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Science Fiction Test
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10th Grade
06/02/2008

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Frankenstein
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beginning of 19th century; written in 1816 and published in 1818
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Jules Verne
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mid 19th century
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Jules Verne
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He was so realistic that people were convinced he went on the trips.
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Adventure Stories
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Jules Verne; The Extraordinary Voyages, Journey to the Center of the Earth, etc.
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H.G. Wells
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end of 19th century, beginning of 20th century
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H.G. Wells
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"Shakespeare of Science Fiction"
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H.G. Wells
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projected where things were going; speculative fiction
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War of the Worlds
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telescopes saw canals on Mars; chaos when broadcasted
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adventure stories
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19-20th centuries
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Gadget stories
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1920's
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Hugo Gernsbach
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editon of Amazing Stories, a magazine, which consisted of gadget stories
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Scienta Fiction
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Hugo Gernsbach
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Superheroes
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late 1920's-1930's
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Superheroes
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Captain Video, Superman, Buck Rodgers, and Flash Gordon
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Philosophy/Religion
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1930's...C.S. Lewis
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Change occurred as a result of World War Two
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1940's
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Reality of War proved that many aspects of sci-fi could happen.
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1940's
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John Campbell
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Astounding Science Fiction, 1950's, wanted it to be believable
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Golden Age of Science Fiction
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1950's
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Ray Bradbury
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anti-science; saw technology as a detriment and worried about the problems it caused; believed that technology might take the place of people
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Isaac Asimov
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most prolific writer, pro-science; physicist
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5 Themes
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Pollution, Overpopulation, Drugs (1984, Brave New World), Ecology, Alienation of Mankind(spiderman, hulk)
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Sputnik
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Russians launched in 1957.  People were willing to take science fiction seriously.  The US realized it was behind another country in science.  It legitimized science fiction writers.
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King Kong
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1933
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The Twilight Zone and Star Trek
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two major early science fiction shows
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When was Illustrated Man written?
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1951
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