The concept was invented by science fiction writer Raymond F. Jones, who wrote the original novel This Island Earth beginning as a series of three sci-fi short stories now known as “ The Peace Engineers Trilogy ” appearing in the sci-fi pulp magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories from 1949 to 1951.

Virtually every issue would open with a Kirby monster story ( generally inked by Christopher Rule initially, then later Dick Ayers ), followed by one or two twist-ending thrillers or sci-fi tales drawn by Don Heck, Paul Reinman, or Joe Sinnott, with the whole thing capped by an often-surreal, sometimes self-reflexive Stan Lee-Steve Ditko short.

Eventually Hernandez dropped almost all of the sci-fi elements, although he does still occasionally include references to the earlier stories and he still does very occasional short stories about superheroines, robots and other sci-fi genre elements.

Time in Advance ( no ISBN ) is a collection of four short stories by science fiction writer William Tenn ( a pseudonym for the sci-fi work of Philip Klass ).

MegaCon, short for Mega Convention, is a large multi-genre convention that caters to the comic book, sci-fi, anime, fantasy, and gaming communities, occurring between late February and early March at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA.

* Tin Woodman ( novel ), a short sci-fi book written by Dennis Bailey and David Bischoff in 1979

GamerFeed lauded the gameplay of Prey, calling it " nothing short of amazing ", and concluding that " Prey has got everything anyone could want from a sci-fi shooter and more ".

Diabolical Tales is a six-part, sci-fi / comedy short film series produced by Cosmic Control Productions.

Arzach is a comic book collection of four wordless short stories by artist / author Jean ' Moebius ' Giraud, which were originally published in the French sci-fi / fantasy comics magazine Métal Hurlant.

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs is a short novel by actor Tom Baker, best known for playing the title role in the BBC sci-fi series, Doctor Who during the late 1970s.

Zagor isn't your typical western character, there's a mix of horror and sci-fi side by side with a bit of humour coming mostly from his sidekick Chico, a short, fat Mexican man who became his best friend.

" Firebirds ", the first anthology, consists of short sci-fi / fantasy stories by the likes of Lloyd Alexander, Emma Bull, Charles Vess, Michael Cadnum, Kara Dalkney, Nancy Farmer, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Diana Wynne Jones, Patricia A. McKillip, Garth Nix, Meridith Ann Pierce, Delia Sherman, Sherwood Smith, Nancy Springer, Megan Whalen Turner, Elizabeth E. Wein, and Laurel Winter ( not in the correct order ).

The Sandkings, named after a 1981 collection of sci-fi short stories by George R. R. Martin ( called Sandkings ), released seven singles and an EP with Mann between 1988 and 1992 as well as an album.

They were named after a 1981 collection of sci-fi short stories by George R. R. Martin ( called Sandkings ).

Bride of the Monster is a 1955 sci-fi horror film starring Bela Lugosi, along with Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy and Loretta King Hadler.

** The Mariner, played by Kevin Costner in the sci-fi film Waterworld

The plot of The Magnificent Seven directly inspired the 1980 sci-fi film, Battle Beyond the Stars, which included actor Robert Vaughn as one of the seven mercenaries hired to save a farming planet from alien marauders.

* Webs ( film ), a 2003 sci-fi movie

* March 9 – United Artists releases sci-fi film The Man from Planet X.

* April 29 – RKO releases the Howard Hawks sci-fi film, " The Thing ( From Another World )".

* Sci-fi Action-Sharing many of the conventions of a science fiction film, sci-fi action films emphasizes gunplay, space battles, invented weaponry, and other sci-fi elements weaved into action film premises.

If the film is science-fiction, the designer may phaser the " whoosh " to give it a more sci-fi feel.

In 1968, the sci-fi film Barbarella depicted Jane Fonda stripping in zero-gravity conditions whilst wearing her spacesuit.

He made his film debut in the comedic sci-fi horror film Critters 3 ( 1991 ) and received first notable critical praise for his performance in This Boy's Life ( 1993 ).

His debut film role was in the comedic sci-fi horror film Critters 3, in which he played the stepson of an evil landlord, a role that DiCaprio described as " your average, no-depth, standard kid with blond hair.

Following Scarface, she accepted the roles of Isabeau d ' Anjou in Richard Donner's fantasy film Ladyhawke ( 1985 ) opposite Rutger Hauer and Matthew Broderick, Diana in John Landis ' comedy Into the Night ( 1985 ) opposite Jeff Goldblum, Faith Healy in Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty ( 1986 ) opposite Michael Caine, and Brenda Landers in a segment of the 1950s sci-fi parody Amazon Women on the Moon ( 1987 ), all of which, despite achieving only modest commercial success, helped to establish her as an actress.

He appeared alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the sci-fi action film, Looper ( 2012 ), as the older version of Gordon-Levitt's character, Joe.

On occasion, he has acted on screen, as in 1960's Roger Corman sci-fi film Last Woman on Earth, which Towne also wrote.

An adaptation of the pulp sci-fi novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye, it was made as a two-part, 205 minute production for television using 16 mm film stock during a hiatus from the lengthy production of Effi Briest and in the same year as Martha and Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.

In 2004, Feldman made a cameo appearance in the independent sci-fi comedy Space Daze which was distributed by Troma Entertainment in 2005, and starred in the made-for-TV slasher crossover film Puppet Master vs.

She also stars as Tilda in the 2012 sci-fi comedy film Space Milkshake.

In 2005, a sci-fi film named The Salena Incident, also called Alien Invasion Arizona, was filmed in Superior.

* Monsters ( 2010 film ), a British sci-fi film

The group recorded parts one and two of Pink Floyd's " Another Brick in the Wall " for the soundtrack to Robert Rodriguez's 1998 horror / sci-fi film, The Faculty, with a music video filmed for part two.

These four musicians collaborated to cover Pink Floyd's " Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 2 )" ( as well as " Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 1 )") for the soundtrack to Robert Rodriguez's 1998 horror / sci-fi film, The Faculty.

Filmed from May to September 2011 in Toronto, Canada, and directed by Len Wiseman, the film was a new take on the sci-fi picture about a sleeper agent.

Numan also appears in the sci-fi music video, directed by John S. Bartley and filmed in Vancouver, which debuted in June 1999.

* 1935 Аэроград / Aerograd, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko ( sci-fi )

* 1972 Солярис / Solaris directed by Andrei Tarkovsky ( sci-fi )

Chamberlain both wrote and directed the action / animation / sci-fi TV series Tekkaman Blade.

Inroads into Hollywood have been made by the company in the form of visual homages from the highly successful sci-fi film directed by the Wachowski brothers, The Matrix, and by creating the animated sequence in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol.

He also appeared in S. O. B ( 1981 ) directed by Blake Edwards as well as The Great Bank Robbery ( 1969 ), Airport 1975 ( 1974 ), I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore ( 1992 ), and sci-fi cult films The Monitors ( 1969 ) and Without Warning ( 1980 ).

She then appeared in The Navy vs. the Night Monsters ( 1966 ), a science-fiction film. In 1967, she appeared in You've Got to Be Smart, and starred in another sci-fi film Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women ( 1968 ), the following year, that was directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

Scary Movie 3 is a 2003 American science fiction horror comedy parody film, which parodies the horror, sci-fi, and mystery genres, directed by David Zucker.

He also directed, in 2005, a documentary called The Sci-Fi Boys, featuring interviews with Forry Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, and many more sci-fi notables.

Bava directed what is now regarded as the first Italian giallo film, The Girl Who Knew Too Much ( 1963 ), and his 1965 sci-fi horror film Planet of the Vampires was a thematic precursor to Alien ( 1979 ).

Heat Vision and Jack was a proposed 1999 comedy / sci-fi television show directed by Ben Stiller and starring Jack Black, Owen Wilson, and Ron Silver.

At Warners Douglas directed a number of successful films, including Liberace's Sincerely Yours ( 1955 ) and the sci-fi classic Them !.

* After ( 2012 film ), a 2012 sci-fi thriller film written and directed by Ryan Smith

Waterhouse's only film appearance was in the 1986 arthouse sci-fi thriller, The Killing Edge, directed by Lindsay Shoentoff.

* Ultimo Deseo ( The Last Desire ) 1977, sci-fi film directed by Leon Klimovsky ( U. S. release titles: The People Who Own the Dark, Blind Planet )

* Cientificament Perfectes ( Scientifically Perfect ) 1996, directed by F. X. Capell ( sci-fi Spfx film ).

* Mucha Sangre ( Lots of Blood ) 2000, directed by Pepe de las Heras ( a crime / sci-fi comedy )

* Rottweiler ( 2004 ) directed by Brian Yuzna in Spain ( sci-fi / horror )

Cullen played a feral child in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome directed by George Miller, Little Pam in A Girl's Own Story by Jane Campion, Frances in the internationally screened television series Hills End, and as Alana, the title role in The Girl From Tomorrow and its sequel The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End the popular sci-fi children ’ s television series that spawned books, newsletters, fanclubs and international awards, including nominations for three ( AFI ) Australian Film Institute Awards.

Baron also appeared as the villain in Ruggero Deodato's sci-fi actioner The Atlantis Interceptors ( 1983 ), in Code Name: Wild Geese ( 1984 ), directed by Antonio Margheriti starring Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine and Klaus Kinski, and in Overdose ( 1987 ), by French softcore / exploitation director Jean-Marie Pallardy.

Body Bags is a 1993 American horror sci-fi comedy television film, directed by John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper and Larry Sulkis.

Critters 3 is a 1991 sci-fi comedy horror film directed by Kristine Peterson.

Mac and Me is a 1988 sci-fi fantasy film co-written ( with Steve Feke ) and directed by Stewart Raffill about a " Mysterious Alien Creature " ( MAC ) that escapes from nefarious NASA agents and is befriended by a young boy who uses a wheelchair.