The King of Horror
Classic Science Fiction
Fantastical Worlds
Author, Author
Writer Invented Vocab
100

This was Stephen King's first novel. 

What is Carrie

100

Zaphod Beeblebrox is the President of the Galaxy in this humorous science fiction series

What is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

100

Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam live in Hobbiton, a village in this region of Middle Earth.

What is the Shire? 

100

A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords

Who is George R.R. Martin? 

100

Joseph Heller invented this hyphenated term, which was also the title of his seminal work. 

What is catch-22? 

200

Many of Stephen King's novels are set in this U.S. state, the northernmost in New England.

What is Maine? 

200

Trantor is at the center of of the galaxy in this science fiction series, adapted for the screen on Apple TV. 

What is Foundation

200

Sarah J. Maas's wildly popular romance series is known as ACTOR, an acronym that stands for this. 

What is A Court of Thorns and Roses

200

Divergent
Chosen Ones
Poster Girl

Who is Veronica Roth? 

200

While made popular in Star Wars, this five-letter word meaning robot, especially "the ones you are not looking for," was coined by author Mari Wolf in the 1950s. 

What is droid? 

300

These are the first names of Stephen King's two sons, both published authors in their own right. 

What are Joe and Owen? 

300

English writer Anthony Burgess claimed to have written this 1962 dystopian classic in just three weeks. 

What is A Clockwork Orange

300

In March 2022, this prolific fantasy author raised $41.7 million on Kickstarter, the most funded campaign in the platform's history to that time.

Who is Brandon Sanderson?

300

Beloved
Sula
Jazz

Who is Toni Morrison? 

300

This hyphenated, feline-inspired word, meaning someone who is afraid, was invented by Dorothy Parker. 

What is scaredy-cat? 

400

It's Stephen King's longest book.

What is the Complete and Uncut Edition of The Stand

400

The "third law" of this 2001: A Space Odyssey author states: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." 

Who is Aruthur C. Clarke?

400

Fans have been waiting 13 years for the third, and allegedly final, installment of his Kingkiller Chronicle series.

Who is Patrick Rothfuss? 

400

Dungeon Crawler Carl
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Who is Matt Dinniman?

400

Created by William Gibson and used in his books Burning Chrome and Neuromancer, this word is a forerunner to the term "World Wide Web." 

What is Cyberspace? 

500

This is the name of King's book that is part memoir, part manifesto on how to be a good writer. 

What is On Writing

500

Genly AI is the protagonist of this 1969 novel by and American author Ursula K Leguin.

What is The Left Hand of Darkness

500

This novel by N.K. Jemisin won the Hugo Award in 2016.

What is The Fifth Season

500

Long Way Down
Ghost
The Boy in the Black Suit

Who is Jason Reynolds? 

500

It's a word invented by Robert Heinlein for his Hugo Award-winning novel Stranger in a Strange Land, meaning to understand at a visceral level. 

What is grok? 

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