Imagine you learn that your lover has had you erased from their memory and, in a moment of despair, you have your lover erased from your memory too. Imagine that as you lose your recollections of the bad times together, you realise that you don't want to forget them after all. That's the premise for Charlie Kaufman's Oscar-winning script for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. An instant cult classic, the film's distinctive ambiguity and tangled narrative demands audience engagement and repeated watching. Delving into the central themes of the film, Andrew M. Butler foregrounds its play with genre and audience expectations, its psychoanalytic underpinnings and its debt to Philip K. Dick. Also examining its production processes, Butler explores the against-type casting of Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in lead roles and the intertwined careers of Kaufman and director Michel Gondry. This special edition features original cover artwork by Patricia Derks.

Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction is a collection of engaging essays on some of the most significant figures who have shaped and defined the genre. Diverse groups within the science fiction community are represented, from novelists and film makers to comic book and television writers. Important and influential names discussed include:

Octavia Butler

George Lucas

Robert Heinlein

Gene Roddenberry

Stan Lee

Ursula K. Le Guin

H.G. Wells

This outstanding reference guide charts the rich and varied landscape of science fiction and includes helpful and up-to-date lists of further reading at the end of each entry. Available in an easy to use A-Z format, Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction will be of interest to students of Literature, Film Studies, and Cultural Studies.

Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction is a collection of engaging essays on some of the most significant figures who have shaped and defined the genre. Diverse groups within the science fiction community are represented, from novelists and film makers to comic book and television writers. Important and influential names discussed include:

Octavia Butler

George Lucas

Robert Heinlein

Gene Roddenberry

Stan Lee

Ursula K. Le Guin

H.G. Wells

This outstanding reference guide charts the rich and varied landscape of science fiction and includes helpful and up-to-date lists of further reading at the end of each entry. Available in an easy to use A-Z format, Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction will be of interest to students of Literature, Film Studies, and Cultural Studies.

The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international contributors are divided into four parts which look, in turn, at:

• history an integrated chronological narrative of the genre 's development
• theory detailed accounts of major theoretical approaches including feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism and utopian studies
• issues and challenges anticipates future directions for study in areas as diverse as science studies, music, design, environmentalism, ethics and alterity
• subgenres a prismatic view of the genre, tracing themes and developments within specific subgenres.

Bringing into dialogue the many perspectives on the genre The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and the future of science fiction and the way it is taught and studied.

The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international contributors are divided into four parts which look, in turn, at: history - an integrated chronological narrative of the genre's development theory - detailed accounts of major theoretical approaches including feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism and utopian studies issues and challenges - anticipates future directions for study in areas as diverse as science studies, music, design, environmentalism, ethics and alterity subgenres - a prismatic view of the genre, tracing themes and developments within specific subgenres. Bringing into dialogue the many perspectives on the genre The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and the future of science fiction and the way it is taught and studied.

God desires you to not just live life, but get pleasure from life Joy is a promise from God, for you. It is a promise that we can walk in joy, even with a fullness and overflow of joy, through every season in life. Joy is a unfathomable thing. Where is joy? Joy is deep within your heart. It is about getting into the deep end of the pool. Joy should never be mistaken for happiness, because happiness is all based on what is happening. Sometimes, what is happening in life makes you glad and sometimes what is happening does not make you glad. Remember joy is about being in the deep end, but happiness is about being in the shallow end. Human beings are the only individuals, on this earth, that can desire to alter their life situation, at any moment. A desire is to want something very strongly. A shark can not one day desire to be a chef. An ant can not decide one day it wants to be an attorney. Their lives are built into their DNA. You, on the other hand, can change if you want to. Oftentimes, the only dilemma is that the fear of change is holding you back. Defensiveness keeps piling up. You only remember the times you failed; and this recollection scares you off, from trying again. You feel desperately trapped in life. What you need to know is that life is not intended to be a straight line that goes from point A to point B. Life is intended to be a sequence of zigs and zags. It should look like a mess, but a beautiful mess. The beautiful mess will exemplify that you have changed throughout the course of your life. You have had your ups and downs. You went down one pathway, but determination changed your course, possibly, on many occasions. This is how life should be. Life is a continuous understanding of self-determining moments and choices. For this reason, whatever situation you are in right now, just know that it can change if you want it to. It is up to you. You just have to desire something new. It is not too late to start anything new, unique or innovative.