about SF! :)
What was the catalyst of the “Golden Age of Science Fiction”?
SF emerged due to PULP FICTION MAGAZINES which were cheap and easy to produce
Section 2 Pg 13
What are 3 instances of technology being a double edged sword?
BONUS!! What technology "mirrors" this theme in the Lathe of Heaven?
a. Gatling Gun : won wars but devastating casualties
b. Marie Curie + Radioactivity : x-ray but she died from her work
c. Atomic Power : energy source but its literally a death bomb
BONUS! The Augmentor :] (Section 3 Pg20+21)
Who is the serious scientist in Rappaccini's Daughter ?
Rappaccini!
pg71
What is the title “Relativity,” a homage to ?
Albert Einstein’s 1915 Theory of Relativity,
pg158
What does E’nememen Asfah do for George Orr?
E’nememen Asfah takes George Orr home with him, (just after Orr has turned off the Augmentor and stopped Haber’s from destroying the world )
(section 3 pg38)
What were the 4 types of sf ?
SOLARPUNK (humans and technology live peacefully with nature)
CYBERPUNK (high-tech hacker grunge corporatism)
STEAMPUNK (1800s fashion / industrial revolution) SPACEOPERA (space and aliens and spaceships)
(section 2 pg15)
Agent Orange of Le Guin's novel, The Dispossessed, was molded based on who?
Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer
(Section3 pg34)
Tf: Nefertiti is Latin for "The Beautiful One is Here"
FALSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its EGYPTIAN not Latin LOL
pg103
What short story is the Wasp from ?
Snow
pg113
What type of conflict did Haber try to stop when he made Orr dream of "peace" ?
A nuclear standoff
(Section 3 pg40)
What are the first two texts that are considered the “foundations” of sf ?
FRANKENSTIEN and THE LAST MAN
Both written by 19 year old Mary Shelly in 1818
(Section 2 Pg 11)
Who is William Dement and what did he do?
Founder of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and a pioneer in the study of the relationship between physiology and psychology.
(Section 3 pg47)
What short story did Octavia E. Butler write ?
Childfinder :D
pg105
How does Beatrice die in Rappaccini's Daughter?
Beatrice dies after taking the antidote created by Professor Baglioni
pg74
The Pacific Northwest landscape is part of what is referred to as the [____] ?
The ring of fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
(Section 3 pg44)
What are two reasons why 1835-1858 stories such as “The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall”,“The Birthmark,”, “Bartleby the Scrivener” are not considered Science Fiction ?
1. Published before pulp fiction magazines of the 1930s
2. All 3 stories are Fantasy.. (They lack “scientific methodology”)
(Section 2 Pg 13)
Who is Sigmund Freud and what did he do?
Freud was the first medical expert who tried to codify and decipher what he called dream symbolism ("the language of dreams”)
(Section 3 pg48)
What led to technological improvements in prosthetics ?
Conflicts such as the Cold War, WW I and WWII
pg151
What does Agatha tell grandmother and her father before she runs into the street ?
You Lie! etc
pg104
What is Western Utilitarianism ?
The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number
(Section 3 pg51)
What were the two competitive conflicts discussed in section 2 between Soviets and the US ?
KITCHEN DEBATE— technological exchanges between VP Richard Nixon and the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
SPUTNIK SPACE RACE- resulted in the landing of the first human beings on the moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission
(Section 2 pg 14)
What was the name of the California Yahi Indian that Le Guin's parents had a troubling relationship with?
Ishi
(Section 3 pg29)
What technology does the Wasp use according to the director?
nano technology based on the physics of Brownian movement
pg125
What happened to the cover of the book in Childfinder?
Larry tore it off
pg106
Which chapter epigraphs are taken from Zhuangzi ?
Chapters 1, 2 and 3 :)
(Section 3 pg50)