Section 2
The novel Symzonia is based on what false premise about the Earth?
that the Earth is hollow
In each of the realities, Orr lives (street name)
on Corbett Avenue
Moxon argues that rhythm underlies
consciousness
Which “science” is the science component of the German novel The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rozenkreutz?
Alchemy
What was the title of Octavia Butler’s first published novel?
Patternmaster
What is the name of the movement in science fiction that introduced greater psychological depth, irony, and prominent women characters and characters of color to literary works?
the New Wave
For over sixty years of her adult life, Ursula K. Le Guin lived in
Portland
What is the title of the book Neil Gaiman wrote in collaboration with Terry Pratchett?
Good Omens
A dystopian story by Bruce Sterling, published in the 1980s, would most likely be in what genre of science fiction?
Cyberpunk
In which shorter selection is the main character compared to a phoenix?
No Woman Born
The period from around 1938 to the late 1940s is called by what name in the history of science fiction publishing?
the Golden Age
Dr. Haber calls REM sleep
the d-state
In which of the shorter selections does the main character say, “Don’t come after my kids”?
“Childfinder”
What is the name of the type of modern science fiction that envisions humans and their technology living in harmony with nature?
Solarpunk
The end of “I Sing the Body Electric!” sees the three children all in the same place. Where are they at the end of the story?
In their old house
Authors such as Pat Cadigan and Melissa Scott wrote in which genre of science fiction?
Cyberpunk
In the First Interstellar War, Oregon
was the only part of mainland America to be invaded
What did Moxon do to frustrate the climbing vine?
He kept moving the stake.
What is the title of the 1984 novel by William Gibson that pioneered cyberpunk?
Neuromancer
Maltzer compares himself to a famous fictional scientist who created life. Who does he compare himself to?
Frankenstien
In what decade did science fiction emerge as a generic force?
he 1930s
In the final reality, Heather Lelache asks Orr if he ever got another psychologist. Orr replies that he
has outgrown them
“I Sing the Body Electric!” was originally written for what medium?
for TV
Samuel Delany has written that a crucial element of vital artistry is
Taking risks
Moxon keeps his mechanisms in a room next to the one in which he talks to the narrator. He calls that adjacent room by what appropriate name?
He calls it the “machine-shop.”