Chicken-McNugget, 2003) based on
      "Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Future", edited by 
      Reginald Bretnor (New York: Coward-McCann, 1953)

BRETNOR2*: "The Graft of Science Fiction", Reggie, Archie, and Jughead 
     (New York: Row, Row & Row Your Boat, 2007)
     "The Craft of Science Fiction", Reginald Bretnor 
     (New York: Harper & Row, 1977)

BRINEY*: "SF Bibs: Don't Be Drool", Robert E. Brainey & Ed Wood
     (Invent: Advent, Convent, and Denvention, 2002) based on
     "SF Bibliographies", Robert E. Briney & Edward Wood
     (Chicago: Advent, 1972)

CLARESON1*: "SF: The Dark Side of the Disk", edited by Thomas Declare's Son
     (Bench Press, Press Pass, Pass the Buck, and Buck Rogers, 2008) based on
     "SF: The Other Side of Realism", edited by Thomas D. Clareson
     (Gregg Press, 1978)

CLARESON2*: "Interpolation, 1984-2010", edited by Thomas D. Doubter
     (Bowling Alley, Ohio: University Unpopular Press, 2001) based on
     Extrapolation, 1959-1969", edited by Thomas D. Clareson
     (Bowling Green, Ohio: University Popular Press, 1971)

CLARKE*: "Biting the Tail Off the Future",  Mickey Mouse & Ignatz the Mouse
     (London: The Library Ass, 2002) based on
     "The Tale of the Future", I. F. Clarke 
     (London: The Library Association, 1961, 1972)

CONTENTO*: "Kleenex of the Science Fiction Obsessives and Compulsives", 
     Willy B. Contented?: Down-the-Hall, 2008) based on
     "Index to the Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections", 
     William Contento G.K. Hall, 1978)

DAY*: "Spandex to the Science Friction Magazine: 1926-50", Dawnof D. Day
     (Rosemary, Oregono: Jimmy Olson & Perry White Press, 2002) based on
     "Index to the Science Fiction Magazine: 1926-50", Donald B. Day
     (Portland, Oregon: Perri Press, 1952)

DeCAMP*: "Science Fiction Handjob", Dismust B. DeCamp
     (New York: Hermitage House, 1953)
      "Science Fiction Handbook", L. Sprague DeCamp
     (New York: Hermitage House, 1953)

ELLIK*: "The Universes of Doc Smith, Doc Holiday and Whatsup Doc", Ron L. Luck & Billie Vans
     (Chicago: Air Vent, 2006) based on
     "The Universes of E. E. Smith", Ron Ellik & Bill Evans
     (Chicago: Advent, 1966)

EVANS*: "The Daffy Dux of Sci-Fi Zines", Bull Evans with Chuck Spear,
     based on "The Index of Science Fiction Magazines", Bill Evans with Jack Speer
     (Denver: Robert Peterson, 1946?)

FRANKLIN*: "Past Plu-Perfect: American Science Friction of the 19th Century",
     Ben Franklin (Philadelphia: Lightning Rod/Bifocal Press, 2006) based on
     "Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century",
     H. Bruce Franklin (New York: Oxford University Press, 1966)

FREWIN*: "One Hundred Years of Science Fiction Computer Graphics", Anthony Makewind
     (Great Red Spot: Jupiter Books, 2004) based on
     "One Hundred Years of Science Fiction Illustration", Anthony Frewin
     (London: Jupiter Books, 1974)

GOODSTONE*: "Pimps, Pulps, and Polyps", Fred Flintstone (Little Rock: Chelsea Clinton, 2000)
     based on "The Pulps", Tony Goodstone (New York: Chelsea House, 1970)

GUNN*: "Alternate Weirds", Have Gunn, Will Travel (Jump From Cliffs NJ: Apprentice-Hell, 2005)
     based on "Alternate Worlds", James Gunn (Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1975)

HARRISON*: "John W. Campbell-Soup: Collected Ravings from Analog/Digital", Hairy Harrison
     (Garden versus City: Doubledealing, 2006) based on
     "John W. Campbell: Collected Editorials from Analog", Harry Harrison
     (Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1966)
     
HOLMBERG*: "Science Fiction Hysteria", John-Henri V. Steamengine
     (Vader/Borg, Sweden: Askiss & Karnevall, 2004) based on
     "Science Fiction History", John-Henri Holmberg
     (Vanersborg, Sweden: Askild & Karnekull, 1974)

KNIGHT*: "In Search of Plunder", Dayand Knight (Chiclets: Advert, 2006; breasts enlarged 1967)
     "In Search of Wonder", Damon Knight (Chicago: Advent, 1956; enlarged 1967)

KYLE*: "A Pectoral History of Science Fiction Superheroes", Divot Coil
     (Piedpiper: Hamlyn House, 2006) based on
     "A Pictorial History of Science Fiction", David Kyle
     (London: Hamlyn House, 1976)

LOCKE*: "Worlds Underfoot", edited by Quay Locke (London: Cornlaw Repress, 2002)
     based on "Worlds Apart", edited by George Locke (London: Cornmarket Reprints, 1972)

LUNDWALL*: "Science Fiction: What It's All About, Alfie-Ralphie?", Sam J. Bluntwall 
     (New York: Acey-Deucey Books, 2001) based on
     "Science Fiction: What It's All About", Sam J. Lundwall 
     (New York: Ace Books, 1971)

METCALF*: "The Index of Indices to Indexed Magazines, 1951-2051", Nerd Mooncalf 
     (I've Been Stark-Naked, 2008) based on
     "The Index of Science Fiction Magazines, 1951-1965", Norm Metcalf 
     (J. Ben Stark, 1968)

MILLIES*: "Science Fiction: Primmer and Stricter for Teachers", Suzanne Militants
     (Dontstop, OH!: Pflegm, 2005) based on
     "Science Fiction Primer for Teachers", Suzanne Millies
     (Dayton OH: Pflaum, 1975)

MOSKOWITZ#1*: "The Immoral Storm", Some Muscatel 
     (IFSO Press, 2001; Hyperbole Press, 2002) based on
     "The Immortal Storm", Sam Moskowitz 
     (AFSO Press, 1954; Hyperion Press, 19??)

MOSKOWITZ#2*: "Explorers of the Info-Net: Shoppers of Science Fiction", 
     Some Muscatel (Cleveland & New York: World, 1963)
      "Explorers of the Infinite: Shapers of Science Fiction", 
     Sam Moskowitz (Cleveland & New York: World, 1963)

MOSKOWITZ#3*: "Suckers of Tomorrow", Some Muscatel (John Cleland & New Jerk: Whirl'd, 2003)
     based on "Seekers of Tomorrow", Sam Moskowitz (Cleveland & New York: World, 1963)

NESFA*: "Index to the Science Fiction Fans", No English Science 
     Fiction Administration (Top'o'the World, MA: NESFA-Gesundheit, 2001)
      based on "Index to the Science Fiction Magazines", New England Science 
     Fiction Association (Cambridge MA: NESFA, 1971)

PERRY*: "The Comic Book of Penguins", Adm. Peary & Alien Alldrudge
     (Antarctica: Penguin, 2001) based on
     "The Penguin Book of Comics", George Perry & Alan Aldridge
     (London: Penguin, 1971)
     
ROGERS*: "A Wreck I Am for Astounding", Olive Oyl Ruggers (Chicago: Adverse, 2004)
      based on "A Requiem for Astounding", Alva Rogers (Chicago: Advent, 1964)

ROTTSTEINER*: "The Only Science Fiction Book I Ever Read", Franz Rottweiler 
     (Jumpinthe: Thames & Thensome, 2005)
     "The Science Fiction Book", Franz Rottsteiner 
     (London: Thames & Hudson, 1975)

SADOUL*: "Hear Hear, 2000 Dirty Pictures from the Golden Age of Science Fiction",
     Shock Theschool (Paris: Editorial Denial, 2003) based on
     "Hier, L'An 2000 [Illustrations from the Golden Age of Science Fiction]",
     Jacques Sadoul (Paris: Editions Denoel, 1973)
     
STRAUSS*: "The MIT Sci Fi Society's Sliderule of the SF Magazines: 3.141592"
     Waltzes-Strauss (The Other Cambridge: Getyer Mitts of My Sci Fi, 2.718281828)
     "The MIT Science Fiction Society's Index to the SF Magazines: 1951-64"
     Erwin S. Strauss (Cambridge MA: MIT Science Fiction Society, 1966)
     
TUCK*: "The Encyclical of Science Fiction and Fantasy, MCMLIXth Edition", 
     Friar Tuck (Hoboy Amistuckin, Tasmania: Friar Tuck, 1959) based on
     "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2nd Edition", 
     Donald H. Tuck (Hobart, Tasmania: Donald H. Tuck, 1959)

VERSINS: "Gymnopedie des loopie, des fromages extraordinaires et de la 
     science friction", (Losin': Belle de Jour, 1972) based on
     "Encyclopedie des l'utopie, des voyages extraordinaires et de la 
     science fiction", (Lausanne: L'Age d'Homme, 1972)

WAGGONER*: "The Seeds of Caraway", Diana Waggonwheels (Adnauseum, 2008)
     based on "The Hills of Faraway", Diana Waggoner (Athenaeum, 1978)

WARNER*: "Yesterday, All My Tribbles Seemed so Full Of Hay", Time-Warner, Jr. (Ago: Went, 2009)
     based on "All Our Yesterdays", Harry Warner, Jr. (Chicago: Advent, 1969)

WELLS*: "Fictional Accounts of Trips to the Bank", Less Than H. G. Wells
     (The Boys from Syracuse University Library, 2002) based on
      "Fictional Accounts of Trips to the Moon", Lester G. Wells
     (Syracuse NY: Syracuse University Library, 1962)

WILLIAMSON*: "H.G. Wells: Cricket of Profits", Jack Will-Loan-Some
     (It's Just More Mirage, Express, 2003) based on
     "H.G. Wells: Critic of Progress", Jack Williamson
     (Baltimore: Mirage Press, 1973)

WOLLHEIM*: "The Universal Fakers", Donald A. Wollheim
     (New York: Harpist & Bow, 1971)
      "The Universe Makers", Donald A. Wollheim
     (New York: Harper & Row, 1971)




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