An open list of media products that are based on technologically driven fantasy, science fiction, or a translation of a text into science fiction. The list can be used later as a source to pick out a media product to look at more in-depth.
Aims:
to see how other people converted one text into sci fi
to spawn ideas for how to retain the feeling of a dirty, grubby, lived in world with the conversion to sci fi
to get an idea of contemporary cultural products in order to help create something that feels fresh
to see what other people are changing, leaving in, leaving out, etc, in their translations
The List:
- A discussion on Gamefaqs.com about books and literature that showed hybridity between fantasy and sci fi
- The translation of the Orc race in Warhammer Fantasy (tabletop battle game) to the Ork alien race in Warhammer 40,000 (tabletop battle game)
- Games in the Final Fantasy series often shows some sort of interplay between magic, mystical creatures and technology and science
- Lots of Steampunk (or similar) media that involves archaic technology (steam power, etc) being used to construct modern day and/or futuristic technologies (steam-powered computers, etc)
- A steampunk adaptation of Peter Pan
- The 2012 video game 'Dishonoured'
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