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AM+A.SciFi+HCI.eBook.17Aug12 - Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc.

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<strong>Aaron</strong> <strong>Marcus</strong>, The Past 100 Years of the Future, Page 158<br />

the kid's plane over shark-infested, death-ray-filled waters, <strong>and</strong> he ends up on a<br />

mysterious Dr Moreau isl<strong>and</strong>.<br />

Tong authored a textbook about cultural anthropology <strong>and</strong> specialized in early<br />

southwest China. In science-fiction, he wrote the short story "Death Ray on a Coral<br />

Isl<strong>and</strong>”, which won an award for China's best short story in 1978 <strong>and</strong> which was later<br />

adapted to film. He died in the US after fleeing China following the governmentʼs<br />

crackdown on protests at Tiananmen Square.<br />

Raise the Red Lantern, 1991. This film, not strictly a sci-fi film, has been cited as one<br />

because it depicts almost a parallel world in great detail.<br />

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